This document provides an outline of the Research Training Fellowship Program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Emphasizing the scientific foundations of military medicine, the course aims at preparing medical corps officers for careers in laboratory research or clinical investigation and teaching. The intent is to give officers who…

This manual for school administrators and teachers is designed to aid in developing, planning, and conducting health occupations education programs at the secondary level. Guidelines for program organization and administration are offered regarding advisory committees, procedures for establishing programs, educational facilities, selection of…

Prepared to disseminate the materials resulting from the institute to those who may want to replicate the model and for the many health professions faculty who were unable to attend but who requested information, this resource manual contains the four curriculum models developed by the participants in addition to excerpts from the lectures of some…

This fourth volume in the series "Pathways to Practice" presents the heart of the Southern Regional Education Board's Nursing Curriculum Project, which was designed to (1) develop a set of assumptions about societal systems that impinge on the environments of nursing, (2) determine broadly the future direction of health care delivery patterns, (3)…

Interdisciplinary integration of health professions education (e.g. pharmacy, medicine, dentistry, nursing, and podiatry) is examined in light of the pros (societal usefulness and cost effectiveness) and cons (justifiable professional boundaries and other concerns). Characteristics of an integrated cluster of individualized, cross-disciplinary…

As a screening tool for curriculum priorities, a pattern of curriculum design and redevelopment for the associate degree technical nursing program was explored. Curriculum developers examined three components: student, setting, and subject. The evolved conceptual framework, based on Orem's self-care theory, of a continuum of nursing assistance is…

The paper reports the validation of a test simulating supervisory situations as part of the final exam for an allied health supervision course. Statistical analysis indicated that the experimental group was much more likely to produce empathic responses than the control group in a similar test situation. (MF)

Reviewing his address of ten years ago the author states that its proposals are still germane today: more postsecondary education, strengthening the allied health organization, and obtaining more government and private funds. He also offers ten predictions for future allied health education programs. (MF)

Summarizes data collected from a survey of allied health faculty in secondary and postsecondary institutions regarding school tenure and promotion policy variables. Includes distribution of institutions, faculty degrees, and tenured and nontenured faculty by rank and by field. (MF)

Cost-per-student calculation methods produce different values that create problems for decision-makers in evaluating their use. Several available cost models are compared and differences in methods of looking at the costs of health sciences education are discussed. (LBH)

The activities of faculty and their availability to provide direct contact teaching are key determinants of resource allocation and cost analysis. Problems caused by the diversification of allied health professions education programs are addressed and suggestions for using faculty activity analysis in determining cost per student are offered. (LBH)

The ability to analyze and construct the cost of existing or developing programs is a powerful tool for planning the allocation of scarce resources. Implications for health professions education programs are discussed and the major elements affecting the cost per student are described. (Author/LBH)

This article describes training roles and experiences of a new special education paraprofessional. Offering two-year, A.A.-level training, the Child Health Care Worker Training Program gives such personnel clinical, academic, and community training which articulates with unmet special education needs for developmentally disabled children and their…

The Rayetheon Scientific Simulation Language (RSSL) program, an easily-used simulation on the CDC/6600 computer at the University of Texas at Austin, offers a simple method of solving differential equations on a digital computer. It is used by undergraduate biopharmaceutics-pharmacokinetics students and graduate students in all areas. (Author/LBH)

Personality traits of women students in medicine, pharmacy, medical technology, physical therapy, dietetics, and occupational therapy were examined. Medical students were found to be guided more by thinking than feelings; pharmacy students prefer well-planned, routine work; occupational therapy students, changing situations and flexibility.…