Teaching the psychiatric aspects of medicine: report of a successful pilot experience.
Teaching the Psychiatric Aspects of Medicine during a required medicine clerkship was evaluated by before and after cognitive tests and attitudinal measurements. The students who took this course demonstrated a marked improvement in mastering didactic material and their attitudes toward the teaching of psychosocial concepts changed appreciably in a favorable direction.
D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011231:Preceptorship; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching