Four-way cooperation produced the statewide workshop on inservice education techniques which the Mississippi Nurse's Association felt was essential to enriching educational programs in community hospitals. (Author/RB)

The Comprehensive Examination can serve as an integrating educational experience and also to raise and unify the standards of American Library Schools. (AB)

ACS Graduate Education Panel recommends: (a) that new graduate programs should be developed to augment traditional programs. (b) that new Ph.D. granting departments should be established only if a need exists and they can be adequately financed. (DS)

Continuing education must become an integral part of the educational system to enable the nurses to keep up to date. The Kansas Regional Medical Program (KRMP) circuit courses for nurses is a big step in that direction. (PT)

An intensive course prepares experienced school nurses to assume basic responsibility for identifying and managing many of the health problems of children in her school on a day-to-day basis. (PT)

The author, Director of School Libraries, Delaware State Department of Public Instruction, surveyed practices in continuing education for school library personnel throughout the U.S. through April 1968. This report analyzes a number of apparently successful programs. (Editor/JB)

Describes a problem-focused audit used to measure the impact of a staff development offering on pain relief. Concludes that the audit provided concrete evidence that the class on pain did influence nursing practice and affected patients directly. (NRJ)

Presents an overview of a self-directed approach to professional development. Describes the major components as self-assessment of professional strengths and learning needs, planning, and organizing activities and records for professional development. Gives reasons for, benefits from, and requirements of a self-directed approach. (Availability:…

Describes 15 years' experience with narrow band telephony applied to continuing education of physicians and nursing staff in Wisconsin. (Author)

Building on the model of professional nursing careers presented in Part 1, the author discusses the aspects of professional maturation and professional mastery, focusing on the vital role of staff development for career advancement. (SK)

Voluntarism, historically a fundamental principle and characteristic of adult education, is at risk with the development of mandated continuing professional education. Education is mandated by (1) direct regulation in state licensure laws; (2) indirect regulation through professional membership, employment requirements, and specialized…

Mandatory continuing education in the medical profession has had a profound influence, both positive and negative, on informal learning, accrediting of delivery systems, and program planning. (SK)