Students in advanced psychopathology courses can learn key concepts by administering semistructured interviews designed to identify specific mental disorders. Such an active learning approach potentially can help students gain fundamental knowledge about psychopathology and begin to develop clinical and research skills. To explore the value of…

A method of supplementing hospital ward and outpatient clinical experience for the teaching of medical students is described. (Author)

This article describes an innovative method of teaching and learning in medical education, the Focal Problem Teaching Method, which provides a natural introduction to clinical experience. (Author)

The Galveston plan implemented by the University of Texas Medical Branch School of Allied Health Sciences and Galveston College provides academic and clinical experience for the health care worker. The plan utilizes the core approach in instruction for its cooperative program. (DS)

At Cornell University Medical College one 3-hour session in dermatology is required during the second year. A teaching exercise has been developed that combines a lecture, laboratory exercises, and presentations of patients. (Author)

Psychiatric knowledge of the fundamentals of behavior assists the lawyer to understand his client. (IR)

A teaching eye model that allows the medical student to learn the hand-eye coordination and associated thinking patterns that allow for a more sophisticated use of the ophthalmoscope is described. The eye teaching model attempted to simulate the features found in the eye of a real patient. (MLW)

Task-based learning (TBL) is an educationally sound, effective, and efficient strategy for delivering relevant education. In TBL, the tasks of the health care professional provide the context and the focus for learning, but are not the objective of the student's learning. Students gain a basic understanding of the principles of health and disease…

Due to the lengthy learning process associated with complicated clinical techniques, undergraduate radiotherapy students can struggle to access sufficient time or patients to gain the level of expertise they require. By developing a hybrid virtual environment with real controls, it was hoped that group learning of these techniques could take place…

Explains the development of the Teaching Matrix, a model designed to encourage clinician-teachers to reflect on their teaching before, during, and after each teaching session. The model focuses on who and what is being taught, how the material is being taught, student comprehension, and self-assessment. (MDM)

This paper contains a model for practicum supervision developed by Dr. Manford Sonstegard. The procedure allows the supervisor, student-counselor, client, and practicum class to participate in the session. Whereas one-way mirrors, audio tapes and audio-visual tapes allow for only delayed feedback from the supervisor, Dr. Sonstegard's approach…

Students in the nonintegrated research seminar display more positive attitudes toward and gained greater knowledge of the research process when compared to students in the integrated seminar. (Editor/KE)

Some characteristics of clinical teaching in legal education are criticized. Evidence from transcripts of supervisory meetings indicates that clinical teachers teach students to manipulate and dominate others. (MLW)

Description of a program at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in neurosciences to aid students in diagnosing patients with neuromuscular problems. (PG)