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Evaluating Self-Help Support Groups for Medical Students.

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Goetzel, Ronnie Z.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1984

A survey of medical students in self-help groups revealed that social affiliation and an opportunity to express feelings in a "safe" environment were primary attractions. Nonprofessional faculty contact, support from fellow students, and stimulating discussions about medicine were the main benefits. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Group Therapy, Medical Students, Program Evaluation

Study Circles. Coming Together for Personal Growth and Social Change. A Report on This Long-Standing Phenomenon in Adult Education as It Has Been Integrated into Swedish National Life and Is Now Being Applied in North America.

Oliver, Leonard P. – 1987

The study circle concept, now almost a century old, is by far the most popular form of adult education in Sweden. Swedish study circles are sponsored by 10 national educational associations that receive substantial annual subsidies from the national government. Together with 140 folk high schools (residential adult programs), university short…

Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Discussion Groups, Educational History