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M A Simpson

Publications and source records attributed to M A Simpson.

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PubMed1976

Medical student evaluation in the absence of examinations.

Traditional examination systems achieve a high degree of pseudo-precision, producing relatively little information that is constructively useful for student or teachers, and conveying it in the form of scores and marks that appear falsely accurate. The rationale and methodology of a structured evaluation system, in the absence of formal examinations, and based on validated self-assessment, are described. An account of the organization and uses of such a process, and a description of some new evaluation techniques used, is based on the system currently being evolved in the McMaster University M.D. Programme.

Education, Medical, Undergraduate↗
PubMed1975

The phenomenology of self-mutilation in a general hospital setting.

Comparison of a series of twenty-four wrist-cutters with a control group of self-poisoners showed a number of significant differences. The wrist-cutters were younger and their acts were regarded as being of low lethality; they are no more likely to have made previous suicide attempts; they complain less often of depression, and more frequently of 'emptiness' and tension as primary complaints. Sudden, unpredictable mood swings are common and there is a greater tendency for their physicians to diagnose personality disorders, often in pejorative terms. They frequently have substantial medical interests and paramedical occupations. A high proportion complain of dysorectic symptoms (anorexia or overeating or combinations of both), use drugs and/or alcohol in excess; show sexual disturbance and distress, and also promiscuity. They more frequently have a negative reaction to menarche and menstruation; have come from broken homes and have experienced parental deprivation. A proportion of the group exhibit difficulty in verbal communication, and absconding from hospital was more common in the group of cutters. Painless cutting after a period of depersonalization, followed by relaxation and repersonalization after bleeding, was the typical pattern.

Female↗