Results of a survey of third- and fourth-year medical students' attitudes about sex role, medical school, career plans, and fear of success are reported. Stereotypical responses were received from male and female students. Implications of these attitudes for the students' careers are discussed. (MSE)

Two aspects of the national marketplace of medicine are assessed. They include the academic origins of candidates for medical careers and the success of different types of institutions in placing candidates in medical schools. (MLW)

Four actuarial equations for predicting an academic performance criterion were developed and assessed at the University of Michigan. It was concluded that appropriately done actuarial prediction of an individual criterion is more efficient than the efforts of an admissions committee. (LBH)

Identifies successes and failures of American medical education. Discusses the university portion of medical education, the hospital training phase, the rise of specialty training, medical students and faculty, and the government role in medical education. (Author/DB)

Part of the findings of a postal survey of medical students pertaining to the students' background, attitudes to the course, and career preferences. Increases in women students, the lack of broadening of social class background, and continued unfavorable attitudes toward community medicine, sociology, and psychology are shown. (LBH)

The results of this study indicate that for accepted students, grade point average (GPA) adjusted by institutional selectivity was considerably more useful than raw GPA, and perhaps as useful for predicting success as Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) science subscores. (LBH)

A statistical analysis reveals that: (1) inclusion of continuous assessment (CA) scores in the final assessment does not alter the ranking order of student performance; (2) it sometimes benefits the student, especially those of below-average ability; and (3) inclusion of CA in the final assessment of students in honors courses has no significant…

An Adjective Check List was used to compare and contrast the desired personality traits for veterinarians. Data were collected from members of an admissions committee, the general public, and veterinary medical students. (LBH)

Six years of experience of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) with a summer program for the recruitment of minority students is described. The program emphasized experiences that would increase the potential student's motivations, information, and academic skills. Its impact on UTMB enrollments was disappointing.…

This study examined the effect of gender, personality attributes, and class standing on medical students' attitudes toward medically underserved populations. A total of 102 first-year and 65 second-year students at a medical school in the southeastern United States completed the Medical Students' Attitudes Toward the Underserved (MSATU)…

This study was conducted to see if evaluative feedback from students that includes reference values (students' expectations on teaching quality) has an effect on acceptance by teachers and relevance for them. Also examined was the degree to which teachers' goal setting is influenced by feedback of student ratings with or without reference values.…

This collection of reports on curricular structure and change in North American medical education covers almost all of the accredited medical schools in the United States and Canada (118 of the 125 in the United States and 12 of the 16 in Canada). The reports have the same basic structure so that information can be more readily compared, and they…

This report reviews the performance on the July 1972 ECFMG (Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates) examination and certain other characteristics of the 290 foreign medical graduates who had completed one of 3 full-time review courses prior to taking the examination. (Editor)

Described is a method requiring modification of patient records to include not only what was done but also the recommendations of more junior members before consultation with superiors. (Editor)

A study of medical students at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences is discussed: sexual composition did not influence the structural organization of groups but did affect the emotional climate perceived in the groups. Men and women comprising the mixed-sex group had similar perceptions. (MLW)