This speech, delivered before the World Future Society Second General Assembly, is a call to a future-oriented society guided by both short- and long-term futuristic goals. The author believes it important that we act rather than react to our changing roles. Such roles include helper in complex decision-making and specialist in processing there is…

Three eminent scientists wonder whether man can retain his humanity and ideals--what little may be left of them--in the face of rapid and radical changes being fostered and perhaps imposed by science and its technical applications and misapplications. Fuller's lecture, comprising the bulk of the volume, is a multidisciplinary and provocative…

A multimedia course in economic analysis was developed and used in conjunction with the United States Naval Academy. (See ED 043 790 and ED 043 791 for final reports of the project evaluation and development model.) This report deals with concept areas four and five, which focus on international trade and enrichment areas. The behavioral…

The sixth volume of the multimedia, individualized course in Economic Analysis produced for the United States Naval Academy covers segments 84-94 of the course. Included in the volume are discussions of specialization and international trade. Other segments of the course, the behavioral objectives involved, and the various working papers from the…

It is suggested that, although family practice generally has no subspecialties, such subspecialization need not cause a major distortion in the traditional role of the family physician. Data gathered from profiles of two "model" practices support the thesis. (LBH)

Reporting on a study designed to investigate the need for special attention and a cadre of social workers with special training in rural-specific social work, this article examines rural urban differences in terms of the individual and the informal helping network and organizational and systemic dimensions. (JC)

The occupational specializations and therapeutic orientations of clinical psychologists were related to their use and opinion of testing. The two tests clinicians considered most important to clinical practice were the Rorschach and the Thematic Apperception Test. Among the 10 most frequently recommended test, projective measures were listed 30…

Reviews the relationship between scientific and technological progress, needs of the Soviet economy, and capacities of higher education institutions in terms of the future of the mining industry. Mining specialists will have to prepare for technical progress in the extracting industries, growth in production, complex mechanization, and automation…

A plea is made for greater integration among classes in general psychology, educational psychology, human growth and development, applied studies, performance activities, theory, aesthetics, music history, ethnomusicology and methodology. Also recommended is earlier and more frequent exposure to field experiences in the four year undergraduate…

Definitions and roles of industrial pharmacists are reviewed historically and present-day needs for competence are detailed. (LBH)

Presents the findings of a survey on factors that physicians said were important in locating their practices, supplemented with data on specialty distribution obtained from the American Medical Association (AMA) Physician Masterfile. This is the eighth in a series that included every fifth American medical school graduating class since 1915. (JT)

A study examined the usefulness of "dangerous answers", or incorrect answers that if implemented, would be dangerous in patient care, as a technique for scoring on certifying examinations and found that 10% of the passing students gave more than average dangerous answers. (MSE)

A previous study found that most entering direct practice master's of social work (MSW) students aspire to become psychotherapists in private practice and have little interest in social work. The current study shows some decline in the appeal of psychotherapy and a modest movement toward a perspective of person-in-environment. (Author/MH)

To investigate the effect upon achievement of women who work in male-dominated professions and thus may feel tokenism, a study examined career outcomes of women who received medical training. Results indicated that women physicians were overrepresented as teachers, and the most powerful position, administrator, was primarily occupied by men. (KH)

Factors that help determine physicians' practice locations and specialties were listed by students and medical school faculty at the University of Alabama School of Medicine. Students, while acknowledging the importance of clinical experiences, said faculty members had little influence on their specialty choices. (Author/MLW)