A survey of 119 medical schools found that about one-quarter had no required environmental medicine (EM) content in the curriculum. Schools with EM content averaged seven hours of instruction. Sixty-eight percent had faculty with environmental and occupational medicine expertise, primarily in departments of medicine, preventive medicine, and…

Medical schools were invited to provide written and Web-based materials related to implementing cross-cultural competency in their curricula. A tool was developed to measure teaching methods, skill sets, and eight content areas in cross-cultural education. Most programs emphasized teaching general themes, such as the doctor-patient relationship,…

A survey of 21 internal medicine residencies in New York resulted in identification of 8 essentials of a feasible credentialing protocol, including 5 present in most of the protocols examined. The study produced a master list of procedures with corresponding certification criteria and suggested a uniform credentialing system is possible.…

The discussion consists of a national overview of state legislative activity and summaries of state legislation addressing aspects of physician distribution in rural areas and other rural health care issues during the period 1984-89. Legislative summaries are organized by state. (MSE)

In 1988-89, 170 medical school faculty and 227 students completed questionnaires at the University of Louisville. Both the faculty and the students were found to be fearful of infection, had strong negative attitudes toward AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) patients, and had low levels of confidence in the current knowledge about AIDS.…

The study compared research activities of men and women from data obtained in a 1982-83 survey of 7,947 medical school faculty in departments of internal medicine. Among findings were that women researchers had significantly fewer National Institutes of Health grants as well as reduced laboratory space. (Author/DB)

Students were asked to state their selected specialty and to rank the importance that each of 25 influences listed on a questionnaire had in making their specialty choice. Selected specialties were classified into three groups: noncontrollable lifestyle, controllable lifestyle, and surgery. (MLW)

Residency program directors were surveyed to determine whether a standardized "dean's evaluation" form submitted by deans of student affairs on behalf of senior medical students would suffice in conveying information desired for the residency selection process. Program directors were asked to rate each subpart of this suggested form.…

A study of family physicians graduating from Texas residency programs between 1979 and 1987 analyzed patterns of practice location and their relationship to residency location, focusing on size of practice community and distance from the residency program. It is concluded that state policy has effectively distributed physicians in the state. (MSE)

A survey was conducted of the first authors of half of the research papers published in 18 leading peer-reviewed medical journals over a six-month period in 1986. They were sent a questionnaire that assessed their previous research training and their recommendations for training of clinical research faculty members. (Author/MLW)

A survey of 2,459 medical students found that 39% had witnessed cheating in their first 2 years of medical school, and 66.5% had heard about cheating. About 5% reported having cheated during that time. Students appeared resigned to the fact of cheating, but lacked consensus about how to proceed when witnessing it. Guidance in intervening in…

A survey of women physicians elicited 373 responses from women who had experienced pregnancy during residency. Respondents indicated that major sources of stress included frequency of call, fatigue, long hours, and too little time with partner. Women medical staff were perceived as supportive. Maternity leave of less than 6 weeks was felt to be…

Directors (n=469) participating in the National Resident Matching Program and responding to a survey felt the selection process distorted the senior year for medical students. They supported development of a centralized residency application service with electronic transmission of data. (DB)

A survey of 95 Canadian and U.S. medical schools found that a majority regularly involved community members in research, admission, hospital boards, and undergraduate education. Most had also taken steps to identify community needs. In general, institutions viewed community involvement as beneficial, primarily in building mutual commitment.…

The survey of 148 graduates of the combined M.D./Ph.D. Medical Scientist Training Program at Washington University (Missouri) found that 95 percent chose to enter residency programs rather than postdoctoral fellowships and 89 percent of those who had completed all training planned to join academic institutions or the National Institutes of Health.…