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The goals, format, curriculum, and faculty of a first-year medical school elective focusing on balancing commitments to a medical career and family are described in order to encourage replication at other institutions. While the course is offered to both men and women, the issues discussed have particular relevance to women physicians, the majority of whom continue to carry the major responsibilities for family and household in addition to their medical careers. Topics include: the rewards of being a parent, parent-child attachment, the dual-career family at different developmental stages, physicians' life-styles, family planning, child care and training options, specialty choice and practice alternatives. The eight sessions are presented through a combination of seminar, videotapes, readings, and interviews of physicians, their spouses and children.
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Educación de Pregrado en Medicina/métodos , Responsabilidad Parental , Médicos Mujeres , Práctica Profesional , Conflicto Psicológico , Curriculum , Servicios de Planificación Familiar , Femenino , Humanos , Estilo de Vida , Masculino , Rol del MédicoRESUMEN
An empirical study of the effects of a psychiatry elective on first-year medical students' reported satisfaction with school and their reported level of loneliness is described in this article. Surveys before and after the class provided evidence that satisfaction with school decreased significantly among freshmen not taking the course. In contrast, male course participants' levels of satisfaction with school and with faculty-student relationships did not drop significantly, nor did female participants' levels of satisfaction with faculty-student relationships. Nonparticipants reported a significant increase in loneliness during the study period. In contrast, no such increase was reported by either men or women course participants.
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Soledad , Psiquiatría/educación , Aislamiento Social , Estudiantes de Medicina/psicología , Actitud del Personal de Salud , Docentes Médicos , Femenino , Humanos , Relaciones Interpersonales , Masculino , Factores Sexuales , Estrés Psicológico , Encuestas y CuestionariosAsunto(s)
Educación de Pregrado en Medicina , Padres/educación , Médicos Mujeres , Femenino , Humanos , New Jersey , Rol del MédicoRESUMEN
Family therapy, unlike many fleeting therapeutic fads, has flourished in established mental health circles for the past 25 years. This paper examines the socio-historical sources of family therapy's popularity, and considers the growth and development of this contemporary American therapeutic phenomenon from a sociological perspective.
