It is important that nutrition education be made part of the regular and postgraduate curriculum in all medical schools. The medical student should be provided training in nutrition and dietetics, both as part of the basic science syllabus and of the clinical aspects as they apply to disease states. (MSE)

An MIT report advocates education for postgraduate engineers through a new structure linking universities, industry, and professional organizations. Engineering schools and neighborhood industries are urged to collobrate in making off-campus graduate programs available to working engineers and the establishment of special master's programs.…

Highlights the Emory Medical Television Network's role in continuing education for medical professionals. The network is self-supporting and broadcasts three hours of live, full-color programing Monday through Friday to 34 medical institutions in the Atlanta, Georgia area. In addition to regular broadcasting activities, a videotape library has…

A study shows a pattern of increased continuing medical education participation with increases in the number of partners sharing a practice, both for family practitioners and specialists but particularly the latter. This is especially true for practices having three or more partners and in skills maintenance courses. (Author/MSE)

Suggests that computer expertise is becoming an irrepressible force in the business environment and that the ability to use a personal computer may be a key to success for young executives in the 1980's. (Author/JN)

Reviews selected studies of the curricular and instructional role of the school library media specialist to identify predominant patterns in research findings, and discusses their implications for librarians, educators, administrators, and other professionals. It includes 23 references. (RAA)

The School of Education at San Francisco State University developed a model program of faculty development. The primary focus of the faculty development plan incorporated development activities that would be initiated within individual departments. A secondary focus of the program is centered around the entire school. (JN)

This study assessed the continuing education needs of 830 leisure services practitioners in Wisconsin. Analyses provide information regarding similarities and differences among leisure services professionals. Demographic characteristics, continuing education needs, interests, participation, and attitudes toward continuing education are discussed.…

Under Illinois State University's Experimental Leave Program, faculty are released from their teaching duties for two days to three weeks to update their knowledge in their areas of expertise. The program provides professional development opportunities in a format and time frame consistent with industrial and technological advancements. (SK)

A survey of pharmacy students indicates that student attitudes roughly parallel those reported for practitioners: that continuing education (CE) is necessary to remain competent. Attitudes--toward participation, toward professional organizations as the source, and toward institutional emphasis on postgraduate degrees versus CE--are reported. The…

At Brown University, continuing education programs have contributed to the diversification of alumni programs and have attracted previously uninvolved alumni. Benefits of alumni education programs, program formats, and advice are discussed. (JMD)

Describes the "structured spontaneity" approach to family therapy training at the Boston Family Institute as it exists after ten years, considering the context of training as well as the flavor of the program. Reward for trainers is a kind of competent and creative independent thinking, focused on unjamming a deadlocked system.…

This study explored and described the relationship between formal organizational structures and the extent of participation of clients, faculty, and program administrators in planning continuing professional education programs in six Southern land-grant universities. (Author/CT)

Successful programs of continuing professional education must involve both the improvement of the learner's competence and the restructuring of the work environment to stimulate, encourage, recognize, and reward improved performance. (Journal availability: Subscription Manager, MOBIUS, University of California Press, Berkeley CA 94720.) (SK)

Smith describes the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education's provider approval program, a mechanism for assessing the quality of available continuing education programs. She maintains that the issue is not one of mandatory continuing education, but of ensuring the existence of programing which uses accepted principles of adult education. (SK)