The author "discusses current and future techniques of educating both medical personnel and the teachers of medical personnel." (Editor/AK)

Representatives from the fields of dentistry, medicine and nursing discuss the application of media technology to health education in their respective fields. (AK)

Suggestions are made for infusing career education into health education classes. (JD)

Describes the program of the Houston (Texas) High School for Health Professions, which combines traditional high school subjects with health-oriented subjects and with laboratory sessions in patient care and clinical and research areas at Baylor College of Medicine. (Author/IRT)

Distinguishes between interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary education. Uses results of a study of evidence-based practice in health-occupations education to present some cautions and guidelines for using multidisciplinary education in health care. (SK)

A leadership development course that focused on culture changes in a health care system used Senge's five disciplines for creating a learning environment. Leaders were trained to recognize the features of a learning organization, encourage staff accountability for continuing education, and model learning behaviors for staff. (SK)

Historical models of health care provided by allied health clinicians give guidance for health care service into the next century. The fates of physicians and clinicians are intertwined and both professions face major changes. (SK)

Describes the Visible Human Project of the National Library of Medicine that links the print library of functional-physiological knowledge with the image library of structural-anatomical knowledge into one unified resource. (JOW)

Objective: To provide a basic introduction for athletic training educators about the importance of clinical outcomes measures and to recommend strategies for implementing clinical outcomes assessment education in professional and post-professional athletic training education programs. Background: Outcomes is a frequently used term amongst…

This brochure provides a checklist of information for individuals considering massage therapy training in South Carolina. Areas covered include: (1) Oversight; (2) Requirements to Become a Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT); (3) Evaluating a School; (4) How to Decide; (5) While You're Enrolled; (6) After You Graduate; (7) Continuing Education; (8)…

Bias toward persons with disabilities (PWD) is of particular interest in the rehabilitation counseling and allied health professions since negative attitudes among providers can marginalize the treatment of PWD. This exploratory study examined the influence of socio cognitive development, as measured by ego development (Hy & Loevinger, 1996), on…

A 10 year, longitudinal examination considered student performance for an Allied Health Distance Education (DE) program. The purpose was determining if students face-to-face in a classroom with an instructor performed differently than their counterparts located at a distance, taking class through an alternative delivery system. The question often…

Context: Rural hospitals are heavily dependent on Medicare for their long-term financial solvency. A recent change to Medicare prospective payment system reimbursement--the occupational mix adjustment (OMA) to the wage index--has attracted a great deal of attention in rural policy circles. Purpose: This paper explores variation in the OMA across…

Purpose: Nursing supervision of the routine daily care (e.g., grooming, feeding, and toileting) that is delegated to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) is critical to nursing home service delivery. The conditions under which the supervisory role is organized and operationalized at the work-unit level, taking into account workloads, registered…

This study examines student learning experiences in nine occupational education programs at two Midwestern community colleges. Interviews with 39 program graduates and 10 of their supervisors provided information about the features of the occupational programs that were most beneficial for job preparation, those that were least beneficial for job…