The training of pharmacists in Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad/Tobago is described. These countries are recommended as the locations of regional centers for the education and training of all allied health personnel by a recent United Nations Development Program report. (LBH)

Since Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho (WAMI) have limited medical education facilities to fill the need in these states for physicians, the WAMI program was introduced. This program provides a year of clinical practice with a community physician to expose students to family practice. (PG)

Indiana school speech-language pathologists (n=157) responded to a survey regarding their educational and clinical preparation and current clinical practices with people who stutter. Respondents reported receiving insufficient academic and clinical preparation to work with people who stutter. Nearly half reported that their clinical skills are…

Reviews literature related to health informatics and health information management. Provides examples covering types of information, library and information services outcomes, training of informatics professionals, areas of application, the impact of evidence based medicine, professional issues, integrated information systems, and the needs of the…

A survey of dental schools (n=49) and dental hygiene programs (n=169) suggests students receive little tobacco cessation education, and respondent schools had no immediate plans for curriculum change in this area, despite reporting positive attitudes about the institutional role in tobacco use cessation interventions. (Author/MSE)

A survey of about 500 dental hygienists concerning their clinical practice behaviors, attitudes, and perceived curriculum adequacy relating to anti-tobacco efforts suggested a fairly well-developed role for this group, with positive curriculum modifications appearing over time. (Author/MSE)

Data on the incidence of hepatitis B viral infection are examined, and a telephone survey of 19 schools of optometry concerning administrative policy about student immunization is reported. Results show less than one-third of schools require student vaccination. It is recommended that schools mandate immunization for all students. (MSE)

Bioscience education in optometric professional programs must be expanded in scope, raised to a higher level of academic rigor, and strengthened with new faculty and institutional learning resources. However, no single route of curriculum reform will guarantee successful innovation in the basic bioscience education of optometrists; several…

The University of New South Wales (Australia) has established the Vision Education Centre, a clinic designed to attract more pediatric patients for care by senior optometry students. The center uses interactive learning principles to teach elementary school children about optics, provides screening, and offers research opportunities. (MSE)

A study investigated the extent to which University of Missouri (St. Louis) optometry students' grades correlated with their evaluations of faculty over a period of five years. A small but statistically significant correlation was found. Other relationships and factors are also discussed. (MSE)

A 10-year analysis of 1,313 Myers-Briggs Type Indicator results found that, compared to the general college-student population, pharmacy students differed in several personality types, and that students enrolled in the doctoral program differed from those enrolled in the bachelor's degree program. Implications for teaching and learning are…

Describes development and integration of service learning in the curriculum of the University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) School of Pharmacy, beginning with co-curricular service-learning opportunities and leading to further curriculum development and a service requirement for doctoral students. Concludes that, despite demands on faculty…

A study investigated the effectiveness of incorporating discussion groups and problem solving in a first-year pharmaceutical dosage-forms course. Students responded positively to the group discussions focusing on problem solving and the discussion summaries, which demonstrated the diversity of approaches to problem solving and focused their…

A study of 406 Brown University (Rhode Island) medical students found slightly over half had undergraduate majors in science or mathematics, a third majored in the humanities or social sciences, and a tenth had double majors or independent concentrations. No statistically significant difference was found between medical school performances of the…

A study calculated the costs versus the benefits of an institutional self-study done to satisfy requirements of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education accreditation process, by analyzing hours spent on the study over 18 months by 131 committee members and 64 database compilers, the probability that concerns identified by subcommittees would be…