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John T. Boberg, PhD

JAMA. 1985;254(12):1605-1609.

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COOPERATION AMONG THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS

The term allied health describes a large cluster of health care personnel who fulfill necessary functions in the health provision system, including assisting, facilitating, and complementing the work of physicians and other medical specialists. For more than 50 years the American Medical Association (AMA) has participated extensively in activities to promote quality in the education of allied health personnel and in the accreditation review processes of allied health educational programs. In collaboration with the AMA, more than 48 allied health organizations and related medical specialty societies have developed educational standards for allied health professions that presently number 25 (Appendix IV, Table 1). Using these standards, the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA) accredits more than 3,000 allied health educational programs, with more than 86,000 students and 39,000 graduates in 1983-1984 (Table), at nearly 1,800 institutions, including hospitals and clinics, junior and community colleges, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Dr Boberg is from the American Medical Association Department of Allied Health Education and Accreditation.

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