A solution to the problem of continuing professional education for pharmacists may be the utilization of the mass media rather than relying on them to travel to a centralized classroom. Several programs are reviewed along with types of format and content and the need for further research on radio program evaluation. (LBH)

Continuing medical education (CME) is growing rapidly, with many organizations involved with little apparent integrated activity. Coordinating efforts would be appropriate among the Liaison Committee on Continuing Medical Education, the American Medical Association, community hospitals, medical schools, and medical societies. (LBH)

To determine if posttests administered immediately following a continuing pharmacy education (CPE) program are reliable predictors of long-term knowledge retention, a portion of three posttests used in three successive CPE programs was readministered to attendees of those programs 8 to 21 weeks later. Posttests do not reliably assess long-term…

The National Technological University, a consortium of engineering schools, offers programs based on satellite transmissions of live and videotaped graduate courses to industrial sites around the country. (MSE)

The author states that a central debate in the issue of continuing education for health science professionals is voluntary versus mandatory participation. She questions the assumption that participation in continuing education equals continuing competence and proposes a throrough examination of the rationale, opportunities, and obstacles related…

Discusses the need for continuing education for youth services librarians at different levels based on their educational background and purposes for continuing education, range of currently available programs, and barriers to participation. Ways in which state library agencies and professional associations could provide structured coherent…

Describes Checkerboard, a game-like exercise designed to teach financial awareness, control, and appraisal to managers and reinforce the principle that all people in managerial positions make decisions, all of which incur costs and generate benefits. Students are guided by discovery and discussion toward improved financial decision making. (MBR)

Results of a survey of geriatric dentistry specialists concerning the competencies required of geriatric dentists and the relative importance of those skills in five settings (dental school, general practice residency, prosthodontic specialty programs, geriatric fellowship programs, and continuing education) are reported. (MSE)

The first of five lessons in a tutorial on library evaluation from "American Libraries" and the University of Wisconsin/Madison School of Library and Information Studies includes instructions on how to earn a Certificate of Completion. A generalized evaluation model is presented and related to the planning process in libraries. (EJS)

The study gathered information concerning motives of postbaccalaureate adults for engaging in continuing professional education. Results indicate that for the majority (about 75 percent), career or job-related factors influence motives for returning to school, although impact varies according to gender or age. (CH)

The implications of Americans' oral health status for the predoctoral dental curriculum and for dental education in general are discussed, including enrollments, graduate and continuing education, the specialties, and research. (MSE)

A large number of colleges and universities now offer programs or individual courses on fund-raising and institutional advancement. A survey of academic offerings in fund-raising is discussed. (MLW)

Describes two types of information education currently offered in China: formal education by universities and colleges with established specialization in scientific and technical information; and professional continuing education. Universities providing information science programs, required and elective courses for scientific and technical…

Summarizes developments, trends, and strategies of computer use in education by discussing the history of computers in education, benefits of computers for instruction, hardware and software selection and use, and types of computer programs. Examples of computer programs and computer applications used in food and nutrition education are included.…

Techniques for determining the contents of professional continuing education are compared, and considerations in the development of professional continuing education programs in any field are discussed in the context of experience with planning programs in medicine and pharmacy. (MSE)