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A Classification of Developmental Activities of Academic Family Medicine Supported by Federal Grants.
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Davis, Junius A.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1991
Analysis of 61 successful grant applications for the federal Establishment of Departments of Family Medicine grants program identified three dimensions for classifying supported developmental activities: (1) the functional area of the activity; (2) the objectives of the activity; and (3) the strategies to be used to attain the objectives.…
Descriptors: Classification, Departments, Federal Aid, Grants
Prevention and Treatment of Alcohol-Related Problems: An International Medical Education Model.
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Murray, Margaret; Fleming, Michael – Academic Medicine, 1996
Describes a model international program for educating physicians about alcohol-related problems, focusing on the initiative's "trainer-development" approach and critical issues in implementing the program in other countries. Also describes the successful implementation of the program in Poland. (MDM)
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Program Directors' Responses to a Survey on Variables Used To Select Residents in a Time of Change.
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Wagoner, Norma E.; Suriano, J. Robert – Academic Medicine, 1999
A survey of 794 program directors in 14 specialties assessed actual and projected changes in the selection process for medical residents and determined the relative weights the directors assigned to personal and academic criteria. Results indicate significant changes in the selection process, including a continuing decrease in residency positions…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Admission Criteria, Allied Health Occupations Education, College Admission
Prioritizing Areas for Faculty Development of Clinical Teachers by Using Student Evaluations for Evidence-Based Decisions.
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Vu, T. Robert; Marriott, Deanna J.; Skeff, Kelley M.; Stratos, Georgette A.; Litzelman, Debra K. – Academic Medicine, 1997
A study examined 634 medical students' ratings of 126 attending and 152 resident physicians' teaching to prioritize specific skills needing focused faculty development. Results indicated students can discriminate between more- and less-effective teaching behaviors. Attending physicians were less effective at communicating goals than other teaching…
Descriptors: Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), College Faculty, Evaluation Methods, Faculty Development
How Reorganizing a General Medicine Clinic Affected Residents' and Patients' Satisfaction.
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Lofgren, Richard P.; Mladenovic, Jeanette – Academic Medicine, 1990
The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of organizational changes in the general medicine clinic on residents' and patients' satisfaction, including their perceptions of the quality of care. Questionnaires to assess satisfaction were administered to the residents (N=80) and patients (N=577) using a pre- and posttesting design. (MLW)
Descriptors: Clinics, Family Practice (Medicine), Graduate Medical Students, Higher Education
Fifteen Years of a Videotape Review Program for Internal Medicine and Medicine-Pediatrics Residents.
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Edwards, Ann; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1996
The Wayne State University (Michigan) medical school program of videotaping resident interviews with patients and reviewing them with faculty is described and evaluated. Topics discussed include the program's structure and process, recurrent themes in the review sessions, residents' perspectives on the process, potential barriers to a successful…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Graduate Medical Education, Graduate Medical Students, Higher Education