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The Daily Tar Heel Monday, December 5, 19883
nxsakeir cal D for cut in medical interns' workip
By JAMES BURROUGHS
Staff Writer
The long working hours of medical
interns and residents should be
constantly monitored and evaluated
to protect the well-being of the
students and their patients, said Dr.
Stuart Bondurant, dean of the UNC
School of Medicine.
"I do see a need to assure that
interns and residents working hours
are appropriate for their health needs
and the effectiveness of their learning
experience," he said.
Dr. Janet Friedman, former pres
ident of the New York-based Com
mittee of Interns and Residents,
spoke at UNC on Dec. 1 about the
need to limit interns and residents
working hours. The Committee of
Interns and Residents is a nationwide
labor union for medical house staff.
In most hospital programs, the
residents may be on call throughout
the night, but there are opportunities
to '.obtain much-needed sleep during
The DTH may expand
to Durham, Carrboro
By SARAH CAGLE
Staff Writer
The Daily Tar Heel will place drop
boxes in new locations on South
Campus and is considering expand
ing circulation to Carrboro and
Durham next semester, according to
DTH general manager Kevin
Schwartz.
The DTH purchased 10 new drop
boxes at $152 each, Schwartz said.
Six of those will go to new locations
on South Campus, particularly
around North Carolina Memorial
Hospital, he said; The rest will either
replace old or stolen drop boxes, he
said.
"We decided we needed to better
distribute the papers," Schwartz said.
"We never kept up with the growth
of South Campus."
The DTH has also received phone
calls from Carrboro and Durham
residents who want access to the
naper, he said. There is now only one
Center
the CAA does plan to confer with
officials. "I think it could only help,"
she said. "I think a lot of students
use Student Mental Health. We're
only trying to pick up the students
that don't."
Judith Cowan, director of SHS,
said she was not aware of the CAA's
plans to have a psychologist on duty
at the proposed center .. .
"I think we would be extremely
interested in understanding the pro
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that time, Bondurant said. Although
fatigue slows the learning process, he
said he has never seen inappropriate
medical practices result from long
working hours.
A recent study released by another
university indicated that on-the-job
performance did not decrease as long
as the intern or resident had four
hours of uninterrupted sleep every 24
hours, Bondurant said.
If a proper working period cannot
be set by the residents and the
individual hospital program, then an
outside agency might be needed to
set working limits as a last resort, he
said.
Dr. Robert Cefalo, assistant dean
of graduate medical education, said
an evaluation of the stresses asso
ciated with interns and residents is
needed. Each hospital program
should allow for "night-float resid
ency," in which the residents could
work during the night , after resting
all day, he said.
drop box in Carrboro at Carr-Mill
Mall.
"In the past, we assumed that
people in Carrboro would probably
come to campus," Schwartz said.
Businesses that advertise in the
paper are particularly interested in
having drop boxes located in the
community, he said.
By placing the drop boxes in
Durham and Carrboro, the DTH
would increase circulation by 2,000
at first. Drop boxes would be placed
around South Square Mall and in
downtown Durham. This would
place copies of the paper near
Durham advertisers, Schwartz said.
Jean Lutes, DTH editor, said she
supports the expansion. "Having
more drop boxes and possibly
increasing circulation will make us
more accessible to more students and
members of the community," she
said.
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But any limit on working hours
should come from within the hospital
and the specific program, not from
an outside agency, because there is
great diversity between resident
programs at different hospitals, he
said. -
John Stokes, director of institu
tional relations at North Carolina
Memorial Hospital, said the hospital
conforms with all governing regula
tions and a respectful relationship
Ceremony
By BRENDA CAMPBELL
Staff Writer
UNC students graduating in
December will be honored during
an informal ceremony in Memorial
Hall on Dec. 18, according to
organizers.
The ceremony is being organized
by Kathleen Benzaquin, associate
dean of student affairs; LuAnn
Hyatt, a senior class marshal; and
Marilyn Metcalf-Whittaker, a
Graduate and Professional Student
Federation representative. Repre
sentatives from the senior class have
also helped decide who will speak
and address envelopes, Whittaker
said.
All students who filed to graduate
in December will receive invitations
Economic growth to slow in state,
By JOHN BAKHT
Staff Writer
North Carolinians can expect a
seventh consecutive year of economic
expansion in 1989, but the growth
ratej may be slower, economists said
Friday.
The performance of the state's
economy measured in gross state
product (GSP), the total retail value
of all goods and services produced
in the state will be only 2.4 percent
higher in 1989 than in 1988, according
to a projection released by the UNC-Charlotte-First
Union North Carol
ina Economic Forecast.
The average growth rate for the last
six years has been 5.8 percent.
"We never did say the 'R' (reces
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exists with all employees. Each
department sets Its residents' hours
individually, he said.
The problems involving long work
ing hours are more common in the
Northeast, where unions exist for the
protection of residents and interns,
Stokes said. NCMH is not unionized,
he added.
On the averge, medical residents in
New York state work more than 80
hours each week, but no evidence
to hooor December
to the ceremony.
"For a number of years, a recep
tion has been held for students who
file for graduation in December,"
Benzaquin said. "All the students
who do file receive invitations to the
ceremony. They can also bring
family and friends."
The ceremony is not a formal
commencement ceremony with caps
and gowns, Benzaquin said.
"It is hard to do a formal com
mencement ceremony because peo
ple are leaving for the holidays and
the records have not been finalized,"
she said. "In the invitations, the
graduates are encouraged to attend
the formal graduation ceremony on
May 14."
But many students are not able
expansion rate's decline will mean
more plant closings, he said.
Connaughton predicted a decline
because the state has already reached
full employment unemployment is
only 3.6 percent. The Federal Reserve
Board has also tightened the money
supply by raising interest rates to
avoid inflation. That causes busi
nesses to think twice about expand
ing, he said.
But UNC finance Professor James
Smith said a much slower rate was
highly unlikely, predicting 5 percent
growth and the best job market in
17 years for 1989.
"We're still getting tremendous
benefits from the decline of the dollar
in 6 and '87," he said. The coming
year should at least equal 1988's
growth because the summer drought
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shows that patient care is suffering,
said Barbara Green, vice president for
education and research of the Greater
New York Hospital Association.
Although interns and residents'
working hours are set by the specific
staff program, New York state
recently adopted new regulations to
prevent the exploitation of
employees, she said.
The regulations, to take effect in
July, limit residents and interns to 80
to come to the ceremony in May,
so the December ceremony attempts
to recognize those students.
"This is an intimate ceremony not
to take place of the formal cerem
ony, but to recognize people's
accomplishments," Benzaquin said.
"Many students appreciate this type
of ceremony because they will not
be able to come back in May."
In th&past, the ceremony has only
been for undergraduate students,
Metcalf-Whittaker said.
"This is the first year that the
graduate and undergraduate stu
dents have been involved in the
planning," she said.
The ceremony will include brief
speeches by Chancellor Paul Har
din; Steve Tepper, president of the
hurt expansion, he said.
Manufacturing and high-tech
industries will prosper in 1989, Smith
said. "The bad news is IVe got a
recession coming in 90."
Despite conflicting opinions about
the degree of economic change the
state will undergo, economists agreed
1989 shouldn't be a dramatic depar
ture from 1988.
"The average person on the street
probably won't notice it," said David
Orr, vice president for economic
research at First Union Corp. in
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