Reflection on the authors' seven-year research partnership and interviews with six participants in other partnerships identified requisites for effective collaboration: dialog, trustworthiness, competence, and flexibility. Successful relationships were characterized by acceptance, validation, commitment, synergy, and fun, with increased…

This editorial describes the swinging pendulum of the role of clinical supervision in relation to the clinical skill development of students in athletic training programs. In the past, students working as interns were essentially assistant athletic trainers with little direct supervision, which resulted in decisions being made with less than…

Workforce planning is essential to ensure sufficient numbers of well-qualified teachers and leaders to meet the emerging needs of schools in the 21st century. Given the current ageing workforce profile in Australia, there are concerns about teacher shortage, especially in some specialist subject areas, in rural and remote locations and in…

The road to finding a career path as a Trade and Industrial (T&I) or Healthcare Science (HSTE) (formerly Heath Occupations) teacher is winding at best. Job incumbents in this profession are hired after years of employment in an occupational field, and subsequently obtain the necessary credentials for their new teaching career. Various models…

The report presents a compilation of selected available data on the representation of racial/ethnic minority groups and women in health fields. It includes the most recent data available on health school applicants and students as well as on workers in health occupations. The report is divided into two parts. The first contains a series of 10…

This report reviews the degree programs in physical therapy offered by five State University System of Florida (SUS) institutions. The evaluation is based on self-study reports submitted by the universities, site visits, interviews, and school records. The report includes an overview of the physical therapy profession, system-wide analysis and…

A study to investigate the effect which a graduate course in supervision would have on the empathic skills of allied health workers produced statistical data indicating "the students were remarkably more capable of identifying the empathic statement" at the end of the course than at the beginning. (Author/BP)

Begun in 1972, the program permits the career oriented high school student to enroll in a regular academic program and simultaneously be exposed to health professions/allied careers and learn some health care skills. It is the first rung in a career ladder approach to education and encourages continuing education. (MW)

A project sought to identify variables that are associated with student success in allied health care programs in order to provide program directors with better admissions information. Forty-nine allied health programs provided data on over 1,800 students. One questionnaire generated these basic program data for each participating program: dropout…

Part of a health occupations program, this instructional unit contains 13 learning modules for use in training nursing assistants. Covered in the modules are (1) making beds, bathing patients, and measuring intake and output; (2) body mechanics, moving and lifting patients, range of motion exercises, and caring for patients in casts or traction;…

Minority students aspiring to careers in the health fields are the subject of this study. Data from freshmen who entered college in fall, 1974 are compared with their counterparts in two earlier freshman classes (1966 and 1972) for the purpose of monitoring trends in the characteristics of health career aspirants; in addition, they were compared…

This bibliography brings together much of the literature prepared by individuals, organizations, and agencies on nurse practitioners and the expanded role of the nurse. Section I on expanded role includes citations and abstracts to documents that provide general information about the nurse practitioner's role and specific information on the…

This module on health careers is one of eight modules designed for individualized instruction in health occupations education programs at both the secondary and postsecondary levels. This module contains an introduction to the module topic and two learning experiences. Each learning experience contains an overview, an objective (e.g., name and…

Major changes are taking place in restructuring allied medical education, and we must be diligent participants in making these changes because we want quality--not "future schlock." National allied medical subcommittees are busily at work on changes for common courses and career mobility, continuing education, equivalency and proficiency…

This report identifies major issues associated with licensure, certification, and other qualifications for practice or employment of health personnel. Chapters are: (1) Credentialing and the Public Interest, (2) An Overview of Health Personnel Credentialing, (3) The Organizational Setting of Licensure, (4) The Disciplinary Function of State…