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Duke University Medical Center
VOLUME 24, NUMBER 34
AUGUST 26,1977
j DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
Dept/s New Name
Reflects Activities
The Department of Community
Health Sciences at the medical center
has changed its name to the
Departmeht of Community and
Family Mediqine.
Announcement of the change
came from Dr. William G. Anlyan,
vice president for health affairs.
Dr. E. Harvey Estes, chairman of
the department, said that the new
name was selected to reflect more
accurately the activities of the
department and to recognize the fact
that family medicine is rapidly
becoming one of the major medical
specialties.
"When the Duke School of
Medicine first opened in 1930, there
were many generalists in North
Carolina and few medical
specialists,” he said. "Our School of
Medicine turned out specialists
because that's where the need was.
"Since that time, we have seen the
wheel turn so that the opposite is
true," he explained. "We are now
training physicians who can go back
to the small communities and care
for the day by day needs of all
members of the family."
Estes said the Duke Family
Medicine Program, which is the
largest in the state, has become the
third largest residency here after
those offered in medicine and
surgery.
The new name will indicate to
other schools and to interested
students that Duke does offer an
educational program in this
important new discipline, he added.
BEATING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC—Parking in the new “H" lot at
the corner of Science Drive and Highway 751 allows drivers to
avoid the congestion on Erwin Road, shortening their driving
time home. The Medibus goes from the lot to the back of the
hospital every 10 minutes during the morning and afternoon
peak periods. There is still plenty of room in the 519-space lot.
(Photos by Ina Fried)
Extra Lot, Buses To Help Parking Dilemma
If you own one of the 5,000 cars
registered for parking in the medical
center, you've probably already
noticed some rchanges in' the
availability of parking spaces
Several changes will go into effec
officially next Thursday, Sept. 1.
A major change is that parking for
'Cars with "H" stickers wiU no longer
be available in the Graduate Center
Lot. The area will be converted
entirely to gafed lots and "HS
parking. But new "H" parking is
Nursing Director Appointed
For Duke Hospital North
A smooth transition when Duke
Hospital North opens in the spring
of 1979 is a major objective for Celia
D. Blanks, who has been appointed
director of nursing services for Duke
North.
Her appointment was announced
by Dr. R.R. Robinson, associate vice
president for health affairs and the
hospital's chief executive officer. She
will work closely with Wilma A.
Minniear, who has been promoted to
CELIA D. BLANKS
executive director of nursing services
for both Duke North and South
hospitals.
Blanks has been the director of
nursing service and nursing
education at the Williamsport (Pa.)
Hospital since 1971. She has served
on the Commission on Nursing
Practices, on the Council on
Continuing Education for the
Pennsylvania Nursing Association
and the Board of Directors of the
Visiting Nurses Association.
A native of Danville, Va., she
earned her R.N. after attending the
University of Virginia School of
Nursing. She received an associate
degree from Averette Jimior College,
Danville, Va., a B.S. from Florida
State University and an M.S. in
nursing education from Indiana
University.
She has served as director of
nursing at several hospitals and at
the Medical College of Virginia and
was formerly educational director for
the Virginia State Board of Nursing
examiners.
open now at the comer of Science
Ettve and Highway 751.
Two factors have contributed to
this conversion, explained Harry
Gentry, manager of medical center
traffic and parking. One is the
increasing patient load in the
hospital, with the accompanying
need for patient parking. The other is
the construction of Duke Hospital
North.
Moving From Deck
To accommodate more patient
cars, 75 monthly parkers are movitig
from the top deck of the parking
garage to a gated lot in the Graduate
Center area. These people have
already been notified and some have
already moved from the deck, Gentry
said. •
"We've really been pleased with
the response from employees," he
said. "We sent out a questionnaire
asking for volunteers to move and
were shocked with the large number
who agreed. Of the remainder that
we had to ask to move, 99 per cent
were very cooperative.
"It speaks highly of medical center
employees that they would help
solve this problem to help the
patients," he said. The change also
will help to relieve the congestion at
the garage at shift change, he said,
since female employees who work
the second shift may park in the deck
after 2:15 p.m.
Each person who is moving from
the deck received a personal thank
you note from Dr. Roscoe R.
Robinson, associate vice president
for health affairs and chief executive
officer of the hospital.
To ease the move for these people,
they will have first priority to go into
Parking Garage II, now upder
construction across Erwin Road from
Duke North. Their fee for parking is
also less now since it was $150 on the
deck and only $78 for the gated lot.
"HS" Lot Changes
The construction related to Duke
Hospital North has caused the
displacement of additional parking
spaces. A new entrance to the
construction site must be provided
in what is now the gravel "HS" lot
along the railroad track between the
Bell Building and the School of
Nursing. A new "HS"'lot will be
designated in the Graduate Center
area.
As the construction progresses,
more space is needed to stockpile
large pieces of equ^ment. Gentry
said. Also, in early spring of 1978
construction will begin on the tunnel
for the Personal Rapid Transit
system under Erwin Road to Parking
Garage II. This construction will
close what is now the main entrance
to the construction site.
Most of the people displaced from
the Graduate Center "H" lot will
now park in the Yearby Street lot.
Gentry said. He predicted that the
Yearby Street lot will be fuU by £ a.m.
on weekdays.
New "H" Lot
To accommodate those displaced
from the Ye£U"by Street lot, a lot at
Highway 751 and Science Drive has
been graveled and organized vnth
car stops for 519 cars. Lights hav6
been installed and bus service begun
to the back of the hospital.
Emergency phones with a dirert
line to the Public Safety Office have
been installed at the 751 lot and the
exit to the parking garage. They will
be installed at the Yearby Street,
Graduate Center and Sands lots (nd
at LaSalle Street within the'next two
months.
"Anyone who has car trouble or
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