The Diet Therapy career ladder was surveyed to help identify training considerations due to the change from AFSC 622X1 to AFSC926XO, a biomedical specialty. Results are based on responses from 499 members (76 percent of all assigned 926XO personnel). The Medical Food Service Cluster contained 51 percent of the sample; much of their job involved preparing and serving food and cleaning and maintaining medical food service facilities. Other job groups were much smaller and more specialized, such as the Clinical Dietitians, who perform more direct application of diet therapy and clinical nutrition. The 3- and 5-skill level jobs consisted of the more technical duties of the career ladder, with little or no supervision or management. There was a clear shift in the responsibilities of 7-skill level personnel, who perform supervisory, administrative, and training functions. The career ladder does not seem to have changed substantially since becoming a biomedical career ladder. The low job satisfaction related to the routine nature of many jobs, however, may indicate the desire for a shift to greater involvement in application of diet therapy and clinical nutrition. Keywords: Dieticians; Medical Technicians; Skills; Job analysis; Careers; Air Force Personnel; Enlisted personnel; Jobs; Job Satisfaction; Surveys.

Current significant studies of hospital management and planning. Although journal articles and other published literature are included, unpublished studies, such as those with limited or regional distribution, are also described. Focuses on the hospital and its environment, with emphasis on information gathered through structured surveys and studies. Classified arrangement. Author, source, subject, and microfilm indexes.