An overview of the future of medical education. (PG)

Attempts to clarify the concept of the physician's assistant and the role of physicians, nurses, and physician's assistants in providing health services. (SB)

Paper presented at the Conference on Research in Medical Education, 79th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges, Houston, Texas, November 2, 1968

Discusses the spreading phenomenon of unionization of academic faculties and the effects of collective bargaining on academia. Emphasizes specific effects on allied health programs, the ambivalent role of the department chairperson in a unionized situation, and role conflicts experienced by the professional/faculty member/union member. (JOW)

Reviews concerns of allied health educators regarding the place of ethics in their curricula; discusses the discipline of ethics, highlighting areas of particular relevance; argues in favor of incorporating a substantial focus on ethics into the formal preparation of allied health students; emphasizes the clinical relevance of ethical decision…

Proposes that a humanities perspective is one of three distinct themes of a professional education (along with theory and practice). The importance of the humanities perspective is such that the present sequenced pattern should be reconsidered and more attention given to the integration of the three themes throughout training. (JOW)

Employers from 13 different health care settings in Illinois responded to a questionnaire to identify major issues affecting health occupations education. The five major concerns of employers were the need for improved communication between educational and service institutions, improved understanding of roles, overspecialization, lack of regional…

The author speaks of concerns facing those in allied health occupations: the new United States Department of Health and Human Services, focus on helping disabled people of all ages, segregation of handicapped children, and human service delivery mechanisms. (CT)

In this article, the author describes the training, certification, and tasks of dental assistants. She offers a look at some of the dissatisfactions of dental assistants and a brief glimpse at future employment prospects. (Author)

Presents a theoretical framework and practical suggestions for incorporating games and simulation into allied health instruction. Discusses research findings that support the use of educational simulation/games as tools for higher cognitive learning and for the improvement of teaching effectiveness as measured by student achievement in the allied…

A new building on the University of Nebraska campus at Omaha contains facilities for the greatly expanded programs that will train health, physical education, and recreational personnel for the eighties. (Author/MLF)

Described are the characteristics of a profession, the status of the sanitarian as a professional, and the basic criteria recognized as the mark of a profession. (BT)