Statistical data are presented regarding students applying for residency programs through the National Intern and Resident Matching Program during 1978. Comparisons with previous years are made for overall participation and positions offered and filled. (LBH)

The economic and educational environment that in the mid-1970s led to the growth in the numbers of U.S. students who sought foreign medical education are reviewed and contrasted with the environment in the mid-1980s. Recent data are cited that support a reversal of that earlier trend. (Author/MLW)

A program designed to introduce residents and medical students to community resources for children and increase their knowledge of the factors affecting children's development is described. Trainees spend approximately one-third of their time in program activities that involve 25 community agencies. (Author/MLW)

The impact of the present changing environment on medical education is considered. Four major components of medical education are influenced by environmental change: the setting (hospital inpatient floors), the patients, the teachers, and way teaching is conducted. Educational goals are defined and recommendations for improving teaching are…

The long-term effectiveness of a course for residents on how to teach students, patients, and peers was examined. Three types of evaluation data were collected: self-ratings by the residents, questionnaires completed by the residents, and ratings completed by students taught by the residents. (MLW)

A study of stress during residency training involved data analysis of questionnaires completed by residents and fellows in internal medicine. The results suggest that scheduling and structural changes in residencies are necessary to reduce stress in residents. (Author/MLW)

Physicians who completed residencies in internal medicine at major teaching hospitals in 1982 evaluated their residency training in ambulatory care. Their recommendations were similar to those reported in evaluation studies published over the past 25 years, indicating that training programs have not been successful in restructuring their…

In a study of faculty and peer attitudes toward pregnant residents, all had somewhat favorable attitudes. However, men were significantly more negative than women on the whole, perceived the medical environment as more hostile toward them, and viewed balancing career and family more negatively. (MSE)

Obstacles to developing training programs in geriatric medicine include shortage of faculty members and negative attitudes toward geriatrics on the part of students. For two years, family medicine residents have participated in a required rotation in geriatric medicine at the Duke University Medical Center. (Author/MLW)

Research on residency education in family practice is discussed. Programmatic variables are examined: geographic region, size, and type of program. Definitions of these variables are provided, the current distribution of family practice residency programs across each of these variables is described, and data for use by other researchers is…

Five dental schools were given grants to design and implement a training program for dental students in planning and delivering preventive dental services. These programs are described and compared, and it is concluded that all were generally successful and worthy of continuation. (JSR)

Data from a longitudinal study of Jefferson Medical College graduates were analyzed to determine levels of clinical competence in the first postgraduate year and relationships between postgraduate ratings and performance during medical school. It is concluded that in a substantial number of cases good and poor performance in the first postgraduate…

A chief psychiatric resident and her supervisor at George Washington University Medical Center adapted traditional clinical supervision to encourage the resident's development as a teacher. The chief resident used weekly care conferences to teach first-year residents to make psychiatric formulations. (JMD)

Statistical information concerning medical students who participated in the National Resident Matching Program in 1979 is provided. The information includes data on United States students, North American graduates, foreign graduates, and numbers of specialty positions offered and applicants matched. (JMD)

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)