Qualitative studies of seven field internship programs have focused on understanding the key meanings of field study for students and on key variables associated with significant meanings. Based on self-report data and on analysis of student performance, two processes have been identified as central…
234 Austrian women who gave birth to a child in the years 1972-74 were under age 18 yr. 95 of them were interviewed about changes in their life-situation due to the birth. The general attitude was, if they could choose again the date of the first pregnancy they would prefer it after 20 years. No cor…
A method used by interns and supervisors in developing and evaluating a clinical performance program during a 6 week internship in the Division of Physical Therapy at the University of Michigan Medical Center is presented. This method required a statement of educational resources available, establis…
The adequacy of postgraduate trainees is assessed rather more frequently than that of the teaching process. A survey was therefore undertaken of the views of sixty‐two junior psychiatrists regarding the clinical units they had worked on during their 3‐year rotational training programme at the Maudsl…
In December 1974 questionnaires concerning postgraduate education were sent to all New Zealand medical practitioners. This paper refers to the replies from house surgeons/registrars and from specialists. 57% of the house surgeons/registrars replied to their questionnaire. On the average the house of…
Source:Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
(1976)
One hundred thirteen medical schools which offered full degree programs, were identified and surveyed by questionnaires to obtain information which identified the existence, characteristics and involvement of physical medicine or rehabilitation medicine programs. The survey also attempted to identif…
Source:Education and the Training of the Mentally Retarded
(1975)
An investigation was conducted to study the employment characteristics of recent graduates in special education. The variables of interest included academic characteristics of the subjects prior to graduation, types of internship assignments, types of positions taken following graduation and the tim…
This article was written in an effort to stimulate greater interest and active involvement in vocational and career education on the part of school psychological services. Several functions for the school psychologist were proposed, including assistance in the selection of students for vocational pr…
This article explores the acquisition of a wide variety of skills by low income Kenya Africans, outside the scope of government and voluntary agency programmes. Many thousands of such (mostly young) Africans arrange types of unofficial fee-paying apprenticeships for themselves at the feet of older, …
