This report focuses on one of the State University of New York's (SUNY's) applied learning initiatives that includes work-based activities, e.g., co-ops, internships, work study, and clinical placement (SUNY Works). With funds from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, SUNY asked the Rockefeller Institute of Government to examine applied…

The New England College of Optometry's two separate but integrated clinical postgraduate programs, one providing Veterans' Administration residencies and the other, college-based fellowships, are described. The shared curriculum components, exchange process, and evaluation system are highlighted. (MSE)

A continuing education program implemented at the University of Illinois in Chicago is described. The goals of the program were: to provide a comprehensive, long-term approach to continuing education; to emphasize the role of participants in curriculum development; and to use learning strategies that maximize clinical participation. (MLW)

A clerkship at the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy was developed to provide students with (1) experience in the identification, development,, implementation, and evaluation of patient care services in community pharmacies and (2) the skills required to successfully operate a community pharmacy on a day-to-day basis.…

Description of a program at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in neurosciences to aid students in diagnosing patients with neuromuscular problems. (PG)

A summary of the development of doctoral education in nursing is provided. The question of "doctoral preparation for what?" is posed. Arguing that nurses with doctoral preparation are needed in a variety of leadership roles within the profession, a variety of program models for doctoral education is suggested. (Author/MLW)

A program in one of the National Institutes of Health offers clinical training fellowships as a means of training potential dental school faculty by providing both unique clinical skills and high-quality research experience. The program was developed in response to a perceived need for change in academic dentistry. (MSE)

An effective evaluation of the acutely ill female implies a thorough examination that integrates skills representing three learning domains. This process should include: a thorough medical history, a physical examination, good patient-physician rapport, and development of an efficacious management plan. A University of Iowa simulation approach is…

Describes nursing programs offered by three types of institutions: (1) schools of nursing associated with hospitals or independent schools (diplomas); (2) senior colleges or universities (baccalaureate degrees); and (3) community colleges (associate degrees). (JOW)

When a unit's staff changed from a team nursing to a primary nursing approach to care, the role of students gaining experience there changed to that of associate nurse, who is accountable for providing continuity of care to the primary nurses' patients. (Editor/TA)

As part of a 6-week mandatory clerkship in psychiatry the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Arizona relieves one student each week of his primary inpatient duties to participate in neuropsychiatric rating examinations at the Tucson Veterans Administration Hospital. Advantages of this clerkship experience are listed. (JT)

Although many school psychology programs use university-based clinics as field placements for school psychology students, there is little information in the literature on how these clinics are organized, administered, and funded or on the nature, duration, and sequencing of clinic field experiences. A national telephone survey of 71 directors of…

Describes the use of behavioral techniques in the teaching of interviewing skills to medical students in one and one-half-hour lecture-demonstrations involving role play and discrimination training. (JT)

A clinical pharmacy certificate program, the most popular among Alabama pharmacists, is described, including statistics concerning enrollment, participant characteristics, factors important in pharmacists' entering and leaving the program, and pharmacists' views of the program's strengths and weaknesses. (MSE)

Venipuncture is the single most commonly performed procedure that causes pain to the patient, and its mastery is a highly visible milestone both in physical skills and personal manner. A training program at Georgetown University Hospital is described. (MLW)