Reviewing concepts in the world of work relevant to the health field, the paper suggests a framework for classifying occupational categories in terms of specific roles, responsibilities and achievement. (MW)

Career mobility is one way of meeting many personnel needs and at the same time addressing the questions of manpower shortages and rising health costs. (Author)

The author's research has emphasized that in addition to providing physical treatment, allied health professionals need to function as resource persons and as advocates for the patient and his family. These roles and the acquisition and inclusion in professional training programs of the skills and knowledge they demand are discussed. (Author/MS)

A survey of migration patterns for 122 allied health graduates from colleges and hospitals in south Texas showed serious shortages of health care to depressed, ethnic, and rural areas. The paper discusses possible correction for this maldistribution through community recruitment of indigenous personnel. (MF)

Presents an overview of the development and role of the American Society of Allied Health Professions (ASAHP) and discusses the following areas, which will receive attention as ASAHP approaches its 10th year: Legislation, a national study commission, allied health manpower, continuing education, Presidents' conference, credentialing conference,…

Views of 989 allied health professionals regarding their continuing education preferences were analyzed. A significant majority believed that continuing education is necessary and should be voluntary. The expressed preference was not related to the professional's specialty field or demographic, educational, or employment characteristics. (EM)

A tested approach to a systematic progression of learning from the classroom to the clinical internship is presented. A basic model, TAR (theory, application, and reinforcement), is described. Analysis of data from clinicians, students, and faculty indicated that the TAR model provides a needed integrating structure. (Author/CT)

A research review identified the experience of stress and coping abilities of health professions students and first-year professionals. Effective workplace interventions for dealing with burnout and curriculum modifications to improve students' coping mechanisms were developed. (Contains 33 references.) (SK)

The Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program (created under the Comprehensive Health Manpower Act of 1971) is briefly described followed by a discussion of the University of North Carolina's regional planning efforts for continuing education. Major planning problems--aggregate numbers, continuing education suppliers, geographic distribution,…

Discusses the findings of a study conducted to determine the emerging organizational patterns of those schools of allied health professions located administratively in university-based academic health centers. The study also includes certain personal and professional characteristics of faculty and administrators of these developing organizational…

Attitudes of health practitioners and others toward death and dying and their emotional reactions to dying patients were surveyed both before and after a Veterans Administration workshop. Some attitude changes were noted, with implications for future workshops. (MF)

Due to the increasing influence of the holistic health movement, health providers will increasingly be challenged to reexamine their roles in patient relationships, increase the extent of interdisciplinary teamwork, emphasize health education and positive health behaviors, examine the usefulness of various alternative therapies, and consider the…

Noting that students in health professions education, irrespective of the specific discipline, often experience difficulty with interpersonal encounters in the clinical setting, the author contends that in addition to academic requirements, curricula should include experiential opportunities for students to develop their competencies in affective…

The geographic mobility of allied health personnel is of major concern to planners facing decisions about locating training programs; a New York study revealed that personnel trained in that State are not geographically mobile, living and working reasonably close to the educational institutions where they received their basic professional…