Presents a picture of the current situation in the United States with regard to training psychiatric residents in marital therapy. The author argues for more intensive training in the field of psychotherapy. The foundation for psychiatric residency training should be the psychotherapeutic experiences that mature and grow the budding clinician.…

Reviews of medical education programs suggest that physicians are not adequately trained in mental retardation. A study of 64 U.S. medical schools is discussed that indicates that almost half presented only minimal coverage on the topic of mental retardation and offered inadequate clinical experience. (Author/MLW)

Reviews the development of the profession, and identifies important issues in the process and structure of graduate clinical education. These factors are related to an analysis of the graduate curricula, the clinical practicum, and the selection and evaluation of students for masters programs in marriage and family therapy. (Author)

The University of Washington School of Dentistry developed a 36-month formal teacher education program in combination with joint specialty training in pedodontics and orthodontics. The rationale and structure of the original program is outlined and the reasons for its termination are discussed. (Author/MLW)

An analysis of legal trends affecting institutions that train allied health professionals, including risks faced and actions necessary to minimize liabilities, is presented. Discusses those factors which determine liabilities, trends emerging as legal doctrines from courts, and actions for preventing, minimizing, counteracting, or neutralizing the…

More counseling psychology students, including those from programs not approved by the American Psychological Association, are obtaining internships. There are fewer but better applicants and while students are having an easier time finding internships, especially in community mental health centers, job placements are more difficult. (JAC)

A survey is reported that was undertaken by the Association for Medical School Pharmacology to assess the status of developing clinical pharmacology programs in medical schools in the United States and Canada and to determine why some schools have been unable to mount such programs. Survey questions are included. (Author/JMD)

Finding a clinical attending physician role model is one mechanism that medical students can use to cope with the stress engendered by a clinical clerkship. A survey of medical students at the Medical College of Ohio explores this role modeling process. Relevant literature is related and implications of the attending physician role model are…

Medical education research indicates little has been done to improve teaching effectiveness of attending physicians on hospital wards. Moreover, there have been few studies to determine what the attending physician should attempt to accomplish with medical school trainees. More data collected in clinical settings are needed. (RD)

Examines origins of clinical sociology as a behavioral science discipline in the humanist and normative tradition, stresses that clinical sociology is a form of sociological practice, and discusses training and employment in the field of clinical sociology. (Author/DB)

Literature relating to continuity of medical care, including efforts to teach it to medical students is reviewed, and a University of Washington family medicine preceptorship for teaching continuity is described. An evaluation of the program, which places students with physicians so they can follow the care of a family, is presented. (Author/JMD)

A report on teaching in the clinical component of physician's assistant (PA) training programs is presented, based on information obtained through the authors' involvement in a PA faculty development project, and surveys of program directors and faculty. Topics include teacher qualifications, teaching methods and resources, and instructional…