The report examines the entry level competencies required and the opportunities available in nurse assisting, therapy assisting, environmental health assisting, community health assisting, medical/dental assisting, and emergency assisting. The fields were chosen because of the number of entry level positions available and opportunities for future…

This compilation of programs for training physician support personnel, as of March 1, 1971, includes 125 programs in 35 states. Of these, 47 extend nursing roles and 78 accept students with varied qualifications. At least 60 programs are presently operational, with about 1,000 students in training and an equal number of graduates. The programs in…

These guidelines, drawn from a number of sources, are designed to present in summary and outline form the multiple aspects of establishing and operating educational programs for health occupations which require less than a baccalaureate degree. To assure usefulness to lay persons, educators, practitioners, and others concerned with health…

Discusses Area Health Education Centers (AHEC), satellites of the university health science centers with the function to maintain a community hospital, to conduct educational programs, and to conduct limited research programs. (Author/PG)

During the development of a dental assisting curriculum, a commitment was made to employ the DACUM (developing a curriculum) process as a foundation to the curriculum. Dental assistants and dentists met at three DACUM workshops to develop a definition of the dental assistant and an outline of clinical competencies in the form of tasks and duties…

In 1971, a Federal program was started to promote and assist Indians who might choose a career in health. Due to a reorganization slated within the Health Resources Administration (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare), however, this Indian program is headed for deescalization and merger with other programs for the…

Speech delivered to the Manpower Conference for the Health Realted professions, Buffalo, New York, May 1, 1967

The value of a role in a profession is often tied to demand for and supply of practitioners in this role. Since a profession may seek to sustain its role's value by influencing supply of recognized practitioners, the National Commission for Health Certifying Agencies has included in its membership criteria a requirement for administrative…

This manual is designed to help the National Health Service Corps practitioner plan for and obtain continuing medical education. Three introductory sections explain what the manual is about, for whom it is designed, and some of the problems in obtaining continuing medical education. The remaining portion of the manual helps practitioners answer…

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS IS DEFINED AS AN APPROACH TO PROBLEMS OF DECISION-MAKING WHICH PROCEEDS BY ASCERTAINING OBJECTIVES, DETERMINING CONSTRAINTS, ELABORATING ALTERNATIVES, AND ESTIMATING THE COSTS, BENEFITS, AND RISKS OF FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVES. THE SYSTEMS ANALYSIS DESCRIBED HERE IS BEING CONDUCTED IN SUPPORT OF PLANNING FOR THE HEALTH SCIENCES…

College administrators, nursing administrators, and nursing instructors, aware of the shortage of nursing teachers in junior colleges, discussed their best kind of preparation. It was generally agreed they must not only be subject specialists, with broad general education, but must also be prepared specifically as teachers for the junior college.…

This instrument was designed to provide a goal-free evaluation of a pilot training program for Medical Nurse Practitioners. With minor modification, the instrument can be applied to programs at several educational levels: secondary, college, adult, and continuing. The instrument uses 5-point Likert-type scales (with positive and negative…

This publication contains descriptions of 59 hospitals and other medical agencies which offer job opportunities to nurses and those trained in the allied health professions. Included in the descriptions are a brief introduction, salaries and/or benefits, employment opportunities, location, and source of further information. A geographical index…