A primary concern of the study is the policy instruments which may be used to affect production levels of the medical education system. It has been suggested that one possible way to stimulate medical school expansion is through policies which act on demand for medical education. Two series, total applicants and applicants to medical schools with…

This analysis investigates the relationship between (1) income and expenses of medical students and (2) selected characteristics of the medical schools they attended by assessing the degree to which variations in student financing patterns are explained by differences among medical schools. The data used were derived from anonymous questionnaires…

At the SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine the curriculum of the Department of Family Medicine requires that all sophomores spend eight half-days working with a family physician preceptor in his private practice and eight half-days in seminars. Program implementation, requirements, and evaluation are described. (LBH)

A survey of two state university medical schools' family practice graduates examined the extent of their moonlighting during residency and its perceived effects on their training, personal or family life, and finances. Most felt the employment was beneficial to their training or finances and had little negative impact. (MSE)

Medical school student and faculty perceptions of the ideal and actual role of faculty mentors were compared at a Missouri and a British medical school. Similarities were found in perceptions, suggesting that the role is a feasible one but also that, in mentor programs, the mentor's role and activities should be clearly defined. (MSE)

Ways to teach three types of interviewing skills are described, including giving information to patients, handling emotions on the part of patients, and motivating patients. The students showed significant increases in their interviewing skills, but did not change significantly in self-assessment of their level of confidence. (Author/MLW)

Students at the University of Arizona College of Medicine participated in an exercise in community-oriented primary care. They learned basic principles of health risk analysis and community-oriented care and then designed hypothetical, comprehensive health care services for medical students by using knowledge of health risks specific to their…

Reports on a study done at Aberdeen University (England) which assessed the learning styles of first-year medical students. Results indicated that these students scored higher than other students in achievement (including study methods and competitiveness) and prediction for success. Includes the instrument used. (TW)

A survey of first- and second-year medical students at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, revealed concern about a perceived loss of practice autonomy, inadequate financial rewards, and anticipated debt level. Career preferences were toward larger communities, group practices, and specialist practices. (MSE)

In a study conducted to examine potential of two-way television as an instructional medium, classroom observation data were collected from 32 presentations--two-way television and conventional--by seven medical faculty to medical students. Results reveal similar instructional strategies regardless of presentation mode, and mixed reaction by…

Presents the report of the AAMC Panel on the General Professional Education of the Physician and College Preparation for Medicine concerning the purposes of a general professional education, clinical education, admissions, promoting independent learning, curriculum development, and faculty involvement. (MSE)

Medical school faculty, graduates, and residents in nine family practice residency programs in Iowa identified 29 office and outpatient procedures that residents should be able to perform, as well as 11 elective procedures. Views on the need for direct supervision and evaluation of residents' performance were also determined. (Author/SW)

Based on a comparison of criterion-based, checklist scoring of medical students' patient interviewing skills and the traditional method of faculty observation, it is suggested that the latter method is less reliable. (MSE)

The learner's role in acquiring cognitive and interpersonal skills in a first-year medical school course in neurobiology (12 students) that used a small-group, problem-based teaching method. Objectives of the study were to: (1) determine the cognitive and interpersonal skills the students believed were important; (2) evaluate how well the students…

The performance and the predictors of performance of urban and nonurban students in a University of Missouri-Kansas City B.A.-M.D. program are compared. The results provide some evidence for the assertion that rural students perform well in college because they have the zeal to overcome perceived handicaps. (Author/MLW)