A three-stage plan was conceived by a multidisciplinary, multiprofessional staff that encompassed behaviorally oriented educational objectives, instructional methodologies for the objectives, and evaluation instruments. The resulting curriculum focused on issues important to team delivery of primary care. (LBH)

In the light of four years of experience, the faculty of Minnesota's Department of Family Practice and Community Health continues to regard practice management as an important area in the training of family practice residents. The process of refinement, both in content and method of presentation, remains a priority. (LBH)

Over a 12-month period in 1974-75 the Computer Assisted Instruction System (CAI) was used as an adjunct to teaching preclinical medical students at the University of California, San Diego, the fundamental skills of clinical history-taking, the framework of the physical examination, and some specific clinical problem-solving methods. (LBH)

Medical schools must use selection methods that validly measure applicants' noncognitive qualities, but primary-care (PC) schools have a particular need. This study correlated entering students' personality and values scores with their professed interest in PC. 93 medical students completed instruments assessing personality (16PF & PSP), values,…

A usable instructional system is defined as a system that enables learners to accomplish learning goals or tasks in an effective and efficient way. This paper investigates the usability of the Virtual Hospital Round (VHR) prototype, and explores medical students' and professionals' attitudes toward the VHR system. Results of the evaluation of the…

The knowledge encapsulation theory (H. Schmidt and H. Boshuizen, 1992) predicts that experts under certain conditions shift from the use of clinical knowledge to elaborated biomedical knowledge. In normal routine cases, experts process cases with their encapsulated clinical knowledge. These differences in processing are reflected in clinical case…

Self-regulated learning with authentic and complex problems requires that learners observe their own learning and use additional information when appropriate (e.g., hypertextual information in computer-supported learning environments). Research indicates that learners in problem-based environments often have difficulties using additional…

Excerpt from report on official Exchange Mission to the U.S.S.R. on health planning and medical education.

Written clinical simulation problems in forced-choice and essay formats were used to compare the performance of medical students with varying levels of clinical experience at the conclusion of their pediatric rotations. Clinical simulation problems failed to demonstrate responsiveness to development and maturation in the problem-solving approach…

Satisfaction of students in each of three years of residency are reported for these program elements: degree of responsibility for patient care, educational experience, support from superiors and peers, quality of work experience, leisure time, salary, job and support group availability for spouses, location, and patients' socioeconomic status.…

Issues in the measurement and interpretation of student perceptions of medical schools' learning environments in earlier British research are discussed and compared with a more recent Australian study. Two of the problems are methodology in large-scale studies and institutional reform based solely on survey results. (MSE)

Premedical school achievement data were used to determine whether nonscience preparation in undergraduate study was a handicap in medical school. Nonscience students performed as well as or better than science majors on almost all performance measures. Implications for medical school admissions are examined. (MSE)

A preceptorship program design to introduce preclinical students to primary care in both underserved and adequately served communities is described. A preliminary evaluation of the program's first year indicates that it has had an impact on the students' attitudes. (Author/MLW)

"Wrap-up rounds," in which students, residents, and faculty physicians involved with patient care in a clinic gather to discuss the clinic session, are advocated. They allow a structured educational program to take place in an ambulatory care center without interfering with patient flow and care. (MLW)