In October, 1972, the National Environmental Health Association polled its membership to determine where and how they were employed, their educational background, salary range, and areas of environmental responsibility. Results of the survey, with statistical data, are reported. (BL)

Project VEHTS (Versatile Employment of Health Trained Servicemen) is demonstrating how civilian hospitals can employ and use more effectively the thousands of medically-trained servicemen who are released each year by the Armed Forces. A system of recruitment and placement of veterans at Cook County Hospital, Chicago, was designed and implemented.…

The article analyzes the management aspect of group practice, examining the effect of the manager on the use of nonphysician personnel. Findings suggest that management input is important in determining the utilization of nonphysician personnel in medical groups. (Author)

The use of tests to equate knowledge, experience, and skill with prescribed levels of formal training, and to match people with jobs on the basis of measurable ability to perform them, has received increasing attention by those concerned with manpower shortages in health-related occupations. Basic to the concept of career mobility is the need to…

In this discussion, the director of the Bureau of Health Professions in the Health Resoruces and Services Administration describes the current organization of his agency, programs it has undertaken related to psychology and mental health, and health personnel utilization studies it has initiated. (GC)

A national health manpower policy should provide a sense of direction for those engaged in preparing the practitioners of the future. (HS)

This article appears in Manpower Research Visibility, a supplement to American Vocational Journal. (MU)

Utilizing manpower to meet health personnel needs while keeping expenditures minimal is considered. (AG)

This report reviews the accomplishments, nature, score, and intended impact of the Regional Rehabilitation Research Institute at the University of Florida (UF-RRRI). The Institute's current projects and activities in manpower and research utilization are reviewed as well as investigations conducted by previous staff members in the areas of client…

The purpose of the project was to develop and establish a counseling and vocational guidance service to assist military health personnel in the transition to civilian health programs, and in so doing, establish procedures and guidelines adaptable to other MEDIHC offices in other states. Recognizing that five percent of the discharged Armed Forces…

This paper considers medical personnel shortages, especially the shortage of physicians, and the different ways to alleviate these shortages. Chapter I gives a brief history (1963-1972) of legislation intended to increase medical manpower supply and Chapter II discusses the causes of the shortage, analyzing the elements affecting demand for…

This report is based upon a survey of the supply and distribution of manpower in a wide variety of health professions and occupations, and of current educational resources in Michigan for the preparation of health care manpower. Part I of the report includes general recommendations, relating the planning and coordinating role of the State Board of…

This report contains abstracts and discussions of papers and speeches delivered at the 1971 New Manpower Researchers Conference. These include speeches by Charles Schultze on incentives in the public sector, one by Congressman William Steiger on manpower reform, and one by Maurice Mann on government economic controls. The abstracted topics include…

The principal address was by Ralph C. Kuhli, entitled "Education of Health Manpower for the 1970's." He called for recruitment of workers into general rather than specific health occupations, development of educational programs for allied medical occupations, organization of a national joint accreditation commission, encouragement of students and…