Resulting from a project in which a curriculum for an occupational therapy program was developed through task analysis, this manual contains guidelines for developing curriculum guides using job analysis data. The development process consists of 13 procedures which are organized into these four categories: (1) Organization of a project staff, (2)…

This guidebook has been prepared as a counseling resource for high school students and counselors, and management and personnel workers seeking information on occupations in the health field. Included is a brief overview of the health field along with information pertaining to career planning, sources of financial aid, and descriptions of more…

Rapid but orderly progress in the development of urgently needed health manpower and training facilities in Ontario can be achieved only by close collaboration between the educational institutions and agencies of government responsible for this field. Individual universities must consolidate the administration of health science programs on campus…

Recruiting and training workers to meet the critical shortage of trained health manpower is the major goal of the U.C.L.A. Secondary School Allied Health Project. In order to illustrate how the program combines work experience and classroom activities so that students become aware of the possible careers in the health field, this publication…

This study is an assessment of the Radiologic Technology program at Los Angeles City College (LACC, California). Four approaches were used to determine the program's effectiveness: (1) analysis of LACC student performance on the American Registry of Radiological Technologists examination; (2) analysis of follow-up data from questionnaires sent to…

A summary of many studies and papers prepared during the course of the project, this final report describes efforts to develop a planning methodology for meeting educational program needs in allied health professions which could be utilized in the California State University and colleges. The introductory charter describes the multifaceted system…

The objectives of these evaluations include assessment of six health occupations regional workshops and the field testing of new evaluation instruments. In addition to being evaluated by participants and by observers, each of these workshops used a preplanning assessment form to sample a small number of prospective participants for typical needs.…

Employment in nursing homes is projected to increase from 583,000 in 1973 to 1,036,000 in 1985. Substantially more workers are expected to be employed in nearly all occupations. The projected growth of 78% is faster than that expected in any segment of the health industry. Most nursing home employees are service workers. Two of these occupational…

This manual, an outgrowth of a pilot project (at De Anza College in California) which provided college education for nursing assistants to replace on-the-job training, presents: (1) a description of the pilot project (philosophy and purpose, history and background, value, problem areas, and recommendations), (2) process for implementing a nursing…

This manual reports the summary and conclusions of the series "Pathway to Practice," the Nursing Curriculum Project conducted by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). The project's aims, procedures and methods, and specific findings are identified, followed by a discussion of ten recommendations concerned with implications for the nursing…

A questionnaire was sent to a sample of directors of Allied Health programs in seventy-two community colleges accredited by Middle Atlantic States in order to ascertain the organizational pattern of community colleges offering Allied Health programs and to analyze the responsibilities of directors of these programs. A response rate of 52% was…

The school health services field experience program provides senior student nurses with the opportunity to acquire an accurate, comprehensive working knowledge of the functions and responsibilities of the school nurse-teacher. (RC)

It is argued that the role of colleges in the effort to maximize pharmacy's contribution to society requires an emphasis on research in the pharmaceutical sciences, in the clinical use of drugs, and in the socioeconomic aspects of drug therapy. This will produce more qualified pharmacists and greater credibility for the profession. (JMD)

The purpose of the course described here was to provide an opportunity for health education students to examine the role of patient education in the health care delivery system. (DS)

The paper reports results of a survey of 732 recent allied health graduates at Ohio State University to determine how they really felt about their jobs. Scores on the Job Descriptive Index revealed low levels of job satisfaction, with implications for allied health education. (MF)