Those who constructed this particular panel are to be congratulated because its composition of three men holding respectively an EdD, PhD, and MD degree very directly corroborates the need for more cooperative working relationships among medical leaders and professional educators, to an order and magnitude far beyond that which exists today, if we wish more orderly and coordinated growth in the allied health occupations.
I interpret the term "fields" liberally as referring to specialized fields of work recently created and in the process of becoming institutionalized, and to the current development of additional competency levels within well-established health occupations as well.
The facts of critical manpower conditions in the health sector of our economy are well known. Therefore, rather than engage in the numbers game or prognosticate the nature and extent of health manpower 20 or 30 years hence, I wish to bring to your attention briefly some of the