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PubMed1992

Medical vocational guidance for adolescents--is it effective?

The outcome of school medical vocational guidance was studied in all 1595 students enrolled in 1987 in grade 9 in the primary schools of Linköping. In grade 9, the school health service had listed 249 students with a chronic disorder. These were sent a questionnaire which was answered by 235 students. Only 5/235 stated that vocational information from physicians and school nurses had been important for their choice of career. No more than 22/235 had chosen a medically ill-suited secondary school study course. This figure is close to the number expected, assuming that all choices of study courses are at random. At follow-up in May 1989, no one said that they had changed study course or work due to their medical disorder. Thus, school medical vocational guidance seems to have little effect on the vocational choices of adolescents with chronic disorders.

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PubMed1995

[The ergonomic approach to vocational guidance and selection].

The paper deals with the results of health examinations of elementary school children--eight graders carried out within the programme of vocational guidance in an area of Croatia (the period 1991-1993). The expert's evaluation showed that out of a total of 1983 pupils examined 855 had health disturbances or functional impairments that required properly oriented further vocational training. Advice concerning the choice of school was based on the anticipated requirements and ergonomic characteristics of the pupils future job and their psychophysical abilities. Proper vocational guidance avoids the need for later selection, which is always a complicated problem. This is illustrated by two documented examples.

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PubMed1996

[The importance of a medical evaluation in adolescence within the field of vocational guidance].

An investigation was carried out among the rural adolescent population in the Zadar region. The objective was to examine their health status, to gain information about occupations they wish to be trained for and to find out whether there are any medical contraindications in respect to those occupations. Using methods of vocational guidance medicine health disorders were found to be present in 30% of the examined adolescents. Of a total of 668 examinees 68 had relative and 24 absolute contraindications to the desired occupation. The commonest impairments were those of vision (39%) and the locomotor system (31%). The greatest number of contraindications was established among the examinees who wanted to become craftmen, mechanics or traffic officers. It is concluded that all adolescents with health disorders and all those wanting to be trained for specific occupations should undergo a medical examination in addition to a vocational guidance interview so that possible medical contraindications could be detected and professional advice given as to the choice of the most appropriate occupation.

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PubMed1976

Vocational guidance during the Depression: phrenology versus applied psychology.

The paper describes the design and use of a machine, the "Psychograph," which automatically measured the size and shape of the skull and provided evaluations of mental traits according to phrenological principles. Developed in 1930, the psychograph was billed as a diagnostic tool capable of providing suitable vocational guidance to the thousands of unemployed as a result of the Depression. Its appearance prompted a vigorous opposition from the Psychology Department at the University of Minnesota, especially in the person of Donald L. Paterson. Subsequently, the psychograph was merely exploited for its entertainment value and disappeared after the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago.

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