This study aimed to use a learning inventory (the Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students, ASSIST) to measure the impact of a curriculum change on students' approaches to learning in two large courses in a health sciences first year programme. The two new Human Body Systems (HUBS) courses were designed to encourage students to take a…

More than 100 individuals attended a 2-day conference on developing dental auxiliary utilization (DAU) programs. Presentations included in this report are: (1) "How the Dean Implements the DAU Program," by James English, (2) "Some Objectives of a DAU Program" by Charles Barr, (3) "Role of the Supervisor in a Dental…

Instruction in a basic core program of theories, concepts, ideas, principles, techniques, skills, and related material common to health students will provide a basis for specialization and horizontal movement. (AG)

An educational program was developed to train practitioners to provide care for patients and families that are responsive to cultural concerns. The aim was to increase knowledge and improve attitudes toward providing culturally proficient and culturally sensitive care for patients and families facing life-threatening illnesses. The program…

An ethics manual to support undergraduate lectures or practitioners in a healthcare environment has been developed. The manual was developed from course materials designed to ensure an integrated approach throughout a four year pharmacy program as teaching professionalism, as well as professional ethics, has become increasingly important and a…

In responding to Upton's discourse arguing for reform of undergraduate health profession curricula to maximise the inclusion of health psychology, it is first important to concede the enormity of the task. After all, psychologists are inherently biased towards their subject, quite simply due to their immersion within it which convinces them of its…

A selected sample of ambulance service units in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania was surveyed during May and June 1973. The purpose of the survey was to determine the performance of work activities by various levels of workers within each of the ambulance services. The results of the survey are analyzed and reported. The data obtained are used for…

Given the growth in community colleges, the projected need for health career workers, and the central position of the department chair in higher education, this study explored dimensions of leadership as identified by health career department chairs in five Illinois community colleges. Areas of study included: (a) professional profiles of health…

Results are provided from a review of the Health Occupations Education curriculum in New York State to ensure that the skills and attitudes taught in those programs continue to adhere to the emerging demands of the health industry. Introductory materials include summaries of the recommendations and the major background variables influencing the…

This foundation-supported publication will be of special interest to those planning associate degree programs in health education. The articles represent published and unpublished papers and are divided according to general orientation to allied medical and health technologies, and information on specific careers open to students. Topics covered…

This collection of articles is a foundation-supported publication and will be of special interest to those planning health education curriculums and programs. They fall into three sections: a background article, a set of articles about actual programs, and a comprehensive collection of articles about planning the associate degree program in the…

Describes the development of a gerontology curriculum in a college of health sciences and the interaction of gerontological concepts with the health professions curricula of the college. Some survey data on the characteristics of students enrolled in gerontology courses are presented. (CT/Author)

This report provides the recommendations made by the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health based from its examination on the health and human resources issues in Canada. Colleges are the advanced skills educators of choice. Aligned with the needs of employers, and operating on the…

A study of the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Nurse Aide (NA), and Homemaker-Home Health Aide (H-HHA) occupations was conducted during 1972-73 in Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Questionnaires were administered to 600 LPNs, NAs, and H-HHAs in 30 health facilities who rated the frequency and importance of 346 tasks. Usable questionnaires numbered…