The attitudes of family practice residents toward ambulatory pharmacy services were compared with pharmacy students' predictions on what the residents' attitudes would be. The residents' perceptions of pharmacist behaviors rated significantly higher than how the pharmacy students thought they would respond. (Author/MLW)

Two internal medicine residency programs at Baylor College of Medicine are discussed. The traditional program emphasizes experience in the care of acute problems within a hospital inpatient environment. The primary care residency program emphasizes training in the outpatient environment and in noninternal medicine disciplines. (MLW)

The need for teaching doctors how to counsel and impart coping skills techniques to their patients is discussed. The cognitive-experiential underpinnings of a course in medical counseling given to last preclinical-year medical students in the University of Queensland is outlined. (MLW)

The way a medical student perceives the sexual attitudes of physicians in general may affect what is learned from medical school sex education and the manner in which such learning is applied later with patients. Student, physician, and student projections of physician and patient knowledge and attitudes were studied. (Author/MSE)

Course descriptions were compared with student observations of the incidence of cancer-educational events in the medical curriculum. The method is recommended for assessing deficiencies and redundancies in any curriculum in both qualitative and quantitative ways. (MSE)

A survey found volunteer faculty members were generally satisfied with their role in medical education, despite problems involving respect and responsibility when working with academic colleagues. Recognition of and indifference to problems are discussed in relation to the erosion of the utilization and authority of volunteer faculty members.…

Transfer of learning among the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains and among three clinical disciplines (medicine, pediatrics, and surgery) was examined in the final year of a medical student clerkship program. A model based on ethnographic analysis followed by performance measurement was used. (Author/MLW)

A mentor program at the Rockford School of Medicine was evaluated to assess the quality of student-faculty relationships. Both groups strongly endorsed the program. Students need to put more effort into developing friendships with mentors, and physicians must broaden their focus beyond concern solely for students' academic performance. (Author/MSE)

Sixty-eight graduating residents were interviewed about their practice choice decision-making. The process commonly follows this sequence: acknowledging and undertaking the choice task, defining personal, professional, and family issues; establishing reward priorities; determining professional presentation; inquiring about practice opportunities;…

The results of an Australian study in which medical students at Flinders University were tested and retested to trace changes in their attitudes and values since their freshman year are reported. Specific attitude items concerned with federal government intervention in health insurance were measured. (Author/MLW)

The financing and organization of the medical care field is seen as being in an evolutionary stage. It has progressed from an era when most physicians provided services as solo practitioners and patients paid expenses out-of-pocket to group practices and expenses paid by third parties. (MLW)

A national survey of postdoctoral endodontic students on the perceived educational needs of dental faculty indicated that most endodontic students possess very little formal educational training, they perceive a strong need for it, and that they desire more training in evaluation/testing methods. (MLW)

A program undertaken to assess the feasibility of incorporating gerontology and geriatrics into the first- and second-year curriculum at a family medicine-oriented medical school is described, and student reactions are discussed. It is recommended that the teaching of gerontology and geriatrics begin the first year. (Author/MLW)

The body of knowledge extant on the problems and prognosis of these six-year programs are reviewed. The programs have been favorably recognized in the literature and can be termed a success. (Author/MLW)

The results of a Medical Student Needs Questionnaire survey at the University of Nevada School of Medicine are reported and potential applicability to student affairs programing is discussed. Student concerns involved, first, the need to absorb required knowledge, followed by finances, study skills, lack of leisure time, and career plans. (MLW)