Three professional associations (American Nurses Association, American School Health Association, and Department of School Nurses/NEA) endorse an expanded role for the traditional school nurses--that of school nurse practioners--and define guidelines for their educational preparation, expanded roles, and functions. (MM)

Urges an awareness of changing patterns in the delivery of health care and in the employability and training needs of allied health program graduates. Predicts further reductions in resources and discusses the advantages of cooperative linkages and brokering activities. Describes a Kellogg Foundation study of the state of the art. (AYC)

Describes a study which utilizes Holland's model of vocational choice as a construct to evaluate health related professions student personality types. Professional areas examined are occupational and physical therapy health workers and medical technologists. (LAS)

Reports the results of a survey (of 79 selected institutional members of the American Society of Allied Health Professions) designed to obtain information on current policies regarding allied health faculty appointments, promotions, and tenure which are in effect in these institutions. (LAS)

Paper presented at the ninth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Allied Health Professions. Discusses the evolution of an interdisciplinary seminar initiated by a graduate social work class and lead by teaching-learning teams. Includes how the seminar was conducted and evaluated, and future directions of interdisciplinary collaboration. (LAS)

Presents a description and an evaluation of a didactic interdisciplinary course, offered by the Schools of Allied Health, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Social Work at the University of Connecticut, which concentrates on the theory of interprofessional behaviors necessary for "teaming"; includes an experiential component to stimulate a team…

Five issues that are likely to shape health care delivery and allied health occupations education in the near future are discussed, including (1) access to health care and reform of care; (2) development of new technology; (3) changing demographics in the United States; (4) competition among professions; and (5) a growing multidisciplinary…

A lack of diversity among health care professionals is placing the health of at least one-third of the nation at risk. This fact was among findings announced recently by the Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce in its report, "Missing Persons: Minorities in the Health Professions." The 16-member commission calls…

Introduction: The objective was to review key articles and research studies on practices, preferences, and evaluation of on-line continuing education used by health care professionals. Methods: Data sources included searches of the "MEDLINE," "CINAHL," and "ERIC" databases (January 1990 to June 2004) and manual searches of the "Journal of…

Following an introduction and outline of project objectives and methodology, summaries of the National Health Council 1968-1975 project are presented in seven sections, each representing the activities for recruitment, counseling, and related activities in the health occupations by annual fiscal year contract period. The annual reports summarize…

A two-day Health Manpower Planning Conference was held at State College, Pennsylvania, in 1971. The speakers represented a variety of organizations with responsibility for aspects of manpower planning and others not normally involved in planning. Program content was structured in such a way as to broaden the context within which manpower issues…

Exhibits as a medium for learning about the human body are becoming increasingly popular." The author "discusses the progress that has been made by the Mayo Medical Museum in this area." (Editor)

This brief article describes a health major program which is divided into three areas: (1) professional education requirements; (2) health major requirements; (3) general college requirements. Each area is presented separately for the purpose of clarity. (Author)