The importance of alerting the medical student to the psychosocial precipitants of disease and behavior disorders in children and adolescents--including familiarization with the psychological repercussions of the treatment process--is noted. Curriculum content and format, timing of courses, liaison with other specialties and disciplines, and…

A project to improve hospital house officers' recognition of important behavioral, psychological, and social aspects involved in medical care of chronically ill ambulatory patients and an evaluation of its effectiveness are reported. The procedure involved the use of feedback from patient interviews regarding patient satisfaction, medication…

Discussions about death, dying, and dissection during the first-year curriculum were initiated at the University of Massachusetts Medical School to deal with personal questions and emotions evoked by cadaver dissection. The evolution of these discussions, their timing, the present content of the sessions, and student response are described.…

Statistical information regarding applicants for the 1978-79 first-year medical school class are reported. The data include numbers of applicants, numbers accepted, men and women applicants, minority applicants and acceptees, and scores on the New Medical College Admission Test and acceptance status for selected subpopulations of the applicant…

To stimulate interest in death and grief responses, medical school faculty and students at the University of California, San Diego, were invited to a program of music, film, and commentary dealing with that theme. A global evaluation of the event was positive. (JMD)

Results of the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) for 1980 are reported. The data include positions offered and filled by medical specialty and type of applicant. Applicant types are classified as U.S. students, North American graduates, and foreign graduates. Comparisons are made with the NRMP results for 1979. (JMD)

Residents in psychiatry undergo the process of professional socialization during which they assimilate the values and normative behavior of their professional group. The areas of this process that create problems for Black residents are outlined and alternatives to the present experience encountered in most programs are suggested. (Author/JMD)

Twenty-one members of graduate internal medicine training program were studied to determine whether feedback of simple ambulatory practice profiles would prove valuable in their training program. Results suggest that attention to style of practice during training could be extremely cost effective. (Author/LBH)

The initial phase of the Primary Care Education Program, a course of instruction for a limited number of students at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, is described. It was designed to increase knowledge of primary care and doctor-patient relationship, and knowledge of a variety of modes of structuring health care…

Since grade prediction remains an important factor in medical student selection procedures, the ability to make accurate predictions is important. The Prediction Index used at the University of California at Irvine is described which considers overall premedical grade point average (GPA), GPA of specified science courses, and two subtests of the…

A coordination between first-year courses in human behavior or behavioral sciences and gross anatomy at the University of Vermont College of Medicine seems to enhance student learning and to improve student and faculty satisfaction in both courses. Details of the innovative integrative steps are provided. (LBH)

Administration of the Derogatis Stress Profile to 509 medical students, 380 law students, and 215 graduate students at McGill University (Ontario) revealed that medical students are not greatly stressed relative to other groups, so other explanations must be sought for elevated levels of depression in some. One clear stressor found is the…

Compared the interviewing skills of first-year medical students at the University of Oklahoma receiving feedback primarily from standardized patients (SPs) with those of students receiving feedback primarily from faculty. Skills ratings using the Arizona Clinical Interview Rating Scale were significantly higher for the "types of questions…

Proposes an alternative to current use of a single evaluation of medical residents to both monitor achievement of performance standards and to provide guidance concerning professional development. Suggests a dual evaluation system consisting of (1) a faculty-controlled, quality-control system for performance and (2) a resident-controlled,…

Approaches and attitudes toward child maltreatment were surveyed among 1,302 students of psychology, social work, education, and medicine in Israel. Few significant differences were found among disciplines, but students of all disciplines were found not to view neglect situations as maltreatment, and tended to disregard symptoms that lacked…