This study examined the hypothesis that self-actualization is negatively associated with reported frequency of active involvement in religious activities. A group of 63 male undergraduates enrolled in a Catholic coeducational institution indicated the extent of their involvement in religious activities and completed Shostrom's Personal Orientation Inventory (POI), a comprehensive measure ...

Current medical practice requires us to be able to educate and alter an individual's approach to health maintenance. The objective is to prevent illness--not only to treat illness. This approach should result in keeping people out of hospitals and clinics. Diet should be thought of as a noun, not a ...

Since 1967, the academic discipline of social and preventive medicine has been taught to medical students at the University of Rhodesia. The emphasis has been on the basic principles underlying the epidemiology of disease and the medical services required to suit the needs of Rhodesia. In 1970, a course in ...

The requirements for a computer-assisted instruction (CAI) system in terms of hardware, communications, software, and personnel are discussed, and unique characteristics of CAI are reviewed. Current CAI applications in the medical field include programs in undergraduate medical and dental education, training of nurses and physical therapists, units for interns and ...

Medical college established in 1956 to develop undergraduate and graduate medical education. The institute has comprehensive facilities for research, patient-care, and teaching in forty-two fields of medicine and a nursing college. The Web site includes statistical data on the AIIMS programs. Annual report (.pdf) available in Hindi.

This educational website aims to teach human anatomy to students of the health professions, including undergraduate medical, health sciences, and nursing students. Subject content includes gross anatamy, radiographic anatomy and cross-sectional anatomy. Each section contains images, descriptions and tests. The authors of the site hold doctoral (Ph.D) or medical (MD) ...

The education of doctors has not kept up with changes in medicine, medical technology and the organization of health services. Training at undergraduate and postgraduate level can be rigid and is at times inappropriate. Continuing medical education needs expansion. A review of the work and lifestyle of junior hospital doctors ...

A tutorial system for first- and second-year medical students is now in its third year of operation at McGill University. The program was designed to meet the specific needs of McGill students. The aims and objectives were intentionally defined in a general way, application of detail being the responsibility of ...

Twelve years' experience in providing summer employment for students in official health agencies in British Columbia is reviewed and a two-week orientation course given prior to employment in 1964 is described. In the program, which provides experience in teaching, research and community service, a total of 43 students have been ...