introduction. the number of medical gratuates choosing careers in psychiatry is in decline. in order to determine whether this disinclination toward psychiatry occurs before versus during medical school, this study, surveyed medical students at the start of their freshman year and last year of medical educations. methods. 100 freshman medical students and 100 of interns from three medical schoo...

p. 3 The power we give words Eric Harrison argues that censoring Huckleberry Finn will only help racists and that the idea of race must be done away with. A&E P. 9 True Grit worth losing arm over Even though Clint Eastwood fails to make an appearance, the Western lives on in True Grit SPORTS P. 12 Freshman fab four Women's basketball led by freshman phenom's four C-USA Freshman of the Week awards.

We have investigated the long-term effect of student-centered instruction at the freshman level on juniors’ performance on a conceptual survey of Electricity and Magnetism E&M . We measured student performance on a research-based conceptual instrument—the Brief Electricity & Magnetism Assessment BEMA –over a period of 8 semesters 2004–2007 . Concurrently, we introduced the University of Washing...

OBJECTIVE This study examined how freshman year substance use prospectively predicted time to college graduation, and whether delayed graduation predicted postponed adoption of adult roles and future substance use. PARTICIPANTS Participants were part of a longitudinal study that began in 2004. The first analyses focused on freshman year (N = 2,050). The second analyses corresponded to a subse...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The purpose of this study was assessing oral health status and dental anxiety differences between the freshman and senior dental students and the effect of awareness on dental practices. METHODS: Freshman (n =71) and senior dental students (n = 41) were included in this study. All participants were applied ...