The educational adjunct to multiphasic health testing

This paper describes one adjunctive approach to a system of multiphasic health testing, namely, the educational aspect of services rendered. This educational need, integrated into the physical delivery of medical care, can be competently handled by well-trained, qualified paramedical personnel under physician supervision. The effectiveness of such a focus awaits evaluation. It is the contention of this paper that should evaluative findings be indicative of success, the educational endeavor described may well serve as a demonstration model to provide leadership in an important innovative approach to health care, wherein education of the patient becomes an essential adjunct to the management of his care as prescribed by the physician, and an imperative in the health maintenance of all people, both sick and well.