This article identifies: (1) programs designed to remove barriers keeping minority groups from entering health occupational training programs; (2) fourteen institutions designing or offering this kind of curriculum; and (3) Federal programs which have offered sources of funding to institutions wishing to engage in activities to increase minority…

New York police, fire fighters prepare for postretirement careers as nurses. (Editor)

The authors explore four areas of practical difficulty for the medical educator undertaking the creation of his own videotaped teaching materials: (1) the mechanics of videotape production; (2) the subculture of the television production studio; (3) the reaction of health staff and patients to videotape production; and (4) the integration of…

Health occupations education clearly has a dual role: to help bring health education and health care to the poor, disabled and disadvantaged and to open up opportunities for them to become members of the health service team. (Editor)

Discusses future and present congressional health care programs. (PG)

Survey of deans, medical and surgical chiefs indicates majority approval of present "optimal role of surgery, but some differences in opinion over extent of surgical learning experiences for future undergraduate curriculum. Also reveals didactic instruction methods preferred to samll-group seminars or instructional television. (LP)

Based on an address given at the Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical School in Los Angeles, California, in January 1970. (IR)

Experiences with a combined computer-assisted and computer-managed pharmacology course that allows both scheduled and individual pacing are described. Students with low aptitudes achieved significantly higher scores on the pharmacology portion of a national medical examination after participation. (Author/MSE)

An experimental program to provide decentralized training and certification for Utah's physician's assistants unable to leave their own communities is evaluated. Original program goals were met, but it was learned that the methodology is inefficient and the program requires more teaching time than most physicians can contribute. (MSE)

A survey of one school's undergraduate pharmacy students' attitudes toward the elderly showed female students to have a slightly more favorable attitude than males. (Author/MSE)

A Southern California orientation program involves a new optometry student immediately by having the student see an actual clinic patient in a college clinic. The program gives students a feeling of belonging to the profession and also demonstrates the relevance of basic and visual sciences to practice. (Author/MSE)