Strong leadership should be exerted in the development of the use of the computer science field in the education of health professionals. (IR)

There is little evidence that medical school faculties are setting up educational programs to meet the public demand for well-qualified family physicians to provide comprehensive personal health care. (IR)

Statement made by United States Senator upon the introduction of S.3355, extending Title IX of the Public Health Service Act. (Editor)

Prepared for delivery at 81st Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges in Los Angeles, California, November 1, 1970, on the problems of organization of the academic health center. (IR)

Medical and health care institutions must find solutions to growing public demands for less expensive and more accessible medical services. (IR)

During 1974-1978, a six-week senior clerkship was completed by 234 students in six WAMI (Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho) family practices. The average student saw 56 percent of diagnoses common in family practice, and performed 26 percent of common procedures. Despite wide regional variation, few differences were seen among the sites. (MSE)

A study of the consequences of medical student involvement in health care examines patient perception of the student role. Approximately one-third of the community health center patients surveyed viewed the student doctors as subordinate to faculty physicians and these persons were less likely to evaluate their interaction with the students in a…

Success, it is suggested, has brought the medical school into critical new responsibility for the welfare of the university as a whole. An urgent topic for inquiry in the university is seen as the expansion of the medical economy and the attendant growth of medical schools. (MLW)

A cooperative program of the Oregon Mental Health Division and the University of Oregon Medical School was initiated in Oregon in 1975 to give future psychiatrists intensive training experience in community psychiatry. Curriculum for residents included an introductory first-year seminar, a second-year required field training experience, and a…

Since there is a growing emphasis on the behavioral and psychological aspects of health and illness in pediatric practice, training programs must expose future primary care provides to behavioral and developmental issues. An interdisciplinary training model developed at Rochester's Department of Pediatrics is described. (Author/LBH)

Social security can stifle the teaching hospital's development through increasing expenses and budgetary considerations. These problems are discussed in relation to the hospital organization and university structure in Paris, France. (Author/PG)

Since Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho (WAMI) have limited medical education facilities to fill the need in these states for physicians, the WAMI program was introduced. This program provides a year of clinical practice with a community physician to expose students to family practice. (PG)

University medical centers must be prepared to produce additional qualified manpower and health care programs to be required by renewed health manpower legislation. (IR)