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Dr. Syd Osterhout receives second annual Kinney Award Members of this year's medical school graduating class have selected Dr. Suydam Osterhout, professor of microbiology, as the recipient of the second annual Thomas D. Kinney Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award was presented during the school's traditional Hippocratic Oath Ceremony Saturday morning in Duke Chapel. Osterhout, who also is associate dean for admis sions, is a 1945 graduate of Prince ton University and received his M.D. degree from Duke in 1949. He was a resi dent in medicine and an instructor DR. OSTERHOUT in bacteriology here, 1953-56, and re turned as an associate in medicine after earning a Ph.D. from the Rockefeller Institute in 1959. Osterhout was appointed to the Duke faculty as an assistant professor of microbiology in 1962 and was promoted in that department to associate professor in 1965 and full professor in 1972. He was appointed assistant professor Appropriate food for appropriate ages (Continued from page ll education," Thurlow explained. "But it needs to be fun, because the hospitalized child is bombarded with information." A recent tray favor was a stand-up card with brief information about dental health. Inside was a stick of sugar-free bubble gum. Quiet emphasis on nutrition As a final highlight to mealtime, a food truck is being decorated with brightly colored pictures, "again with a quiet emphasis on nutrition," Thurlow said. Nor is the nutrition theme neglected on Wednesday nights when youngsters get a chance to participate in food fixing and eating parties in the Pediatric Playroom. Not all the nutrition education is provided directly to the patients. Thurlow, who came to Duke in September from Children's Hospital in Boston, has conducted a number of nutrition conferences with pediatric nurses. And not all the innovations have been designed to make things more pleasant just for the kids. Now when the patients' breakfast trays are brought in, parents who have stayed Jvernight are served fresh, hot coffee. of medicine in 1965 and promoted to associate professor in 1969. The Kinney Award was established in the spring of 1977 by the Davison Society, Duke's medical student government organization. It honors the late Dr. Kinney, former chairman of the Department of Pathology and past director of medical and allied health education. Kinney died in June 1977. The award includes a check for $500 made possible through the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) by a contribution of matching funds from Paul Di Santis and Associates, the local general agent for Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance, underwriters of the AMSA Life and Health Programs. Songwriters perform tonight "I'll Dance at Your Wedding," Ben Oakland promised in one of the many songs he has written. Tonight, he's not dancing at anyone's wedding, but the three-time Oscar nominee and eight fellow members of the Songwriter's Hall of Fame are putting on a show that should be just as entertaining. With America's toastmaster general George Jessel acting as master of ceremonies, the Songwriter's Festival gets underway at 8 p.m. in Page Auditorium. Tickets cost $10 for general admission, $40 for special reserved seating, and $5 for students and house staff. They may be purchased today in Room 1518, Gerontology Building, or at the door this evening. tickets The cost deductible. Proceeds will benefit Department of Psychiatry. the Specialized care workshops offered nurses The Office of Nursing Inservice Education will hold workshops on "Neurosurgical Nursing" and "Care of the Hospitalized Burn Patient," The workshops will take place May 23- 24 and June 6-7, respectively, at the Ramada Inn on Interstate 85. The neurosurgical nursing workshop is co-sponsored by the Piedmont Regional Chapter of the American Association of Neurosurgical Nurses. Topics covered will include neuro assessment, neurosurgical operating room techniques, head trauma and pain management. Workshop faculty representing Duke's Division of Neurosurgery will include Dr. Robert H. Wilkins, professor and division chief; Maureen Callahan, nurse clinician; Myra Clark, head nurse. Neurosurgical Operating Room; Patricia Fenlon, head nurse. Neurosurgical Unit (NSU); Gaii O'Connor and Margaret Palmer, NSU assistant head nurses; Dr. Richard S. Kramer, assistant professor; Dr. John B. Mullen, house staff; and NSU staff nurses Barbara Geist, Rosemary Hargrove, Janet Smith and Susan Sutcliffe. The workshop on care of the burn patient has been designed to enable participants to meet the psychosocial, medical and surgical needs of these patients more effectively. Workshop faculty members from Duke will be Linda K. Bolle, head nurse, Nott Ward; Ann K. Cresswell, pediatric social worker; Patricia C. Crispell, nurse clinician. Trauma Unit; Kevin T. Fitzpatrick, assistant head nurse, Nott Ward; Kimberly S. Gibson, senior physical therapist, plastic surgery; Dr. Joseph A. Moylan Jr., associate professor of surgery and chief of trauma service; Dr. Calvin R. Peters, assistant professor of surgery; Marilyn R. Plaster, instructor. Inservice Education; and Dr. William G. Schenk, research associate in surgery. More information about either workshop may be obtained by writing Inservice Education, Box 3883, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. 27710, or by calling 684-4293. HOT DOG!—Mealtimes are special times on the hospital's pediatnck wards, as seven-year-old Lee Cole of Elizabethtown can attest. Most youngsters can select their meals from menus prepared especially for young appetites and nutritional needs. At right, Lee places his order for tomorrow's meals with diet writer Nevelyn Pierce. (Photos by jim Wallace! Professional news "Excellence in Nursing Practice" was the title of a presentation given by Norma Harris, RN, to the University of North Carolina- Greensboro School of Nursing's chapter of Sigma Theta Tau on April 27. Harris is nurse clinician on the Renal Transplant Team. Connie R. Dunlap, university librarian, is the new president of the Duke Management Club, succeeding James L. (Pete) Bennett, executive assistant to the vice president for health affairs. Other new officers for the 1978- 79 year are: Dr. Dorothy I. Naumann, director of Student Health Services, vice president, succeeding Dunlap; Sandra Rainwater, assistant manager of the East Campus Dining Halls, secretary, succeeding Joy R. Robertson, materials control supervisor in the hospital pharmacy; and William B. (Chip) Wright, director of the internal audit office, treasurer, succeeding William O. Oohn) Robinette, assistant administrative director of Duke Hospital. Wallace E. Jarboe, director of the Office of Logistics and Management for Duke Hospital North, spoke at the annual meeting of the N. C. Association of Hospital Purchasing Agents last week at Wrightsville Beach. The topic was "New Duke Hospital North—Programs and Systems." "Radiology in the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer" was the title of an exhibit presented by Dr. Robert McLeiland, associate professor of radiology, to the N. C. Medical S^iety which met May 4-7 in Pinehurst. McLeiland was a guest faculty member at the Eastern Radiological Society meeting, April 16-22, in Hilton Head, S.C., and served on the American College of Radiology committee on recertification, April 13-15, in San Diego. Joe Sigler, director of medical center public relations, was guest speaker on publications at two sessions of a North Carolina School Public Relations Association meeting at Nags Head April 28. Milton W. Skolaul, director of pharmacy services, received the Don Blanton Memorial Award at the 89th annual convention of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association held in Asheville last month. Geri McAllister, head nurse for the Duke- Watts Family Medicine Program, Sally Rankin, graduate student in nursing, and Dr. James Bobula, assistant professor of community and family medicine, conducted a workshop for nurses from the family medicine program on April 22. The workshop was on "Patient Education in the Out-Patient Setting." The participants received continuing education credits.
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