The health care industry is one of the largest employers in Alaska. Health care workers, ranging from physicians and administrators to public health workers and allied health professionals, are distributed across the state. For this project, allied health workers are defined as those professions and occupations that provide physical and behavioral health support in the health care field. The purpose of the Allied Health Workforce Assessment is to determine the current and projected training needs of the Alaskan allied health workforce. This information will enable the University of Alaska to plan future training programs in the health care field. This assessment took a "snapshot view" of the Alaskan allied health workforce in terms of number of employees, vacancies, annual turnover, projected future needs and recruitment difficulties ? to determine the areas of greatest need. It also collected qualitative information regarding training needs, cross training, general trends and suggestions to the University of Alaska for planning health related coursework and programs. Working in collaboration with staff and representatives of health care industry organizations, Project Team members developed a data collection instrument and generated a list of 74 occupations in October 2000. Pilot surveys were conducted in four sites across the state during November 2000. Based on feedback from these pilots, the survey instrument was revised and finalized.