摘要:

Two studies on the relationship between taking a commercial coaching course and performance on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) are reported. In both studies, one based on repeating examinees and another based on first-time examinees, differences in scores favoring coached examinees were found on the Science Knowledge and Science Problems subtests. The results on the Skills Analysis: Quantitative subtest were mixed, while neither study found differences between the two groups in scores on the Skills Analysis: Reading subtest. The analyses further revealed that the differences in scores on the Science Knowledge and Science Problems subtests were less pronounced for examinees with low scores on the Skills Analysis: Reading and Skills Analysis: Quantitative subtests, examinees with very low or very high undergraduate grade-point averages, and examinees from very selective undergraduate colleges. The substantive importance of the differences was also explored. The coaching effect was estimated to increase an average student's probability of acceptance by 5 percentage points. The results suggest that coaching for the MCAT has a limited effect that supports rather than undermines the validity of the test.

ISSN:0022-2577    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1986

数据来源: OVID

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Current and proposed cutbacks in student financial assistance may significantly reduce the likelihood that low-income and minority individuals will be able to pursue a medical career. In order to estimate the magnitude of the potential effects of these cutbacks, the authors of the study reported here examined the effectiveness of the federal health manpower programs of the 1960s and 1970s in increasing access to medical education. The results suggest that regardless of race or ethnic background individuals from families with small resources were able to enter even the most expensive medical schools without incurring substantially greater debt than individuals with more family resources. In addition, the debt burden of the minority physicians examined was not very different from that of nonminority physicians. Thus, the health manpower programs appear to have been very effective, and their elimination should have a larger adverse effect on low-income individuals than on high-income persons.

ISSN:0022-2577    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1986

数据来源: OVID

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In 1984, 154 physicians who had completed residencies in internal medicine at 15 major teaching hospitals in 1982 evaluated their residency training in ambulatory care. A majority of the physicians would have liked more experience in practical areas related to career planning and office management, more input from subspecialties such as orthopedics and dermatology, greater knowledge about the management of psychosocial problems, and more information about exercise and nutrition. Although many physicians also wanted more time devoted to several other topics, less than 20 percent recommended spending less time on 26 of the 27 topics being evaluated. Since these recommendations are similar to those reported in evaluation studies published over the past 25 years, it appears that training programs in internal medicine have not been successful in restructuring their curricula to meet many of the needs of practicing physicians.

ISSN:0022-2577    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1986

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

The impact of pediatric residents on total patient charges generated in the outpatient pediatric practice of a university hospital was evaluated. Data were collected on 450 consecutive visits covered by two types of third-party category payers, Medicaid and private insurance. Charges were tabulated for visit charges, office-based procedures, and hospital laboratory and radiology tests. Average charges generated for visits to residents were greater than for visits to faculty pediatricians. The difference was attributable to the higher number of hospital laboratory and radiology tests ordered by residents. Patients' age, economic status, and diagnosis did not explain the more frequent use of these tests. These results emphasize that teaching hospitals need to develop specific methods to decrease unnecessary laboratory and radiology tests in pediatrics residency programs. The methodology used in this study provides a means for estimating the economic impact of resident education on the patients they serve.

ISSN:0022-2577    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1986

数据来源: OVID

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The purpose of the study presented here was 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. The study was conducted in 1979 via a mail questionnaire sent to a sample of 713 freshmen, juniors, and graduates from three U.S. medical schools; 82.2 percent responded. The results indicated that the students' perceptions of school values varied little according to the students' personal characteristics, such as sociodemographic and educational background, interests before medical training, and expected specialty choice. However, important differences were observed in students' perceptions of values emphasized to them at different schools. Preclinical and clinical students' perceptions of the importance given to scientific values were similar. As for humanistic values, significantly lower ratings were given by clinical students than preclinical students in two of the schools.

ISSN:0022-2577    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1986

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

No abstract available.

ISSN:0022-2577    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1986

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

No abstract available.

ISSN:0022-2577    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1986

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

No abstract available.

ISSN:0022-2577    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1986

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

No abstract available.

ISSN:0022-2577    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1986

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

No abstract available.

ISSN:0022-2577    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1986

数据来源: OVID