To develop and test techniques for easing the shortage of skilled paramedical personnel and to provide career opportunities for the disadvantaged, this study analyzed the job requirements in paramedical occupations at the Cambridge Hospital, with recommendations for improved utilization. Job descriptions were developed from in-depth interviews…

This two-volume report analyzes the hiring requirements for paramedical personnel at the Cambridge Hospital, with recommendations for improved manpower utilization. This appendix to the final report contains definitions and analyses of the tasks and functions performed by the paramedical personnel who were interviewed. Volume I is available as VT…

The general objectives of the study were to determine whether one can motivate users of health personnel, such as hospitals, to modify their hiring-in-requirements to the actual needs of the job, to restructure health occupational skills, and to develop inservice training programs which permit upward job mobility. Five hospitals, representing a…