Faculty members from health profession programs are under pressure to design and facilitate interprofessional education (IPE) projects to meet accreditation standards, even though most have not been trained to design and implement IPE projects, nor were they exposed to IPE during their own educational preparation. Some students and faculty have…

This specialized program offers both undergraduate and graduate students a variety of study and learning experiences. It offers three modes of study to provide scope and depth of understanding of alcoholism: substantive, integrated, and independent study. (Author/MW)

A model is described in which student nurses' preceptors are the joint-appointee nurse practitioners, with physicians providing consultation and serving as team participants. Key points that are examined are program development at the University of Illinois, how the program actually operated, and some of the problems encountered. (CT)

Westbrook College, a residential college specializing in undergraduate education at the two year level came to grips with change through improving the teaching-learning process. (Author/RK)

If the expanded role is conceived in terms of five levels of functioning, organizing theoretical instruction and clinical preparation within a school's program is facilitated. The levels are: Basic nursing level, assessment level, screening level, management level, and diagnostic level. (Editor/TA)

The educational preparation and use of nurse-midwives working with other health team members has helped reduce the maternal and infant mortality and morbidity rate in Mississippi. The development of the program employed is described. (AG)

With recognition of each other's expertise and authority, educators and visiting nurse association personnel worked together in developing new record-keeping systems. (Editor)

In this reorganized and revitalized master's program, traditional admission requirements have become more open, and learning is not by blanket prescription but on the basis of individual needs. (Author)

Given an actual case history, students learn to seek out necessary knowledge, analyze the situation, and make patient care management decisions. Discussed are: use of the method (and its promotion of active learning), the decision-making process, and lack of ready-made materials. A sample case study is included. (Author/MS)

Working collaboratively, five community colleges and three universities designed a multiple entry and exit educational system that would meet the needs of both nurses and employers. The plan provides nursing education at five levels (from nurse's aide to master's degree) allowing continuous progression between levels. (Author/MS)

Describes a nursing program's four-step process in the development of, and the results of using, a peer review system by faculty members for evaluating their own teaching performance. (TA)

This article identifies levels of treatment in relation to levels of clinician competency, an approach which should help educators plan curricula for nursing students. Strengths and weaknesses of the wide range of teaching formats in current use are also identified. (Editor/TA)

A master's program that synthesizes clinical nursing knowledge with management theory and skills is one way to prepare nursing service administrators capable of exerting an influence on today's complex health care system. (Editor)

Describes how two staff educators developed, implemented, and evaluated the "un-model", an approach to unit level education that utilizes a humanistic philosophy, along with principles of adult education and participative learning. The supports that were important to the program and benefits which resulted are also depicted. (Editor/TA)