In an effort to fill a need for validated instructional materials in secondary vocational health occupations education, an experimental instructional module was developed based on behavioral objectives identified by teacher coordinators in Texas Health Occupations Cooperative Training (HOCT) programs. The module was then pilot tested with students…

This doctoral dissertation presents and demonstrates an inductive model used in the Albemarle Region (State Planning Region R), a 10-county area of North Carolina, for determining health occupations education needs and resources. Data were collected from over 1200 area health personnel utilizing three basic types of instruments which were…

Provides a brief review of the literature concerning the content of chemistry courses for allied health students. Contains the content outline of a two-semester course offered at Hope College (Michigan) and discusses the rationale for organizing the course for this audience. (TW)

A survey of the practice patterns, licensing, and distribution of graduates of the New England College of Optometry's accelerated doctor of optometry program indicates its success as a source of optometric educators with advanced expertise in scientific research. (Author/MSE)

Use of outpatient consultation letters in assessing the clinical performance of medical students, interns, and residents in a teaching hospital was examined via analysis of 222 assessments. The method involved a two-stage rating scale based on performance areas of data base, problem formulation, diagnostic tests, management, and overall…

The effect of a behavioral sciences course on first-year medical students' attitudes toward social factors as determinants of health or illness, preventive medicine, paramedical cooperation, physician-patient relationships, government role in health care, and general liberalism was found to be minimal immediately after the course. (MSE)

The demand for nurses in the years ahead, what kind of educational preparation will be required of them, and how such factors will affect schools of nursing are discussed. Trends toward higher education for nurses and the evolution of a true health care marketplace are examined. (Author/MLW)

Concern exists over the number of minority students who elect to apply for admission to either medical school or postgraduate programs in the sciences. The High School for the Health Professions in Houston, Texas, a comprehensive academic program with specific learning experiences designed for health-related professions, is described. (MLW)

This document consists of 11 short articles about the development of the Associate of Science degree program for speech-language pathology assistants (SLPAs) at Indiana State University. The three sections address the program's background, course planning, and program implementation, respectively. Individual articles are: (1) "Top 10 List of…

This report, covering 648 occupational therapy faculty, is part of an annual national survey of faculty salaries. The survey consists of two parts: one covering public and one covering private four-year colleges and universities. Data for the baseline year 1995-96 and the 1998-99 trend year were collected for full-time teaching faculty in 53…

This report, covering 1,501 public health faculty, is part of an annual national survey of faculty salaries. The survey is in two parts one covering public and one covering private four-year colleges and universities. Data for the l995-96 baseline year and 1998-99 trend year were collected for full-time teaching faculty in 53 selected academic…

The People's Republic of China's three-level system of education for physicians and all other health occupations is compared and contrasted with U.S. medical education. Aspects of administrative organization, curriculum, faculty, and program construction are considered. (MSE)

A program at the University of Southern California in the 1970s successfully used enriched science courses and field experience programs in hospitals and laboratories to recruit inner-city minority high school students to health occupations and the university. (Author/MSE)

Health education in the provision of pharmacy service plays an increasingly important role and deserves treatment within pharmacy curricula. This paper specifically addresses the area of educating patients about drugs, drug use, and health in general. Appended are a course outline and a course reading list. (MLW)

Based on recognized health care needs, a curriculum revision was undertaken at the College of Pharmacy at Saudi Arabia's University of Riyadh. The revised curriculum included a unified basic health sciences core program for Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Allied Medical Sciences. (Author/MLW)