Systematic ratings of the faculty by residents in a psychiatric training program can be useful in identifying academic resources because residents are in a unique position to provide a measure of who in the faculty has special skills that may otherwise go unnoticed. (Author/LBH)

Mathematical modeling was utilized in the planning and decision-making process involved in reorganizing a teaching clinic to effect continuity of care. The model interrelated physicians, time, and space, facilitating value judgments and decisions. The reorganization was successful and the outcomes remarkably similar to model predictions.…

The medical school-hospital relationship is examined in terms of graduate medical education, primary care initiatives, classification of patients, financing house staff, hospital referrals, and planning constraints. (LBH)

Three specific skills are described that the novice psychiatric resident must begin to learn: interviewing techniques, self-observation, and empathy. Curriculum effective in accelerating the learning process, i.e., interpersonal process recall, is also discussed. (Author/LBH)

The Pediatrics Residency Program of the Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, instituted a microcomputer-assisted information management system that provides the means for documenting the resident's patient contacts and learning experiences. Its role in meeting requirements of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education in…

Attending faculty members completed a rating scale at the end of each clinical rotation in a general pediatrics residency training program. The rating scale items assessed medical knowledge, interpersonal and professional relationships, and attitudes toward education. Interrater agreement is reported. (Author/MLW)

Residents in pediatrics, internal medicine, and family practice were asked about career goals for the year following their residency and in five years. Information was obtained about their motives for career choices including humanitarian interests; intellectual motivation; service motives; and practical, personal, and financial considerations.…

A study of burnout among 67 residents in four programs found little relationship between burnout scores and situational and background factors, but numerous relationships were found among personality measures, burnout scores, and measures of regret about career choice, indicating the importance of interpersonal skills and comfort in mitigating…

This paper presents and interprets examiner and participant performance data obtained from an experimental field test of the test item and case simulation libraries of the American Board of Emergency Medicine Specialty Certificate Examination. Subjects were 94 medical students, residents, and emergency physicians. (Author/LMO)

Legal liability of medical students and residents can have significant consequences for clinical faculty members, the health care facility, and the educational institution. Issues and significant court cases related to the liability of students and residents in the health care setting are examined. (Author/MLW)

A current study of major changes in the behavioral science curriculum in a family practice residency is reported. The survey instrument appears to be highly reliable for assessing graduates' perspectives on specific aspects of residency training in the behavioral sciences. (MLW)

The main objective of the general internal medicine program at the University of California, Los Angeles, Center for the Health Sciences, was to prepare physicians to have humanistic attitudes and skills in dealing with patients. A patient satisfaction survey was used to evaluate the program. (MLW)

Changes in beginning medical students' preferred interview responses appear attributable to a course that emphasizes communication techniques for developing patient rapport. Results indicated significant increases in students' preferences for understanding responses and decreases in preferences for evaluative responses. Changes were in the desired…

The hospital charges of three groups of patients in one hospital were compared. The results of the study indicated that teaching patients with a faculty attending physician had significantly higher hospital charges, while teaching patients with a community attending physician had charges similar to private, nonteaching patients. (Author/MLW)

A "system dynamics" model was developed by the University of Vermont's Division of Health Sciences and the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, the division's affiliated hospital, to anticipate the hospital's utilization by patients in order to plan for future medical students and house staff. The model has proven a useful planning tool…