Discusses the changes that a comprehensive program of national health insurance will instigate in health occupations education. (HS)

Two recent trends in the field of health education-the declining emphasis on basic sciences in medical instruction and the heavy emphasis on pharmacology, therapeutics, and clinical pharmacy in colleges of pharmacy-are compared. (Editor)

An experiential program designed to attract minority students to health careers and to affect the supply and distribution of health manpower in a medically underserved area is described. A six-year follow-up study of participants and a matched comparison group of nonparticipants indicate the value of the program. (Author/MLW)

In 1971 the National Library of Medicine underwrote the promotion of computer technology integration into clinical medicine by providing graduate-level training for faculty members in the health sciences. The experience of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in the implementation of an NLM training grant is reported. (MLW)

The staff of the University of Colorado Child Health Associate Program critically reviewed the effectiveness of the program's structure and content during an intensive two-day seminar. Focus was on basic and clinical sciences, psychosocial skills, and proficiency testing, and the evaluations were used to improve the program. (Editor/LBH)

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)

The role of medical schools and teaching hospitals in health care and the prospects for developing a rational system. (HS)

Traditional accounting reports do not reveal the teaching hospitals' investments in medical education. (Author)

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)

The objectives of this study were to: (1) describe the activities of clerks, (2) identify teaching and learning experiences, and (3) to describe the effects of career selection with respect to responsibility, skill development, and enjoyment of the program. (Editor)