Health information management (HIM) professionals must address ethical challenges in their role as guardians of patients' personal information and organizations' proprietary information. Because of this need, HIM educators strive prepare their students to address these challenges. Unfortunately, little evidence exists about specific areas of…

Context: As the patient population continues to diversify, it is essential that athletic training students (ATSs) are educated to provide culturally competent care. This high-quality health care within the context of a patient's race, ethnicity, language, religious beliefs, or behaviors is a foundation of professional practice. Objective:…

Ethical dilemmas are experienced by all individuals, but are especially prevalent among healthcare professionals. Universities and colleges preparing students to work and provide care in this arena are currently addressing this challenge through traditional ethics courses and lectures. However, student perspectives of the major ethical dilemmas in…

The present paper outlines the development and evaluation of an allocation committee to distribute community placements on an equitable basis between universities. Although based on our experience in South Australia with the University Placement Allocation Committee (UPAC), the primary goal is to outline the steps that would be useful if placement…

On the basis of survey results it was concluded that community colleges have made considerable progress in improving student health services, but there is still much to be done. (Author/JD)

This study compared telephone and mail survey approaches in assessing psychological needs perceived by university students. It appears that both the telephone and mail approaches have merit as techniques for assessing psychological needs among university students. (Author/CJB)

Seventy-eight colleges and universities listed by the National Environmental Health Association as offering undergraduate environmental health programs were surveyed to obtain an overview of their programs, students, curriculum and faculties. Areas analyzed include manpower, internships, associate degree programs, employment trends, and faculty…

A survey of 79 experts in dental nutrition sought consensus on the appropriate scope of nutrition in clinical dentistry. Results support the need for greater attention to nutrition issues in dental schools and better models for nutrition interventions in dental practice. (Author/MSE)

A study to explore the frequency with which U.S. schools of nursing have made an organizational response to the mandate to link nursing education and practice and to describe the organizational responses identified is described. An organizational response was defined as the sponsoring of a clinical project. (Author/MLW)

Contains a summary of the responses to a survey questionnaire which was sent to all academic medical centers in the U.S. in April 1973 concerning programs in health services delivery and primary care education. (Editor)

Investigation of sex information/counseling services at 68 community junior colleges in urban, suburban, and rural areas indicate that little service is actually provided. (MJB)

A nationwide study that examined continuing medical education (CME) "programmatic linkages" between medical schools and community hospitals is reported. Data indicated that a majority of medical schools have positive and beneficial CME programmatic linkages with community hospitals. (Author/MLW)

Proposes a self-auditing 20-item checklist to assist chief student affairs officers (CSAOs) in developing greater knowledge of student health services options. The audit checklist, based on consultations with 103 institutions, was used in a survey of 166 randomly selected CSAOs. Results of the survey are discussed. (TE)

Introduction: This study investigates the processes involved in the development of a broadband community network in the Northeast USA. A community network project was studied by tracing the developmental processes from network design to the stabilisation of information infrastructure. Method: A case study was conducted on the broadband community…

A survey of 270 University of Washington permanent employees who were potential candidates for teaching clinics, found dental anxiety prevalent, correlating with poorer perceived dental health, longer intervals between dental appointments, higher frequency of past fear behaviors, more physical symptoms during last dental injection, and more…