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VOLUME 17, NUMBER 11
SEPTEMBER 25, 1970
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
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Med Freshmen Represent 26 States
Class totals 105
The School of Medicine at Duke
University opened its doors to 105
freshman students this month, the
largest entering class in its 40-year
history.
The class, 21 more than last
year's, includes 25 North
Carolinians and 17 others from
neighboring Virginia and South
Carolina.
The School's Admissions
Committee screened some 1804
applications from prospective
students to select the 105 admitted.
The 97 men and 8 women accepted
represent 26 states and the District
of Columbia.
Explaining the increase in size of
this year's freshman class. Dr.
Thomas D. Kinney, director of
medical education, said, "The
faculty of Duke University Medical
Center recognizes the great need for
additional physicians in this
country and it seeks to do its share
to respond to that need by
increasing the enrollment. At the
same time, the faculty is
determined to maintain the same
high-quality education for which
Duke Medical School is widely
noted."
The class is the fifth to begin
Duke's revised medical curriculum
where students receive an
integrated program of instruction in
the basic medical sciences along
with clinical education at Duke
Hospital and its affiliates. The
curriculum gives each student more
flexibility in selecting his own
course work and enables him to
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FUTURE PHYSICIANS—Laboratory experience is a big part of the
first year of medical school at Duke. Working on a physiology experiment
are from left to right Jim Denton, Barbara Kehne and Bill Foster, all
members of the Duke Medical School Class of 1974. (photo by Dave
Hooks)
Employe Health Office Expands
Facilities, Services, and Hours
Health is the keyword in a hos
pital, not just for patients but, for
employes, too.
Realizing the importance of
good health to its personnel, the
University, in cooperation with the
Employe's Council, has greatly ex
panded Employe Health Office
(EHO) services and hours.
A health office substation, open
from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mon
day through Friday and located in
the old EHO area on the ground
floor, will continue to receive
employes who become ill or are in
jured while working. A registered
nurse and a licensed practical nurse
will be on-duty there to.take care
of minor problems.
As in the past, any employe who
needs to go to the health office
must contact his supervisor and fill
out the proper Clinic Referral Form
for illness or the Accident-Injury
Form to give to the nurses at the
EHO substation.
If an employe needs to see a
physician, the nurses will refer him
to a new Employe Health Office at
the Pickens Rehabilitation Center
on Erwin Road, also open from
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