The Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976 extends health manpower training authorities through FY 1980 with significant changes to meet national needs. It is designed to produce more primary care practitioners and improve health services in manpower shortage areas, providing support for the training of health professions (medicine,…

The author's research has emphasized that in addition to providing physical treatment, allied health professionals need to function as resource persons and as advocates for the patient and his family. These roles and the acquisition and inclusion in professional training programs of the skills and knowledge they demand are discussed. (Author/MS)

CPCS at the University of Massachusetts-Boston meets the needs of the emerging professions in a competency-based program. Objectives and innovations at CPCS are described and guidelines for developing similar programs are offered. (LBH)

Presents a topical outline for a course in chemistry for students in the health professions, as recommended for use by a committee of the American Chemical Society. States that there are several appropriate texts written for courses of this type. (TW)

A project to (1) develop and apply a microcomputer simulation program to enhance clinical medication problem solving in preclerkship and clerkship students and (2) perform an initial formative evaluation of the simulation is described. A systematic instructional design approach was used in applying the simulation to the disease state of rheumatoid…

A retrospective study of the quantitative and qualitative variables that were the best predictors of successful completion of a bachelor's degree in physical therapy supports continued use of qualitative measures such as interviews and does not support certain traditional quantitative variables. (MSE)

Social and economic forces affecting the delivery of health care services are examined, including demographic change, population mobility, changes in the form of health care, health manpower legislation and supply economics, reactions to technology, the consumer movement, and the makeup of the health professions. (MSE)

The differences between professional and nonprofessional continuing education and the roles of professional associations and educational institutions in each are outlined. The Western Australian Institute of Technology's program promoting coordination of educational efforts in the health sciences is described (MSE)

Recent employment forecasts indicate that over half the growth in jobs from 1982-1995 will be in computer-related, technical, and health fields. Only one-fourth of the 40 occupations expected to have the largest growth will require a college degree, although most of the remainder will require postsecondary education. (MSE)

The history and design of the optometry program at Oklahoma's Northeastern State University and the development of optometric services to serve the American Indian population are described. (MSE)

Results of a survey of U.S. and Canadian optometry programs concerning curriculum design, clinical and residency training programs, continuing education, and research projects planned or under way in geriatric optometry are presented and discussed. (MSE)

Describes a tri-district program (in Utah's Granite, Jordan, and Murray school districts) to expand the health career program, which involved 62 field trips scouring the area's hospitals and health care centers, and student work experience opportunities, to expose students from 13 high schools to occupations beyond the traditional doctor and…

California faces a severe nursing shortage, with the number of registered nurses far below what is required to avert a potential state health care crisis. The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) Project is a joint project involving scholars, educational researchers, and analysts from the Center for Student Success (CSS) housed at City College of San…

This paper discusses the work of Yooroang Garang: the Centre for Indigenous Health Studies at the University of Sydney (Australia), focusing on professional education of Aboriginal health workers (AHWs). Aboriginal Education Centres in tertiary institutions are challenged to ensure that those institutions impart knowledge that is relevant and…

The South Carolina Rural Interdisciplinary Program in Training (SCRIPT) provides practical educational experiences for students from multiple health care majors in rural communities in the Low Country (Southern region) of South Carolina. Faculty from the Medical University of South Carolina joined with staff from the Low Country Area Health…