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N Wilcox

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PubMed1997

The Women's Health Curriculum by a problem-based learning method for medical students at the University of California, San Francisco.

OBJECTIVES: Our objectives were to (1) expand and strengthen the women's health curriculum at the University of California, San Francisco, and (2) evaluate the responses of both medical students and faculty to this curriculum. STUDY DESIGN: A written evaluation of the curriculum in women's health was completed by both students and faculty. Variables studied included mean scores of cases, the overall course score, and the preferences of medical students for faculty specialty in teaching the small groups. RESULTS: The overall course evaluation score was 7.81 (range 1 to 10). For those students who had both faculty from internal medicine or family medicine and obstetrics and gynecology, there was a strong preference that obstetrician-gynecologists teach the majority of the cases. CONCLUSIONS: The new case-based curriculum in women's health was enthusiastically received by both medical students and faculty.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1997

Practical application of non-whole animal alternatives: summary of IRAG workshop on eye irritation testing. Interagency Regulatory Alternatives Group.

In November 1993, the Interagency Regulatory Alternatives Group (IRAG) sponsored a workshop to examine the current scientific status of alternatives to the Draize eye irritation test by assessing the current practical application of methods used to predict in vivo eye irritation. Laboratories from around the world were invited to submit detailed in vitro and in vivo data in parallel according to a specific set of guidelines in a consistent format. In vitro scores were compared with individual tissue scores. Over 60 data sets from 41 laboratories were received for 29 different test methods. Methods were grouped into five categories: organotypic models, chorioallantoic membrane-based assays, cell function-based assays, cytotoxicity assays and other systems. Data submissions and correlation analyses have been used to demonstrate the application of guidelines in method evaluations. Findings are summarized and future directions are indicated. A significant outcome of the workshop was the co-operation demonstrated among representatives of industry, academia and government in sharing test data on more than 2000 chemicals, products and product formulations for evaluation by their peers. Information obtained from this workshop will add to the weight of scientific evidence and scientific consensus about in vitro test methods and will establish credibility for regulatory acceptance of non-whole animal alternatives for ocular irritation.

Animal Testing Alternatives↗
PubMed1995

T-groups (training groups) in psychiatric residency programs: facts and possible implications.

The authors studied T-groups offered in psychiatric residency programs in the United States in 1992. A 32-item questionnaire was sent to the residency training directors of 297 psychiatric programs and 34% responded. Results of the questionnaire are presented and their possible implications are discussed. These include: (1) programs that offer T-group value it as indicated by the time allotted to it, the quality of the T-group leaders, and the objectives within the residency program it seeks to accomplish; (2) 45% of respondents not offering T-groups cite negative attitudes toward T-groups (theirs or their residents) as a reason for this decision; (3) T-group, often equated with psychodynamic process, may have suffered the same recent deemphasis as has the teaching of psychodynamic psychotherapy; (4) and T-group, by its very nature, has educational as well as therapeutic features, a combination that creates tensions with regard to the T-group contract, especially the items having to do with confidentiality and attendance. The authors suggest group therapy will be a primary treatment modality in the coming years of economic constraint. They also recommend making a case to residency training directors for T-group and its inclusion in psychiatric curricula.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed1995

Refractory pelvic stress fracture in a female long-distance runner.

Stress fractures of the pelvis are uncommon. They tend to occur in female long-distance runners. We present the case of a female jogger with amenorrhea and osteoporosis who presented with left hip and groin pain. An initial bone scan yielded normal results. Symptoms persisted and subsequent plain radiographs and a repeat bone scan revealed evidence of public rami stress fractures. She developed a delayed union that ultimately healed with an electrical bone growth stimulator.

Adult↗
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An empirical study of the DSM-IV Defensive Functioning Scale in personality disordered patients.

The inclusion of the Defensive Functioning Scale (DFS) in the DSM-IV provides clinicians with the opportunity to incorporate psychodynamic information into their descriptive diagnoses. The DFS contains 27 specific defenses covering six levels of defensive functioning ranging from psychotic to normal. This study undertook an initial empirical evaluation of the DFS. A sample of 100 clinicians completed a questionnaire containing both the personality disorder (PD) symptoms and the DFS defenses of PD patients known to them, DFS ratings were not related to clinician orientation. Patient gender was related to only one defense level, with women being assigned significantly more action level defenses than men. Multiple regression analyses revealed unique and meaningful patterns of association between the defense levels and PD symptoms. Additionally, the DFS ratings provided unique information regarding level of impairment and treatment success. These results provide initial empirical support for the clinical application and relevance of the proposed DFS system.

Adaptation, Psychological↗