Sixty-five percent of physicians entering their first professional positions leave the counties of their residencies, following a national migration trend to the Sun Belt. Most of these were in nonprimary care specialties and moved into self-employment or office-based practices, were disproportionately male, and moved to smaller urban or nonurban…

Higher education's contemporary emergence as a scholarly specialty is compared with the development of some other specialities--economics, political science, sociology. An interpretation of how fields become disciplines is offered and some parallels between the social sciences at the turn of the century and higher education today are explored.…

Arguments for and against extension of dental education to a mandatory five years because of current overcrowding of dental curriculum are presented in debate form. Affirmative arguments center on the inefficacy of restructuring existing curricula, and arguments against focus on current curricular inefficiency, costs, and other practical…

A study of physician migration out of the medical school's state showed that a state's ability to retain graduates to practice there is related to physician and state characteristics. The traditional assumption that state aid to medical schools helps provide physicians for the state may be less compelling today. (Author/MSE)

Law and Aging could be established as a separate field of legal study when analyzed by criteria for recognition of separate fields, according to four different models of legal education. It could serve the practice, rules, principles, and policy models, but its practicality and popularity among students are questionable. (MSE)

Thirty-three nurses enrolled in medical school completed questionnaires focusing on their motivation for career change and projected specialty preference. Most wanted increased patient responsibility and primary-care specialties, often closely related to their nursing specialties. (MSE)

Discusses the dilemma posed by critics who want public secondary schools to forego specialization, fragmentation, and individualization and institute higher standards, better behavior, a narrower definition of what constitutes an education, and a heavy emphasis on communality. (Author/WD)

The regulation of specialization is seen as essential to the regulation of advertising for truthfulness and quality assurance. Leadership by the American Bar Association in the specialist movement is discussed. State developments are outlined. (AVAIL: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3T 2N2, $5.00) (MLW)

Student expectations and actual labor market performance of a sample of Egypt's university graduates in 1978 are compared. It was found that economic rewards followed supply and demand, especially with regard to specialization. Expected or actual unemployment after graduation was found to be of short duration. (MSE)

Issues of the medical specialty distribution problem are identified: how to provide an appropriate balance of generalists and consultant physicians and how to ensure appropriate use of technology by physicians. To improve the quality of medical services, the profession must be concerned about the types and numbers of future physicians. (MLW)

The position of the American Psychological Association on several standards for practice in professional psychology are discussed: educational level, specialization, accreditation, practice, and state licensing. (MH)

In tandem with the energy crisis the author sees widespread misuse and waste of human resources. Analyzing issues of environmental deprivation, neglect of the old and the young, social isolation, the search for self, and specialization, he discusses ways that organizational and human resources development can address these challenges. (SK)

A study which compared two groups of students with respect to preferred medical specialties and practice location is reported. Factor analysis of the preferences indicated by three classes at the end of their second year of medical school identified interpretable clusters of specialties and location types. (Author/MLW)

Some perceived losses by academic institutions are discussed including: cynicism pervading the academic community; faculty difficulties in tight job markets; homogenizing and lack of character of campuses; splintered interests of academic specialization; and enrollment projections. (MLW)

The basic curricular structure and courses deemed necessary to podiatric medical education are outlined and their rationale explained. Specialties appropriate to podiatric practice, such as electrophysiology and cardiovascular physiology, are noted, and the sequence of coursework suggested. (MSE)