A survey of 4,692 health care providers received 1,763 responses that assessed whether future continuing education programs could be designed in an interdisciplinary fashion and still meet the perceived needs of 5 health care professions. It found that program content, date, time, and location are the most important factors influencing attendance.…

The HealthCare Interactive Videodisc Consortium, a self-governing organization, was formed to design, produce, and evaluate interactive videodisc courseware for the medical field. The 14 United States and 4 Canadian medical and nursing school members were selected based on subject matter and biomedical communications expertise and availability for…

A survey of 270 University of Washington permanent employees who were potential candidates for teaching clinics, found dental anxiety prevalent, correlating with poorer perceived dental health, longer intervals between dental appointments, higher frequency of past fear behaviors, more physical symptoms during last dental injection, and more…

The Working Group on the Pre-Clinical Years of the 1997 National Consensus Conference on Medical Education for Care Near the End of Life identifies promising settings and suggests how they might be used for maximum benefit in end-of-life education. Basic-care competencies are in five domains: psychological/social/cultural/spiritual issues;…

A survey of 42 pharmacy schools investigated the extent and nature of service-learning as part of the curriculum. Respondent comments on the requirements and difficulties of implementing service learning and its benefits are discussed. Broad disparity in implementation and the relatively few institutions adopting the approach are seen as evidence…

Describes how a multidisciplinary team developed problem-based cases related to older adults for allied health students to explore gerontology/geriatrics issues in the Mid-Atlantic Allied Health Geriatric Education Center. (SK)

Allied health faculty and student exchange program between the University of Kentucky and the University of Wolverhampton (England) provides opportunities for research and scholarly activity. It has improved the quality of student theses, generated increased funding support, and resulted in 100% employment of Wolverhampton student participants…

Allied health faculty (n=234), 44 chairpersons, and 27 deans in public university health centers had similar views regarding research orientation and rewards. Faculty and department chairs had a higher teaching orientation than deans. Tenure-track faculty expressed less belief that rewards influence teaching than did tenured faculty or…

Kolb's Learning Style Inventory was completed by 29 allied health students on campus and 27 in distance education. Both groups had similar learning outcomes. Only the Diverger learning style showed a correlation between learning environment and outcome: 83% of Divergers with above average grades were in distance education. (Contains 20…

Interviews, observations, and journal analysis of four occupational therapy students in fieldwork placements identified four influences: therapist, environment, clients, and time. The role of onsite therapists was crucial in early fieldwork. A medical focus tended to split practice with clients with physical disabilities from those with…

A study investigated perceptions of 606 scientists and 91 institutional representatives (IRs) toward the National Institutes of Health Office of Research Integrity concerning appropriate punishment for unethical research behavior. Respondents suggested punishment for 80% of unethical scenarios presented to them. Punishment type was related to…

Providers of mental health services will need to address the expected increase in the older adult population. More practitioners as well as more people trained in teaching and research about aging and mental health will be needed. (Contains 11 references.) (JOW)

This article describes how to make tactile charts for students who are blind and in the allied health professions on the basis of medical images and how students who are blind evaluate these charts. Editing rules for creating the charts are discussed. (Contains references.) (CR)

Eight occupational therapy (OT) students and eight occupational therapy assistant (OTA) students worked together in field experiences. Content analysis of their journals revealed that they learned about each other's professional role and understood the relevance to future client care. Some resistance arose in both groups because OT students were…

Education of medical students in the basic and clinical sciences must be integrated into a seamless curriculum over four years, team-taught by both a clinician and a basic scientist. Medical students must be able to perform an initial evaluation of a neurological complaint and know when consultation is needed. (Author/MSE)