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J F McDermott

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PubMed1991

Retraining faculty for the problem-based curriculum at the University of Hawaii, 1989-1991.

The problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum, adopted by an increasing number of medical schools, requires retraining faculty for new roles as tutors with small groups of medical students. This study describes the procedures and results of four PBL training workshops (1989-1991) given at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine. Eighty-eight faculty volunteers each answered a 20-item multiple-choice questionnaire testing their knowledge of PBL both before and after they participated in a workshop. The posttest results were used to identify deficiencies in the tutors' knowledge and practice of both their role and their function. The authors conclude that these deficiencies, now identified, will be addressed in a systematic fashion in subsequent workshops.

Curriculum↗
PubMed1991

Reliability of the Part II Board Certification Examination in Psychiatry: interexaminer consistency.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to examine the reliability (interexaminer consistency) of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) Part II (oral) examination in psychiatry. METHOD: Grades were assigned independently by two examiners who observed the same examination in a 1-year cycle (1,422 candidates, two examinations each). The consistency between these pairs of grades (pass, condition, fail) was analyzed using a weighted kappa statistic. RESULTS: There was perfect agreement between examiners in 67% of examinations, minor disagreement in 26%, and major disagreement in 7% (weighted kappa = 0.54-0.56). CONCLUSIONS: The Part II ABPN examination demonstrates fair to good reliability as measured by interexaminer consistency. Development of more explicit grading criteria should further improve examiner agreement in future examinations.

Educational Measurement↗
PubMed1990

A study of the Board Certification Examination in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

In 1977, training directors of 55 child psychiatry training programs agreed to provide the Committee on Certification in Child Psychiatry of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. with confidential data about the clinical performance of each of their graduates in 1978, 1979, and 1980. Information about 267 graduates from 37 programs was received. Almost all programs were university affiliated and located in medical centers. By 1986, 112 of these graduates had taken the child aboard examination. Training director ratings were found to be statistically correlated to a significant degree with actual pass or fail results on the written and on the overall examination.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1987

New female perceptions of parental power.

In a study of family roles, 85 adolescent sons and daughters from 27 families initially attributed "power" roles to fathers and "support" roles to mothers. Three years later, daughters perceived power and support roles as shared, while sons still perceived the earlier dichotomy.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1985

Family interaction patterns among Japanese-American and Caucasian families in Hawaii.

The authors compared the family interaction patterns of Japanese-American and Caucasian families in Hawaii by rating videotapes of structured family interactions. There were significant differences between the two groups in many aspects of family interaction, such as power, coalition, closeness, negotiation, clarity of self-disclosure, responsibility, invasiveness, affect, and empathy. The differences in family interaction could be explained by the cultural differences between the two groups and indicate that profiles of healthy families differ between distinct cultures, and there is a need to establish a culturally relevant family interaction profile; otherwise normal interactions in families outside the mainstream could be misinterpreted as pathological.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1984

Residential treatment centers: peer review by APA and CHAMPUS.

The authors describe a nine-year collaboration between the American Psychiatric Association and CHAMPUS to ensure quality psychiatric treatment in residential treatment centers ( RTCs ). After discussing the development of RTCs and the effects of early peer review, the authors detail the development of the APA/ CHAMPUS peer review project. During the first five months of the project the reviewers found that RTC care under CHAMPUS was usually necessary and of adequate quality; however, the reviewers found limited medical presence and insufficient documentation at some centers. The authors endorse continued review by the APA/ CHAMPUS peer review project to ensure the appropriate utilization of RTC care.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1983

Reexamining the concept of adolescence: differences between adolescent boys and girls in the context of their families.

As part of a larger study on family functioning, the authors administered a questionnaire on individual attitudes toward family values to 158 Japanese-American and Caucasian families. Differences between the generations on questions of authority and responsibility were predictable; few differences were found between ethnic groups. However, differences were striking between adolescent boys and girls, regardless of ethnicity: Girls valued family affiliation, closeness, and emotional expression significantly more highly than did boys. The authors emphasize the need for families to value girls' needs for closeness and emotional expression as highly as boys' needs for independence and self-differentiation. They suggest that the concept of separation-individuation as the major goal of adolescence be reexamined.

Adolescent↗