Thirty-two university-based doctors and sixty-seven medical students used a visual analogue scale (VAS) to estimate the usefulness of the inspection-palpation-percussion-auscultation (IPPA) approach. Doctors considered IPPA less useful in the examination of the musculoskeletal system than in other systems, both in clinical practice (P less than 0.01) and as an aid ...

The growth of behavior therapy during the past two decades has had a significant impact upon the education and training of professional social workers. Behavioral approaches are now well represented in the practice of clinical social work, and this trend is seen as likely to continue to expand. A description ...

Postgraduate medical education in the United Kingdom has changed. Now, five years of undergraduate training merely prepare a doctor for postgraduate training, whatever his specialty will be. After undergraduate training (and a year in hospital) all doctors do three years General Professional Training followed by some four years Higher Specialist ...

Recent graduates from APA-approved doctoral programs in clinical psychology were asked to rate the adequacy of their training in a variety of skill areas (N = 316). For the most part, respondents were relatively satisfied with their training and were most satisfied with traditional skills in therapy and assessment. Comparisons ...

Reasons are presented for believing that the skill of formulation is inadequately covered in textbooks. A survey was made of 57 psychiatric training centres in Canada, the U.S.A. and the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (in which 1324 doctors are trained). Of North American respondents only a minority give ...

Basic theories on doctor-patient communication as taught in the course on human behaviour to third-year medical students at the University of Cape Town are outlined, and it is shown how these are understood and used by medical students early in their clinical training. It is on these foundations that the ...

The increasing need for epidemiologists in biomedical research has been studied by polling organizations with present and potential needs for epidemiologic services. The research institutes of the National Institutes of the National Institutes of Health and the schools of medicine reported the greatest estimated need among the respondents. They and ...

Attitudes of first year Israeli Medical School students are investigated using the Semantic Differential technique to differentiate their perceptions of the roles of doctor, patient and the mentally ill. Students also selected from among thirty-four behavioural traits those roles considered most characteristic of doctor and/or patient. A high degree of ...

The necessary information is provided for the urologist to answer the question, "Doctor, can I freeze my semen before surgery and use it later to impregnate my wife?" A listing of all semen banks presently storing homologous semen and registered with the American Association of Tissue Banks is presented. The ...

An integrated program of psychiatric residency training and doctoral studies in social welfare has been conducted by Brandeis University and two Worcester (Mass) clinical institutions over the last five years. Its goal has been to train psychiatrists to conduct psychiatric research using social science concepts and techniques. This article reviews ...

For the first time in the nation's history, it is now certain women will soon constitute a significant professional resource, not only qualitatively, but quantitatively. Unprecedented rising enrollment in professional training extends across the entire occupational spectrum: the elite professions, business disciplines, and doctoral programs including engineering and the sciences. ...

Three hundred eighty-five advanced doctoral students from 102 training programs in clinical, clinical--community, and community psychology participated in as assessment of their training in community psychology/community mental health (CP/CMH). Significant findings included: (a) 66% consider training in CP/CMH as very helpful to their career goals, (b) 54% are very much ...

The present summary and the following papers (I--VI) have been accepted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor Odontologiae at the Dental Faculty, University of Bergen. Paper I: Tooth mortality and endodontic status of a selected population group - before and after treatment in a teaching ...

Brazil's 1st program for the community based distribution of contraceptives is successfully in 30 municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte, a state in Brazil's arid Northeast. Already, over 5000 women have been reached by the program, which is operated by the State Secretariat of Health with technical assistance provided by ...

When viewed as a sequence of decisions clinical diagnosis becomes amenable to detailed investigation in terms of standard statistical concepts. A study of six clinicians diagnosing identical sets of cases of non-toxic goitre is used to illustrate an objective technique for studying the diagnostic process with the aid of a ...

This paper outlines some of the components of community medical practice and community physicians. These, although not peculiar to this area alone, certainly in toto make the community an essential area for the doctor in training to become involved in some of the students' problems. The latter part of the ...

Thesis (doctoral)--La Salle University, 2003.

PROBLEM ADDRESSED: To train residents adequately, major improvements in the supervision of the doctor-patient relationship were needed. OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM: To improve supervision of residents' building and managing doctor-patient relationships. MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM: Using a program based on systems thinking, the teachers at one Quebec university introduced ...

Last year’s shortfall in training places looks set to be repeated. Graham Winyard believes this is a betrayal of students’ expectations, but Alan Maynard (doi: 10.1136/bmj.39555.500613.AD) thinks it is inevitable if patients are to get the best care

This booklet, produced by the Department of Health in May 2004, is intended as a resource for Trusts and SHAs. It suggests ways in which they can implement the Working Time Directive (WTD) for doctors in training from 1 August, focusing in particular on short term solutions. The compendium aims ...

Many changes are occurring in the organization and management of postgraduate medical education and training. Hospital Doctors: Training for the Future (Department of Health, 1993) highlights the need for shorter training programmes and structured curricula. A number of issues still require analysis, particularly the resource implications of expanding the consultant ...

The Australian School of Advanced Medicine at Macquarie University, Sydney, will provide competency-based university medical specialist training in a private hospital environment, Australia. The rationale is the need for additional and innovative programs to meet emerging demands, and alternative training programs to increase the opportunities for doctors to achieve their ...

Doctor Armstrong uses New York City as an example in his thoughtful paper. What he says of school hygiene there will be found to apply with equal, if not greater, force elsewhere. There is always the danger that in the pressure of routine duties the larger objects are apt to ...