Role-play is seen as a help toward meeting everyday life situations, especially occupational ones. Methodological steps toward successful use of role-play are described, and a survey is presented of role-play adapted to various achievement levels. (IFS/WGA)

A computerized patient profile system is used in a practice laboratory taught in a pharmacy student's fourth year. Exposure to both a manual family card system and the computerized individual profile system allows the student to achieve a level of competence and confidence with more than one system in monitoring and evaluating the ambulatory…

The process of involving social work graduate students specializing in planning and administration in the design of management simulations is described. Focus is on the integrative capacity of the simulation to combine knowledge and skills acquired in both classroom and practicum experience, and a detailed description of a student guide to…

Within a simulated Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee format, role play is used at Purdue University to illustrate to students the concepts of drug product evaluation and selection as these apply to a hospital formulary system. (Author/LBH)

Steps in planning and promoting a model office in the business education department are described. (MF)

Describes a teaching method in which undergraduate psychology students carry out simulated research studies. In response to model problem situations, students develop a research design and then are given data which might have been obtained if the design were carried out. The condensed experience clarifies aspects of the research process which…

A technique is described for the construction of life-size three-dimensional models of infants with external evidence of disease. The use of these for teaching and research purposes is outlined. (LBH)

Four techniques for "extending" a game designed for small groups of less than six players to larger groups of 25 to 30 players. (Author)

This paper explains how to conduct a SALT simulation with upper division undergraduate and/or graduate students who have a limited background in international relations. Playing time is approximately four weeks. It is suggested that an introductory course devoted to reading, lectures, and discussions precede the simulation. (Author/RM)

Results obtained from a study designed to assess the effectiveness of teaching with heart sound simulation in improving skill in clinical ausculation suggest the usefulness of further study, particularly that involving comparison techniques. (JT)

A prevocational program was designed for 10 trainable mentally handicapped teenagers (14 to 19 years old) which simulated the tasks of actual sheltered workshops. (GW)

Presents an annotated list of 40 software programs. Each entry includes publisher, address, hardware, requirement(s), grade level(s), and program description. A list of readings about astronomical computer programs is given. (DH)

Computational science is defined as science done on a computer. A computer can serve as a laboratory for researchers who cannot experiment with their subjects, and as a calculator for those who otherwise might need centuries to solve some problems mathematically. The National Science Foundation's support of supercomputers is discussed. (MLW)

Students at five medical schools participated in an evaluation of a cardiology patient simulator (CPS), a life-size mannequin capable of simulating a wide variety of cardiovascular conditions. The CPS enhances learning both the knowledge and the skills necessary to perform a bedside cardiovascular evaluation. (Author/MLW)