Describes how one university meets the challenge of preparing qualified dictators and transcribers through an up-to-date word processing curriculum. (LRA)

The vocational accounting laboratory is a viable, meaningful educational experience for high school seniors, due to the uniqueness of its educational approach and the direct involvement of the professional and business community. A balance of experiences is provided to match individual needs and goals of students. (CT)

Twenty-five individualized instruction programs in business and office education are described to illustrate the variety of forms individualized instruction may take. The programs are grouped in three categories: (1) scheduled (10 programs)--a regularly scheduled class of the same students meeting together, regularly, at the same assigned time;…

Pediatric residents from Children's Hospital National Medical Center in the District of Columbia rotate through Holy Cross Hospital in Maryland to experience pediatrics at the community level. A structured rotation in pediatricians' offices is part of the resident training program. (JMD)

The University of Rochester has developed a third-year medical school clerkship in which students spend the second half of the clerkship in the offices of practicing internists. Participating faculty are carefully chosen and trained. Experience indicates the approach is feasible, academically effective, and acceptable to students and faculty.…