Using data from various studies, the author considers the effectiveness of mandatory continuing education as a means of strengthening the relicensure process. The article focuses on the mandatory continuing education movement in the health professions. (Author/CH)

Major companies that offer streamlined, standardized bar review courses available in various media are listed, and state bar associations and licensing procedures are outlined for each state. (Journal availability: 1155 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637, $1.00.) (MSE)

A program at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, developed and adminstered a preparatory course for the Federal Licensing Examination (FLEX) for non-fully licensed physicians employed in the United States. Statistical data indicated that nearly 75% of the condidates for licensure in states employing FLEX were foreign medical graduates with a…

Based on responses received from Argentina, Botswana, Egypt, and the Republic of Korea, this progress report consists of analyses of the case studies and a comparative survey. Part l analyzes the reports of each of the four countries individually. Argentina's report is discussed in terms of its four chapters: General Background, Method of…

A study of the involvement of continuing higher education in professional and occupational regulation should focus on the growth of practice regulation, roles of higher education, and issues and areas for cooperation in meeting the practitioners' needs. Knowledge obsolescence and the definition of more specific fields have led to a heightened need…