As a resident, I feel that a standardized and mandatory clinical skills test at the end of medical school ("Patient Gets Role in Test for Doctors," Aug. 27) would reinforce that importance.
Of that total, $35 million will be set aside for medical school patient services, and the remainder will go toward other services.
Although limited during the first few years of medical school, patient interaction is what I find most satisfying.
This high percentage female subjects is a reflection of the dental school patient population.
Just as parents are present on the governing bodies of schools, patients on hospital governing bodies, students should be involved in any interviewing or disciplinary process and have representatives with the power to influence appraisals and budgets.
The results of exams are recorded in documents that provide detailed information about the individuals examined and allow power systems to control them (e.g., absentee records for schools, patients' charts in hospitals).
Individuals (adults and children) in day-care centres or schools, patients in hospitals, communities, or households.
