Carol L Elam

Biographic Data

ID7107074
NAMECarol L Elam
GIVEN NAMESCarol L
FAMILY NAMEElam
SIGNATUREELAM C L
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Kentucky
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1997
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX0

  • Finding their Way

    Open AccessLillian R Sims, Raven D Piercey et al.ARTICLESSM - Qualitative Research in…2023

    Undergraduate institutions can contribute to the formation of a unique premedical culture which serves as its own social field – a context brimming with norms, stigmas, and signposts which may deter the students most in need of support during preparation for medical school. • We explore how socially disconnected undergraduates tended to approach medical school admission primarily as an independent process, unlike more-connected, more collaborativ…

  • Discerning applicants’ interests in rural medicine

    Open AccessCarol L Elam, Anthony D Weaver et al.ARTICLEMedical Education Online2015

    That applicants' rural values in admission essays were not related to interviewers' overall acceptability ratings indicates that other factors played a role in the interviewers' assessments of applicants' acceptability for admission

  • Legacy Admissions in Medical School

    Open AccessCarol L Elam, Norma E WagonerARTICLEThe AMA Journal of Ethic2012

    Though admissions committees may consider applicants from medical families well prepared and well placed to succeed as physicians, family ties should not get an unqualified student accepted to medical school

  • Should Medical School Applicants Be Tested for Emotional Intelligence

    Open AccessCarol L Elam, Terry D StrattonARTICLEThe AMA Journal of Ethic2006

    Each year medical school admissions officers try to identify the best, brightest and most suitable candidates from among the 37,000 who are competing for approximately 17,000 available slots. In so doing, these officers and their designees must determine whether applicants fit not only with the missions and priorities of their respective programs and institutions but also with the values and goals of the profession of medicine

  • Medical School Performance, Alumni Membership, and Giving

    Open AccessCarol L Elam, Terry D Stratton et al.ARTICLEMedical Education Online2005

    More should be done to ensure that graduates who received scholarships are afforded meaningful ways to give back to the institution that supported them as students

  • Faculty Members’ Expectations of Student Behavior in the Small-Group Setting

    Open AccessAmy V Blue, Carol L Elam et al.ARTICLEMedical Education Online1998

    This study examined faculty members’ expectations of student behavior in three types of small group settings (student-directed, teacher-directed, and skill-based) at a single institution. Twenty-eight faculty members participated in in-depth, semi-structured interviews that addressed how students should prepare for small-group sessions, what learning behaviors informants expect students to exhibit, strategies informants use to stimulate group int…

  • Implementing a Requirement for Computer Ownership

    Open AccessAmy V Blue, Carol L Elam et al.ARTICLEMedical Education Online1997

    The need for training physicians in the use of computers and the increased presence of computing in medical education suggest that medical schools should determine what kind of computer accessibility and support should be offered to students so that they can acquire sufficient computer skills and use computing applications in the curriculum. At the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, a requirement for ownership of computers by students wa…