ethnic minorities and women. The high representation of ethnic minorities, and specifically those of Asian origin, indicates high academic achievement by them. It probably indicates that many of the most able school pupils from these ethnic groups, and perhaps particularly women, choose medicine as a career. The reasons for the substantial under-representation of white men merit further study. ...

background and purpose: multiple choice tests are the most common type of tests used in evaluating the general english knowledge of the students in most medical universities, however the efficacy of these tests are not examined precisely. we compare and examine the integrative tests and discrete point tests as   measures of the english language knowledge of medical students. methods: three test...

Previous research has indicated that a light tactile contact is associated with a positive response towards the person who is touching. The effect of touch on courtship was investigated in this experiment, which was conducted in a field setting. A female confederate either slightly touched or did not touch a man in a bar when asking him for some help. It was found that men who were touched show...

Dr. Verlander is a former Child Psychiatry Fellow at the University of ColoradoHealth Sciences Center (UCHSC,Denver, Colorado. Address correspondence toDr. Verlander, GeneralDelivery, Silverthorne, CO 80498; [email protected] (E-mail). Copyright 2004 Academic Psychiatry. Finding an acceptable balance between career and family is a difficult challenge for many physicians. Medicine is a professi...