A practical psychiatric experience for future nonpsychiatrists developed as part of a traditional medical student inpatient psychiatry clerkship is described. Weekly student conferences focus on the most complex cases encountered. The practical, interactional techniques used have helped reduce students' initial anxiety. (MSE)

Opinions differ regarding how much of the available information on a particular topic should be presented in a medical school lecture. Data suggest that lectures to medical students are more effective aids to learning when the information density is limited to a few main points that are essential. Author/MLW)

A study of medical students' self-ratings as they progressed through the last four years of a six-year curriculum showed that the students' self-evaluations and faculty evaluations of the students' performances rose year by year, but the relationship between the student and faculty ratings decreased through time. (MSE)

A study of the value of information about high school students' achievement and personal qualities for predicting performance in a combined baccalaureate/medical degree program and in the first year of residency is reported. The study was conducted at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. (MLW)

A survey of medical students in self-help groups revealed that social affiliation and an opportunity to express feelings in a "safe" environment were primary attractions. Nonprofessional faculty contact, support from fellow students, and stimulating discussions about medicine were the main benefits. (Author/MSE)

Suggests that the behavioral sciences often seem to fail in their teaching mission because they do not provide that information which can be converted into specific clinical skills that are useful in solving specific clinical problems. (Author/AM)

With data from mother-infant pairs during the puerperium as an example, three possibilities for using the medical record review are discussed: (1) as a means of specifying objectives for patient care and trainee competence; (2) for assessing trainee progress and teaching program effectiveness; and (3) for assessing the effects of medical science…

Responses from 84 percent of all students at the Medical College of Pennsylvania indicated that approximately 39 percent would probably or definitely apply to part-time residencies if they were available. Although greatest interest was among females with children, there was considerable interest that was not related to marital or parental status…

Medical student marriages were examined in order to identify areas of stress, evaluate the congruence between expectations and actualities in the marital partner's role performance as perceived by the spouse, investigate the spouse's attitudes toward marital counseling, and determine whether a marital counseling service should be made available.…

Problem-based learning (PBL) with simulated cases is one method of delivering standardized pediatric curricular objectives, but the fact that students are dispersed and participating in community-based practices makes group meetings difficult. To address these issues, researchers developed and tested a new modality for presenting PBL cases, a…

The 1999 Minnesota Legislature asked for a study of the borrowing and repayment problems of students in the Academic Health Center (AHC) at the University of Minnesota. Findings of this study show that most graduate and professional students at the AHC borrowed by the time they completed their graduation or professional programs. Many borrowed…

Many educational institutions have moved toward situated learning and problem-based learning (PBL) in which students, to learn, must rely on investigations of problems within an authentic professional context. A study examined and described how students read and learn in such a context. Results of a 1995 qualitative study showed that four out of…