Operation MEDIHC's (Military Experience Directed into Health Careers) program to help veterans trained in health skills while in military service capitalize on those skills when they return to civilian life is examined. The goal of the program was to help find civilian career opportunities and to provide free counseling and vocational guidance to…

THIS CONNECTICUT STUDY IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING A REGION'S NEEDS IN THE HEALTH SERVICE OCCUPATIONS. IT DESCRIBES MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF VARIOUS OCCUPATIONS AND THE TRAINING FACILITIES AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THE STUDY. APPENDIXES SHOW (1) FORM LETTERS AND QUESTIONNAIRES USED, (2) A LIST OF THE FORTY-NINE…

A MAJOR PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT WAS THE DERIVATION OF A PROCEDURE FOR ANALYZING THE FUNCTIONS OF A MEDICAL LABORATORY ASSISTANT IN SUCH A WAY THAT CHARACTERISTICS USUALLY DESCRIBED ABSTRACTLY AS SKILL OR BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE, WHICH CAN BE EVALUATED ONLY INTUITIVELY AND SUBJECTIVELY, CAN BE DEFINED INSTEAD IN CONCRETE TERMS THAT CAN BE DEALT WITH…

Of 379 institutions receiving a questionnaire on their paramedical training programs, 369 replied. They supplied data on 465 courses in 56 job categories. Those conducting the courses include hospitals, nursing homes, high schools, colleges, universities, technical schools, community service agencies, the State Department of Public Health, and an…

This publication is Attachment 3 of a set of 16 computer listed QPCB task sorts, by career level, for the entire Hospital Corps and Dental Technician fields. Statistical data are presented in tabular form for a detailed listing of job duties. (BT)

This publication is Attachment 4 of a set of 16 computer listed QPCB task sorts, by career level, for the entire Hospital Corps and Dental Technician fields. Statistical data are presented in tabular form for a detailed listing of job duties for clinical physician assistants. (BT)

This publication is Attachment 5 of a set of 16 computer listed QPCB task sorts, by career level, for the entire Hospital Corps and Dental Technician fields. Statistical data are presented in tabular form for a detailed listing of job duties in cardio-pulmonary, EEG, EKG, and inhalation therapy. (BT)

This publication is Attachment 7 of a set of 16 computer listed QPCB task sorts, by career level, for the entire Hospital Corps and Dental Technician fields. Statistical data are presented in tabular form for a detailed listing of job duties in medical and dental equipment repair. (BT)

This publication is Attachment 9 of a set of 16 computer listed QPCB task sorts, by career level, for the entire Hospital Corps and Dental Technician fields. Statistical data are presented in tabular form for a detailed listing of job duties in medical laboratory technology. (BT)

This publication is Attachment 15 of a set of 16 computer listed QPCB task sorts, by career level, for the entire Hospital Corps and Dental Technician fields. Statistical data are presented in tabular form for a detailed listing of job duties in field medicine. (BT)

The purpose of the project was to develop evaluation, guidance, and tutorial services to maximize the previous health related experience and education of people and to enable them to be placed, with advanced standing, into an existing practical nursing program. Because each student comes into a program with certain knowledge and abilities, Project…

The document presents a syllabus which would serve as a guideline for health occupations educators in establishing a course of study for training medical assistants which would meet New York State requirements and be acceptable for State credit. The syllabus is arranged in three columns: (1) minimum acceptable content of study which requires 80…

Prepared by the American Association of Junior Colleges and the National Council on Medical Technology Education, this guide discusses programs for career-entry supportive medical laboratory personnel which have been cooperatively planned by junior college personnel and the medical community, particularly pathologists and medical technologists.…

To determine ways and means of facilitating horizontal and vertical mobility within New York City's Health Services Administration and selected private hospitals, a systems approach was adopted. Methodology for manpower development and training in an organizational setting related to the educational system and other accrediting institutions will…

Educational specifications are presented for the development of a health occupations education center that would provide coordinated instruction in health-related occupations. Detailed descriptions are presented of the activities, space allocations, spatial relationships, equipment, and special environmental conditions for each of the ten sections…