Examines the discourse of a problem-based learning group in medicine. Identifies ethnomethodological conversation analysis to analyze a segment of interaction in a problem-based learning (PBL) meeting. Observes that the presentation of a theory makes relevant a variety of sequential activities through which participants in this instructional…

Examines the discourse of a problem-based learning group in medicine. Uses a conceptual distinction between linguistic (and other semiotic) resources for making typological (or categorical) versus topological (or continuous variation) meanings as part of a multimedia semiotic analysis of the data episode. (SR)

Examines the discourse of a problem-based learning group in medicine. Finds evidence of similarity in the way that medical students and family members converse. Finds a paradox arising when activities of technoscience and ordinary conversation are rendered in ways that make them indistinguishable without extrinsic reference to who people are or to…

Medical students were evaluated by questionnaire during their studies and again after graduation to determine their attitudes and their perception of others' (i.e., own more unconscious) attitudes toward psychiatric patients, disorders, and health care. Findings suggest that education changed unconscious attitudes of medical students in a positive…

A study investigated autism awareness among 250 English medical students at different stages of training. Compared to first-year students, fourth-year students were significantly more likely to respond correctly to questions related to diagnostic criteria and core symptoms; however, significant differences were not found for other aspects.…

Data on medical students and physicians in the United States, European Union countries, and other European countries include practicing doctors and medical students; medical school applicants and students admitted per year; and ratios of doctor:population, applicant:population, five-year students:population, accepted applicants:all applicants,…

Describes the student interactions of second-year medical students at the University of Natal (South Africa), until recently an historically black institution. Notes student associations are predominantly along racial/ethnic and gender lines, and offers an analysis from historical, political, and cultural perspectives. Also discusses the impact of…

An empirical investigation of information retrieval using the MEDLINE database was carried out to study user behavior, performance and to investigate the reasons for suboptimal searches. Subjects were two groups of final year medical students (novice and expert users of the search system). Findings indicate that just one factor can cause poor…

Describes two teaching tools, case-based learning and concept mapping and how they support cross-disciplinary, multidisciplinary , and interdisciplinary learning as they promote the integration of sex- and gender-based science into the medical curriculum. Outlines the process of case development at the Medical College of Pennsylvania Hahnemann…

Studied the predictive value for success in medical school of three science tests, the secondary school matriculation examination, and learning-from-text (LFT) tasks taken by 109 Finnish medical students. Results show that the three science tests predicted medical course grades, and that the LFT tasks had predictive value for the pace of studying…

Discusses several articles in this issue that demonstrate the influence of gender and power on family medicine education. These articles show that both clinical and learning environments are influenced by gender and power. Recommends the study of gender and power as an overt component in the family medicine curriculum. (SLD)

The authors measured factors associated with undertreatment of medical students' depression. They administered a cross-sectional Beck Depression Inventory and sociodemographic questionnaire to students at 1 medical school, defining their outcome measure as the use of counseling services or antidepressant medication. Of an estimated 450 available…

This paper describes an online learning resource for rheumatology that was designed for a wide constituency of users including primarily undergraduate medical students and health professionals. Although the online resources afford an informal learning environment, the site was pedagogically designed to comply with the general recommendations of…

Medicine is an applied science, interpreting evidence and applying it to real life by using clinical reasoning skills and experience. COPT (clinically oriented physiology teaching) was incorporated in physiology instruction aiming to relate the study of physiology to real-life problems, to generate enthusiasm and motivation for learning, and to…

This qualitative study aims to interpret the results of a randomized controlled trial comparing two educational programs (directed learning and self-directed learning) in evidence-based medicine (EBM) for medical students at the University of Oslo from 2002 to 2003. There is currently very little comparative educational research in this field. In…