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Eckenfels, Edward J.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1984
The development of an adviser program at Rush Medical College is described that utilizes faculty members and provides comprehensive counseling with continuity of contact between adviser and student through medical school. Evaluations used to determine its efficacy are also discussed. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Counseling, Higher Education, Medical Education
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Lerner, William D.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1986
Physicians are likely to encounter a wide gamut of disorders related to drug and alcohol abuse and will need specialized knowledge and skills to treat the affected population effectively. The development and implementation of a program to meet these needs at the Medical College of Virginia is described. (MLW)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, Higher Education, Medical Education
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Gary, Nancy E.; Rosevear, G. Craig – Journal of Medical Education, 1983
The development of a one-day preenrollment program for early acceptees at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Rutgers Medical School that informs the acceptees about the educational program is described. An increase of 40 percent of the acceptees appears to be related directly to the program. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Early Admission, Enrollment Influences, Higher Education, Medical Schools
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Weeks, Lin; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1986
Adversarial relationships existing among medical students, nurses, and hospital staff members were recognized at Hermann Hospital, a private, nonprofit teaching hospital in Houston, Texas, to be potentially detrimental to patient care. A joint communications committee identified ways to improve relations between medical students and hospital…
Descriptors: Administrators, Higher Education, Interprofessional Relationship, Medical Education
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Wells, Kenneth B.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1984
A program designed to help first-year medical students understand basic medical ethical issues and view these issues as a essential component of their knowledge base in clinical medicine is described. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Ethics, Higher Education, Medical Education
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Jensh, Ronald P.; Veloski, J. Jon – Journal of Medical Education, 1986
A summer fellowship program is described that was initiated at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University to provide an opportunity for interested faculty to interact with selected students who had used computers before entering medical school. (MLW)
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computers, Fellowships, Higher Education
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Shelly, Richard W. – Journal of Medical Education, 1982
A pilot program in respiratory therapeutics that includes a development and implementation model is reported. Its prerotational and postrotational evaluations and significant improvement in competency areas related to clinical skill areas are described. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
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Vanselow, Neal A.; Kralewski, John E. – Journal of Medical Education, 1986
The development of competitive markets for health services and the shift to the provisions of services through large-scale organizations are having a profound effect on academic health sciences centers. The teaching programs based at the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic are threatened as health maintenance organizations restrict…
Descriptors: Change, Competition, Health Services, Higher Education
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Herrmann, Thomas J.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1983
The reasons for the University of Michigan's decision to end development of a health maintenance organization are outlined from its different perspectives as an employer, health care provider, and medical school. Among the considerations were employee attitudes, insurance costs, competition, and revenue sources of the medical school. (MSE)
Descriptors: Costs, Decision Making, Facility Planning, Facility Requirements
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Robbins, John A. – Journal of Medical Education, 1983
A pilot program at the University of California, Davis, that incorporated skilled nursing facility training into the required curriculum of their primary care internal medicine residency is described. The goal was to increase the residents' knowledge in the care of geriatric patients. (MLW)
Descriptors: Geriatrics, Higher Education, Internal Medicine, Medical Education
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Ralston, Lloyd S. – Journal of Medical Education, 1979
United Hospital in North Dakota, a primary teaching hospital associated with the University of North Dakota, has developed a program to provide on-site continuing medical education to outlying community hospitals and family medicine staff. The development, implementation and cost of the program are discussed. (JMD)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Higher Education, Medical Education, Professional Continuing Education
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Matthews, Dale A.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1988
A program in personal and professional development for interns was developed at the University of Connecticut Affiliated Hospitals to reduce maladaptive responses to the stresses of medical training. The goals of the program are to provide a supportive atmosphere, build trust, and promote deeper self-understanding and sensitivity. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Graduate Medical Students, Higher Education, Humanization, Individual Development
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Herrmann, Thomas J.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1981
The University of Michigan Medical School concluded that the traditional budgeting process failed to discriminate adequately among programs. The school developed a new system for managing resources utilizing the principles of zero-base budgeting. The new budget/planning system is described. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Administration, Educational Finance, Higher Education
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Nelson, Edward W.; Richards, Ralph C. – Journal of Medical Education, 1984
The University of Utah School of Medicine offers a supplemental undergraduate Seniors Honors Program in Surgery. The goals of the program have been to allow students to make more informed career choices, obtain positions in competitive residency programs, and a head start in postgraduate surgical training. (MLW)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Clinical Experience, Higher Education, Honors Curriculum
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Lohr, Kristine M.; Engbring, Norman H. – Journal of Medical Education, 1988
An institution-wide program for residents impaired by alcohol, drugs, or emotional problems at the Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals is described. The goal of the program was to help impaired house staff to continue their training in a nonpunitive environment. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, Emotional Problems, Graduate Medical Students
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