Old titles, abrasive words and a rigidly compartmented education are scrapped in this proposal which bases education on function and provides for ladder progression. (Editor)

The purpose of the project was to develop evaluation, guidance, and tutorial services to maximize the previous health related experience and education of people and to enable them to be placed, with advanced standing, into an existing practical nursing program. Because each student comes into a program with certain knowledge and abilities, Project…

Prepared by the American Association of Junior Colleges and the National Council on Medical Technology Education, this guide discusses programs for career-entry supportive medical laboratory personnel which have been cooperatively planned by junior college personnel and the medical community, particularly pathologists and medical technologists.…

Describes the science program devised by Cantonsville Community College to provide nursing and other paramedical students with an adequate knowledge of science. The program recognizes and attempts to remedy the weak science backgrounds of many students training for paramedical careers. (JR)

The two-part task analysis provides data relating to: (1) the frequency and proficiency of tasks in an optometric practice that are presently or could be assigned to an assistant and (2) the employment potential for trained optometric assistant graduates. The results were to be utilized for curriculum development for the optometric assistant…

To assist the Colleges of Health Related Professions and Education of the University of Florida in developing and implementing a competency-based teacher education program for preparing allied health teachers, the Center for Allied Health Instructional Personnel conducted a study which resulted in the development of a structure of competencies…

Presented is an overview of the steps in the development of a competency-based curriculum and examples which apply the concepts to a physical therapy educational program. (JH)

SERVICES PROVIDED BY VOCATIONAL NURSES HAVE CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY AND THIS HAD MADE NECESSARY CHANGES IN THE TRAINING PROGRAM. THIS WORKSHOP WAS CONDUCTED TO GIVE 93 TEACHERS OF VOCATIONAL NURSING IN CALIFORNIA AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK INTENSIVELY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPROPRIATE MATERIALS. WESLEY P. SMITH AND HELEN K. POWERS PRESENTED KEYNOTE…

Medical facility purchasing is a field for which there is little historical background of curriculum development. To determine the content of an educational curriculum in the field, data on the frequency, supervision, and difficulty of performance in 208 task elements were obtained from a survey of 131 individuals in 29 institutions. In addition a…

A survey of 48 hospitals and extended care facilities was conducted to analyze those tasks which are performed by personnel within the medical record department and to determine the components of a medical record curriculum. In addition a survey was made of the Medical Record National Technical Advisory Committee (NTAC) and other experts to…

To determine nursing tasks and make curriculum recommendations based on these tasks, a survey instrument of nursing tasks was developed by a project committee, validated by the National Technical Advisory Committee for Nursing, and administered to 450 nursing personnel representing 48 hospitals and extended care facilities. An 88 percent response…

To validate a task list for the occupation of electroencephalograph (EEG) technician, which was derived by project staff members and reviewed and amended by the EEG National Technical Advisory Committee, 109 questionnaires were distributed to four different samples. A 60 percent response revealed: (1) The task list was highly representative of…

Guidelines for the education of environmental health personnel at the associate and baccalaureate levels are presented. Examples of the Ferris State College environmental health curriculum and an operational curriculum which satisfies the Accreditation Council guidelines are detailed. Implications for future environmental health curriculum…

The concept of competency-based (CB) curriculum was applied to the College of Pharmacy in March, 1975, after extensive study of the idea. Establishment of a CB curriculum was viewed as a project with several components: competency identification, validation and evaluation of competencies, assessment of the presence of competencies, instructional…

The document contains 22 appendixes which were cross-referenced in the final report of a study on the University of the Pacific's interdisciplinary program called School of Health Professions (SHP). Items include the following: (1-A) obesity study guide; (1-B) diabetes mellitus study guide; (1-C) hypertension study guide; (2) identification and…