A theory is discussed in which observed performance ratings are derived from the distance between a rater reference point and subject performance point located on a postulated equal-interval scale and a postulated s-shaped rater characteristic curve, operationalized as the normal ogive. Least-squares estimates of rater (nR=47, 31, and 29) and…

Public service internships not only provide a means for college students to help government get its job done, they also teach the student a good deal about the real world of urban affairs. This report covers the Urban Corps approach to providing a college student internship program in local government. Such a program is based on 3 principles: (1)…

This paper is the result of a limited analysis of the WICHE internship program directed by the Urban Studies Center at Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. The methodology used for analyzing the internship program was carried out primarily through the use of 2 questionnaires. One was used for the interns and the other for…

This study attempted to determine the effects of early patient contact through clinic experience upon the perceptions and attitudes of first year dental students. Questionnaires were administered at the beginning and end of students' first year in an innovative and new dental school where they were introduced to clinic experience within the first…

General problems of research in the area of communal childrearing are discussed. Clinical and experimental data related to childrearing on the Israeli kibbutz and in contemporary American communes are reviewed and supplemented by the author's personal experiences. (Author)

Describes Project Nursing Outreach at the University of Massachusetts-Boston School of Nursing. Project Nursing Outreach is a community health services agency that provides clinical experience to senior baccalaureate nursing students and no-cost services to clients who cannot afford to pay. (CH)

A continuing education program implemented at the University of Illinois in Chicago is described. The goals of the program were: to provide a comprehensive, long-term approach to continuing education; to emphasize the role of participants in curriculum development; and to use learning strategies that maximize clinical participation. (MLW)

Describes the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Project, an advocacy program designed to help residents of long-term care facilities obtain the services to which they are entitled. The author discusses setting up the project, getting started, the clinical experience, and student evaluation of their experiences. (CT)

To make the distinction between nursing and medicine clear and to communicate the right message to clients, the authors say nursing must sharpen its focus on health, rather than concentrate on disease and problem solving. (CT)

Case Western Reserve University has been using senior medical students (SMS) as preceptors for first-year students since 1971. The responses of freshmen students, the SMS preceptors, and the faculty to the substitution of faculty members by several SMS's in clinical science are described. (LBH)

The standardized patient (SP) examination is used in a majority of medical schools to test clinical skills. This exam usually yields both numerical ratings of clinical skill and narrative comments by patients or observers, yet most empirical studies of SP assessment focus on the numerical ratings only. This study analyzes the comments on a recent…

While counselor education programs are directly responsible for the didactic instruction and the development of basic counseling skills, they rely on field study sites and site supervisors to help train and produce professional trained counselors. The quality of training and supervision determined the quality of the experiential learning, as well…

The Galveston plan implemented by the University of Texas Medical Branch School of Allied Health Sciences and Galveston College provides academic and clinical experience for the health care worker. The plan utilizes the core approach in instruction for its cooperative program. (DS)

Reports on clinical legal education, considers its sources, and speculates on its future. (.author/PG)

Discusses a dental clinic which provided dental hygiene students with clinical experience that allowed the community to obtain proper dental care. (RK)