It is argued that changes in the biomedical research environment and health care system call for reexamination of the mission and value of research and graduate education programs in basic sciences in pharmacy schools. Trends in research funding and graduate-level basic sciences are noted though contributions of these efforts to the field are…

A survey investigated the status of a program that simultaneously encourages minority health occupations graduates to pursue teaching and helps repay their student loans. The federal program, with 16 schools and 35 students participating, has been instrumental in recruiting teachers, but has not resolved financial difficulties for some…

Evaluated a practice-site learning experience for 55 doctoral pharmacy students, using student logs and written summaries and pre- and post-experience surveys concerning student awareness, understanding, and mastery of desired outcomes. Students indicated increased awareness and understanding of desired outcomes, and found patient interaction…

Described are a variety of careers under the umbrella of medical technology. The status of medical technology and medical technology education are discussed. Different curricula for medical technology are compared. (CW)

This annotated bibliography of sources of print, audio, and video materials on safety provides addresses and phone numbers of publishers. Categories include general information, agricultural education, business education, health occupations, home economics, trade and industrial, technical education, and technology education. (SK)

A follow-up study of 951 graduates of Houston High School for Health Professions (Texas) raised some concern about the value of counseling services offered, financial barriers to pursuit of health-related careers, and stereotyping and career choice. Overall, the program has succeeded in fostering pursuit of health-related careers. (Author/MSE)

Discusses organizational changes in educational institutions needed to attract minority students to the health professions and retain them, focusing on the University of Massachusetts Medical Center program and its initiatives for high school and college students. The program is increasing enrollment and retention of minorities at the medical…

A study of 336 staff-led, problem-based tutorial groups in a European university health sciences program found that students who were tutored by subject-matter experts achieved somewhat better and spent more time on self-directed learning. In addition, tutoring skill and content knowledge were important in effective tutoring. (Author/MSE)

The Kellogg Foundation's Community Partnerships in Health Professions Education, a program designed to increase multidisciplinary, comprehensive, cost-effective primary care teams in communities, uses an organizational structure linking academic medical education with communities. The new structures have resulted in new curricula and other…

A discussion of the state of dental hygiene education looks at the practitioner supply and demand, enrollment trends, student characteristics, changes in admissions and program design, necessary curriculum expansion, financial pressures on institutions, manpower shortages in dentistry in general, and lack of innovation in recent years. (MSE)

Evaluates Temple University (Pennsylvania) dental school's five-year (1992-97) plan for development of academic computing, including promotion of faculty computer literacy, student computer literacy, and computer-assisted instruction. All goals except implementation of computer-aided instruction have been met. Findings have implications for the…

A study explored the notion that moral reasoning skills are important to the provision of pharmaceutical care. It compared the moral reasoning skills of two classes of pharmacy students with those of practitioners who scored high on measures of pharmaceutical care and clinical decision making. Implications for pharmacy school admissions and…

The proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Association of Dental Schools include the president's annual report, president-elect's and executive director's addresses, a summary of proceedings, the revised constitution, a list of competencies for entry into the dental hygiene profession, association bylaws, member administrators,…

Reviews the history of postdoctoral programs in dentistry and medicine, focusing on postdoctoral general dentistry education, and describes the changing health-care environment in which future dental professionals will practice, relating the dental postdoctoral experience to that in medicine. A strategy is presented to prepare dental practitioners…

A discussion of tenure for clinical faculty in optometric education looks at traditional eligibility requirements, administrative and political aspects of tenure policy, ways in which medical schools have addressed clinical faculty tenure, how clinical faculty are "essential" faculty, responsibilities of administration to clinical faculty and of…