"Assessing Health Professional Education" is the summary of a workshop hosted by the Institute of Medicine's Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education to explore assessment of health professional education. At the event, Forum members shared personal experiences and learned from patients, students, educators, and…

Speech delivered in part to Plenary Session on "The Specific Problems at the annual meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges (79th, Houston, Texas Nov 2, 1968

The OEO-funded Sangre de Cristo Comprehensive Health System in Costilla and Conejos Counties, Colorado, and northern Taos County, New Mexico, utilizes medical practitioners who are certified to practice a variety of medical techniques under the supervision of licensed physicians. (JM)

From paper presented at October 30, 1970 plenary session during the 81st Annual Meeting of the Assocation of American Medical Colleges. (IR)

Because rheumatic fever is a potentially serious complication of a streptococcal sore throat which can lead to permanent heart disease, this article advocates the expansion of school health services in medically underserved areas. (JMF)

This report deals primarily with health professional schools in California and their role in (1) education of health professionals and related personnel involved in teaching and research in health sciences and the provision of health care; (2) health sciences research; and (3) delivery of health care. Sections 1 and 2 present respectively the…

Focuses upon the role of social work and the social worker within the health care system. Favors a team approach to health care, with medical professionals, social workers, and patients all playing important roles. Emphasizes health education and health planning as future domains of social service practitioners. (GC)

This essay discusses the correlation between health and medical care, progress in medical science, and education. The growth in medical care, non-medical factors contributing to this growth, and different views concerning the effectiveness of medical care are examined. (EB)

In July and August 1975, face-to-face interviews were conducted with 347 adults living in Indiana County, Pennsylvania to gather information on the health services needed, physician extenders (i.e., nurse practitioners and physician's assistants), adequate health care for everyone, and regular health habits of the population. The sample included…

The tables and charts in this book act as resources for information on the health status of racial and ethnic minorities and the poor. The four minority groups referred to are blacks, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, and Asian Americans. The poor are defined as those whose income falls below the poverty line specified by the Census Bureau.…

ALTHOUGH ONLY 36 PER CENT OF OUR POPULATION LIVE IN RURAL AREAS, 52 PER CENT OF OUR POOR RESIDE THERE. RURAL INFANT MORTALITY AND RURAL DEATHS FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES ARE MUCH HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, AND RURAL MIGRATORY FARM WORKERS HAVE SIMILARLY HIGH MORTALITY RATES. RURAL AREAS HAVE SUBSTANTIAL SHORTAGES IN ALL HEALTH SERVICES.…

This examination of the use of telecommunications systems in the health care field in Canada notes that the use of such systems to assist in the delivery of health care at a distance is critical to the remote and isolated regions of the country. The report begins by reviewing the development of 'telemedicine' or 'telehealth' systems using various…

This report explains what will be necessary to achieve health for all people in the world by the year 2000 through primary health care. The booklet is organized in six chapters. The first chapter introduces the premise and describes current socioeconomic development and prospects for the future, along with current problems of health personnel…