Data examined in this study, gathered from the AAMC Longitudinal Study and the AMA Physician Masterfile, support the claim that the age of the student when he or she actually makes the decision to go to medical school is related to the specialty selected. In both obstetric-gynecology and general surgery, more than half of the students were among…

A cooperative program between Colorado State University and Poudre Valley Memorial Hospital is described that allows graduate veterinary students to observe and participate, in a limited way, in the hospital's surgical program. (LBH)

The Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) is designed to measure health status in terms of sickness-related changes in behavior. Its content incorporates the perspectives of clinicians, patients, and the apparently healthy, and consists of 235 items. Its reliability and validity were supported in a study with both experienced physicians and residents.…

The College of St. Thomas and St. Paul Ramsey Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota, instituted in the fall of 1975 a cooperative program for premedical students that encompassed a volunteer program during the school semester and a Nursing Assistant Training Program during the college's interim period. The benefits of this program are described. (LBH)

The process of career choice and social background factors of medical students from seven medical colleges of India are reported. Statistical charts are included. (Author/LBH)

The total number of applicants for first-year programs in graduate medical education through the National Intern and Resident Matching Program in 1976 exceeded the number of positions offered for the second consecutive year. There were deficits in the number of openings offered in the primary care specialties and surfeits in medical and surgical…

The purpose of this qualitative study was to develop a program evaluation template to be used for primary care residencies. Programs were reviewed by meta-evaluation, interviews, and a focus group. Interviews and focus groups were held with four primary care program directors, two medical educators, and one accreditation site surveyor. Survey…

In a search for predictors of clinical competence, 50 third-year medical students studying pediatrics were videotaped during their interview and physical examination of outpatients. Consideration should be given to the possible value of psychological tests as predictors of clinical competence. (Author)

The purposes of this project were to determine specific behavioral objectives for the internship program in a teaching hospital while ascertaining the usefulness and efficiency of a previously used technique for involving faculty in this process. The procedure involved rating the importance of specific objectives by means of a questionnaire.…

A structure is designed for 200 doctors and students to use in conjunction with the University of Oregon Medical School's Crippled Children's Divison. (Author)

Attitudes of 64 medical students toward concepts used in the field of mental health were assessed over a four-year period. No significant differences were uncovered, except for a factor of cynicism which increased as students progressed through the medical curriculum. (LP)

Scholarship and loan programs sponsored primarily by state governments and state medical associations, to commit medical students to practice in rural communities. (Editor/IR)