Describes a Job Corps Program to train the disadvantaged in health occupations. Programs at two of the residential centers, the Blue Ridge Center at Marion, Virginia and the Jersey City Center for Women are summarized. (BC)

It is both ironic and frightening when those most responsible for preserving life actually engage in practices injurious to mainstream Americans" and genocidal for the black and the poor. (DM)

The author describes major trends and directions related to continuing medical education (CME). The rapid changes he observed in the state of the art in CME are presented in relation to three historical periods in the past 16 years. (SSH)

A modified version of the perceptual taxonomy applicable to allied health education is presented. Methods concerning application of the taxonomy are suggested. Use of the taxonomy of the perceptual domain is recommended to help allied health educators plan instruction and evaluate teaching. (CT)

Describes the process that an allied health occupation (in this instance, physician's assistant) undergoes to become professionalized. The historical background and definition of traditional professionalism are presented. The evolution of the new professionalism that is characteristic of current allied health occupation is also discussed.…

Naturopathy, an alternative to traditional health care by the medical profession, is examined. An historical overview of naturopathy is presented, educational requirements are identified, and accreditation procedures are outlined. Some of the internal problems of the profession are discussed. (JMF)

A curriculum model for various schools and colleges to use in assessing the scope of their individual pharmacology programs is presented. The Council on Academic Affairs of the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry prepared this model because of modifications in state laws to allow the use of pharmaceutical agents in the practice of…

Several of the American Heart Association's education programs are described. The newest program is Heart Health Education in the Young, designed to stress the importance of early risk factor education. (JMF)

This course is offered in the third quarter of the fourth year of the five-year curriculum in pharmacology. The year includes (1) a 350-hour clinical clerkship, (2) two courses in "Case Studies in Drug Therapy," (3) one course in "Case Studies in Pharmacy Practice," and (4) professional electives. (LBH)

The role of the environmentalist (sanitarian) in the hospital environment is detailed; recent developments in the technical aspects of hospital sanitation programs are discussed. (BT)

Advises that public health professionals use a matrix called the logical framework to plan programs--it helps define and appraise the relationships among activities and results. Finds that factors used to judge the success of a program must be explicitly defined in advance. (PA)

In one seminar, 39 occupational and 34 physical therapy students interacted with a simulated patient; in another, they viewed a videotape of a simulated patient and clinician. Student identification of patient problems tended to agree with experts in the first seminar; more student treatment plans agreed with experts in the video seminar. (SK)