This package includes a clinical practice guideline, quick reference guide for clinicians, and patient's guide to predicting and preventing pressure ulcers in adults. The clinical practice guideline includes the following: overview of the incidence and prevalence of pressure ulcers; clinical practice guideline (introduction, risk assessment tools…

The opinions of long-term care staff were surveyed regarding the importance of objectives of a program that would provide staff education and training regarding the sexuality of older people. A literature review determined what staff needed to know about elderly sexuality, the needs of elderly people related to their sexuality, and how caregivers…

Task analyses are provided for two duty areas for the occupation of physical therapist assistant in the rehabilitation services cluster. Ten tasks are listed for the duty area "providing therapeutic measures": apply cold compress, administer hot soak, apply heat lamp, apply warm compress, apply ice bag, assist with dressing change, apply…

A study was conducted to determine attitudes of students who had taken Interactive Television Network (ITV) courses at Northcentral Technical College (Wausau, Wisconsin). Following a literature search that revealed that many learners favored ITV, a survey questionnaire was developed and administered to a total of 117 Medical Technology I students…

Criteria used to identify U.S. health manpower shortage areas (HMSAs) are reviewed. A detailed exposition is provided of the Interim-Final Regulations for designating HMSA. Literature directly related to the concepts used in the current HMSA designation criteria is also reviewed. These criteria are access, availability, need, and rational service…

This training manual for emergency medical technicians, one of 14 modules that comprise the Emergency Victim Care textbook, covers water accidents, electrical emergencies, and hazardous materials and radiation accidents. Objectives stated for the three chapters are for the students to be able to describe: emergency care for specified water…

The Administrative Medicine Program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has developed a course entitled "Medicine and the Media" for clinician-executives and health care professionals who may assume administrative responsibilities. The course is designed to help students (1) understand the respective roles and demands of both the…

The relative strengths and predictive relationships among three cognitive measures (ACT subscores, preprofessional grade point average, and Allied Health Professions Admission Test subscores) and first-year academic success in allied health curricula were examined. Methodology is described and findings presented. Preprofessional grades generally…

The Canadian Health Field Concept (recognizing that health care organization, human biology, environment, and consumer life styles all contribute significantly to health status) is explained and promoted for use in the United States. (AG)

The paper describes how and why the human relations technologies of training institutes (sponsored by the Indiana University's School of Nursing, Division of Continuing Education) are presented from the vantage point of adult education principles, processes, and procedures. (Author/MW)

Describes some initial efforts being made to provide students in the allied health sciences with both inter-pathway mobility and upward mobility in their education and careers. Presents problems with the present system, three approaches to dealing with those problems, and developments in the area of core curricula. (GS)

Some present issues of concern in health occupations education, and their futuristic implications, are reviewed: achieving a more reasonable geographic distribution of health professionals, comprehensive health service (National Health Insurance), cost effective health care, credentials (Licensing and licensing by reciprocity), and collective…

Two aspects of rater accuracy in performance assessment were analyzed: rater stringency/leniency, and rater consistency. Data were obtained from three administrations of an oral certification examination in a health profession. The examination consists of clinical cases in four content areas or subspecialities. A total of 364 candidates were…

This comprehensive bibliography of research and writings on massage therapy for chronic illness, disabilities, and general health, is addressed to students of therapeutic bodywork, massage therapists, osteopathic and chiropractic physicians, as well as schools and research centers for health professionals. The work draws its citations from…