To identify appropriate content for pharmacy technician training programs, this meeting brought together staff members of the Allied Health Professions Projects and 10 committee members representing professional associations and hospital pharmacy administration. The purpose of the project is to develop instructional units for and education in…

Approximately 150 projects being funded under the Nurse Training Act of 1964 and undertaken by universities, colleges, and hospitals are briefly described. The name and location are supplied for the hospital conducting each project. VT 003 971 "Project Grants for Improvement in Nurse Training," is a related document. (JK)

This study seeks to obtain baseline information about the relationships among medical technology education, certification, and job performance. The sample was 1,861 technologists who filed for the July 1962 certification examination. Information concerned: (1) performance in preclinical and clinical study, and in the certification examination, (2)…

This comprehensive view of the manpower dimensions of contemporary American medicine sheds new light on the approximately 2.5 million persons who, together with more than 300,000 physicians, are engaged in providing health services. The focus is upon 1.2 million health workers (exclusive of nurses) with less than a college education. Chapters…

The purpose of the study was to obtain possible insights into the substantive or procedural facets associated with the proposed development in the United States of intermediate health professionals (defined as personnel involved in diagnosis and treatment of disease through direct patient contact who have had less than the professional education…

Information in tabular form on dental hygiene, dental assisting, and dental laboratory technology programs includes: (1) basic information about the programs, (2) undergraduate enrollment as of October 1967, (3) preadmission training of students, (4) the number and distribution of graduates over the past several years, and (5) admission data on…

Information in tabular form on dental hygiene, dental assisting, and dentist laboratory technology programs includes: (1) basic information about the programs, (2) preadmission training of students, and (3) admission data on students. For dental hygiene programs, information on undergraduate enrollment as of October 15, 1968 and distribution of…

The goal of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Department of Transportation has been to upgrade and professionalize the ambulance field, enhance its life-sustaining quality, and encourage its establishment where it does not now exist. The course discusses purpose, mission, and duties of the emergency medical technician; leadership;…

This publication consists of an instructional program planning guide matrix and flow chart on a separate foldout form and a curriculum guide for health occupations education. The first two sections provide instructions to assist in the design of health occupations training programs and a synopsis for each program plotted on the matrix and flow…

The first 40 pages contain lists of health and hospital occupations, professional health organizations in Kansas, national health professional organizations, educational institutions in the State of Kansas, general hospitals in Kansas, and licensing boards for health professions in Kansas. Where applicable, names of officers, mailing addresses,…

The fields of dentistry, dietetics, medicine, medical technology, nursing, occupational therapy, pharmacy, physical therapy, and social work are defined in the handbook. The entrance requirements, educational institutions, and licensure regulations in Texas are treated for each major and allied support field. The functions or types of…

This annotated listing of curriculum materials for Health Occupations Education provides planners, administrators, vocational educators, and others with information as to available curriculum materials developed by the various States. The materials are identified with the instructional titles and codes from the classification system of the Office…

A major concern of this article is to document the role of paraprofessionals in providing services for clients in the mental health and psychiatric fields. There are basically three types of paraprofessionals. The first type is the "old" hospital worker; he does not have a college degree, is not indigenous to the community in which he is working,…

A total of 94 teachers and administrators from 12 health related occupations attended four 2-day workshops held in Chicago, DeKalb, Springfield, and Carbondale, Illinois, which were designed to provide inservice allied health teaching personnel with information, instruction, and assistance in developing behaviorally-oriented learning materials for…

The Maternal and Child Health Service gives support to 13 graduate programs in maternal and child nursing with the objective of increasing the pool of nurse specialists in this field. Each program is briefly described in this pamphlet. Students accepted into a graduate program are eligible for stipends that cover living expenses, tuition, and a…