The dental technician performs completely one or more specialized areas of the dental laboratory procedures required in the creation of a dental appliance. Policies of the 8000 hour apprenticeship program are explained in terms of qualifications, apprenticeship terms and agreement, ratio of apprentices to technicians, probationary period, credit…

Impressions of health educators in the specialty fields of community, patient, and school health are presented concerning the scope of their profession, commonalities and differences in their professional preparation, and recommendations for directions to follow in developing a systematic and coordinated competency assurance program. This…

An analysis of survey responses from a sample of medical laboratory technicians on competency characteristics for their occupation is presented in this document. (Medical laboratory technician is one of seventeen occupation groups included in this research.) The competencies are reported in five categories: (1) those competencies selected by the…

Counseling the premedical applicant requires knowledge of the major steps in applying to medical school including self-assessment, career exploration and careful and knowledgable application. Students must be aware of what it means to "do" medicine on a day-to-day basis, the frustrations, the pain and the sorrow as well as the rewards, before…

The booklet is a checklist to provide information about the tasks of the physical therapist in the Air Force physical therapy career ladder. The first major section is on background information; there are multiple choice questions on job attitudes, places of employment, future plans, and general types of duty. From a list of 137 pieces of physical…

This publication contains conference presentations given by five nurses who have interpreted the philosophy of the role of the professional nurse at the Clinical Center, the research hospital of the National Institutes of Health. Included in the presentations are discussion of methods utilized within the Nursing Department by which professional…

In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the registered nurse program at Los Angeles City College, the results of the 1974 State Board Test Pool Examination were compared to the average test scores of the nursing graduates from the classes of 1958-62 and 1973. In addition, a questionnaire was sent to all 115 1974 graduates, 52 (45 percent) of…

In February 1974, Parts I and II of a study of the Costs of Education in the Health Professions were submitted to the Congress and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The report was in response to a request contained in the Comprehensive Health Manpower and Training Act (Public Law 92-157). This volume, part III of the report,…

The rapidly increasing need for persons trained to assist the nursing staff of health facilities presents occupational education programs with both an opportunity and a duty. This course syllabus is designed for the instruction of nurse's assistants and is the minimum course content acceptable for State credit. A program of supervised experience…

Accreditation in the United States is a unique device of voluntary, nongovernmental, peer evaluation for the certification of institutional and program quality in education. The functions, procedures, and types of accreditation, the role of the U.S. Office of Education, and the National Commission on Accrediting are briefly described. Detailed…

A survey of 48 hospitals and extended care facilities was conducted to analyze those tasks which are performed by personnel within the medical record department and to determine the components of a medical record curriculum. In addition a survey was made of the Medical Record National Technical Advisory Committee (NTAC) and other experts to…

To determine nursing tasks and make curriculum recommendations based on these tasks, a survey instrument of nursing tasks was developed by a project committee, validated by the National Technical Advisory Committee for Nursing, and administered to 450 nursing personnel representing 48 hospitals and extended care facilities. An 88 percent response…

To validate a task list for the occupation of electroencephalograph (EEG) technician, which was derived by project staff members and reviewed and amended by the EEG National Technical Advisory Committee, 109 questionnaires were distributed to four different samples. A 60 percent response revealed: (1) The task list was highly representative of…

This post-high school curriculum guide was prepared to assist junior and community colleges, vocational schools, and area schools in initiating programs in child care and guidance. The guide will be helpful in planning both 1- and 2-year programs aimed at recent high school graduates and young adults. Graduates of these child care programs will be…

To survey and analyze nursing resources and nursing education in Florida in order to make recommendations for future educational planning, data were gathered from the literature, state agencies, and a stratified random sampling by questionnaire of 1,921 licensed nurses within the State. The findings indicated that unmet needs for nursing services…