The nature of the clinical teaching and learning process in three disciplines of a clinical clerkship program was examined. The nature of student learning, the organization of students' time, and the role of various individuals were investigated across the disciplines, and the relationships among the various types of learning were explored.…

Data collected as part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation study of residency programs for training in primary medicine and pediatrics are analyzed. The seven residencies supported by the federal government and the nine residencies supported by the Foundation are compared. A brief description of the programs as they existed in 1978 are…

A regional plan for optometric education in the western United States is summarized. Central to the plan is the development of cooperative programs among the region's three schools, the Pacific University College of Optometry, Southern California College of Optometry, and the University of California School of Optometry at Berkeley. A plan for the…

The conference brought together on a national scale equal numbers of leaders (120 in all) from the major health professions to define the issues in the increasingly important matter of interdisciplinary education, in order to give impetus to more detailed considerations of institutional, regional, and ultimately national levels of health…

Proceedings of a workshop conducted by the Western Council on Higher Education for Nursing include: patterns of assessment of experiential learning (John R. Valley); physical assessment of ethnic people of color (Julie Sykes); introduction and integration of health assessment in the associate degree phase at Brigham Young University College of…

The 1994 revised accreditation standards of the American Optometric Association's Council on Optometric Education (COE) are described briefly. The standards cover program mission, goals, objectives, and outcomes; administration; resources and facilities; faculty; clinical residency; curriculum; clinic management and patient care policies; research…

Under the Idaho state system for curriculum development in vocational education, Technical Committees made up solely of industry personnel are responsible for drawing up task lists for each program. Based on a task list specific to the field, this curriculum guide provides the competencies needed by nursing assistants enrolled in postsecondary,…

This manual is intended to acquaint the faculty of physician assistant (PA) training programs with a model geriatric clerkship and to assist them in the process in implementing a similar clerkship. A detailed outline of the curriculum goals of a geriatric clerkship is included. The next section contains curriculum units on the following topics:…

The original version of this report dealt with the feasibility of a longitudinal design for studying the effects of preceptorships on medical students' career choices. The present document supplements the original report, focuses on various non-longitudinal designs, and assesses their suitability for providing the type of information required for…

Three workshops were held in 1977 in central Pennsylvania to provide a coordinated effort to improve and expand the knowledge of health occupations teachers on the secondary and postsecondary levels. Each workshop provided five days of concentrated learning activities in one of the following areas: methods of instruction for health occupations…

A program designed to develop, conduct, and evaluate an educational workshop series to prepare physician's assistant (PA) clinical coordinators to assist clinical instructors in the planning, teaching, and evaluation of students in clinical skills is described. Six regional workshops were held, with two workshops each in three geographic regions.…

Evaluation of the Health and Science Action Learning Project was conducted as part of a larger national study of experience-based education programs in secondary schools. Developed to alleviate the problem of minority underrepresentation in the health professions, the program was designed to encourage minority students to consider these careers…

A study was undertaken to evaluate the benefits derived by speech and language pathology students who used video tape recordings to learn diagnosis of communication disorders, to observe professional therapists and therapy programs, and to improve their own clinical techniques through self-observation. The use of video tapes to teach clinical…

Curriculum analysis of the English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery, and Health Visiting (ENB) critical care programs ENB 100, 124, 176/183, 199, and 415 revealed great diversity in programs bearing the same title. An evaluation identified if this diversity was reflected in the competencies acquired by students on different programs,…

A proposed 6-year Doctor of Pharmacy program would consist of: a year of basic science and general education; a year of science focusing on the human body; 3 years of pharmacy-related disciplines presented in problem-solving, case study format, divided into "pharmaceutical care modules" rather than traditional courses; and 11 experiential…