The National Athletic Trainer's Association has mandated that athletic training programs become major fields of study by 1990. This article discusses problems and issues surrounding implementation of this decision. Selected individuals in the field answer questions to clarify the issue. (DF)

Gilkeson and Hanten describe their study of a random sample of 530 baccalaureate level and 504 master's level occupational therapists. Comparisons are made of demographic data, job responsibilities, and professional growth. A critique by Grant of the study follows, discussing the issue of postbaccalaureate education for occupational therapists.…

Implementing a health and hygiene program in penal systems necessitates coordinating the entire staff. Health specialists could participate in facility planning and management, policy formation, and evaluation of medical care, housekeeping, and food services. They could also serve as liaisons between correctional staff and governmental or…

Reports on Cuyohoga Community College's Emergency Medical Technician program which trains ambulance drivers and other emergency medical personnel and which has helped to make Cleveland's emergency medical service into a national model. (DC)

There is strong evidence that pharmacy will continue to grow extensively in new directions in the future, emerging as a revitalized and expanded profession whose functions will be understood and appreciated by other health professions and the consumer. (LBH)

The geographic mobility of allied health personnel is of major concern to planners facing decisions about locating training programs; a New York study revealed that personnel trained in that State are not geographically mobile, living and working reasonably close to the educational institutions where they received their basic professional…

Perhaps the most serious danger in associating self-study with the accreditation process is that it fosters themisconception that self-study is necessary at infrequent intervals to assure accreditation. The author makes suggestions for implementing ongoing and continuous self-study, and for improving accreditation so that it will complement…

On the basis of the parameters measured in this study, students completing a curriculum in medical technology with a shortened clinical laboratory phase plus structured courses in basic clinical science performed as well in an employment situation as students completing a curriculum with a full year of clinical laboratory experience. (Author)

Considers some of the major issues developing in the medical and health education fields. (Author/RK)

Describes the career of nurse-midwife, a modern profession requiring thorough training in the latest techniques of high quality infant and maternal care. (JM)

The described course had these objectives: (1) To increase awareness to the health needs of minority and low income groups. (2) To acquire knowledge to facilitate health care for these groups. (3) To increase the student's understanding of other health care professions. (Author/PG)