A workshop provided graduate medical students and faculty with 30 minutes of instruction and 90 minutes of online experience in formulating and conducting MEDLINE database searches. In subsequent months, many participants conducted searches in increasing numbers and with increasing efficiency, and more indicated intentions of using searching…

A professional program's influence on student ratings of instruction was examined over 3 years of a multi-instructor anatomy course for nursing, dental hygiene, pharmacy, and physical education students (N=743). The students were relatively consistent in their differential evaluations of instructors and instruction. Student achievement and…

A program in personal and professional development for interns was developed at the University of Connecticut Affiliated Hospitals to reduce maladaptive responses to the stresses of medical training. The goals of the program are to provide a supportive atmosphere, build trust, and promote deeper self-understanding and sensitivity. (Author/MLW)

Medical schools were surveyed to determine which types of medical writing are important for physicians, house officers, and medical students to learn and whether they are formally taught. The four most important types were patient history and physical examination, progress note and discharge summary, peer-reviewed publication, and grant proposal.…

Results of a nationwide survey of students showed that, when the students had access to information from medical professionals (faculty members, deans, house physicians) regarding residency selection, they felt they had greater access than did students who made greater use of other sources (official directories, classmates, and the…

The reliability of a 13-item questionnaire designed to assess the humanistic behaviors of internal medicine residents and the reliability of nurses as raters of those behaviors were examined. Residents were evaluated by nurses on two general medicine services and on cardiology and hematology-oncology services. (Author/MLW)

Medical students' personality traits and state of functioning were assessed at six times, beginning at orientation and ending several weeks before the results of the residency match program were announced. (MLW)

This study examined the effects of a simulated patient examination administered to applicants for the General Surgical residency program at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. Results obtained from 29 applicants showed no significant differences in faculty ratings between applicants provided practical exam results and those using…

A survey of 9 post-sophomore pathology program fellows concerning their attitudes toward autopsy as an educational tool found they perceived the procedures and report-writing to (1) teach many skills highly relevant to the practice of clinical medicine and (2) be a useful investment of time and effort. (MSE)

A technique in which feedback is provided on videotaped performances to teach interview and examination skills in a pediatric clerkship was evaluated with a single-blind, controlled study. Students who received critiques from their preceptors performed significantly better than did those who had self-guided critiques. (Author/MLW)

Factors that contributed to successful residency performance by anesthesiology residents were examined in order to assist the program's selection committee in developing selection criteria. The best predictor of a resident's academic average in the anethesiology program was the number of years the resident had spent in other specialities.…

Results are reported from a survey of students in the department of community and preventive medicine of the Medical College of Pennsylvania concerning their previous computer experience, extent of computer use since starting medical school, interest in receiving training in various computer applications, and interest in learning through…

The use of reciprocal peer teaching (RPT) was evaluated by first-year medical students participating in gross anatomy laboratory sessions at the University of Ottawa. In RPT each student in turn served as a teacher of his peers. The students compared RPT with staff teaching. (Author/MLW)

A study to assess medical students' perceptions of the weight given to scientific and humanistic values in their learning environment and to determine whether students' perceptions in a given school vary according to their level of medical training and personal characteristics is discussed. (Author/MLW)

Recent studies indicate that medical students perceive the ideal physician as having both stereotypically masculine and stereotypically feminine traits. The physician's assistant role and education combine skills from the traditional physician's role, along with caring from the traditional female nursing role. (MLW)