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Duke Hospital, InterGom
signmeiit to the Storeroom provides
experience both in the details of store
room operation and in the broader as
pects of the purchasing function. A
three-months period allocated for ro
tation through hosi)ital departments
is flexible within limits. Under guid
ance of the Program Director the stu
dent may divide this time according
to his particular interests. Areas
covered are the Private Diagnostic
Clinic, Nursing Office, Maintenance,
Housekeeping, Social Service, Hospi
tal Laundry, Pharmacy, Record Li
brary, X-ray, Occupational Therapy,
Physical Theraj)y, Dietetics.
Three months are assigned to the
Duke Endowment Field Trip. The
Duke Eiulowment sets up the stu
dent ’s tour according to recjuests
they have received for lielp and ac
cording to their knowledge of which
institutions offer the best opportunity
for learning. A part of this time the
student travels with the Duke En
dowment field I'epresentative on his
regular route to visit community hos
pitals in North and South Carolina.
Occasionally hospitals in Virginia and
Tennessee are included. For another
part of the time he may be assigned
to solve a particular problem in a par
ticular hospital. He may fill in dur
ing an administrator’s vacation or
pinch-hit during an emergency. The
length of his stay in a given hospital
may vary from half a day to several
weeks. Altogether during this period
he will probably see twenty or more
hospitals. This experience in com
munity hospitals is invaluable because
Duke University Medical (’enter,
where the rest of his training is ac
complished, is not typical of the aver
age hospital. Moreover the stiulent
often experiences real personal satis
faction in accomplishing constructive
work while on duty in one of these
hospitals. It is during this three-
months period, also, that the student
attends various professional meetings
such as the annual meeting of the
American Hospital Association.
Of the nationally recognized pro
grams in hospital administration now
offered in this country only the Duke
program does not confer a Master’s
degree. Up to the present time this
has seemed desirable because it has
allowed an unusual degree of integra
tion of the academic and practical
work. However, Mr. Frenzel states,
“Should it become clearly advanta
geous to have a master’s degree pro
gram rather than the current arrange
ment, such a program will doubtless
be established.”
The eventual aim of a large percent
age of graduates of the Duke program
is an administrative post in a com
munity hospital. Immediately after
graduation, however, some seek fur
ther experience in a larger liospital—
200 beds or more. To some extent
their choice at this time is determined,
of course, by job availability.
Over the years the Duke program
has graduated 66 persons. Of these
only three are not now in hospital or
related medical administration. Of
these three, two are in the insurance
business and one has retired. Some
idea of the breadth of interest and
si>read of location of the Duke gradu
ates is indicated by a spot check of
present posts: W. P. Earngey, Direc
tor, Harris Hospital, Fort Worth,
Texas, and President of the Texas
Hospital Association; Reid Holmes,
Director of North (’arolina Baptist
Hospital at Bowman Gray Medical
School, Winston-Salem, Noi'th C'aro-
lina; Hubert Johnson, Purchasing
Agent, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Balti
more ; John Rankin, Director of JMil-
waukee County Institutions, ^lilwau-
kee, Wisconsin; Richard Stull, Vice
President in charge of Medical anti
Health Sciences, University of Cali
fornia.
Duke Hospital
Durham, N. C.