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ORGANIZERS OF EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE GIVE SCHOOL'S STATUS (Editor's nolo: Much Km boon 'written in recent months about "the establishing of a two year medical school at East Caro lina University. Many questions have been raised and in some , *****' confusion has occurred. Hem# in an objective article, the two man responsible for re cruiting faculty and developing curriculum for the two year nM leal school, outline in dotail the currant Status of the program. They are Dr. Edwin W. Monroe, director of the School of Allied Health and Dr. Wallace R. Wool «*# Dean of the School ef Med icine, East Carolina University.) by Dr. Edwin W. Monroe & Dr. Wallace R.Wooles In 1969 the General Assembly of North Carolina authorized East Carolina University to plan and develop a two-year school of medicine. Since that time the University has made great pro gress in developing the medical school. In the past few months we have received numerous re quests from many people for in formation about our progress, accomplishments, plans, and what remains to be done to be gin the school. The following is an attempt to provide this information. ejBSI varonna has recruited the core faculty to plan and de velop the medical program. Dr. Wallace R. Wooles. from the Medical College of Virginia, has heen appointed Dean and a total of eight full-time faculty repre senting the disciplines of ana tomy. physiology, biochemistry, microbiology, and pharmacology have been added. These people have received their training from such outstanding institu tions as the University of Tenn essee, Minnesota, Kansas, Iowa. Brown, and the University of "North Carolina at Chapel Hill and all are eminently well qual ified. Included in this core group are chairmen of the de partments of anatomy, physio logy and pharmacology; chair men of the departments of bio chemistry, microbiology and pathology will soon join the staff. To supplement the ef forts of the core of full-time fac ulty, 28 physicians in the Green ville area have accepted posi tions as part-time clinical facul ty. More faculty in both areas will be added as the program continues to develop. These physicians are graduat es of the finest medical schools in the country. They represent all of the major specialties in medicine: surgery, pediatrics, medicine, obstetrics and gyne cology, psychiatry and the new ly created specialty of family practice. Over 90 per cent of these physicians have received the highest certification possi ble in their respective medical specialties. Some are even cert ified in two areas of medical specialty. This group of outstanding clin ical and pre-clinkal scientists have been developing the aca demic and clinical curriculum pertinent to a two-year school of medicine. These medical ed ucators have developed a pro gram which will reflect credit oh the students who will study in such a program. Further re cruiting of highly qualified clin ical faculty now practicing in the regiop is continuing and Jt is anticipated that many other outstanding physicians in the east as well as across the state wiU join our adjunct faculty. The planned curriculum has been submitted to the Board of Higher Education tor their eval nation of the academic merits of the program. It is anticipated that the Board 'will act on this program in the next few weeks. The curriculum design is of such a nature that our students will be able to transfer to any four-year school of medicine. Certainty, there are no serious differences between our curri culum and those presently in op eration at our aster institutions: Chapel Hill, Bowman-Gray, and Duke Schools of Medicine. We would like our students to transfer to one of our sister in stitutions for their advanced clinical training. In this regard we have met with the Deans of the Schools of Medicine at Chap el Hill, Duke, and Bowman-Gray concerning the possibility of our students to transfer into the clinical program at these schools. These schools have expressed a desire to cooperate and a will ingness to accept, collectively, up to 16-20 students per year from East Carolina. It is most important to understand this as sumes that these schools, col lectively, will have sufficient space in their clinical facilites and that our students are egili gible for admission according to existing admissions policies of each of the institutions. We are presently pursuing ar rangements with each school in the Southeastern region to have our students complete their med ical education in four-year schools of medicine in our geo-' graphic region. Recent figures published by the Association of American Medical Colleges re veal that these schools have, this year, up to 95 vacamaes in their third year — the year clin ical training begins. rue School of Medicine is presently housed with the De partment of Biology in a new Science Complex which com prises approximately 90,000 square feet There are suffic ient facilities to handle a begin ning class of 16-24 students and house up to 24 full-time facul ty. Facilities include classroom and teaching laboratory space and is now being used to teach laboratory courses in human gross anatomy and in mamal ian physiology. These courses are taught by the faculty of the medical school to Allied Health students. There are also sufficient clin ical facilities on the campus and in the city of Greenville which are more than adequate for the clinical teaching necessary for a two-year medical school. A twelve week period at the end of the second academic year, has been set aside to provide our students an opportunity to observe and participate in the family practice of medicine as practiced in faculty approved of fice practice and community hos pitals. There is a forty bed in firmary on campus in the Divis ion of Health Affairs which can be used for the teaching of nor mal physical examinations. The facilities of the Pitt County Me morial Hospital have also been made available for teaching pur poses. This hospital with its attendant patient population and associated clinical facilities is more than adequate for the teaching of physical diagnosis and other clinical courses. A1 new 350 bed geheral hospital is due to be completed in 1973 to replace the. existing hospital. This new facility will also be facihated with the medical school and will provide the most com plete, modern facilities for pa tient care and teaching. ~ It is because of the availability of adequate space for the aca demic and clinical programs that East Carolina can toe ready to begin a class no later than 1972, and, in fact, with adequate legis lative support, can begin in 1971. It will be a surprise to many that education of medical students pan begin without first construct ing facilities that will cost many millions of dollars. The exist ing facilities are adequate for a beginning class of 16-24 stu dents and would even allow for limited expansion. Further ex pansion would be dependent upon, construction of a separate medical science building. A survey team representing the American Medical Associa tion and the Association of Am erican Medical Colleges has re cently visited East Carolina prior to consideration of the School of Medicine for provisional accredi tation status. This team, com posed of outstanding medical ed ucators from leading medical centers, evaluated our program, inspected our facilities, and re viewed our plans. It is expect ed that their report will be made available to East Carolina Uni versity and the public in early 1971. We fully expect the re port of this site-visit to be posi tive and supportive of the ef forts and progress of East Caro lina University. We also expect the report to call attention to a few areas in curriculum and staffing that need filling in. These areas are also known to us and these deficiencies can only be corrected by the appro priation of an adequate operat ing budget. We have requested from the legislature a total' operating budget of $2.6 million for the 1971-1973 biennium for an in coming class of 20 students. We have also requested a budget for capital improvement to con struct, on land owned by the University, a medical science building to house all of the fac ulty, and departments, class rooms, and teaching laboratories, administrative offices, an audio visual center and a library for the Division of Health Affairs which will hold up to 150, 000 volumes. Throughout this report we have referred to the Division of Health Affairs. This Division includes the School of Allied Health and Social Professions, Legal Notices IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION State of North Carolina Jones County Administrator's Notice Having qualified as Ad min is tratrix of the estate of John Lee Collins of Jones County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said John Lee Col lins to present them to the un dersigned within 6 months from date of publication of this no tice or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per sons indebted to said es late please make immediate pay ment. This the 10th day of Decem ber, 1970. Lfissie Greer Collins Mavsville, N. C. J—12,24,31; 1-7 forests mean money the School of Medicine, the In firmary and the Development Evaluation Clinic. It will ulti mately include the School of Nursing and all health-related programs established at the Un iversity. The faculty of the School of Medicine will teach the medical sciences pertinent to all these programs. It is 'ob vious, therefore, that maximum utilization of teaching facilities will occur and that the knowl edge and expertise of the med ical faculty will be made availa ble to a larger number and wide spectrum of health-reated pro fessionals. East Carolina University has made sound, rapid progress in fulfilling the mandate of the 1969 General Assembly — “to plan and develop a two - year school of medicine.” Although we have done much, much re mains to be done; but a plan ning budget can accomplish only so much. An operating budget appropriation is necessary to complete the plans and begin the process of educating medi cal students. The need for additional physi cian manpower is critical now and will continue to become more critical and urgent in the years immediately ahead. Un fortunately, because of the long lag time in the training of phy sicians, plans implemented now will not result in any increase in the number of physicians for at least six years. It is imper ative that we begin as rapidly as possible. Because of the im mediate availability of facilities and because of the efforts of the full and part-time faculty, East Carolina University is rea dy to begin medical education as early as 1971 and certainly no later than 1972. There are now many qualified North Carolina men and women who are una ble to enter into the study of medicine because of a lack of opportunity in medical schools within the state. The availabil ity of medical education at East Carolina University will keep many of the talented young peo ple within the state and will ed ucate more North Carolina stu dents to solve the physician man power needs of all the citizens of North Carolina. TOMATOES Continued from page 4 fusarium wilt and bacterial wilt. Tomato varieties have been developed in the past with re sistance to fusarium wilt. Venus and Saturn are the world’s first tomatoes with resistance to bac terial wilt. Seed of the two varieties will be increased during 1971 and 1972 and a reasonable supply should be ready for planting in 1973. Venus and Saturn were re leased by NCSU in December after 11 years of work by Dr. W. R. Henderson, associate pro fessor of horticultural science, and five years of work by Dr. S. F. Jenkins Jr., associate pro fessor of plant pathology. The original work on the new va rieties was started 30 years ago, however, by the late Professor Robert Schmidt. The new varieties are creat ing interest around the world, according to Dr. Henderson. Bacterial wilt is a major prob lem of tomato growers in all tropical, semi-tropical and warm temperature regions. Farmers in Western North Carolina usually escape the dis ease. However, bacterial canker is a problem in that area and Venus and Saturn have shown some resistance to this disease also. Venus and Saturn were de veloped for the fresh market, and thev have performed well in both trellis and ground trials. Dr. Henderson said the new varieties “have good horticul tural characteristics” as well as resistance to wilt. They produce attractive, red fruits, averaging about one-third pound each. Fruit shape is the main dif ference between the two va rieties. Venus resembles Flora del in shape, while Saturn is a deeper-fruited tyoe. Both varieties have moderate resistance to radial cracking. They are mid-season to late in maturity and have good foliage cover. Plants will keep growing until frost (inderterminate) and carry immunity to Fusarium Wilt. All seed of the two varietie* have been turned over to the N. C. Foundation Seed Produc ers, Inc. No seed are available from NCSU. IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICEOF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA JONES COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'- — EXECUTOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as Executrix of the estate of Council Lee j Foy of Jones County. North Car olina. this is to notify all per sons having claims against the estate of said Council Lee Fov to present them to the under signed within 6 months from date of the publication of this notice or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment. This the 22nd dav of December, 1970. Sue F. Robinson P. O. Box 205 Vanceboro. N. C. J—12-31: 1-7.14 INDEPENDENT FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH , STANLEY E. WINGARD. PASTOR INVITES YOU TO ITS REGULAR WORSHIP SERVICES “Standing for The Verbal Inspiration of The Bible" Wednesday Services 7:30 — Sunday Services — 9:45 A.M. Sunday School 11:00 A.M. Morning Services 6:15 P.M. Church Training Union 7:30 P.M. Evening Services Highway N. C. 58 Between Trenton and Pollocksville
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