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…

The multidiscipline credentialed health care worker is an alternative to the current status of health care workers and worksites. Practitioners and educators in health care delivery are unable to reach a consensus as to the number of disciplines. Existing educational programs offer a wide range of programs enabling persons to attain health…

Discusses the need to recruit and train more personnel in the health occupations. (BH)

A number of factors make continuing education in the allied health professions a unique category of adult education. The mandatory nature of continuing allied health education violates two of the basic tenets of adult learning theory--that adults voluntarily participate in learning to satisfy personal needs and that adults are generally not…

The topic covered at the 1984 annual meeting of the National Society of Allied Health (NSAH) was networking among schools of allied health and health related professionals concerned with increasing the numbers of minorities (Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans) in the allied health and health related fields. This booklet is a compilation of the…

Reviews literature pertaining to the quality of associate degree programs in allied health and examines the program growth encouraged by the Allied Health Professions Act of 1966 (PL 89-751) as it relates to junior college and associate degree education. (Editor/SB)

The demand for health manpower is rapidly outgrowing the nation's supply. Guidance of students into health occupations in the past has been minimal. Health teachers, especially at the elementary and secondary levels, need to assume more responsibility for introducing students to and preparing them for health careers. (JN)

Placements are an integral component of the medical, nursing, and allied health curriculum. Literature on problem-based learning indicates that curriculum change can impact student experience. However, outside of the nursing literature, there is little research on the impact of education reform on students' experiences of placements. This paper…

This report documents issues related to the work of the Florida Comprehensive Health Professions Education Plan. Public health education prepares students for initial employment or advancement in a number of positions. While the public health work force is primarily employed in various units in local, state, and federal governments, industry also…

In March 1968, it was resolved by 18 persons knowledgeable in education, training, and health-care practices in discussion with staff members of the Division of Medical Sciences, that: (1) situations peculiar to the military should be studied, (2) the possibility of simulating such situations in nonmilitary settings should be explored, and (3)…

This study investigated the views of parents, newborn hearing screeners and Telethon Speech and Hearing (TSH) professionals of the Western Australian Infant Screening for Hearing (WISH) Program. Three questionnaires were used to gather information from the participants. Sixteen responses to the questionnaire were obtained (five parents, five…

Postsecondary educators preparing future clinicians and teachers have an important responsibility to develop cultural competence of their students in order to meet the increasing and ever-changing demands of today's global workforce and diverse workplace. In this article, the authors discuss key components to developing cultural intelligence.…

Data are examined pertaining to the following questions: What are the student learning preferences in the six curricula of the School of Associated Medical Sciences? Are students with particular learning preferences attracted to specific allied health professions? Are students with particular personality types attracted to specific allied health…

The purposes of this report are: (1) to foster greater understanding and communication among physicians and allied professions as to the responsibilities, needs, and contributions to patient care made by each, and (2) to outline the dimensions of the challenge and describe steps that must be taken to facilitate the needed professional growth in…

A lack of diversity among health care professionals is placing the health of at least one-third of the nation at risk. This fact was among findings announced recently by the Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce in its report, "Missing Persons: Minorities in the Health Professions." The 16-member commission calls…