The innovative features of the M.D. program at McMaster University are problem-based learning, small-group tutorials, and the student responsibility for their own educational activities. A survey ascertained the faculty members perceptions about the program. (MLW)

This survey of APA-approved doctoral programs in clinical psychology provides a status assessment of the Rorschach technique. Eighty-one percent emphasized the technique; a quarter offered the course for a full year; respondents with more experience rated the technique higher; and its was rated highly as a clinical tool and teaching aid, but low…

A survey of full-time medical school faculty at one university shows sources of job satisfaction coincide with perceptions of job and career responsibility. Physicians reported conflict between various responsibilities but resolved this by setting or rationalizing priorities. (Author/MSE)

Programs of human resource management should be developed for academic medicine but will arrive only when faculty perceive the need and when it is linked to the reward system. Medical teaching evaluation is relatively new and there is little continuing research, and faculty must actively seek out the available materials. (Author/MSE)

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine has devised an evaluation system that not only provides the advantages of oral examination but also attempts to alleviate some of its disadvantages. The system uses oral examination to assess students' content knowledge. (MLW)

Data on the economic status of faculty members in preclinical departments of medical schools are provided. The data include number of full-time faculty members by rank, average salary by rank, and benefits as percentage of average salary. (MLW)

The quality of graduate medical education is determined to depend upon many factors including: number of faculty and their teaching and clinical abilities, number and types of patients, the degree of responsibility residents are expected to assume, and the adequacy of their supervision. (MLW)

A follow-up study of academic tenure and collective bargaining in dental schools is reported. There appears to be an increase in tenured positions in dental schools since a 1975 survey. However, since 1975, no other dental school faculties have unionized. The Yeshiva case makes unionism questionable. (MLW)

Described is an inservice training program for part-time faculty involving workshops, weekly meetings, and practice sessions designed to provide training in instructional techniques. Results indicate a need for such programs because part-time faculty outnumber full-time faculty in clinical dentistry programs yet receive little formal training in…

Examined faculty attitudes toward a new problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum at Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, surveying 115 participants in the new curriculum and 96 nonparticipants. Participants judged the PBL curriculum to be superior in most respects to the old curriculum, whereas nonparticipants judged both to be about equal. (MDM)

Because family medicine residency programs have been in the forefront of nutrition instruction, a nationwide survey of these programs was conducted to examine the nature, staffing, and funding mechanisms for nutrition education. Results of the survey indicate that registered dietitians were available to 89 percent of the programs. (Author/MLW)

Principles of organizational change are examined as they apply to academic units in general, and the way in which one well-established academic department in nursing changed its administrative structure is described. The process used faculty participation in decision-making. (Author/MSE)

Medical school faculty members' broad understanding of their domains has atrophied as specialization has increased. Medical students need teachers who can integrate the specific areas of a subject with overarching themes. Expanding the values of the university to once again include the scholarship of integration and teaching would provide the best…

A survey of 115 medical schools concerning early retirement benefits and incentives for faculty found that defined-contribution plans were preferred and were available at 37 percent of institutions. Incentive programs were used by 70 percent of schools during 1987-91. However, few early retirements have occurred. Program characteristics,…

The University of Nebraska Medical Center has developed a system for academic appointments that retains tenure but removes traditional time and promotion requirements. The system is designed to reward all faculty for academic work, reduce stress on new faculty, and improve recruitment, especially of clinicians and allied health professionals. (MSE)