Discusses the recipients of the Association of American Medical Colleges Annual Awards: Dr. John L. Caughey, Jr., for Distinguished Service to Medical Education; and Dr. Edwin D. Kilbourne, for his studies in influenza. (PG)

Forty-six physicians practicing in nonurban areas of California were interviewed and a majority reported rarely or never feeling professionaly isolated. Measures describing the current community and professional activities were not found to predict feeling of professional isolation, but mean rating by admissions interviewers were. (Author/LBH)

The presentation of the Abraham Flexner Award for Distinguished Service to Medical Education to Sherman M. Mellinkoff and the AAMC Award for Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences to J. Michael Bishop is described. (MLW)

The characteristics and prestige associated with oncology and assessed shifts in medical students' perceptions as a result of participation in an oncology course are explored. Respondents were asked to rate the prestige of eight specialities and asked to select characteristics "that best describe each type of specialist." (MLW)

Contending that many health care shortcomings derive from instructional programs, Jason Hilliare advocates reform in the student selection process, the human models available for emulation, the evaluation/reward system, and the instructional experiences available. J. D. Myers holds that quality insures stable and self-renewing undergraduate and…

An innovative program, the Office for Women in Medicine, (OWM), at Yale University School of Medicine, aids professional women in overcoming some of the barriers that they face in the traditionally male-dominated medical profession. (Author/LBH)

Medical college curriculum must be continually changed to take into consideration changes in our society, and to develop new skills and new concepts in medicine to solve public health problems. (IR)

Little striking difference was found between students choosing psychiatry as a first career choice and those choosing it second or third. Results imply recruiting students in the last two groups for psychiatry specialization may be difficult, based on their attitudes about scientific advancement and social status in the profession. (MSE)

Residents in psychiatry undergo the process of professional socialization during which they assimilate the values and normative behavior of their professional group. The areas of this process that create problems for Black residents are outlined and alternatives to the present experience encountered in most programs are suggested. (Author/JMD)

Projected labor shortages in psychiatry have prompted studies identifying factors that influence medical students in career choice. Self-images as individuals were compared with professional images of psychiatrists using subjects from internal medicine as a control group. (Author/MLW)

The career development of female and male physicians who graduated from medical school in 1960 was compared. The effects of achievement motivation, performance in medical school, peer evaluation, prestige of internship hospital, and family responsibilities on professional attainment were analyzed. (Author/MLW)

A study of rotating interns' images of medical practitioners focuses on what images the interns have of obstetrician-gynecologists, pediatricians, internists, psychiatrists, and surgeons, and seeks to determine whether these images differ according to choice of specialty for postgraduate work. (JMD)

Directors of patient evaluation courses at U.S. and Canadian medical schools were surveyed to identify problems that might underlie decreasing competence in clinical skills. The problems identified include inadequate numbers of patients for student examinations, lack of administrative and financial support, and lack of recognition for faculty.…