An approach being used at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy to enhance the ability of pharmacy students to communicate effectively with their patients is described. The module consists of a syllabus, original videotapes, audiotapes, assigned readings, and evaluation tools. (LBH)

This article discusses trends in vision care and visual rehabilitation for elderly citizens, including: (1) the economizing effects of insurance and governmental policies regarding second opinions, generic medications, and use of less expensive equipment and personnel; (2) modern advances in cataracts and glaucoma; and (3) recommendations for…

A study compared the attitudes of men and women junior medical students at one medical school before and after a surgery clerkship concerning their confidence in dealing with problems in the doctor-patient relationship, concerns about future practice, and the value of preventive care. (MSE)

Discusses operation and format of a Gerontology Journal Club established at a teaching hospital as a continuing education modality to help experienced practitioners keep up with literature and translate new concepts into practice. Describes conceptual, practice, and program gains made by workers involved in the club. (NRB)

Compared self-poisoning patients with psychiatric patients and nonpatient controls on problem-solving skills and locus of control. The psychiatric and self-poisoning groups showed deficits on interpersonal problem solving compared with nonpatient controls. The self-poisoning group performed below or at the level of the psychiatric group. Locus of…

Studied six- to 17-year-old outpatients who completed intake but did not enter therapy with those in therapy for an average of 13 sessions. Compared groups on demographics, Child Behavior Checklist broadband and narrow-band syndrome scores, Children's Depression Inventory scores, therapist age and sex, and on parent perceptions of clinic and…

Dental students participating in videotaped student-patient encounters providing feedback on their communication skills felt more confident in their ability to listen to, question, understand, respond to, and explain to patients, and also found areas of communication needing improvement. (MSE)

Explored sensitizing effects of pretreatment assessment on posttreatment chemotherapy nausea and vomiting and interactive effects of personal dispositions for information seeking. Oncology patients rated side effects experienced previously (experimental condition), or parking conditions (control). Posttreatment, nausea of experimentals was…

A technique in which feedback is provided on videotaped performances to teach interview and examination skills in a pediatric clerkship was evaluated with a single-blind, controlled study. Students who received critiques from their preceptors performed significantly better than did those who had self-guided critiques. (Author/MLW)

A study to assess medical students' perceptions of the weight given to scientific and humanistic values in their learning environment and to determine whether students' perceptions in a given school vary according to their level of medical training and personal characteristics is discussed. (Author/MLW)

The ways to increase the funding base of a family medicine residency program through the appropriate use of procedures related to patient care and the provisions of service are discussed. Areas for potential expansion in training programs and financial staffing strategies to increase revenues are described. (Author/MLW)

Data on referral and discharge from a short-term habilitative facility are used to illustrate the "survival analysis" of the rate at which institutionlized mentally retarded persons are released to the community and regression analysis of factors which help predict time to release. (Author)

A model for a geriatric optometry curriculum that defines key content areas and addresses the values essential for effective practice and basic therapeutic modalities used in treatment regimens with older adults is outlined. (MSE)

The teaching of clinical skills and the supervision of clinical education of undergraduate medical students were studied by reviewing students' patient-related experiences in required internal medicine clerkships in the United States and Canada during the 1979-82 accreditation cycle of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education. (Author/MLW)

This article describes how, by using a paper-and-pencil, multiple-risk-factor assessment instrument referred to as the Heart Health Assessment Questionnaire, the specific educational needs of an aging veteran population were more clearly identified. Findings are discussed in relation to the pivotal role of the health education professional for…