In an effort to meet the growing demand for skilled radiologic technologists and other supportive personnel educated through the associate degree level, a national survey was conducted as part of the UCLA Allied Health Professions Project to determine the tasks performed by personnel in the field and lay the groundwork for development of…

Conducted as part of the UCLA Allied Health Professions Project, this report summarizes a functional analysis of occupational groups employed by physicians in providing out-of-hospital services to patients. To provide data for developing and improving instructional materials, a task inventory was developed to determine which categories of workers…

The first of four volumes in Research Report No. 7 of the Health Services Mobility Study (HSMS), this book contains 143 task descriptions covering most of the medical activities carried out by diagnostic radiologists. (The work carried out by radiologic technologists, and administrative, machine-related, and nursing-type functions are found in…

The fourth of four volumes in Research Report No. 7 of the Health Services Mobility Study (HSMS), this book contains the extended task names of all the tasks whose descriptions can be found in the three prior volumes. It serves as an index to all the tasks by listing the volume in which each task description appears. Chapter 1 of this volume…

Written for State and local operators of Health Education and Welfare (HEW)-funded health service, health manpower, and health planning programs, this guide is intended to serve four major purposes: (1) Provide selected insights into the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and how it works; (2) point out potential areas for…

Views of 989 allied health professionals regarding their continuing education preferences were analyzed. A significant majority believed that continuing education is necessary and should be voluntary. The expressed preference was not related to the professional's specialty field or demographic, educational, or employment characteristics. (EM)

Traditionally, nurse practitioners and physician's assistants have been trained separately. In l977, the Family Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of California, Davis, and the Primary Care Associate Program at Stanford University merged clinical curricula. The cooperative program is described and its first year evaluated. (Author/JMD)

Reports the development of an integrated clinical approach to introductory chemistry education at the undergraduate level for students majoring in nursing and the allied health professions at the University of Lowell. (BT)

Discusses concerns in the education of allied health professionals from the perspective of a State agency responsible for coordinating higher education. Covers professional demand, methods for insuring responsibility to students, including the effective provision of clinical education, and program finance. (LAS)

For-profit colleges, unlike the rest of higher education, are enjoying a financial boon that is likely to improve in the next couple of years. Enrollments this fall at nine major publicly traded college companies grew at a pace faster than the average annual rate of growth for the past three years, while profit margins for this year are projected…

This study investigated the collaborative decision-making and communicative discourse of groups of learners engaged in a simulated medical emergency in two conditions. In one condition subgroups used a traditional whiteboard (TW group) to document medical arguments on how to solve a medical emergency. In the other condition subgroups used…

The author sees a need for the nursing profession to evaluate the extended role of the nurse to determine differences in the patient care provided by nurse practitioners and physician's assistants. From the data, appropriate nursing education and nursing practice planning can follow. (EA)

This career exploration instructional booklet on the occupation of a physical therapist is one of several resulting from the rural southwestern Colorado CEPAC Project (Career Education Process of Attitude Change). Based on a job analysis and utilizing a programed instructional format, the following content is included: A brief description of a…

The Health Careers Information System (HCIS) is a national computerized mechanism developed by the Health Manpower Development Corporation that is designed to identify low-income and/or minority college students with an expressed interest in and demonstrated capacity for health careers. (Author)