Discusses needs for specialist certification and training in lawyering skills proposing a 3-year legal education program to include two years in a law school and one in a lawyer school which would be operated by the organized bar. (JT)

The following seven American programs of Computer Assisted Instruction in Medicine are among 20 implemented at the University of Bonn: OPHTHA and FUNDUS (programs of the tutorial mode), CARDI (presents information via three media on the clinical alterations of Mitral and Aortic Stenosis as well as Mitral and Aortal Incompetence), CARDIOPULMONARY…

Evaluation of effective classroom teaching has long plagued school supervisors and administrators. Rating is generally done with criteria which varies according to the educational objectives of the rater as well as with his subjective impressions of the staff member being rated. Counselor Educators are faced with a similar problem when attempting…

The purpose of the report is to give a state-of-the-art picture of clinical pharmacy education and training in the United States as represented by 4 prototype pharmacy school curricula chosen for documentation by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Criteria for selection relate to the environment in which the various curricula are…

This article describes a project conducted by an elementary school district in Illinois, in which public school personnel played a major role in the development of prospective teachers by designing training procedures with direct applicability to classrooms within the local schools. More emphasis was placed on classroom experience for the…

This study was designed to determine the effect of a well-defined group procedure, attitudinal "group-centered counseling" (Lifton, 1968) on the level of openness of a group of undergraduate college students. (Author/PD)

The systematic process followed in establishing a comprehensive curriculum for the eight-week junior pediatric clinical clerkship at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine is described. Included are selection of goals, identification of activities and references, and development of evaluative methods. (LBH)

The author defines faculty practice as a means of faculty development. She focuses on the Faculty Practice Program at New York University Medical Center. That program allows nursing faculty to practice as part of the Medical Center staff during the summer. (CH)

A study of the frequency with which nursing schools have made an organizational response to the mandate to link nursing education to practice and of the characteristics of schools making this innovation is reported. (MSE)

Discusses situational leadership theories and suggests that clinical instructors should apply them within clinical learning settings to help students participate more responsibly in their learning experiences. (JOW)

Several ways are examined in which clinicians can choose to be involved in social policy as extensions of their clinical practice roles. Key concepts of operationalizing, implementing, and promoting change are stressed. (Author/MH)

The advantages, difficulties, and controversy concerning nurse educators' involvement in clinical practice as a means of maintaining skills, credibility, and effectiveness in the instructional setting are examined. (MSE)

An evaluation program for fourth-year electives at Wright State University School of Medicine is described. Although individual electives were assessed, the evaluation program allows generalizations across electives by identifying strengths and weaknesses commonly found in the electives that were evaluated. (MLW)

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical effect of continuing education designed to teach physical assessment skills to community health nurses. (JOW)