Views of 989 allied health professionals regarding their continuing education preferences were analyzed. A significant majority believed that continuing education is necessary and should be voluntary. The expressed preference was not related to the professional's specialty field or demographic, educational, or employment characteristics. (EM)

Traditionally, nurse practitioners and physician's assistants have been trained separately. In l977, the Family Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of California, Davis, and the Primary Care Associate Program at Stanford University merged clinical curricula. The cooperative program is described and its first year evaluated. (Author/JMD)

Reports the development of an integrated clinical approach to introductory chemistry education at the undergraduate level for students majoring in nursing and the allied health professions at the University of Lowell. (BT)

Discusses concerns in the education of allied health professionals from the perspective of a State agency responsible for coordinating higher education. Covers professional demand, methods for insuring responsibility to students, including the effective provision of clinical education, and program finance. (LAS)

The author sees a need for the nursing profession to evaluate the extended role of the nurse to determine differences in the patient care provided by nurse practitioners and physician's assistants. From the data, appropriate nursing education and nursing practice planning can follow. (EA)

This career exploration instructional booklet on the occupation of a physical therapist is one of several resulting from the rural southwestern Colorado CEPAC Project (Career Education Process of Attitude Change). Based on a job analysis and utilizing a programed instructional format, the following content is included: A brief description of a…

The Health Careers Information System (HCIS) is a national computerized mechanism developed by the Health Manpower Development Corporation that is designed to identify low-income and/or minority college students with an expressed interest in and demonstrated capacity for health careers. (Author)

Text, illustrations, and exercises are utilized in these four learning modules to teach respiratory therapy students a variety of job-related skills. The first module, "Anatomy and Physiology of the Central Controls of Respiration" by Margot Lavich, describes the functions of the five centers of the brain that control respiration and…

In 1968, 75% of the 5,466 graduates of hospital administration were in management positions in hospitals and related institutions, and about 1,000 to 1,500 held key government jobs. The US needs approximately 40,000 trained hospital administrators, but the total graduate output is about one-eighth of that amount. Of the 23 existing programs, 8 are…

To better understand the medical internship, a required and critical part of the educational preparation of young physicians, and its relevance for their future careers, the experience of interns on the Harvard Medical Service at the Boston City Hospital was documented. The principal method used to gather information was participation in and…

Prepared by the Council with the cooperation of the Society of Anesthesiologists, the Society of Chest Physicians, and the American Association for Inhalation Therapy, the standards are intended for informing of physicians, hospitals, and prospective students and for the protecting of the public. Twenty-two standards are organized under the…

The purpose of the manual is to provide the medical assisting student a text which presents the common laboratory procedures in use today in physician's offices. The procedures for performing a complete urinalysis are outlined, along with those for carrying out various hematological tests. Information is also presented to help the student learn to…

A total of 84 citations is included in this bibliography. In addition, about one third of the articles have been abstracted; the rest are reviewed but not summarized. In general, the abstracted articles are judged to be the most useful in the conduct of this particular study, which evaluates the current position of minority students in dental…

This bibliography presents 208 citations of periodical articles, monographs, research reports, and related documents which pertain to health manpower planning and range in date from 1952 to 1969. Listings are arranged alphabetically by author. (SB)