Describes a six-week rotation program through hospital departments for undergraduate college students to assist participants to establish firm career goals. (PG)

The pattern and experience of the Gondar health "team training program in Ethiopia could serve as a model for developing nations to train and utilize rural health teams and services. (IR)

Summarizes recommendations of The Panel on Pre-Professional Training for the Medical Sciences of the Commission on Undergraduate Education in the Biological Sciences. Diagrams patterns of degree programs in the health sciences, outlines basic biological concepts, identifies problems of supply and demand in medicine, and suggests adequate biology…

A coordinated council met to establish ground rules to coordinate the activities of various organizations and educational institutions interested in and concerned with the continuing education of nurses in Ohio. Their purpose was to provide all nurses with opportunities to increase their knowledge and skills for the delivery of health care. (RB)

This study of the nursing examination for licensure in Michigan shows how adverse impact may be used as a legally mandated, quantitative tool to assess selection procedures in nursing and other health professions. (Author/CM)

This paper describes the results of a study which revealed that the majority of students in the allied health disciplines of nursing and medical technology are perceptually field dependent according to Witkin's model of field mode, while the majority of practitioners in these disciplines are field independent. (Author/CT)

Synopses of the state of optometry and optometric education in nine foreign countries (Germany, Great Britain, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, and Sweden) look at training programs, licensing, facilities, and alternatives in optometric services. (MSE)