A study was done to determine the training needs of health occupations teachers in the state of Washington. Focus was on identifying the most important content for teacher training activities and the most acceptable formats for providing these activities. Data were collected via (1) telephone interviews of key health personnel from each state, (2)…

REPORTED IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL, OR CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK, TO BE USED IN THE ANALYSIS OF THE NATURE OF THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND FOR HEALTH MANPOWER. THE MODEL IS DESIGNED TO PREDICT, UNDER CERTAIN ASSUMPTIONS, THE DEMAND, SUPPLY, EXCESS DEMAND, AND EMPLOYMENT OF HEALTH PERSONNEL FOR SOME PERIOD IN THE FUTURE. THE MANPOWER REQUIREMENT FORECASTS…

The curriculum guide presents a suggested outline for teaching health occupations in secondary schools in Vermont. It consists of a student/teacher curriculum outline for each of the 20 units. It includes a concept statement, the behavioral objective, suggested learning activities, suggested teacher resource needs, and suggested evaluation…

This publication is Attachment 8 of a set of 16 computer listed QPCB task sorts, by career level, for the entire Hospital Corps and Dental Technician fields. Statistical data are presented in tabular form for a detailed listing of job duties in environmental health. (BT)

This publication is Attachment 16 of a set of 16 computer listed QPCB task sorts, by career level, for the entire Hospital Corps and Dental Technician fields. Statistical data are presented in tabular form for a detailed listing of independent job duties. (BT)

This study addresses itself to the problem of what should be done to increase the civilian medical/health field utilization of men who have received medical training and experience while in military service. It was found that military men were influenced in their decision for or against a civilian health career by: military service branch, length…

The Allied Health Professions Project at the University of California, Los Angeles, has developed a new approach to occupational and task analysis and an innovative task-oriented method of preparing instructional materials based on those analyses. Task inventories have been prepared and are available for 25 occupations. About one-third of the…

This document presents the Health Professions Education Master Plan, a part of Phase III of the New Jersey Master Plan for Higher Education. The Plan covers (1) team concept of health care delivery and the education of health professionals; (2) accreditation, licensure and certification: factors affecting manpower availability; (3) recruitment,…

Because neither information system--MEDLARS and ERIC--serves practitioners of continuing education for health manpower satisfactorily, a basic list of terms was compiled from the literature and oral usage of the field and then compared with the MEDLARS and ERIC thesauri. The Project Master list contains 1,577 terms of which 71 percent are in the…

In recent years it has become apparent that the system of continuing medical education developed in the USSR has reached a high level of achievement. At the invitation of the Ministry of Health of the USSR, an international study tour was organized by the World Health Organization to study the Soviet system. This report presents the findings of…

Explores the role of clinical librarians in providing information services to patients, as they accompany health professionals during daily patient care activities, and examines two projects evaluating clinical librarianship. (CWM)

The demand for health manpower is rapidly outgrowing the nation's supply. Guidance of students into health occupations in the past has been minimal. Health teachers, especially at the elementary and secondary levels, need to assume more responsibility for introducing students to and preparing them for health careers. (JN)

Describes the supervision of internships in an applied medical sociology program. Participation covers three areas: (1) establishing a wellness program; (2) maintaining the program; and (3) responding to intern needs. Finds that monitoring interns requires a structure different from academic advising and instruction, and recommends treating…

"Under Pressure!" reports on the effect of aging population and new technologies on the demand for health care professionals and describes growing health care careers. "Meeting a Challenge Head on" and "Exploring the Medical Frontier" explain how schools in Delaware and Pennsylvania are attracting and retaining…