This interprofessional education (IPE) project was designed to prepare students to work and lead in an increasingly complex healthcare environment. The purpose of this project is to describe and measure accounting and occupational therapy students' perception and value of participating in an IPE learning activity and how the activity enriched the…

Using U.S. Department of Labor O*NET occupation data, we test hypotheses, developed primarily from the occupational models upon which the American College Testing's (ACT) "Profile" career guidance is based, to examine how accounting compares with three competing professions: engineering, medicine, and law. Awareness of the differences in…

A graduate course in health care accounting and finance was presented by an interdisciplinary team of accounting, nursing, and allied health faculty. Recommendations for the course included early planning, team teaching, integration, student engagement in presentations, cross-listing of classes, case study method, and team projects. (SK)

Discusses the problems of applying quality methods to jobs that are not directly involved with manufacturing such as sales, merchandising, law, health care, accounting, and food service. Presents a model for nonmanufacturing organizations. (JOW)