MESSAGE FROM THE NATIONAL DIRECTOR
Roger W. Koment, Ph.D.Recently in my early morning reading, I came across an interesting human behavioral twist on Newton’s Third Law of Motion: “For every positive action, there is a positive reaction.” I stopped after that sentence to consider its impact in the context of what we in the BSEF are doing. Our goal is a positive action,… Read more »
CLINICAL CORRELATIONS IN THE BASIC SCIENCES
GUEST EDITOR: Gabriel Virella, M.D., Ph.D.In this issue of THE FORUM we are publishing two contributions outlining some of the most popular formats for the introduction of clinical correlations in the Basic Sciences. Dr. Ingenitoās contribution addresses two important modalities, the āPatient-Oriented Problem Solvingā (POPS) exercises and clinical conferences, as used in his pharmacology course. POPS were initially developed by… Read more »
CASE ANALYSIS IN PATHOLOGY
Thomas H. Kent M.D.The process by which an individual learns a discipline involves learning the basic knowledge of the discipline and practicing application of that knowledge to real situations. Later, one can practice more, refine one’s knowledge base, and even add new discoveries to the discipline. In my medical student days, the practice was mostly oriented toward the… Read more »
THE USE OF CLINICALLY-ORIENTED PROBLEM SOLVING MODALITIES TO ENHANCE LEARNING IN A BASIC PHARMACOLOGY COURSE
Alphonse J. Ingenito, Ph.D.Two recent widely-publicized and disseminated reports, the āGREP Reportā [1] and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Report [2], have focused on the importance of teaching the basic medical sciences in a conceptual framework which forms the rational basis for medical practice. The recommendations included the use of instructive techniques which employ clinically-oriented problem solving approaches;… Read more »
INTEGRATING BASIC AND CLINICAL SCIENCES:
ONE APPROACH INVOLVING BASIC AND CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
David W. Nierenberg, M.D.
Faculty members hear many voices calling for the āintegration of basic and clinical science materialā throughout the four years of the typical undergraduate medical curriculum. While such voices can be traced to documents such as the GPEP and the ACME-TRI report, it remains confusing for individual faculty members to know what can be done to… Read more »
ANNOUNCEMENT
CALL FOR NOMINATIONSEDITOR of THE FORUM NEWSLETTER This individual will replace our current Editor, Dr. John J. Curry, nd be charged with maintaining and expanding the standards of quality he has set. Responsibilities include sequencing and formatting of all contributions to THE FORUM submitted by Associate Editors, National and Regional Directors. Nominees should be facile in the… Read more »
DEAD TEACHERS: Exploring Uses of Autopsies in Basic Science Medical Education
Elsa B. Cohen, M.D.Medical students almost always respond enthusiastically to attending autopsies, participating in the dissection, and helping work through the abnormal physiology involved in understanding clinical-pathological correlations. They enjoy seeing the anatomy of an unembalmed cadaver, and looking at histologic slides to confirm, refute or elucidate the clinical hypotheses made at the time of the gross dissection…. Read more »
ANNOUNCEMENT
ELECTION of CENTRAL REGIONAL DIRECTORJohn Curry and Jim Swierkosz, being asked to serve as a BSEF Central Region Nominating Committee, now present for your consideration their choice of two candidates (from those nominated at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the BSEF in New Orleans, November 11, 1992) for the position of BSEF Central Regional Director. Both these candidates have… Read more »
BASIC SCIENCE EDUCATION … In the Literature
The terms relevance and irrelevance are extremely difficult to define, since they are relative. They depend largely on the knowledge available at a given time and on the orientation of the individual educator During our education and professional careers, students and educators will never know what is relevant and what is irrelevant. Relevant facts may… Read more »
ANNOUNCEMENT
SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BSEFNOVEMBER, 1993 WASHINGTON, D.C. The Sixth Annual Meeting of the Basic Science Education Forum will be held in Washington, D.C. during the Annual AAMC Conference scheduled for November 5-11, 1993. Continuing in our tradition of selecting topics related to the four Current BSEF Projects (See next page), our theme for this meeting will address Topic… Read more »
1993 SPRING REGIONAL GEA MEETINGS
NORTHEAST Quebec City, PQApril 16-18, 1993Thinking, Learning, and Problem Solving in Medical Students and ResidentsOrganizers: Laval University, Georges Bordage, M.D., Ph.D. For details on BSEF activity phone:Alix Robinson, Ph.D.(315) 464-5870 CENTRAL Rochester, MN April 29-May 2, 1993Making it Happen!Organizers: Robert Winter, M.D. and Margret Lie, M.D.For details on BSEF activity phone:Roger Koment, Ph.D. (605) 677-5174… Read more »