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J Veloski

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PubMed1983

Baccalaureate preparation for medical school: does type of degree make a difference?

Four groups of medical school matriculants (43 with a B.A. degree in social sciences, 68 with a B.A. degree in the humanities, 49 with a B.A. degree in science, and 40 with a B.S. degree in science) were studied. No significant difference was found among the four groups on yearly grade-point averages in medical school or on parts I, II, and III of the examinations of the National Board of Medical Examiners. Those with an undergraduate degree in the humanities considered leaving medical school more frequently than the others. A substantial proportion of medical students with an undergraduate major in the sciences and social sciences reported they would choose the humanities if they were once again high school seniors. Those with a science background were disproportionately more likely than the others to choose residencies in internal medicine and surgery, and those with undergraduate degrees in the humanities and social sciences were more likely to choose psychiatry residencies.

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PubMed1982

Changing specialties: do anesthesiologists differ from other physicians?

Career choices of physicians frequently change after senior year in medical school. Although previous studies have documented the magnitude of these changes, they contain no information concerning anesthesiologists. Changes in specialties of 1151 physicians, graduates from the same medical school, between the years 1968 and 1976 were studied. Of these physicians, 35 (3%) are presently engaged in the practice of anesthesiology. Of 31 physicians who planned careers in anesthesiology as seniors, 26 (84%) remained in anesthesiology. Nine physicians changed from other specialties to anesthesiology. The ability of anesthesiology to retain physicians who originally planned to specialize in it, or to gain physicians from other fields, was not different from that found in other specialties studied.

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PubMed1979

Relationships between performance in medical school and first postgraduate year.

Data from a longitudinal study of Jefferson Medical College graduates were analyzed to determine levels of clinical competence in the first postgraduate year and relationships between postgraduate ratings and performance during medical school. Ratings were obtained on knowledge, data-gathering skills, clinical judgement, and professional attitudes from the hospitals in which the graduates received their training. Significant relationships were found among three levels of performance in medical school and postgraduate ratings and in all four competence areas. Relationships were strongest at the highest and lowest performance levels. It is concluded that in a substantial number of cases good and poor performance in the first postgraduate year can be predicted on the basis of information already available to the medical school faculty.

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PubMed1977

Family medicine and primary care: trends and student characteristics.

Using data from a longitudinal study of medical students at Jefferson Medical College, the authors analyzed trends in senior student interest in primary care specialties between 1971 and 1975 and selected background characteristics and performance levels of students choosing family medicine compared with those in other specialties. The proportion of students interested in family medicine residencies increased from 6 to 17 percent in the study period. The academic performance of students selecting family medicine was equal to or better than that of those in all other specialties except internal medicine. Smaller proportions were interested in teaching and research than those in other specialties, and larger proportions intended to work in communities of 100,000 population or less.

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