The study described here demonstrated that students with different learning styles are initially inclined toward careers in different specialities or types of medicine and are influenced by different factors in medical school in making their career decisions. Implications for medical education are included, particularly regarding primary care…

Defines and depicts graphically the relationships between primary, secondary, and tertiary care functions (from least to most intensified phases of medical care); ambulatory care (care of sick or well people not confined to bed); and family medicine (an emerging medical discipline focusing on complete and longterm care of the family). (JT)

Analysis of the study's data produced a typology of five functional categories formed on the basis of the community nurse practitioner's (CNP) primary activity, clientele, focus, decision-making, and work sites. The authors believe the typology is a beginning point for describing CNP practice in terms of specialization and generalization. (AJ)

The differences between criminology and criminal justice are assessed by comparing them to a more abstract typology. This typology is comprised of four basic elements: the focal concerns of the fields; career patterns of professionals; the extent to which the fields are theoretically based and are disciplines, sciences, and professions; and the…

In an era of educational retrenchment in which career-oriented students are seeking useful, practical instruction, the challenge facing writing departments and writing teachers is to develop a curriculum serving a variety of undergraduate majors without straining budgets and without expanding staffs. Toward that end, the "Concentration in Writing"…

This directory of 1- and 2-year post high school institutions offering programs of instruction in agriculture lists the state, name of institution, address, and head of the agricultural department for areas of specialization of: (1) agricultural production, (2) agricultural supplies, (3) agricultural mechanics, (4) agricultural products, (5)…

Noting continued need for high quality graduate schools to teach students to specialize and to expand their perspectives, the author comments on a new academic provincialism, characterized by hostility to research and the courting of student popularity, that threatens the future of quality graduate education. (JT)

Reports results of a survey in university schools of nursing to learn faculty opinion about the integrated baccalaureate nursing curriculum and its effects on graduate education. Many faculty perceived difficulties in general rather than in clinical specialty undergraduate study, but others saw the integrated curriculum as forcing needed changes.…

A dialectical approach is used to explore the relationship between individual specialization, collective adaptation, and rate of environmental change for both higher and lower organisms. The nature-nurture controversy and the "generation gap" are discussed in terms of this interrelationship. (BD)

A total of 350 medical students completed a questionnaire dealing with various aspects of a career in medicine, including specialty preference and choice decisions. Difference between specialty preference and choice were found for the total group as well as for male and female comparisons. Factors contributing to the differences are discussed.…

Outlines the social work frame of reference first discussed by the NASW Commission on Social Work Practice and subsequently further developed. They then use it to develop a system of specialization consistent with unique perspectives of social work and adaptable to changing demands to which social work must respond. (Author)

The evolution of the family practitioner as a specialist to replace the general practitioner is described. The deficiencies of general practice have been remedied by providing intellectually rigorous postgraduate programs, a unique area of expertise, and specialty status. (Author/LBH)

This review of the positive and negative impact of centralization of library collections and services on library staff and quality of services focuses on reference services. The move from decentralized to centralized library services at Louisiana State University is discussed as well as the effect of automation on that configuration. (Author/CLB)

The development and design of a telecommunications system for specialists in dental public health is described, data on usage patterns and costs are presented, and the content of typical messages is discussed and illustrated. (MSE)