This report of the findings of a survey of a sample of 1,073 resident institutions which provide nursing or personal care to the aged or chronically ill emphasizes employee work experience, special training, and wages. The median total experience for all nursing and professional employees in the type of job held at the time of the survey was 4.1…

Following specialized training in which naval dental assistants were taught to insert restorations in cavities prepared by dental officers, clinical tests were applied to determine how much more a dental officer can accomplish when he delegates certain procedures to specially trained assistants, to evaluate the quality of the restorations, and to…

A survey of 22 dental assisting programs showed an average of 1,124 hours of instruction in dental assisting for 15 four-semester, 955 for three three-semester, and 1,042 for four two-semester programs. The average instructional hours for the four-semester programs were 48 in introduction to dental assisting, 179 in the life sciences, 221 in the…

The Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association in collaboration with the American Association of Medical Record Librarians establishes standards for medical record technician education, surveys and approves educational programs, and publishes lists of approved programs. The standards presented are intended as a guide for…

In 1963, the National Commission on Community Health Services appointed the Task Force on Health Manpower to assess community health needs, to evaluate methods of recruiting, educating, developing, motivating and utilizing manpower, and to recommend ways to assure availability and optimal utilization of manpower based upon community health needs.…

These checklists are designed for use during the dental assistant student's extramural clinical experience assignment. Checklists test students on their knowledge of terminology, equipment, procedures, and patient relations. Objectives are listed outline style with columns to check progress during a first and a second evaluation. Areas included…

This instructional package, one of four designed for regular vocational students, focuses on the vocational area of medical assistant. Contained in this document are forty-six learning modules organized into three units: examination; supplies and equipment maintenance; and diagnostic tests. Each module includes these elements: a performance…

The United States will be able to grapple with health and economic issues more clearly and directly if it can benefit from the highest quality professional efforts to uncover, assemble, and synthesize relevant information and to develop the best measures to deal with the problems. Thus a high level of professional performance in public health is a…

Papers presented at a conference/workshop that focused on the subject of increasing minority representation in the fields of allied health and science are provided. The role of undergraduate education in preparing students for allied health careers and suggestions for curriculum planning and development are given in the first two papers by Mary E.…

The report describes a project designed to organize a State student health occupations education organization. The organization will give students with explicit interest in careers in health services an opportunity to associate and identify with an established organization which is based on their selected occupational interests. There were 39…

The National Conference on Health Occupations Education was organized in response to a nationwide demand for dissemination of project findings and instructional materials in the field of health education. Emphasis throughout the research project and the conference was on the total instructional process. Approximately 100 participants contributed…

The document contains 22 appendixes which were cross-referenced in the final report of a study on the University of the Pacific's interdisciplinary program called School of Health Professions (SHP). Items include the following: (1-A) obesity study guide; (1-B) diabetes mellitus study guide; (1-C) hypertension study guide; (2) identification and…

In order to be able to comply, and to be able to document their compliance, with federal legislation regarding health occupations education and discriminatory practices, the American Medical Record Association conducted a study to see if a data base could be built to validate proficiency tests for medical personnel. The report was prepared to…

Faculty of nursing education programs within the Georgia university system were surveyed to ascertain their opinions about the nutrition competencies that they consider essential for comprehensive nursing practice and the level of nursing education program(s) to which these competencies are best suited. The survey instrument, 56 competency…

The Pulaski Community Schools have developed a career education curriculum that involves seventh and eighth graders in a year-long study of health, industrial arts, and business education. The Health Education Curriculum outlines 10 basic concepts and areas of study: social living, mental health, nutrition, tobacco, alcohol, drugs, hygiene,…