The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in perceptions held by the Board of Directors and the membership (Registered Record Administrators and Accredited Record Technicians) of the American Medical Record Association. / A stratified random sample of 373 medical record practitioners responded to a questionnaire designed by the researcher for this study. Two objectives guided the study. / Objective one was measured through the testing of hypotheses using the 2-tailed t-test of significance. Objective two was measured through the testing of one hypothesis using the one-way analysis of variance. Significance was set at the.05 level. / The findings indicated that: (1) RRAs and ARTs tend to have similar perceptions regarding the benefits gained from continuing education activities and the opportunities to participate in continuing education activities. However, their perceptions vary on the focus of continuing education activities and the allocation of resources for continuing education. (2) RRAs and the members of the Board of Directors hold similar perceptions regarding the focus of continuing education activities and the opportunities to participate in continuing education activities. However, their perceptions differ on the benefits gained from continuing education activities and the allocation of resources for continuing education. (3) ARTs and the members of the Board of Directors hold similar perceptions on the focus of continuing education activities and the opportunities to participate in continuing education activities, but their perceptions differ on benefits gained from continuing education activities and the allocation of resources for continuing education. (4) Rank and file membership and the members of the Board of Directors tend to have similar perceptions regarding the focus of continuing education activities and the opportunities to participate in continuing education activities, but have different perceptions regarding the benefits gained from continuing education activities and the allocation of resources for continuing education. / Generalized conclusions reached by this study are: (1) there is little difference in perceptions regarding the role of the professional association in the continuing education of its membership among the groups under study, however, some differences were found; and (2) membership characteristics are more influential in affecting perceptions than employment characteristics and educational background. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-12, Section: A, page: 3993. / Major Professor: Irwin Jahns. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1990.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78380 |
| Contributors | Mosley, Barbara Williams., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 173 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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