THE IMMINENT EXPIRATION of the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976 (Public Law 94484) has refocused discussion among Federal officials upon the direction that health manpower policy should now take. As affected parties, State Governments and health professions schools are assessing their priorities and formulating positions on the issues that will be debated. Although items fo...

substitution management planning, as one of the important issues in manpower planning, is referred to as a process of filling the gaps and fulfilling the needs of very crutial and key elements of organization in managerial levels. meeting the needs by means of using external and internal manpower of the organization seems to be rational. however, it has some advantages and disadvantages. this p...

BACKGROUND Health manpower is one of the critical factors in the development of a region. This is because health is an index of development. Bayelsa State has a low level of health manpower. Thus, in this study, we sought to identify factors necessary for effective development of health manpower. METHODS Three methods were used to gather information, ie, face-to-face interviews, postal survey...

The choice of a specialty by medical students is a complex one that has significant implications for the future supply of physician manpower. The study by Weissman et al. portrays this choice as reflecting the degree of congruence between a student's needs and values and his or her perception of the characteristics of the various specialties. The existing shortages in the supply of various spec...

the effect of cortisone on the experimental gastric ulceration produced by intraperitoneal injection of aspirin in the rat is studied. cortisone has significantly prevented the appearance of aspirin_ induced gastric ulceration. the possible mechanism of this effect of cortisone is discussed.

I appreciate the letter of Drs. Arnett and Orient regarding the COMPACCS, Committee on Manpower of Pulmonary and Critical Care Societies.1 I enthusiastically agree that it would be a mistake, indeed it would be impossible, to “force residents into different subspeciality training programs. . . .” That was never the intent or goal of manpower planning nor the point of my editorial. It is absolut...