A continuing education program was successful in changing both the knowledge and behavior of an experimental group of pharmacists. Their attitudes were not significantly changed, and this might be explained through cognitive dissonance theory. (LBH)

Pharmacists have a unique role to play in providing basic life-support since they are the health professionals who are most available and who enjoy the greatest contact with the public. Training procedures are described. (LBH)

Pharmacy education is currently undergoing rather dramatic changes in that it is attempting to maintain quality education in the traditional roles of the pharmacist while attempting to educate him for future emerging roles with greater clinical orientation. Implications for the faculty are discussed. (LBH)

A study of 22 health occupations students examined whether participation in an interdisciplinary community health empowerment project with urban homeless and formerly homeless people changed their attitudes about community health practice, attitudes toward people who are indigent and homeless, and perceived leadership skills. Posttests revealed a…

Six women aged 20-30 taking an access to allied health professions course were interviewed. Self-efficacy, self-observation, and key life events were significant enrollment influences. Informal guidance during and after compulsory education was also a factor. Few made systematic educational and vocational plans. Most were unaware of available…

Specialized accreditation in the allied health professions can and will fulfill its basic purpose if its efforts are guided by the principle that evaluation must place its emphasis on the outcome of the education process, no matter how difficult it may be to assess. (Author)

Two continuing medical education (CME) projects illustrate how theory may be used in practice. In a change project, a theory was generated to explain the role of CME in change and learning. A program on early detection of cancer tested social and behavioral theory in solving a health care problem. (SK)

The purposes of this study were to determine if (1) the attitudes of optometry students could be changed with structured experimental treatments; (2) any attitude change that did occur could be maintained over a short period of time; (3) differential treatment effects would occur due to different types of treatments. (Author/MLW)

Results of a survey of 1,028 physical therapy, dietetics, medical technology, and occupational therapy educators revealed that they have a high personal interest in research but lack the skills needed to take initiative and provide leadership for research in their respective disciplines. (Author/JOW)

The paper reviews factors related to effects of biotechnology on the discipline of pharmacy administration including needs assessment, diffusion of technology, cost benefit analysis, marketing, cost containment, patient education and compliance, ethics, and health professions training. (DB)

The Critical Skills Inventory was completed by 101 of 167 health and 73 of 132 trade/industrial employers in Missouri. Consistent with an earlier educators' survey, primary emphasis was placed on employability skills over basic and technical skills. Employers' concern was even stronger than educators perceived it to be. (SK)

An ethnographic study examined trainees' experiences in their practicum placements during a Youth Training caregivers course in English hospitals. The narratives raised issues regarding trainee supervision, communication between instructors and supervisors, and communication between trainees and workplace colleagues that affected meaningful…

The Game of Institutional Long-Term Care helps health care students learn to solve patient-management problems in nursing homes by (1) teaching problem solving and identification of goals and motivations of decision makers; (2) teaching negotiation, compromise, and cooperation; and (3) exposing students to the feelings and frustrations involved in…

Findings of a follow-up study of 2,408 graduates of Baylor's High School for Health Professions (1975-89), which received 1,190 responses, were as follows: (1) 64 percent maintained career objectives in health professions; (2) gender and race/ethnicity influenced traditional career choices; and (3) financial support and counseling were not…

Discusses the problems of applying quality methods to jobs that are not directly involved with manufacturing such as sales, merchandising, law, health care, accounting, and food service. Presents a model for nonmanufacturing organizations. (JOW)