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Learning Objectives for Medical Student Education--Guidelines for Medical Schools: Report I of the Medical Schools Objectives Project.
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Academic Medicine, 1999
The first phase of the Association of American Medical Colleges' Medical School Objectives Project, to develop consensus on the attributes medical students should possess on graduation, is reported. Each of the four identified attributes is explained, and the associated learning objectives are stated. Attributes are the physician must be…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Altruism, Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives
Honoring the "E" in GME.
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Cohen, Jordan J. – Academic Medicine, 1999
Common complaints about physicians are that they don't care enough about patients, don't know enough to practice the best medicine, and don't do enough to maintain the public's trust. The best way for graduate medical education (GME) to address these complaints is to improve the educational content of residency programs. (MSE)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Communication Skills, Curriculum Design, Graduate Medical Education
The Effect of a Domestic Violence Interclerkship on the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Skills of Third-Year Medical Students.
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Jonassen, Julie A.; Pugnaire, Michele P.; Mazor, Kathleen; Regan, Mary Beth; Jacobson, Eric W.; Gammon, Wendy; Doepel, David G.; Cohen, Andrew J. – Academic Medicine, 1999
A study investigated the effectiveness of two- and 3.5-day domestic-violence interclerkships in improving the knowledge, attitudes, and skills of two successive cohorts of University of Massachusetts third-year medical students. Participating students immediately and significantly improved in each of these areas and fully or partially sustained…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Curriculum Design, Family Violence, Higher Education
Shortcomings in the Evaluation of Students' Clinical Skills and Behaviors in Medical School.
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Kassebaum, Donald G.; Eaglen, Robert H. – Academic Medicine, 1999
A study examined the extent to which current medical-student evaluation assesses noncognitive clinical skills and behaviors needed by graduates, including small-group conferences, case-based discussion, library research, lifelong learning, reasoned thinking, interpersonal skills, and logical/sequenced history taking and physical examinations.…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Higher Education, Interpersonal Competence
The Shift to Specialism in Medicine: The U.S. Army in World War II.
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Ginzberg, Eli – Academic Medicine, 1999
World War II brought a significant rise in the number of medical specialists because they were in great demand for treating battle casualties for returning veterans, and many recently discharged medical officers took advantage of the G.I. Bill to train in specialty and subspecialty medicine. A participant chronicles this process. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Armed Forces, Educational History, Federal Aid
In Progress: Reports of New Approaches in Medical Education.
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Anderson, M. Brownell – Academic Medicine, 1999
The annual, peer-reviewed collection of reports on innovative approaches to medical education includes 72 brief reports of teaching techniques and approaches, categorized by their emphasis on students, technology use, development of professional skills/attitudes, teaching and assessment strategies, graduate medical education, and continuing…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education