Teachers' centers encourage both local curriculum development and in-service education. (Editor)

The authors discuss approaches used in the evaluation of continuing education for nurses, defined as planned learning experiences beyond a basic nursing program and excluding academic credit courses. A framework for evaluation of continuing education is offered. (MF)

An inservice course is described which was developed to teach selected emergency nursing personnel in Nebraska's six Emergency Health/Medical Services areas. The teaching approach was individualized so that the nurses could study only needed materials and work at their own pace as their schedules allowed. (MF)

A model is presented which relates the adult in a job to that adult's interests and needs as viewed by the individual and others. The meeting or nonmeeting of these interests and needs is then related to the continuing education process and what effect that has on the individual's job. (Author)

Inservice education should be developed to build a stronger education profession. (MM)

The New England Program in Teacher Education model of inservice education is described. (MM)

Goals, courses, delivery systems, faculty, instructional materials and methods, and students of the Army continuing education program are described. Characteristics adaptable to civilian alternative higher education are summarized, including: credit for life experience or by examination, ad hoc faculty, performance testing, and student incentives.…

Ninety-eight internists and 73 family physicians were asked which of six information sources they consulted when faced with difficult medical problems. Results indicate that internists prefer consulting the medical literature, whereas family physicians rely on colleagues and specialists as sources of information. (Author/CH)

The study examined the current status of university-based executive education programs. Data collected from 93 deans of business and administration were analyzed. Slightly over 50 percent indicated that they had an executive education program with an average of 90 sessions per year. (CH)

The development, implementation, and results of an experimental independent study course designed to provide professional continuing education in the use of diagnostic pharmaceutical agents in optometry are described. (MSE)

Two major areas of change in pharmaceutical continuing education will be (1) increased emphasis on the need for and the development of skills for lifelong learning, and (2) more rigorous and individualized program content to meet pharmacists' specific continuing education needs. (MSE)

Describes a successful peer support group developed in a high school English department. After identifying teacher needs as educators, peers draw on each other's experiences instead of using outside experts. Claims the program is successful because teachers become actively involved in learning as they share with each other. (NH)

This third in five-lesson tutorial on library evaluation focuses on three measures of reference effectiveness in terms of users' experience: total number of reference questions received, proportion of answers provided to inquiries received, and accuracy with which questions are answered. Four required and suggested readings and four references are…

The need for emphasis on development of interpersonal communication skills in continuing education for pharmacists is discussed, a training course in Northern Ireland is described, and the potential for similar curricula in other professions is assessed. (MSE)

This study reports the results of a national survey of American Council on Pharmaceutical Education-approved provider continuing education offerings during 1985. The study was designed to identify frequently presented topics, characterize types of programs offered, describe the providers offering programs, and detail continuing education…