Learning medicine: too many books, too few journals

Article Abstract:

Medical students may benefit from reading articles published in medical journals rather than textbooks. A research study found that medical students do not buy all the required textbooks for their classes, and do not read all the assigned reading materials. An informal survey of medical students found that few students read or browsed through medical journals regularly. Articles published in medical journals may help students diagnose newly described or unusual diseases. Medical students should start scanning a general medical journal as soon as they have an elementary understanding of medical terminology. They should read articles that they are interested in, and evaluate the validity of their content. They should also learn to use electronic data bases to access medical journals, rather than relying on upon a medical librarian.

Usage, Medical students, Education, Medical literature

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Journals in bits and bytes: electronic medical journals

Article Abstract:

The publication of the Online Journal of Clinical Trials this spring represents an innovation in medical publishing. Subscribers who have the appropriate equipment will be able to retrieve the tables and graphs as well as the text of the articles. In addition, abstracts for cited references will be available, as will any corrections, retractions and letters to the editor. However, subscribers may have to invest $3,000 for the equipment and the resolution of tables and graphs on a display monitor may be no match for the printed page. Electronic publishing may change the definitions of author, editor and reviewer.

Innovations, Electronic publishing, Medical publishing

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Redesigning graduate medical education - location and content

Article Abstract:

Academic medical centers should create alliances with managed care programs to implement and finance training programs for residents in an outpatient setting. Most residents are trained in hospitals, but hospitalized patients are probably not representative of the average patient seen by a primary care physician. The biggest problem in switching residency training to the outpatient setting is that there is no source of funding. A bill introduced into Congress in 1996 would mandate funding for these programs, but its future is uncertain.

Training, Study and teaching, Residents (Medicine), Ambulatory medical care, Ambulatory care

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