The stated objective of this guide is to provide a quantitative description of the current supply of health manpower in the State of Washington. To do so, two methods of data collecting are used, with explanations for each. Precautions for interpreting their data are noted. The major portion (152 of 180 pages) of the guide lists information on…

This reference handbook is designed to provide vocational counselors with background information on a wide range of occupations related to medicine. Nearly 60 careers are described with educational requirements, salaries, schools where training may be obtained, and sources of additional information. An address list of associations and a health…

The purpose of this report is to serve as a guide for dental hygiene education program development, and to serve as a stimulus for improving established programs. The first section of the report discusses the function of the Council on Dental Education and the trends in hygiene program development. In section II the requirements for an accredited…

This self-instructional, job-oriented booklet on descriptive statistics for the health professions deals specifically with measures of central tendency (mean, median and mode). It is limited to those concepts and techniques most needed by health professionals working routinely with basic statistical data. (CK)

The primary objectives of this study were to determine to what extent the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (DHEW) health manpower training programs were acting as mechanisms to aid American Indians in reaching the highest levels of health training for which their individual ambitions and capabilities qualified them and to determine the…

This document presents the proceedings of a conference whose objectives were: (1) to identify the interrelationship of certification, licensure and accreditation in the allied health professions; (2) to describe current practices and consider their advantages and disadvantages in light of public and professional needs; (3) to consider the purposes…

The Health Training Improvement Act of 1970 (P.L. 91-519) is an extension and expansion of the Allied Health Professions Personnel Training Act of 1966 and the Health Manpower Act of 1968. The purpose of this report is to provide some background on the Health Training Improvement Act of 1970 and to summarize its major provisions. Section 1 briefly…

Current economic conditions have produced a resurgence of concern among health professions educational institutions about the costs of accreditation. Appropriate methods of cost determination must be established and widely applied. This report describes a methodology that was successfully applied in one school and may serve as a model for other…

Health occupations education has been recognized as a unique career field in vocational education. Distinctive and definitive youth leadership programs in terms of Health Career Clubs are needed to support this occupational area. (Author)

The author addresses trends of importance in planning future allied health education programs and discusses issues that must be faced in order to strengthen allied health education and service. Also highlights several recommendations of the National Commission on Allied Health Education. (CT)

Discusses the role of management in achieving environmental health and the need for a core of general environmental education courses in college programs aimed at producing urban managers and environmental health officers. Identifies three subgoals of environmental health: social order, visual order, and psychological order. (DC)

Replaces item 3, Treatment of Content, in "Attributes of Quality in Audiovisual Materials for Health Professionals" by Emanuel Suter and Wendy H. Waddell ("The Journal of Biocommunication," v8 n2, July 1981). (FM)

The author summarizes the findings and recommendations of the National Commission on Allied Health Education. He stresses that the new emphasis in allied health education is on widening the range of services, including preventive services, and on appropriate use of services. (CT)

As the world economy continues to evolve, businesses and industries must adopt new practices and processes in order to survive. Quality and cost control, work teams and participatory management, and an infusion of technology are transforming the way people work and do business. Employees are now expected to read, write, and communicate…

Computers and computer-assisted instruction are being used with increasing frequency in the area of undergraduate paramedic education. Paramedic students' attitudes towards the use of e-learning technology and computer-assisted instruction have received limited attention in the empirical literature to date. The objective of this study was to…