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Duke Hosphal, IntekCom PajJe 3 Sludciits lit work In };(‘iii'riil inu'])oso liilK)i-iit()i'.v of tlic Tniiuing I’rosfnini for (’liniciil liivestifiiitKi'^- From left to right: Dr. (). \V. .loiios, (icortfi' Ij.vou, Cyrus (iiiymi, and .liiiiifs lliirp. The Training Program for Clinical Inveslig ilors By James B. Wyiif^aardcMi, M.D. Director, Training Program ()a February 1, 1060, the IMedieal Center iiiaiijiurated a new 'rrainiiifj Program for Clinieal Investigators. This program was eoneeived sevei-a' years ago as a desirable feature in the eontinual nixlating of medical education. The modei'n medical school and medical center must not only offer the highest ((uality echica- tion to students and house staff in- tei'ested ])rimarily in the practice of ni(‘dicine but must also ])rovid(' for the (leveloi)ment of leaders in the fields of medical teaching and b isic and clinical I'esearcdi. The 'I'raining Program is a device wliereby the po tential clinical investigator may gain additioiud familiarity with current concepts of biology aiul with the ex- ])erimental methods and researcli tools with which advances in medical knowledge are achieved. The architects of this program con ceived a bold and novel experiment in medical education, in which the interested medical student could s])end one academic year leai-ning tlu‘ fundamentals of biological research, as an elective comi)ouent of the mtnli- cal curi'iciilum, and yet not delay his graduation. By using two snnnners for clinical studies and by applying two elective (piarters toward the re- seai'ch program the student is iibh' to com])lete the entire nunlical cur riculum in four years. A new wing of the Bell Medical Research Building houses the pro gram. On tlie first floor is a large, well-e(]uip])cd, general purjjose lab oratory, ami a study hall in which the student has his own desk and locker. This room doubles as a class room aiul reference library. The re- maiiuler of the wing contains the ofTtices and laboratories of the staff |)articipatiug in the ])rogram. Tlie program was j)lanned by mem bers of the Duke fac\dty to em])hasize fumlamental asi)ects of cell biology. New staff nu»mbers were recruited in certain of these fields to bring addi tional strength to the university. These members have academic ap pointments in various medical school (le[tarfments. During the past year Di’s. Jlontrose Moses, Kennc'th Mc Carty, Salih Wakil and Samson Cross have joined the l\Ie(lical Center facul ty, and now rei)rcsiMit the Dc'pai't- nuMifs of Anatomy, Biochemistry and Mi I'obiolopy in the iu‘w program. Additional staff members will soon be added in cellular physiology and bio physics. 'I’he present abbrcviatc'd pi'ogi’am w'll terminate at the end of the spring (juarter, and in the future the |)ro- gram will conunence in September and re(piii‘e nine months. Following an introductory period in intensive training in concepts and experimental methods in cell biology, the stiulent will undertake a I'csearch problem under tlu‘ diri'ction of a member of the faculty of the 'I’raining Program or, if he |)refers, luulei- aiu)ther mem ber of the university faculty. In addition s])ecial didactic courses in mathematics, biostatistics, eh'ctronics and instrunuMitation, genetics, em bryology and cellular differentiation, and logic will be offert'd, and taught by nu'inbers of the greater Duke Uni versity faculty. Visiting scientists will also be invited as s])ccial guest lecturers. An active stiulent-faculty sc'ininar series designed to cut across d'sciplinary lines also forms an im portant part of what is designed to be an introduction to r(>s(>arcli, at once providing both breadth and depth in s(‘lected areas currc'utly at the frontiers of modern biological science. 'I’lie |)rogram can acconunodate 15 to 20 students; in September, 1!)()0, niiu' .junior medical students and five poU-doctoral fellows will enter. Funds for the |)rogram conu' from the II. S. Public Health Service, the Commonwealth Fu,iul, the Markle l'\)undation. The American Cancer ST)ciety, and Duke University. Evolution >t‘a Mcilical (jflllCI* (Continued from page 2) The Mcdical Center has a quin tuple ()bli(j(ition: (1) the instruc tion of medical students, (2) the fniininij of the house staff, (3) the prorision of opportunities for the keen nounger members of the fiicidtji to progress to professor ships here and elsewhere, (4) the ndequate care of patients, and (5) j-escarch—though not neces- sarilij in that order of importance.
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