This guide lists 144 Federal programs through which health manpower training was supported in fiscal year 1970. Each listing provides: (1) organization, (2) legislation, (3) program, (4) type of aid, (5) level of education, (6) institutions or individuals supported, and (7) funding. (BH)

A computer simulation model called PLAN was developed to broaden student clinical experience in the field of dietetics. Each simulated experience consists of five elements: (1) introduction to the patient, (2) data gathering, (3) assessment of data, (4) patient interview and counseling, and (5) assessment of outcomes with the assistance of the…

Presents case studies of five small businesses in the health care field that have been started by nurses. Profiles the entrepreneurs that started these businesses. (CH)

A survey of 136 nurse practitioners in southeastern Florida assessed the learning needs of that group. Results indicate that most of southeastern Florida's nurse practitioners are practice-oriented. Results are broken down into six groups of nurse practitioners and 11 educational content areas. (CH)

Examined the superiority of humor as it applied to the formal and informal status structures of six small, task-oriented groups in business and health care. In the more professional and highly trained groups in health care, high-status individuals were integral parts of the humor network and enjoyed no particular "joking monopoly."…

This article provides a conceptual framework to review and discuss studies of explaining in various professional contexts including teaching, medicine and health professions, and law. (Author/MT)

The origin of licensure in the medical professions is outlined beginning in Europe around the first century with the examination of potential physicians by the most respected physician in the land. The origins, advantages, and disadvantages of licensure in several occupations are reviewed. (Author/CT)

The duties of dental assistants are being expanded to include intraoral procedures performed under a dentist's supervision, to provide more dental care to more people at less cost. The SUN (Snyder, Union, and Northumberland counties, Pennsylvania) Area Vocational-Technical School provides training and clinical experience as a model program. (AG)

The athletic trainer is, in effect, a paramedic who gives first aid and rehabilitation treatments to injured athletes. Opportunities, income, education, and a list of undergraduate and graduate programs approved by the National Athletic Training Association are presented. (Author/SC)

Existing procedures for selecting students into allied health care educator programs (Graduate Record Exam scores, undergraduate grade point average, etc.) are inadequate. Procedures based upon examination of three groups of health manpower personnel to determine what characteristics distinguish them and upon better measures of job satisfaction…

A career education program developed at U C L A unites classroom and hospital work in training students to enter the burgeoning health field. (Editor)

Briefly describes several instructional techniques including computer aid simulation of the medical encounter, media-biased approaches for teaching doctor-patient relationships, and programed media for teaching decision-making to nursing students." (Author/AA)

Reviews seven promising new fields for subprofessionals in health occupations. (JS)