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Skin-Test Prediction as a Teaching Aid: A Preliminary Report of Test Predictability in Medical Students

Skin-Test Prediction as a Teaching Aid: A Preliminary Report of Test Predictability in Medical... Abstract Although undergraduate instruction in allergy has been relatively neglected in many medical schools1 despite the frequency of allergic disease, there has been a trend towards an increase in the time devoted to this subject in the medical curriculum in recent years. This trend demands a search for new and better pedagogic methods in allergy teaching. The use of medical students as subjects for both demonstration and practice of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures has long been common usage in medical education, and in certain allergy clinics students learn and perfect their technique of skin testing in and upon the epidermis of their peers. In our experience this teaching exercise had met with but variable enthusiasm. We have therefore attempted during the past five years to add to it an element of dramatic suspense and ego-involvement by venturing to predict the results of the forthcoming tests for each individual student. Such References 1. Survey of Undergraduate and Graduate Education in Allergy , Ann. Allergy , 14:262, 1956. 2. Peshkin, M. M.: Pollenosis with Negative Cutaneous Reactions , in Abramson, H. A., Editor: Somatic and Psychiatric Treatment of Asthma , Baltimore, The Williams & Wilkins Company, 1951. 3. Glaser, J.: Allergy in Childhood , Springfield, Ill., Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 1956, p. 28. 4. Baker, H. M.: Incidence of Protein Sensitization in the Normal Child , Am. J. Dis. Child. 19: 114, 1920. 5. Peshkin, M. M., and Rost, W. L.: The Incidence of Protein Sensitization in the Normal Child , Am. J. Dis. Child. 23:51, 1922. 6. Moro, E.: Ekzema Infantum und Dermatitis Seborrhoides: Klinik und Pathogenese , Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 1931. 7. Hill, L. W.: Sensitivity to House Dust and Goose Feathers in Infantile Eczema: Role of Specific Allergens , J. Allergy 9:37, 1937.Crossref 8. Smyth, F. S., and Bain, K.: The Direct Skin Test in Allergy , J. Allergy 2:316, 1931.Crossref 9. Berger, W.: Die Beteilgung der Haut an der Allergie der inneren Organe , Wien. klin. Wchnschr. 43:548, 1930. 10. Salén, E. B., and Juhlin-Dannfelt, C.: Uber das Vorkommen von sogen: latenter Allergie , Acta med. scandinav. 86:505, 1935.Crossref 11. Rackeman, F. M., and Simon, F. H.: Technique on Intracutaneous Tests and Results of Routine Tests in Normal Individuals , J. Allergy 6:184, 1935.Crossref 12. Grow, M. H., and Herman, N. B.: Intracutaneous Tests in Normal Individuals , J. Allergy 7:108, 1936.Crossref 13. Pearson, R. S. B.: Observations on Skin Sensitivity in Asthmatic and Control Subjects , Quart. J. Med. 6:165, 1937. 14. Ehrstrom, M. C.: Medical Studies in North Greenland, 1948-1949 , Acta med. scandinav. 140: 317, 1951.Crossref 15. Rimington, C., and Maunsell, K.: A New Approach to the Problem of Dust Allergy , Internat. Arch. Allergy 1:115, 1950.Crossref 16. Herxheimer, H.; McInroy, P.; Sutton, K. H.; Utidjian, H. L., and Utidjian, H. M. D.: The Evaluation of Skin Tests in Respiratory Allergy , Acta allergol. 7:380, 1954.Crossref 17. Hill, L. W.: Critical Review: Immunological Skin Reactivity in Nonatopic Persons , J. Allergy 11:170, 1940.Crossref 18. Zall, M.: Office Management of Allergic Children , California Med. 82:322, 1955. 19. Grant, G.: Asthma Among Undergraduates at the University of Wales , Acta allergol. 11:37, 1957.Crossref http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png A.M.A. Journal of Diseases of Children American Medical Association

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Abstract

Abstract Although undergraduate instruction in allergy has been relatively neglected in many medical schools1 despite the frequency of allergic disease, there has been a trend towards an increase in the time devoted to this subject in the medical curriculum in recent years. This trend demands a search for new and better pedagogic methods in allergy teaching. The use of medical students as subjects for both demonstration and practice of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures has long been common usage in medical education, and in certain allergy clinics students learn and perfect their technique of skin testing in and upon the epidermis of their peers. In our experience this teaching exercise had met with but variable enthusiasm. We have therefore attempted during the past five years to add to it an element of dramatic suspense and ego-involvement by venturing to predict the results of the forthcoming tests for each individual student. Such References 1. Survey of Undergraduate and Graduate Education in Allergy , Ann. Allergy , 14:262, 1956. 2. Peshkin, M. M.: Pollenosis with Negative Cutaneous Reactions , in Abramson, H. A., Editor: Somatic and Psychiatric Treatment of Asthma , Baltimore, The Williams & Wilkins Company, 1951. 3. Glaser, J.: Allergy in Childhood , Springfield, Ill., Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 1956, p. 28. 4. Baker, H. M.: Incidence of Protein Sensitization in the Normal Child , Am. J. Dis. Child. 19: 114, 1920. 5. Peshkin, M. M., and Rost, W. L.: The Incidence of Protein Sensitization in the Normal Child , Am. J. Dis. Child. 23:51, 1922. 6. Moro, E.: Ekzema Infantum und Dermatitis Seborrhoides: Klinik und Pathogenese , Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 1931. 7. Hill, L. W.: Sensitivity to House Dust and Goose Feathers in Infantile Eczema: Role of Specific Allergens , J. Allergy 9:37, 1937.Crossref 8. Smyth, F. S., and Bain, K.: The Direct Skin Test in Allergy , J. Allergy 2:316, 1931.Crossref 9. Berger, W.: Die Beteilgung der Haut an der Allergie der inneren Organe , Wien. klin. Wchnschr. 43:548, 1930. 10. Salén, E. B., and Juhlin-Dannfelt, C.: Uber das Vorkommen von sogen: latenter Allergie , Acta med. scandinav. 86:505, 1935.Crossref 11. Rackeman, F. M., and Simon, F. H.: Technique on Intracutaneous Tests and Results of Routine Tests in Normal Individuals , J. Allergy 6:184, 1935.Crossref 12. Grow, M. H., and Herman, N. B.: Intracutaneous Tests in Normal Individuals , J. Allergy 7:108, 1936.Crossref 13. Pearson, R. S. B.: Observations on Skin Sensitivity in Asthmatic and Control Subjects , Quart. J. Med. 6:165, 1937. 14. Ehrstrom, M. C.: Medical Studies in North Greenland, 1948-1949 , Acta med. scandinav. 140: 317, 1951.Crossref 15. Rimington, C., and Maunsell, K.: A New Approach to the Problem of Dust Allergy , Internat. Arch. Allergy 1:115, 1950.Crossref 16. Herxheimer, H.; McInroy, P.; Sutton, K. H.; Utidjian, H. L., and Utidjian, H. M. D.: The Evaluation of Skin Tests in Respiratory Allergy , Acta allergol. 7:380, 1954.Crossref 17. Hill, L. W.: Critical Review: Immunological Skin Reactivity in Nonatopic Persons , J. Allergy 11:170, 1940.Crossref 18. Zall, M.: Office Management of Allergic Children , California Med. 82:322, 1955. 19. Grant, G.: Asthma Among Undergraduates at the University of Wales , Acta allergol. 11:37, 1957.Crossref

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A.M.A. Journal of Diseases of ChildrenAmerican Medical Association

Published: Mar 1, 1959

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