This guide is designed for teaching Spanish-speaking students of medicine who are learning to read highly specialized texts in their field. A sample text, of seven lines, is presented, followed by a carefully worked out teaching plan, exercises, and a test. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Characteristics that might help predict student prominence within a medical school class were studied. The prominent student is one who is highly visible and extensively involved in key relationships with other students. This prominence is expected to provide the student with greater access to information and resources held by classmates. A total…

Examines the main problems associated with teaching nutrition to medical students, and proposes solutions to remedy the present inadequacies in nutritional education in medical schools. (JR)

This paper describes a module incorporated into the curriculum at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. The module helps the medical students see how their own feelings are inevitably involved in the doctor/patient relationship. A distinction between sex and sexuality is made and discussed. Sex is used as a limited term referring to…

Over its 4-year history the formal tutorial program for disadvantaged first-year medical students at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, has become successful in preparing students to compete scholastically. This article assesses its effect, particularly the attitudes of students (positive), administration (supportive), and faculty…

The study described here demonstrated that students with different learning styles are initially inclined toward careers in different specialities or types of medicine and are influenced by different factors in medical school in making their career decisions. Implications for medical education are included, particularly regarding primary care…

Thirty-five second-year medical students from the University of Alabama (Birmingham) used the services of a commercial test tutoring company to help them prepare for the National Board of Medical Examiners Part I examination. These students scored significantly higher than students who were considered to have comparable ability, based upon basic…

The purpose of this paper was to show how women medical students are socialized into their student role. The sample group was made up of 24 groups of six medical students, up to half of whom were women. The data were collected from responses to a questionnaire administered to the members of each group at the beginning of the semester and again at…

This report identifies the major efforts which will be necessary to increase the representation of minorities in the medical profession on a nationwide basis. Part I, the introduction, highlights the gross underrepresentation of minority group members in the medical profession, and indicates the major emphases of the report, which are: (1)…

Two articles comprise the bulk of this bulletin. One discusses the use of television equipment in the teaching of psychiatry, dwelling on eight different program formats which have been developed and on five major areas in which the use of television and videotape recorders offers distinct advantages. The second article offers a review of the…

This report describes a curriculum development project aimed at improving the teaching of neurology to undergraduate medical students; and providing more effective instruction in neurology for the practicing physician. The project involved: (1) development of a balanced presentation of neurological teaching from undergraduate medical education…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a survey of Mexican medical education needs for the future. To plan for these needs, SISEM of UNAM was formed with the objectives of carrying out and promoting investigations in the different areas of medical education. It also wants to distribute the information…

Evaluation of the basic science curriculum in the regionalized program of the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSM), where first-semester courses are taught at universities in Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho (WAMI), revealed that students at participating sites achieved as well as those at UWMS. (JT)