A comparison was made between Navy enlisted personnel who entered Hospital Corpsman class A schools (technical training programs) directly from a Recruit Training Command (RTC students, totaling 3044) and from other Navy jobs (strikers, totaling 363). The strikers had completed significantly more years of schooling with fewer suspensions or…

Devoted largely to credit recommendations at the collegiate level, this 1968 guide to the evaluation of educational experiences in the armed forces (1) lists formal residential course offerings by the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy, and Department of Defense, and (2) describes two national testing programs, the General…

The Training Analysis Digest is a compilation of training improvement studies and projects which have contributed to better instruction and the refinement of course content. It provides a system for reporting the efforts of individual training centers at the Chanute, Keesler, Lackland, Lowry, and Sheppard Air Force Bases in improving enlisted men…

This guide for the development of training programs to prepare neighborhood residents to function as staff members in Comprehensive Health Services Projects is organized into an introduction and nine other sections. "A Special Training Program" discusses jobs and careers, learning style, practice, and basic skills. "Planning for the Training…

The primary goal of the migrant health project in San Patricio County, Texas was to establish out-patient family health care for migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Several accomplishments were made. By using a physician assistant, the clinic was able to add an additional work without the necessity of extending their hours. The dental services have…

This manual covers basic policies and procedures governing four student loan and scholarship programs administered within the Bureau of Health Manpower, National Institutes of Health. An introductory chapter provides definitions, procedures, and reporting common to all programs, and this is followed by chapters describing: (1) The Health…

Intended to promote development and improvement in schools offering diploma programs in nursing, this guide presents selected principles and suggestions regarding different considerations that should be taken into account when making operational decisions. Principles and suggestions are presented for: (1) Philosophy and Objectives, (2)…

The expanded need for medical laboratory workers necessitates the recruitment of new personnel, and even more important, better utilization of present personnel. The development of a career ladder for laboratory workers would facilitate advancement as it would allow upward mobility for workers who could demonstrate knowledge and ability equivalent…

Documents announced with VT numbers only in the Fall 1971 issue (VT 014 129) of "Abstracts of Instructional Materials in Vocational and Technical Education" (AIM) are included in this microfiche set. The microfiche set is arranged in the following sequence: (1) a Vocational Technical (VT) number index to documents in the microfiche collection, (2)…

Following an analysis of the task of transcribing as practiced in a health facility, this study guide was developed to teach the knowledge and skills required of a medical transcriber. The medical record department was identified as a major occupational area, and a task inventory for medical records was developed and used as a basis for a…

Developed as a result of an analysis of the task of transcribing as practiced in a health facility, this study guide was designed to teach the knowledge and skills required of a medical transcriber. The medical record department was identified as a major occupational area, and a task inventory for medical records was developed and used as a basis…

Following an analysis of the task of transcribing as practiced in a health facility, this study guide was designed to teach the knowledge and skills required of a medical transcriber. The medical record department was identified as a major occupational area, and a task inventory for medical records was developed and used as a basis for…

This document reports the results of a 3-week summer workshop attended by 10 preservice and inservice health educators. During the workshop, participants discussed these topics which are summarized in the report: (1) manpower needs, employment opportunities, emerging concepts, and research developments in health occupations, (2) analysis of health…

This paper reports the results of a study conducted to (1) assess the need for career mobility within the nursing program at Delaware County Community College (Pennsylvania); (2) demonstrate the range of complexity in nursing situations which require diversified educational programs; and (3) propose a model to assess the skills and knowledge of…

Designed for school administrators, teachers, advisory councils, and architects, this guide may be used in the planning or constructing of new comprehensive vocational facilities or in adding to and remodeling existing facilities. The guide contains information about general and specialized planning. The general planning information covers the…