Undergraduate education programs for second- , third- , and fourth-year students in health sciences in which the students receive clinical training and experience in teaching hospitals or affiliated health centers.
Individuals enrolled in a school of medicine or a formal educational program in medicine.
The period of medical education in a medical school. In the United States it follows the baccalaureate degree and precedes the granting of the M.D.
A medical discipline that is based on the philosophy that all body systems are interrelated and dependent upon one another for good health. This philosophy, developed in 1874 by Dr. Andrew Taylor Still, recognizes the concept of "wellness" and the importance of treating illness within the context of the whole body. Special attention is placed on the MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM.
A course of study offered by an educational institution.
The assessing of academic or educational achievement. It includes all aspects of testing and test construction.
Educational institutions for individuals specializing in the field of medicine.
The capability to perform acceptably those duties directly related to patient care.
Practical experience in medical and health-related services that occurs as part of an educational program wherein the professionally-trained student works outside the academic environment under the supervision of an established professional in the particular field.
A medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the internal organ systems of adults.
A specialty in which manual or operative procedures are used in the treatment of disease, injuries, or deformities.
The teaching staff and members of the administrative staff having academic rank in a medical school.
The educational process of instructing.
Selection of a type of occupation or profession.
Standardized clinical interview used to assess current psychopathology by scaling patient responses to the questions.
Acquiring information from a patient on past medical conditions and treatments.
Disturbances in mental processes related to learning, thinking, reasoning, and judgment.
An acquired organic mental disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. The dysfunction is multifaceted and involves memory, behavior, personality, judgment, attention, spatial relations, language, abstract thought, and other executive functions. The intellectual decline is usually progressive, and initially spares the level of consciousness.
Systematic and thorough inspection of the patient for physical signs of disease or abnormality.
Tests designed to assess neurological function associated with certain behaviors. They are used in diagnosing brain dysfunction or damage and central nervous system disorders or injury.
Evaluation of the level of physical, physiological, or mental functioning in the older population group.