Two Years' Experiment in Psychiatric Teaching

Psychiatric Teaching Films

An Experiment in Psychiatric Follow-Up

admission, no restrictions (other than those necessary for protecting the seriously-disturbed), and no chronic cases. There is a high ratio of doctors and nurses to patients, and the average length of stay is 7 to 8 weeks. All this, it will be seen, presents a very different picture to the ordinary long-stay large-population mental hospital. This pioneer clinic represented a new development in ...

COLORECTAL POLYPS: EVALUATION IN TWO YEARS

From June 1989, to June 1991, 58 patients with GI polyps were reviewed. Except two patients who had multiple polyps, 56 had only one polyp. The size of polyps were 0.5 to 3 em in diameter. 51 (75%) of polyps were located in the rectosigmoid region, 25 (37%) were in the rectum and 26 (38%) in the sigmoid. (Seventeen) (25%) polyps (two in right colon, four in transverse, and 11 in descending...

Teaching 4th Graders Concepts Related to Sustainable Development: An Experiment

In order to show that some of the shortcomings of current 4th grade curriculum in meeting contemporary needs of the society, especially in regard to sustainable development, can be met via teaching, a short course consisting of deliberations on key concepts in sustainable development was designed and carried out on a sample of 58 students of both genders. The pre- and post-test comparisons reve...

Teaching psychodynamic formulation to psychiatric trainees Part 2: Teaching methods

Many changes are occurring in the practice of medicine for the 21st century, one of the more positive being the emphasis on treating patients in a holistic way and involving them in their treatment 1� 2� 3� 4� planning. Most doctors agree with this aim, but in practice it can be a daunting prospect, adding a new dimension to the skills required of a practitioner. At its root is the need to be a...