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PROFESSIONAL NEWS (continued from page two) Convener Dr. Hilda Pope Willett, professor of microbiology, will serve as convener of a section on Mycobacteria tuberculosis at the meeting of the American Society of Microbiology May 4-9 in Miami Beach. Among those attending from Duke is Dr. Robert W. Wheat, associate pro fessor of microbiology. New Activities Miss Helen Kaiser, associate professor and former director of physical therapy at the medical center, has transferred her activities to the regional medical program. Presents Paper Dr. Erdman B. Palmore, associate professor of sociology and psychiatry, will present a paper on "Rising and Falling Professions” at the annual meet ings of the Southern Sociological So ciety in New Orleans April 10-12. Gives Paper Dr. George D. Wilbanks, Jr., assistant professor of obstetrics-gynecology, will present a paper on "in Vitro Observa tions of Normal Human Cervical Epithe lium Infected with Herpes Simplex Vi rus by Time Lapse Cinematography" at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists at Bal Harbour, Fla., April 28-May 1. One-iVlan Show Robert L. Blake, associate coordina tor of medical art, presented a one-man show of some 50 watercolors at the Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill >in March. The display included paintings of many North Carolina scenes. On Panel Miss Helen Kaiser, formerly director of physical therapy, served as moderator of a panel discussion on medical-legal aspects in the use of supportive person nel at a workshop sponsored by the North Carolina Physical Therapy Asso ciation in Greensboro March 15-16. C. Edward McCauley, associate direc tor of Duke Hospital, was a member of the panel. Visitor Professor Robert Williams, vice-chan cellor of the University of Otago in New Zealand, will visit the medical center April 31. His visit is sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation. At Meeting Janet Askew, R. N., attended an institute on Inservice Education in Chi cago March 31-April 3. The program Orthopaedics A group of medical center doctors presented a two-day seminar for engineers last month. The meeting, chaired by Dr. Frank Clippinger of the division of orthopae dics, was an experimental educational effort aimed at presenting information of physiology and diseases to people in volved in research, development and eval uation of braces and artificial limbs. Representatives from eight states, the District of Columbia and three Canadian provinces participated in the conference, sponsored by the committee on prosthet ics research and development of the Nat ional Academy of Sciences. Eighteen licensed practical nurses late last month began Duke's 24-week ad vanced L. P. N. training program. The course, which is divided into medical-surgical nursing and operating room nursing, will enable the L. P. N.'s to assume more responsibility for total patient care. Fourteen students are from within the hospital. The remainder are from three states. Duke ll. P. N.'s taking the training program include Dorothy Manley, How land; Dorothy Lockhart, CCU; Mildred Hedgepeth, Hanes; Eloise Gerald, Holmes; Nancy Chappelle, Nott; Catherine Scott, Sims; Allen Wright, Nott; Cremolia Tate, Holmes; Elsie Trollinger, Carter; Sadie Evans, Halstead; Doris Crudup, Reed; was sponsored by the American Hospital Association. Correction Reference to research on algae by Dr. G. R. Klintworth in the March "Professional News" column should have been credited also to Dr. B. F. Fetter, professor of pathology, and Dr. Harry Nielsen, Jr., assistant professor of microbiology. The research was a joint effort of pathology and microbiology. Urology An "invitational Assembly for Ad vanced Urology" was sponsored by the Duke division of urology March 6-7 at the medical center Faculty for the postgraduate educa tional sessions included chief of urology from six U. S. schools of medicine. Host for the meeting was Dr. James F. Glenn, Duke chief of urology. Other Duke faculty presenting talks at the ses sions included Dr. Edwin P. Alyea, chief emeritus of the division; Dr. E. Everett Anderson, assistant professor and director of the assembly; Dr. Saul Boyarsky, pro fessor and director of urological research; Dr. John Dees, professor, and Dr. Joseph M. Malin, assistant professor. Lillie McCrea, psychiatry; Nannie James, Sims, and Eleanor Vanhooke, Howland. Students from out of town include Carolyn Snelson from Haywood County Hospital in Waynesville; Bette Louden, Harrisburg Polyclinic in Harrisburg, Pa.; Brenda Summers, Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, and Toni Nossaman, Good Samaritan Hospital in Sandusky, Ohio. LP.N.'s Given Party A party was held for the graduating class of practical nurses Feb. 21 at 10 p.m. in room 3031. The 19 graduates heard several mem bers of the North Carolina L. P. N. Association discuss the merits of mem bership in a professional organization. Doctors Present Seminars 18 LP.N.’s Begin Course
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