Intended to provide information on career opportunities in health occupations for guidance counselors, teachers, and students, this tabbed directory lists occupational information alphabetically by job title for a wide range of health careers. Kentucky Educational requirements, licensure or registration requirements, and resource addresses precede…

Survey data are analyzed regarding: (1) sub-bachelor's degree allied health personnel, (2) their education and training, (3) their employment characteristics, (4) specific conflicts in the field, and (5) recommendations for changing present educational patterns. (MW)

The document presents a syllabus which would serve as a guideline for health occupations educators in establishing a course of study for training medical assistants which would meet New York State requirements and be acceptable for State credit. The syllabus is arranged in three columns: (1) minimum acceptable content of study which requires 80…

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.…

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…

Objectives of a research project, which was a replication of a 1973 survey of preparatory education programs in hospitals, were to (1) update the publication "Health Occupations Training Programs Administered by Hospitals, October 1973, A Directory," compiled from the results of the 1973 survey, (2) collect detailed data on certain education…

To analyze the directions of change in health-related employment in Ohio over the next decade in order to provide limited guidelines for the development of education and training programs in the allied health field, an examination was made of health manpower data derived from the 1950-1970 U.S. Censuses. The examination revealed that the health…

This publication contains the first set of working papers concerned with structure, financing, research, and expansion as they relate to the accreditation of health education programs conducted by professional agencies. Texts of these papers are included: (1) "Historical Introduction to Accreditation of Health Educational Programs" by W.K. Selden,…

This health careers guidance manual was developed to provide high school counselors, teachers, and students with information regarding health career opportunities and available training programs in Wisconsin. The content is in two volumes, with the first comprising two-thirds of the manual. Volume 1 begins with one-page job briefs on fifty-four…

A method for planning educational program development was developed which draws all elements of the planning, design, execution, and evaluation of a program into one systematic unit. The approach uses successive models of what, how, and where people learn to provide strategies for the design of instructional sequencies. The first step is a model…

To improve communications between health occupations educators and health professionals about developments in health occupations education, a compilation of 21 approaches used in health occupations education is presented. Outlines of the 21 different courses are presented, grouped in eight areas: (1) career mobility--modified LPN program for…

This report presents the findings and recommendations resulting from a study of the accreditation of 15 selected health education programs by a 13-member study commission. Section I of the report presents a summation of the basic issues and problems considered by the commission, including such issues as: (1) accountability, structure, financing,…

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…

As practical nursing continues to expand, major trends are underway concerning: practical nursing programs offered under the auspices of Vocational-Technical Education, program growth at the high school level, core curricula which allow students lateral movement, and exploratory programs in the health occupations. (DS)

To up-date information on the nursing occupations portion of the Allied Health Professions Project, the current status of the program and future projections are described. The 306 nursing tasks, which were developed by project staff and validated through a national survey, have been re-established into three lists. The lists take into account the…