Recently added articles from Journal of Allied Health:
Musings by a New Editor
Dec 01, 2008; ... This item marks my first effort to provide text for the Editorial por' tion of the Journal of Allied Health. For the past 10 years, that particular duty was the responsibility of former Editor Kevin Lyons of Thomas Jefferson Uni' versity. As with everything else he did regarding this publication ...
Entry-Level Interprofessional Education: Perceptions of Physical and Occupational Therapists Currently Practicing in Ontario
Dec 01, 2008; ... To gain insight into the specific interprofessional education (IPE) needs of occupational and physical therapists, an online questionnaire was developed and distributed to currently practicing therapists in the province of Ontario, Canada. The questionnaire included both open- and closed-ended ...
Use of Personal Digital Assistants Among Dietitians and Dietetic Students in Oklahoma: Should Programs Incorporate PDA Training Into Their Curricula?
Dec 01, 2008; ... The objective of this study was to assess the use of personal digital assistants (PDAs) among dietitians and dietetic students in Oklahoma and the desire for training in the use of PDAs. A survey was mailed to 648 dietitians and dietetic students to assess their PDA use and interest in PDA ...
Leadership Content Important in Athletic Training Education with Implications for Allied Health Care
Dec 01, 2008; ... A two-phase exploratory and comparative research study using a Delphi technique and a web-based national survey was done to determine leadership content (i.e., theories, styles, or practices) important to include in athletic training education. Eighteen athletic training experts participated in ...
Final-year Diagnostic Radiography Students' Perception of Role Models within the Profession
Dec 01, 2008; ... Within a clinical education setting, the value of role models and prescribed mentors can be seen as an important influence in shaping the student's future as a diagnostic radiographer. A study was undertaken to create a new understanding of how diagnostic radiography students perceive role ...
Perceptions of Scientific Misconduct Among Graduate Allied Health Students Relative to Ethics Education and Gender
Dec 01, 2008; ... A study was conducted to determine the influence of ethics education and gender on students' perceptions of scientific misconduct. Subjects were graduate students from five allied health professions programs at a single university, who were asked to complete an online survey consisting of 48 ...
Faculty Perceptions of Occupational Therapy Program Directors' Leadership Styles and Outcomes of Leadership
Dec 01, 2008; ... This research study investigated the relationship between faculty perceptions of occupational therapy program directors' leadership styles and outcomes of leadership and the effects of moderating demographic and institutional characteristics. Data for this study were collected utilizing the ...
Allied Health Disaster Volunteering
Dec 01, 2008; ... Allied health practitioners will play an important role in providing medical care following a disaster. The clinical and laboratory skills possessed by allied health practitioners will be of extreme importance in the processing of disaster victims. The degree that allied health practitioners can ...
Preventing Practice Errors and Improving Patient Safety: An Examination of Case Studies Reflecting Common Errors in Occupational Therapy Practice
Dec 01, 2008; ... Like other health care professionals, occupational therapists make errors in clinical practice. Only recently have we systematically studied errors in occupational therapy practice. In this report, key findings from two grant projects in occupational therapy practice errors are further examined ....
Thank You to the Departing Editor
Oct 01, 2008; ... This issue of the Journal of Allied Health marks a transition. With the Summer issue just past, the term of Kevin Lyons, Editor of the Journal for the last 10 years, has ended, and now a new Editor, Tom Elwood, looks to assume these responsibilities. The ASAHP applauds the distinguished service ...
Impact of an Interprofessional Rural Health Care Practice Education Experience on Students and Communities
Oct 01, 2008; ... The Interprofessional Rural Program of British Columbia (IRPBC) was established in 2003 as a pilot program aimed at supporting the recruitment of health and human service professionals to rural communities in British Columbia, Canada. The program was designed to expose students in the health and ...
Hospital Missions and the Education of our Future Health Care Workforce
Oct 01, 2008; ... Today's U.S. health care industry is facing unprecedented shortages of health personnel in a great variety of disciplines and locations. An adequate supply of well-educated and trained health professionals is imperative to ensure sufficient access to health care for our citizenry. Hospital ...
ERRATA
Oct 01, 2008; ... In the Spring 2008 issue of Journal of Allied Health, the following acknowledgment was inadvertently omitted from the Commentary "Coming Together, Moving Apart: A History of the Term Allied Health in Education, Accreditation, and Practice" by Fred G. Donini-Lenhoff ...
Preventive Health Patient Education and Counseling: A Role for Medical Assistants?
Oct 01, 2008; ... Collaborative office-based team approaches may provide a unique means to increase the low rates of preventive services delivery. This study aimed to assess what role medical assistants may have in the delivery of preventive services to patients. A 35-item questionnaire was mailed to 402 medical ...
Evaluation of Mental Health Emergency Preparedness Among Health Professionals
Oct 01, 2008; ... The purpose of this study was to identify if health professionals report an increase in mental health preparedness abilities with having only two mental health components as part of a 2-day preparedness training conference. At each of three conferences, identical pretraining and posttraining ...
Occupational Therapy Practitioners' Comfort Level and Preparedness in Working with Individuals Who Are Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual
Oct 01, 2008; ... Occupational therapists and other allied health professionals face diversity with their clients, including sexual orientation. The purpose of this study was to determine the preparedness and comfort level of occupational therapy practitioners in working with gay, lesbian, and bisexual clients. A ...
Survey of Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Alcohol and Other Drug Use in Allied Health and Physician Assistant Students
Oct 01, 2008; ... Attitudes and behaviors toward alcohol and other drug (AOD) use were assessed among a subgroup of allied health (AH) and physician assistant (PA) students within two university-based health professions educational institutions in a midwestern state in 1999. AH/PA student response was 423 ...
Use of Physical Therapy in Patients Hospitalized with a Diagnosis of Generalized Weakness: A Retrospective Study
Oct 01, 2008; ... In a retrospective analysis of data from a national database, we observed and compared the presence of complications, lengths of stay, inflation-adjusted charges, and discharge statuses of two groups of patients hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of generalized weakness who did or did not ...
Standardized Test Scores as Acceptance Criteria for Dental Hygiene Programs
Oct 01, 2008; ... The principal goal of acceptance criteria is to select candidates who will graduate and transition into professional practice. However, in an attempt to increase the diversity of their student populations, educators are anxious to make changes to the traditional acceptance criteria, such as ...
Toward Embedding Wellness Approaches to Health and Disability in the Policies and Practices of Allied Health Providers
Oct 01, 2008; ... Wellness approaches, based on the social model of disability, are increasingly preferred throughout the health and disability service sectors. Despite this preference, there is a clear misalignment between policy and practice, and many allied health services continue to operate according to ...