Learning resource centers (LRC) are areas designed for individual study which contain a variety of self-instructional materials. To evaluate the use of LRC in teaching pulmonary medicine, a survey was conducted of medical school pulmonary sections; responses were obtained from 30 sections with an NHLBI pulmonary Academic Award (PAA groups), ...

The performance of second-year preclinical students who fabricated cast restorations with a technique alloy were compared to the performance of students who used a conventional gold alloy. Nine categories of casting fabrication were evaluated, and no significant differences in performance were found between the two groups of students. Thus, technique ...

The pathology-teacher has to face two basic problems, viz. what to teach and how to teach. As to the question what--the answer is that the pathology of all diseases encountered by the general practitioner should be taught. The teaching of pathology should proceed along two lines, i.e. general and special ...

Pathology is a basic and clinical branch of learning, and should never sever its close relations with the departments of autopsy and surgical pathology of the university hospitals. The teaching of general anatomical pathology by lectures, covering cell pathology, inflammation, and neoplastic growth, can be successful, provided many illustrations are ...

The author outlines a seminar which is aimed especially at improving the capacity of psychiatrists and medical students to understand the emotional conflicts of their black patients as well as the therapists' own race-related attitudes and behaviors. The course is based on the study of black autobiographical literature, which is ...

The herediscope is a useful teaching aid. Unlike some of the more sophisticated new computer teaching aids it clearly demonstrates Mendelian inheritance and sampling variation. The herediscope is easy to construct and costs little. Students can perform numbers of trials, and quickly demonstrate to themselves the variability associated with Mendelian ...

The concept that a diagnostic interview is an education of the doctor by the patient is advanced. The application of educational theory to the interview is examined and inferences about training are drawn.

The instability of the gold market has not diminished the position of the intracoronal cast gold restoration as the treatment of choice in certain clinical situations. While cast gold inlay and onlay techniques will probably remain part of the dental school curriculum, the cost factor in teaching these procedures at ...

A case report of a retarded person teaching another retarded person in a residential setting is presented. The person teaching was trained to use graduated physical and verbal prompts to teach the printing and spelling of the alphabet and certain words to the student. Over an 8-wk. period, the student ...

The choice of anaesthesia as a future career by 54 undergraduates of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria was studied. None of the students selected anaesthesia as first choice; the specialty ranked sixth. The short duration of exposure to anaesthesia, insufficient participation in practical anaesthesia during their posting and inadequate ...

Ninety-five families who had completed a 20-week behavioral-training program for parents of retarded children (Heifetz, 1977) were re-contacted 14 months later. An in-home interview and several questionnaires assessed maintenance of child gains and parents' knowledge of programming principles, as well as the extent and quality of continued and new programming, ...

Basic and advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation training is worthwhile yet time consuming. Anesthesiologists should be among the most qualified leaders in CPR teaching programs. Using a modular self-teaching presentation for basic and advanced cardiac life support courses, minimal instructor time is required to accomplish proficiency in both didactic and mannequin performance ...

In the briefing "Caribbean med school in Washington, D.C.?" (News and Comment, 16 Nov. 1979, p. 799), it is stated that American University hired an instructor from George Washington University to teach students of the displaced University of Dominica. This is not correct. The instructor hired was from Georgetown University.

The Foundation for Teaching Aids at Low Cost (TALC) distributes about 1000 lecture units of slides and scripts each month. This paper reports on the results of a postal enquiry to a stratified sample of those who receive these lecture units. The response to the enquiry was good, and showed ...

The discipline radiology is well suited to teach anatomy to first-year medial students. A series of exhibits of radiographic anatomy in the dissection laboratory, in conjuction with small group teaching sessions, serves this purpose well. Such displays are readily constructed from materials available in most radiology departments and are easily ...

An optical stylet was developed which can be inserted into an endotracheal tube, and the passage through the vocal cords and position of the cuff in the trachea could be controlled visually. It is of great help in difficult intubations in adults and children. It became an invaluable tool in ...

The teaching of statistics in the U.S. and Japanese universities is briefly reviewed. It is found that H. Hotelling's articles and subsequent relevant publications on the teaching of statistics have contributed to a considerable extent to the establishment of excellent departments of statistics in U.S. universities and colleges. Today the ...

As the goals of psychiatric education are evaluated and innovative teaching methods are sought, the current cinema represents an untapped resource. Thoughtful viewing of contemporary films with serious discussion of them in a film discussion group as part of the residency training program is a useful and enjoyable teaching format ...

A double binocular beamsplitter, compatible with Zeiss optics, splits the light from each optical train of a slip-lamp microscope to provide an observer the exact stereoscopic view of the examiner. It has advantages in teaching slit-lamp examination techniques. Further, in surgery at the slit lamp, it allows the observer to ...

A new technique using infrared light for the transmission of heart sounds and murmurs is described. This method enables the simultaneous transmission of heart sounds and murmurs to large groups of persons without the need for hard-wire connections to the amplifying device. The method facilitates teaching of cardiac auscultation at ...

The integrated electronic display model for teaching bronchoscopic technique has been most helpful in guiding the student-bronchoscopist, especially in the early stages of reorientation in both the procedure for insertion and the practice of identification of the individual segmental orifice. The display board is electronically integrated with the lung model ...

There is a great need today for clinical geneticists who can diagnose hereditary malformation complexes and counsel afflicted patients and their families. The vast majority of these heritable syndromes have significant expression in the oral-craniofacial complex. This paper describes the minimal qualifications and training needed by postgraduate dentists to function ...

The scores obtained by 71 generalpractitioner trainers on a 100-question multiple choice question paper were analyzed in relation to the number of years since the trainer qualified. No evidence was found that older trainers had poorer recall of clinical facts.

The anaesthetist's role during an anaesthetic is one of vigilance. Any interaction between tutor and student in this situation must be structured around the vigilance task. Teaching that recognizes this role may be educationally fruitful and may even improve vigilance. Teaching which disregards this function is less likely to result ...

With the phenomenal expansion of knowledge in both basic and clinical sciences, it is absolutely essential to provide a sound foundation of anatomical sciences for the clinical teaching within the limited time available. Problems like shortage of qualified teachers in anatomy, isolation of anatomical sciences from the rest of the ...

Using the format of a continuous case conference, the authors demonstrate that the therapist-presenter develops unconscious identifications with the patient which are especially intense when difficulties (resistances) arise which he cannot resolve. The presenter then enacts these identifications in the seminar giving rise to responses from the seminar members which ...

Two purposes of this study were to determine what percentage of adults who had had cerebrovascular accidents were able to dial and recall telephone numbers, and whether or not the device, the Dial-a-Phone, was an effective instrument to use to teach these patients to dial the telephone. Results indicated that ...

There are times when teaching cannot proceed through the abstract presentation of content and must progress by the demonstration of what is to be taught. This is true whenever a student is unable, for whatever reason, to appropriately apply such abstract material to the concrete task before him. This may ...

From experiences gained during the training of personnel the authors evaluate the effectiveness of teaching the principles of modern methods of resuscitation. They concluded that there are no essential differences in the preparation of carrying out resuscitation precedures between laymen and medical personnel. It is necessary to organize refreshing courses ...

In the process of producing plays in a student drama and theatre workshop at the Hebrew University of Jerusale, certain educational principles and techniques have been utilized. These principles appear to promote inter-group communication, as well as self-development and creativity and to provide a vital educational technique in the teaching ...

In most areas of the medical curriculum it is far more important to teach students the approach to problems, rather than to encourage rote learning of the specific diagnostic and therapeutic regimen indicated in every conceivable circumstance. This is especially true in the field of substance abuse, in part because ...

A series of fourteen audiotape-slide presentaiions on clinical physics and measurement were produced for self instruction by junior anaesthetists. A comparison of group and individual teaching carried out on fifteen trainees indicated no difference between the effectiveness of the two methods. In both cases almost 90% of the lecture points ...

A teaching file is of paramount importance for a teaching department. It should be easily accessible and readily available. Considerations of costs and available space influence the choice of film size for the copies. We have chosen for 10 X 10 cm copies, because the majority can be viewed by ...

This paper was written in reaction to current dissatisfaction with projective techniques. A credo for use of projective techniques emphasizes accountability, phenomenological equality, and an eventual "giving-away" of assessment procedures through education. The primary legitimate usage is nonpsychometric; an interview focused on growth in various contexts. Secondary usages include examples ...

The American College of Radiology designed a "crash" program to train radiologists to interpret and classify the radiological manifestations of coal workers' pneumoconiosis. This Viewbox Seminar combines two pedagogic techniques, group viewbox study, and a test-teach-test sequence of instruction that compels active participation in the learning process. Weekend scheduling and ...

To date television has not been used very much in teaching diagnostic radiology. The authors describe their method of producing educational videotape recordings suitable for teaching purposes. The adults point out that the procedure is relatively cheap in a department that possesses a videotape recorder and emphasise its value for ...

The history of the teaching of analytical chemistry in the United Kingdom before 1914 is described. The development is placed within the context of the growth of chemical teaching through the 19th century. It is shown that the methods adopted derived mainly from German authors, in particular Fresenius, and that ...

The experience of evaluation of both students and course in pathology at Dalhousie Medical School indicates that valuable reproducible and probably objective information is obtained by the use of frequent multiple-choice tests combined with substantial final oral examinations. Course evaluation by student questionnaires has provided useful information on course modifications ...