Considers the need for developing medical technologists in a project offering instruction by local physicians and surgeons in methods for diagnosing and treating "trauma" victims. (Author/RK)

Since Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho (WAMI) have limited medical education facilities to fill the need in these states for physicians, the WAMI program was introduced. This program provides a year of clinical practice with a community physician to expose students to family practice. (PG)

Educational media--hardware and software--provide a way of learning facts, principle, and procedures. (Editor)

Nurses can learn new facts, master the principles underlying procedures, update information, or be oriented to the philosophy and operation of a new place of employment through computer assisted instructional programs developed by experts. (Editor)

Discusses changes made in a high school occupational home economics program so that student needs are met and also provides a brochure describing the supportive health and child care services program. (SB)

University medical centers must be prepared to produce additional qualified manpower and health care programs to be required by renewed health manpower legislation. (IR)

This paper describes a program designed to help paraprofessional workers become an integral part of a comprehensive health care team. (Author)

Work Study program designed to introduce high school and college students to career opportunities in the health professions. (Editor)

Describes an audit checklist developed by the Mahoning Shenango Area Health Education Network to identify continuing education needs of nurses. This checklist was then piloted in four community hospitals, and data collected will be used in planning future programs. (NRJ)

In 1972 the New England College of Optometry instituted a new curriculum that provided accelerated optometric education leading to an O.D. degree for qualified candidates with a Ph.D. degree in the sciences. That experience is summarized. (MLW)

A computer-assisted curriculum evaluation effort at Pacific University assessed the extent to which the existing curriculum addressed the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry's (ASCO) recommendations, possible duplication of effort, and areas taught but not included in the ASCO models. (MSE)

The perceived problems of medical students were compared with those of students in the other health sciences colleges at the same institution. The medical students were found to have the same spectrum of perceived problems but complained of these problems significantly more intensely on 35 items. (Author/MLW)