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Gaus, Frances Gayle – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Over the past four decades there has been a great amount of research on retention of students in higher education institutions (Tinto, 2006); however, few studies have examined the effect of what institutions provide for student support, regarding retention, specifically allied health program students. Retention of community college students in…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Program Development, School Holding Power, Community Colleges
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Lineros, Jose Victor – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
Although the recent annual growth rate in the U.S. paramedical field has been 4%, Latino and African American men have been significantly underrepresented in the field compared to their proportion in the U.S. population at large. This problem threatens both the quality and quantity of available emergency health care. The purpose of this study was…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Males, Allied Health Occupations
Texas State Office of Comprehensive Health Planning, Austin. – 1970
The report is intended to provide current statistics on allied health careers as baseline data for evaluation, planning, and administration of allied health education programs. The document consists entirely of tables, except for the first three pages describing the problem, the collection of the data, and the limitations of the data, and for…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Allied Health Personnel, Employment Patterns
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Philips, B. U.; And Others – Journal of Allied Health, 1978
A survey of migration patterns for 122 allied health graduates from colleges and hospitals in south Texas showed serious shortages of health care to depressed, ethnic, and rural areas. The paper discusses possible correction for this maldistribution through community recruitment of indigenous personnel. (MF)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Allied Health Personnel, Geographic Distribution
Rettig, Richard – 2000
This report analyzes how the Texas higher education system will meet the needs of future health care professionals. The report examines: (1) medical education needs (physician supply, physician distribution, medical schools' responses to physician distribution, and distribution of medical schools and regional academic health centers); (2) national…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Personnel, Education, Educational Demand
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Holcomb, J. David; And Others – Journal of Allied Health, 1987
A longitudinal study surveyed 196 graduates of Texas allied health education and administration programs. Results indicate graduates (1) are instructional and administrative resources in 24 states; (2) have exemplary teaching, research, and service records; and (3) are satisfied with current employment. Computer technology application is a common…
Descriptors: Administrators, Allied Health Occupations Education, Allied Health Personnel, Graduate Study