An examination of role identification by students in health education and health services administration

This research was designed to test the extent to which health education and health services administration students' perceptions of their roles as professionals matched the expectations of professional faculty. These perceptions were found to match in general. However, doubt was cast on the extent to which internships or practicums contributed to this result, since there was no change in student responses between the beginning of the junior year and end of the senior year, a period which includes fieldwork and most of the professional coursework presumed to influence professional development. Additional research is required to test this result with other student populations in other health professions and identify the point at which professional role and task definitions are amenable to change.     

Clinical evaluation of norfloxacin in gonococcal urethritis

Norfloxacin, a new quinolinecarboxylic acid derivative, was administered to 30 male patients with gonococcal urethritis at a daily dose of 600 mg for 7-21 days. The clinical response was evaluated after administration of 7 days as excellent; Negative culture of N. gonorrhoeae. WBC less than 3/hpf in first voided urine sediment, good; Negative culture, WBC greater than or equal to 3/hpf, and poor; Positive culture. The result was excellent in 14 cases and good in 16 cases. No subjective side effects were observed. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) distribution against the clinically isolated 30 strains of N. gonorrhoeae ranged from 0.0096 micrograms/ml to 0.34 micrograms/ml. Seven of thirty strains were resistant to ABPC. The MIC of these 7 strains ranged from 0.018 micrograms/ml to 0.18 micrograms/ml. Seven cases with ABPC resistant strains had a similar clinical response to other cases. Twelve patients (40%) developed post gonococcal urethritis for 7-14 days after treatment. Clinical observation of this series suggests that a 7 day therapy of Norfloxacin for the patients with gonococcal urethritis is sufficiently effective and that treatment should be changed to other antibacterial agents in the case of post gonococcal urethritis, since continuous administration for more than 7 days of Norfloxacin is not so effective.     

Renal stone analysis: LITHOS, an expert system for evaluation of X-ray diffractograms of urinary calculi

An expert system for evaluation of X-ray diffraction patterns of urinary calculi is described and evaluated. The software was developed using the PERSONAL CONSULTANT expert system shell from Texas Instruments.     

Adolescent psychosocial growth and development

This discussion has dealt with the nature of adolescence in the context of our culture. The stages of early adolescence (10 to 13 years), middle adolescence (14 to 17 years), and late adolescence (over 17 years) were examined separately and in some detail. Other characteristics of adolescence in general were examined, as were some of the factors influencing adult-adolescent interactions as well as the relationship between the adolescent and the society. Lastly, some of the ways in which this knowledge can be useful clinically were discussed, along with approaches to working successfully with teenagers and making their care a most enjoyable and rewarding part of clinical practice.