Reinforces some of the points made in Stephen Silverman's research review on teaching in physical education, examining the process-product paradigm, the measurement of learning and teaching, and the significance of student mediation. The article identifies issues that merit further discussion and analysis. (SM)

Self-monitoring refers to the personal supervision of one's own practice. It is argued that self-monitoring is an essential aspect of professionalism. Vignettes of physicians and teachers illustrate the central issues of self-monitoring and demonstrate the continuum of self-monitoring activities in practicing either profession. (SLD)

A study at the University of Colorado compared minority (n=73) and white (n=122) faculty perceptions of employment/workplace issues and minority affairs. Minority faculty were dissatisfied with certain contexts in the institution and felt excluded. Interactions of race and gender were also examined. (Author/MSE)

Presents a study analyzing the relationship between preservice teachers' perspectives of their role and how they teach social studies. Identifies seven perspectives: scholar psychologist, friendly scholar, inculcator, facilitator of thinking and lifelong learning, friendly pedagogue, empowerer, and nurturer. Concludes that multiple approaches to…

A study compared the breast cancer screening knowledge of 27 medical students in first and fourth years. In the fourth year additional questions were asked about training and training needs. Although students performed significantly better on knowledge-based questions in the fourth year, considerable room for improvement remained. Most students…

Describes the development of a multimedia library collection at Concorde Career Institute (Missouri) that specializes in allied health technical career training. Highlights include determining student needs, barriers to student and faculty use, instruction in library use, and working with instructors. (LRW)

Discusses what has been learned about building school/community partnerships through the "Health Professions Schools in Service to the Nation Program," a national demonstration program of service-learning in health-professions education. Issues include: the challenge of distinguishing service learning from clinical experience; community attitudes…

The evolution of dental education will not occur until dental schools develop new, creative organizational systems that promote team learning, dialogs, and active faculty leadership, and can document the relevance of institutional mission to taxpayers. Schools that become centers for challenge and discovery will reap the rewards in the current…

Frustrated by the ways in which large managed-care companies are controlling physicians' lives and professional practice, the American Medical Association has voted to form a union to represent physicians and medical residents. Academic physicians have shown less interest than others. (MSE)

A survey of 383 faculty in family medical-residency programs explored perceptions of 60 professional, scheduling, compensation, and regional factors as they related to overall job satisfaction and career plans, and 59 factors related to the initial decision to enter academic family medicine. Results indicate high levels of satisfaction, feeling…

Discusses the provision of continuing professional development (CPD) for health professionals by open and distance learning, focusing on the experience of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh (Scotland). Describes the needs-analysis and pilot evaluation of a primarily text-based resource, reporting high satisfaction with content…

Examines how teacher educators introduced and modeled a language of possibility in an inquiry group to help prospective teachers acquire a secondary teacher discourse. Illustrates how the discourse supported the interns in finding ways to control their own professional learning and act on their emerging philosophies in the midst of powerful…

Presents a history of teacher education in the United States, highlighting four dilemmas that are crucial to the task of rethinking and deepening the reform agenda: new knowledge in the arts and sciences that has stimulated disputes, the content-pedagogy problem, issues regarding uniformity and diversity, and the issue of purpose in education. (SM)

Injuries are predictable and preventable. Prevention may be applied at bedside or in the community. Greater emphasis on injury control would radically alter the health care provider's role, and shift the direction of communication from the physician to the community and to the individual patient. Success with prevention strategies requires new…

Discusses the approaches taken to integrating teaching of basic sciences, clinical sciences, and biopsychosocial issues by eight medical schools participating in a large-scale curriculum development project. All schools promoted study of the humanities and biopsychosocial sciences throughout the curriculum. Attention is given to the problems…