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Page 2 Duke Hospital, InterCom Supt^A Coxnet By Charles Frenzel The rapid progress of medical science in the past two decades has created an extremely complex or ganization, the modern hospital. From the low-cost domiciliary institutions of the early thirties, hospitals have be come the costly multi-disciplined or ganizations of today. These organizations developed a de mand for a new type of management, a management sound in basic business concepts but specialized in the peculi arities of hospital operation. Thus a new profession was born, Hospital Administration. To train men in this new specialty, post graduate programs were begun in all parts of the United States and Canada. There are now 18 nationally recognized graduate programs in Hos pital Administration; 17 of these con fer a Master’s degree upon their graduates. Duke University, one of the earliest programs, still awards a certificate upon completion of the two year program. A description of the Duke Program is featured in this is sue of InterCom. There is still a con siderable amount of experimentation going on in the programs to determine the most effective method of selecting and training men for entrance into the field. The demand for graduates of the programs far exceeds the supply. It has been estimated by the (k)mmission on University Education in Hospital Administration that there is an an nual average of 602 opportunities for administrative positions. The pro grams graduate less than half this number each year. In the southern states the difference between positions and graduates is even more alarming. Two thousand three hundred hospitals in the south provide some 200 annual employment opportunities for profes sionally qualified administrators. The three programs in this area will grad uate only 25 men next year. The Duke Program in Hospital Ad ministration todaj" is facing a tremen dous challenge: to provide adequately trained men in sufficient numbers. Although we have produced graduates whose achievements have contributed significantly to the hospital adminis tration field, we face the fact that the demand for well-trained graduates is greater than we are able to meet. How the Duke program will meet this clial- lenge is one of the major problems in the immediate future. What People Are Saying From New Bern, North Carolina : The friendly co-operative attitude of the doctors was such that I felt as if I was the only patient that was in the hospital. This is very conducive to a ])atient’s well being and care. I had on the ward while there, seven student nurses who were from homes reaching from Florida to ^Maryland and Ohio. 1 feel that the hospital should be very pleased with students of their caliber, for they are doing a great job of helping the patients both mentally and physically. From a Duke faculty member: Having recently spent more than six weeks in Hanes and Drake wards —a not inconsiderable period, 1 am ha[>py to be able to compliment Duke Hospital on the nurses and staff's of those wards, as well as several dieti tians with whom I had dealings. The attitude of everyone was extremely pleasant and cheerful, and they were uniformly kind to me, although 1 was not siek enough to be a particularly docile patient. I would beg to make only one ad verse comment, and that is that there is far too much noise in the corridors. No one seems to make any effort to keep it down—loud talking, hand- trucks rolling, and the abominable call-boxes, such as that midway down the corridor on Hanes squawking in cessantly far into the evening. From Durham: I wish to thank you and your staff' on behalf of my family and myself for the courtesy shown us on our re cent visit. This visit changed our out look on the effieieiu-y of Duke in han dling patients. Even though there was nothing that co>ild be done to relieve the pain of my mother, we are satis fied that we did the right thing in letting your doctors examine her. We were very impressed with how cour teous and thorough your jihysicians are. Duke Hospital should be proud to have such capable and understanding ])eople working for them as we nu't on our visit to the Surgical Private I^iag- nostic Clinic. My family and I are most grateful. Mrs. Marva Terrv Outstanding Employee Mrs. Jlarva Terry, secretary to i\Iiss Lelia (Uark, Director of Nursing Serv ice, has been selected this issue’s Out standing Employee of the Mouth. (Continued on page (i) Mrs. I\larva Terry
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