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A New Method of Selecting Health Officers-in-Training

A New Method of Selecting Health Officers-in-Training Method Selecting Health Officers-in-Training of AND MARGARET W. BARNARD, M.D., DR.P.H., F.A.P.H.A., WILLIAM BRODY Director of District Health Administration; and Director of Personnel; Department of Health, City of New York THE candidates seated themselves around a table and conducted their own examination. The examiners just watched and listened. This was the new method which the New York City Department of Health used in selecting its new Health officers-in-training. Proper selection of individuals for the Health officer-in-training group is a matter of concern both to the individual and to the department. The training course itself is of two years' duration, at a stipend level, and the individual pledges himself to remain two years in the field for which he is trained. A decision to enter this training course is a serious one, often involving considerable readjustment of personal and family plans. The trainee who is selected has the right to feel that those responsible for his selection believe he will make good in his new career venture. The department is concerned with training career men and women for positions in public health administration or as executives in specialized fields. Each candidate has given evidence of adequate basic training in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Public Health American Public Health Association

A New Method of Selecting Health Officers-in-Training

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American Public Health Association
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Copyright © by the American Public Health Association
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0090-0036
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1541-0048
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Abstract

Method Selecting Health Officers-in-Training of AND MARGARET W. BARNARD, M.D., DR.P.H., F.A.P.H.A., WILLIAM BRODY Director of District Health Administration; and Director of Personnel; Department of Health, City of New York THE candidates seated themselves around a table and conducted their own examination. The examiners just watched and listened. This was the new method which the New York City Department of Health used in selecting its new Health officers-in-training. Proper selection of individuals for the Health officer-in-training group is a matter of concern both to the individual and to the department. The training course itself is of two years' duration, at a stipend level, and the individual pledges himself to remain two years in the field for which he is trained. A decision to enter this training course is a serious one, often involving considerable readjustment of personal and family plans. The trainee who is selected has the right to feel that those responsible for his selection believe he will make good in his new career venture. The department is concerned with training career men and women for positions in public health administration or as executives in specialized fields. Each candidate has given evidence of adequate basic training in

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American Journal of Public HealthAmerican Public Health Association

Published: Jun 1, 1947

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