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PubMed1981

Professionalization of an allied health occupation: the physician's assistant.

This article describes the process that an allied health occupation undergoes to become professionalized. The physician's assistant, one of the more recent health occupations to emerge, is used to exemplify the professionalization process. The historical background and definition of traditional professionalism are presented. The evolution of the new professionalism that is characteristic of current allied health occupations is also discussed. The process used in this article to determine the professionalization of physician's assistants also could be used to determine how other allied health occupations are being, or have become, professionalized.

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PubMed2001

Armed services vocational aptitude battery predictors of entry-level radiography students' success.

This study assessed the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) predictors of student success in the diagnostic imaging course at the Air Force's School of Health Care Sciences. Regression analyses provided two significant predictors (p < 0.05) of student success as identified by final grade. Those predictors were the mechanical and electronics scores on the ASVAB. Also, both scores were significantly different (p < 0.05) among those who passed, washed back (passed but required excess time), and disenrolled. Because a significant number of individuals take the ASVAB, entry-level radiography programs should consider using these predictors for admissions decisions.

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PubMed2004

Ergonomic recommendations and their role in cardiac sonography.

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) have been recognized as a serious hazard to the health and safety of sonographers. Recommendations have been made on ways to reduce and prevent the frequency and severity of these disorders. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the impact ergonomics has had on the prevalence of MSDs among cardiac sonographers. Three hundred randomly selected Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographers were surveyed. Eighty-one respondents completed the survey. The majority of the sample population was female with an average age of 40 and job tenure between 6-15 years. Ninety percent of respondents reported musculoskeletal pain/discomfort while scanning. Seventy-three percent of respondents perceived a need for ergonomic interventions. The majority of respondents were aware of previously recommended ergonomic interventions and had implemented what was feasible. Still, the experience of pain and discomfort, and incidence of MSDs remains exceptionally high for this occupation. It appears that recommended ergonomic interventions have not had a significant impact on improving the health and safety of cardiac sonographers.

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Personal attributes and job competencies needed by EFNEP paraprofessionals as perceived by EFNEP professionals.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the personal attributes and job competencies that are necessary for the job success of Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) paraprofessionals as perceived by EFNEP professionals. DESIGN: A qualitative descriptive design and a 3-round modified Delphi methodology was used. PARTICIPANTS: A convenience sample of 14 state and 20 county EFNEP professionals participated in all 3 Delphi rounds. The response rates for state and county professionals for all 3 Delphi rounds were 70% and 91%, respectively. VARIABLES MEASURED: Personal attributes and job competencies were generated and the level of importance was determined. ANALYSIS: An independent t test was employed to determine differences between importance scores by professional position. RESULTS: Thirty-seven personal attributes, 18 job competencies prior to hire, and 43 job competencies after training were generated and the majority were very important to important. County EFNEP professionals tended to score personal attributes and job competencies as more important than state EFNEP professionals. IMPLICATIONS: These personal attributes and job competencies prior to hire can guide hiring decisions and initial training content. The job competencies after training can shape content for inservice training.

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PubMed2002

Health human resources: consider the health technology professions.

Any analysis of health human resources must take into account the critical shortages in the health technology professions, such as medical laboratory technology, medical radiation technology, respiratory therapy and other allied health professions. These professions are often overlooked or invisible to patients, but they provide a vital role in diagnostic and therapeutic services. If projected shortages are not addressed, there will be a major impact on patient care. Accurate human resources information about these professionals must be collected; funding for additional spaces in educational institutions is essential; and a reconsideration of scopes of practice to allow more effective utilization of health technologists' knowledge and skills should be initiated as soon as possible.

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PubMed2004

Update on the Allied Health Professions Reinvestment Act of 2004.

We are facing a crisis in health care: the ever-increasing number of patients needing care, coupled with the decreasing number of qualified staff to provide that care. This is not a vague concept that might happen to "someone else." This a very real trend that will affect us all (some sooner than later). We are in a position at this time to do something about the future of our health care, particularly the care we will need when we have finished providing care. ASET has been sending a representative to the CAHL sessions for the past seven years. CAHL is the Coalition for Allied Health Leadership, and they meet in Washington, DC, for a week in the spring, and again in the fall. In between these sessions, they network with other participants to produce projects that will develop leadership, and directly help "The Cause." "The Cause" this time around is to promote H.R.4016 and S.2491, "The Allied Health Professions Reinvestment Act." Among other things, these bills address shortages of qualified staff through a variety of educational and training programs. ASET members need to become aware of the basic information contained within these bills, and what they can do to help increase their chances of passing. We can make a difference.

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PubMed2005

Knowledge and attitudes of paramedical students in Saudi Arabia toward HIV/AIDS.

OBJECTIVES: The present study aimed to build a baseline profile for knowledge and attitudes of Saudi paramedical students toward human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). METHODS: The study was a cross-sectional one conducted on a sample selected from health institutes and colleges in Saudi Arabia during the calendar year 2002/2003. RESULTS: A high percentage of students correctly perceive the risk presented by HIV/AIDS. Extramarital sex and unprotected sex were the most frequently mentioned risky behaviors. Misconceptions and lack of knowledge regarding transmission of HIV/AIDS were reported. Lack of knowledge on the means of individual protection, means of protection of infants of HIV/AIDS-infected mothers and means of protection of HIV/AIDS-infected individual's wife was observed. While friends were the main source of information among male students, booklets were the main source of information among females. More than two-thirds of students were willing to be tested for HIV. We observed negative attitudes toward discussing AIDS topics with others, home-care for HIV/AIDS individuals and HIV/AIDS-infected individual's right at work. CONCLUSION: We found lack of knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS transmission and means for prevention in addition to unfavorable attitudes towards HIV/AIDS individuals. We recommend an evaluation of HIV/AIDS information in the curricula of health institutes and health colleges in addition to conduction of a nationwide health education campaign on HIV/AIDS.

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PubMed2005

Kathleen Mears Memorial Lecture: ASET and OSET, patterns and parallels.

OSET is the international Organisation of Societies for Electrophysiological Technology, a federation of professional societies from around the world. Just as ASET grew out of the national physicians' society, OSET grew out of an international physicians' consortium. Both ASET and OSET are independent groups that address the many issues specific to technologists, from entry-level education to standards of practice and legal conditions of practice. The present "members" of OSET are the technologist societies of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K., and the U.S.; the individual members of those societies are members of OSET by extension. OSET holds a week-long Congress every four years, hosted by one of the member societies. Technologists from all over the world gather to share information via platform papers and posters. Just as ASET meetings provide an opportunity for technologists to learn from each other, formally and informally, so the OSET Congresses extend that sharing beyond national borders. Between Congresses, OSET work is done by committees. Some of the published results of this committee work are statements of minimal and optimal standards of training in EEG and evoked potentials, guidelines for digital EEG, guidelines for infection control, and guidelines for intraoperative monitoring. The last two Congresses have had sessions on education in the OSET countries; present committee work is continuing to study this issue to develop a truly international statement of competencies, i.e., what technologists must be able to do to perform electrophysiologic studies anywhere in the world.

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PubMed1990

Allied health education in Oklahoma.

This article is the first of several dealing with medical education and recruitment in Oklahoma and generated at the request of the OSMA-OUHSC Liaison Committee. The articles were sought out and submitted with the assistance of Edward N. Brandt, Jr., MD, PhD, executive dean at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.

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