A pilot study was made of the continuing education of physicians on the staff of a private, medium-sized, nonteaching, short-stay general hospital in the Midwest. Among the steps involved were analysis of hospital records, observation of meetings and educational programs, a questionnaire survey, and interviews with physicians as well as selected…

This book contains materials presented at eight 1965-66 regional conferences sponsored by the National Commission on Teacher Education and Professional Standards (NCTEPS) on the changes needed in the pattern and concept of career development for teachers. One section contains the keynote addresses on "how to get from where we are to desirable new…

This was a project to design and develop materials for training special education administrators. Simulation was used as an instructional approach allowing interaction similar to that of the "real world" administrative setting. After a literature review on roles and functions, reality-based problems were chosen for use in tasks to elicit decision…

This paper is one of a series of vocational papers reporting results of individualized continuing education (ICE) programs for school administrators and school climate improvement programs. It summarizes the practices of some 45 school districts throughout the nation that have actually been operating individualized continuing education programs.…

This special continuing education issue announces the Professional Acknowledgement for Continuing Education (P.A.C.E.) Program and the Individual Education Unit (IEU). The IEU is offered in recognition of one hour of participation in a continuing education learning experience that may not qualify for use of the Continuing Education Unit (CEU)…

This paper on Spiritual Well-Being provides information for leaders concerned with the problems of older people. The first four sections of the paper discuss: the need for religious organizations and society to develop and promote services and programs that will contribute to the spiritual needs of the elderly; goals proposed by previous groups…

The unique factor in the Medical Information Project is that working from ground zero, it undertook to design and put into operation a communication system for general medical practitioners using an individualized, programmed, audiovisual medium. The development of this system involved three general phases. Phase I, consisted of: (1) obtaining and…

The third in a series of books on human potential, the focus of this book is the leadership and management capability of people in public service. The chapters of the book are: 1. The Leadership Gap; 2. The Leader: Definitions; 3. The Issue Develops; 4. Creative Pressures for the '70s; 5. The Private-Public Dialogue; 6. Response: The Universities;…

This is the preliminary report of a demonstration project in continuing education of the physician in his own community. Members of the University of California San Francisco Medical Center went into residence in 14 communities in Northern California and Nevada for periods of three days. Choice of specialities and the programing were developed by…

A total of 450 volunteer subjects from two major U.S. Navy Research and development laboratories participated in a field experiment designed to test methods for increasing individual self-development activities. Experimental subjects engaged in career planning efforts consisting of forecasting goal-setting, action-planning, and group discussion.…

Papers presented at the Institute on Modern Religious Communication Dilemmas, held at Syracuse University's Continuing Education Center for the Public Service in November 1971, are provided. The focus of the institute was the dilemmas facing modern church-public relations practitioners. The papers reproduced in this book provide a descriptive…

Activities involved in planning and administering the various types of management training are described in this guidebook. The four types of management training discussed are management courses, conferences, problem clinics, and workshops for prospective small business owners. Financing the training and promotion are discussed, as are planning,…

A three-week summer institute on educational television for ABE teachers, teacher trainers, administrators, and television production personnel is discussed. Thirty-two participants (11 TV personnel and 21 ABE personnel) from 10 states, two territories, and the District of Columbia attended. Participants were provided with a variety of materials…

The purposes of this study were: to measure the perceived needs for skill training of student teachers, public school teachers, and other educational personnel involved in teaching center activities; to see if some of these needs related to the same underlying concepts; and to profile individual teaching centers according to some of these…

Faced with the eventuality of mandatory relicensure and concerned with the protection of public health, boards of pharmacy look to continuing pharmaceutical education as a method of facilitating the maintenance of professional competence and providing assurances regarding the quality of pharmaceutical services. (JMD)