Environmerit: *Graduate Medical Education: Higher Education: *Medical Education: Physician Patient Relationship: Professional Continuing Education: Rural Areas: Teacher Effectiveness

The proceedings categorize 55 papers on research in medical education'in 12 sections: standards and standard setting (including equivalence-testing methods, standardized, examinations, and foreign exams) : predicting career outcomes (career choice and satisfacttion): teaching clinical skills (student-patient relations and interview skills): teachingin the clinical setting: continuing medical education and participation in it: measurement perspectives on the impact of residency programs (faculty perceptions, test perfcrmance,.and patient instructors) : enhancing student/faculty environment interactions (medical student needs, affective learning, study skills counseling and techniques, and a program to improve instructional skills): evaluating continuing medical education: clinical.prcblem solving instruction: the predictability of predictive techniques of student performance: development of patient attitudes (ii medical students, pr5mary care physicians, and intensive care unit residents): and symposia. Topic's in the last category include definitions of competence in gradruate medical education: cost awareness education: educational models in primary care: educaticn for rural practice: cli;mical reasoning: teaching patient examination skills by simulation: rural and primary care physician recruitment andselection: medical school learning environments: senior clerkships.: and notes on the standards developed by. the Joint ComMittee or. Standards for Educational Evaluation. The conference schedule and list of participants are appended. (MSE) , *********************************************************************** Peproductions supplied by EDPS are the best that can be made from the original document. ***********************************************************************