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Peer reviewedMcAuley, Robert J. – Academic Medicine, 1998
Examines issues medical schools must consider before requiring students to own computers, including appropriate kind of computer, impediments to teaching with computers, and how they are to be used. Data from a study of 15 medical schools that require computers, surveyed information on software, hardware requirements, expectations of student use,…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computers, Costs, Curriculum Design
Peer reviewedWhitcomb, Michael E.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1992
A study compared characteristics of the 25 medical schools producing the lowest percentage of primary care physicians with the 25 producing the largest percentage. Results indicate differences in school commitment to primary care education, research programs, and clinical environments supporting required clerkships, suggesting educational…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Clinical Experience, Comparative Analysis, Educational Environment
Peer reviewedHafferty, Frederic W. – Academic Medicine, 1998
Discusses the existence of three curricula in medical schools (formal, informal, and hidden) and suggests that educators and administrators investigate the hidden curriculum by examining four areas: institutional policies; evaluation practices; resource-allocation decisions; and institutional "slang." Needed reforms in accreditation standards are…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Administrative Policy, Allied Health Occupations Education
