A project to demonstrate how a team of instructor/consultants could function on a regional basis to help upgrade inservice education programs in nursing homes was conducted. The design of this Nursing Home Training Program was structured to allow for changes in demonstrated services in accordance with reactions of participants. An advisory and an…

A total of 96 nurses who are conducting or teaching research attended a 2-day conference designed to increase competencies of nurse researchers in scientific investigations and in critically evaluating research. Some of the papers presented during the conference were: (1) "Appraising the Quality of Nursing Care" by E. Hagen, (2)…

A health aide is defined as an individual living in one of the organized living units on campus, employed by the University Health Center, who assists in extending preventive and therapeutic health services to house members. Three major objectives are enumerated: 1) early identification of health problems; 2) environmental control of factors which…

This guide discusses some of the principles upon which sound planning for nursing education is based, and suggests procedures that may be helpful to those responsible for such planning. Particular reference has been made to countries where nursing education is developing and where international nursing advisers are assisting local nurses in their…

This document contains a listing of schools of nursing and public health throughout the U. S. that offer professional nurse traineeships for full-time academic study. The institutions are listed by state, and the address of the institutions accompanies the listing. Also included is information on the type of program or programs offered by the…

Issues concerned with the certification of continuing education are addressed in this report. Topics of the keynote addresses are (1) Compulsory Continuing Education for Professionals, or The Gold Rush of '76, and (2) The Mystique of Certification, Education and Professionalism: In the Service of Whom? Panel presentation topics include: (1)…

This document is the fifth in the series, BIBLIOGRAPHIES ON EDUCATIONAL TOPICS (BETS), providing topical searches of ERIC literature in the scope areas of teacher education and health education, physical education, and recreation education. Here, the subject of consumer health is treated bibliographically. Included are topics dealing with the wise…

Designed to contribute to planners' understanding of the state of the art and to the improvement of health manpower planning, this monograph describes and evaluates various methods used to determine present and future health manpower supply and requirements. The methodologies presented, chosen after a review of the documents identified in the…

This second of a two-volume monograph, which describes and evaluates various methods used to determine present and future health manpower supply and requirements, is intended to contribute to planners' understanding of the state of the art and to the improvement of health manpower planning. The methodologies presented, chosen after a review of the…

The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of providing feedback (results of how frequently a variety of tasks had been performed) on the job satisfaction of Dental Therapy Assistants (DTA's) during the course of several levels of training, i.e., up to three months, four to nine months and 10 to 18 months. Trainees were predominantly…

This study sought to determine the extent of existing in-service education programs in health care available in northeast central Nebraska and to determine if there was a need for a Community Health Education Consortium (CHEC). Two questionnaires were developed for the study and were mailed to hospitals and nursing homes in a 22 county area; 86%…

"Medical Exploring," a program for young men and women interested in health careers, is the largest and one of the fastest growing of the career special interest programs of the Boy Scouts of America's Exploring Division. History, organization, and program of the group are described and discussed. (JT)

Major political and economic forces, which affect the provision of primary health services, particularly to underserved populations, are reviewed. Technological, professional, governmental, fiscal, and societal solutions are proposed. (GC)

The paper describes the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) used in an allied health course in human physiology at the University of Texas. Distinguishing features of the PSI system of individualizing courses are mastery learning, self-pacing, and immediate feedback, with the instructor as class manager rather than lecturer. (MF)

Eight collaborative school health and community health programs initiated at the University of Wisconcin-LaCrosse are discussed. (MM)