Epidemiology and community health in the medical curriculum: the Nottingham experience.
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The epidemiology and community health teaching programme in the medical curriculum in Nottingham is described. Epidemiology is taught as a major scientific discipline in the first two years, in addition to being applied to clinical situations in the later years. All students undertake a research project in the third year, and examples of these are given. (+info)
Reception of the stethoscope and Laennec's book.
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A study of contemporary book reviews and other notices enables us to trace the reception of the stethoscope and Laennec's book between 1816 and 1826. It is quite clear from these that the stethoscope was welcomed with enthusiasm by most people who saw it as the first major diagnostic tool medicine had ever had. Laennec's book was recognised as being the most important, interesting, accurate, and complete work on diseases of the chest that had ever been published. (+info)
Preparation of a Mastership thesis.
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A detailed account is given of the mechanics of converting the manuscript results from a period of research into a thesis that is also a first-class, readable book. (+info)
Unified European higher medical degrees.
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Unequal access to higher medical degrees, which are important for career advancement, is a problem that is likely to plague UK medicine as integration within Europe proceeds. This paper analyses the characteristics of M.D.s at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine and proposes a solution of creating a common European doctorate. (+info)
Alpha omega alpha election and medical school thesis publication: relationship to subsequent publication rate over a twenty-year period.
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To determine the importance of academic and research success during medical school upon subsequent academic activity, a computerized literature search was performed using the names of the 79 surviving members of the Yale Medical School Class of 1970. Individuals elected to Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) during the third year of school had significantly more publications (mean 101.7 +/- 69.6) between 1970 and 1990 than those elected during the fourth year (mean 28.3 +/- 48.0, p = 0.01). Both had significantly more publications than non-AOA members (mean 11.1 +/- 19.4, p = 0.02). Publication of the student's medical school thesis was also associated with a greater number of publications than thesis non-publication (mean 22.1 +/- 37.5 vs 14.4 +/- 30.0, p = 0.005). These studies demonstrate that, at least at the institution studied, election to AOA and publication of the results of a research project were associated with increased publication rates in the medical field over the 20-year period following medical school graduation. (+info)