Friday, Jan. 6, 1961
University Daily Kansan
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A Doctor's Education
More medical knowledge has been won during the last twenty years than in all time. To live in the midst of explosive advances in medicine leads to serious thought, for the breathtaking prospects that science is opening up include a host of concomitant problems, especially at the focal point—the medical schools of the nation.
Among questions that harass the deans of the 85 U.S. medical schools and give grey hairs to the professors are these: How can the nation's medical schools produce enough physicians to keep pace with the rapid growth in population and the demands of the American public for better medical care? How can a medical student be expected to learn in his four years at medical school and several more in hospitals all he must know in view of the fantastic advances in medicine? In an age of science and specialization, how can doctors develop a compassionate understanding of an ill person and appreciate the far-reaching effects of the illness upon him and his family? What effects will the increasingly vast expenditures for research have on medical education and how can the medical schools maintain a proper balance between teaching and research? ...
THE DOCTOR, TEACHER, and student shortages are only a part of the national problem in medical education. Another difficulty is posed by the rapid and massive accumulation of new knowledge during the past two decades. This has created painful pedagogical headaches. The origin of the word "curriculum," as Dean Berry reminds his first-year students, is "race track" and the track at Harvard and other schools is in danger of becoming extremely difficult for the student because of the vast mass of scientific facts, tools, and hypotheses. For instance, the invention of the electron microscope in the mid-forties, an instrument that magnifies objects 100 fold more than does the light microscope, has added tremendously to the range of visible structure. The electron microscope—only one of the new devices now available to extend man's vision—is opening breathtaking vistas for medicine. It is now possible to examine in minute detail the anatomy of any cell at the molecular level—from a reproductive cell carrying genetic characteristics to a brain cell that contributes to the thinking process. Textbooks in many fields are being outdated before they can be printed.
Fifty years ago President Lowell warned the Faculty of Medicine that there was a tendency to treat the medical student as if he were a "goose to be stuffed." Dean Berry worries that, with more facts now available for the stuffing, the tendency is again to dominate the medical scene and sacrifice education for vocational training. The School's policy is to teach the principles of medicine to medical students and to leave specialization for the post-doctoral years in the teaching hospitals. "What we seek here," Dean Berry tells the entering medical students, "is education, not training. It is better for a student to know less when he graduates provided he has learned better how to learn. The most important element in education is the student's growth, and the best way to grow is to know what questions to ask. Medical education is good when it is good education."
(Excerpted from "Educating Your Doctor" by Bayley F. Mason and Elizabeth Conrad in the Autumn, 1960, issue of Harvard Today.)
KU Personnel Get Government Grants
A grant awarded three KU staff and faculty members for a study of policy development is the first of its kind ever given by the U. S. Office of Vocational Rehabilitation.
The $23,850 grant has been awarded jointly to William Gore, assistant professor of political science; Charles K. Warriner, associate professor of sociology and Robert Dentier, assistant director, Bureau of Child Research.
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Engineers Plan Exposition Theme
"Prospects for the Future" will be the theme for the 41st Annual Engineering Exposition held in conjunction with the KU Relays on April 21, 22.
Thomas O'Brien, Great Bend junior, and president of the Engineering Student Council, said that the council hopes that the different departmental exhibits will give the public an insight into what an engineer does in college and after graduation.
Of the amount, about $1,400 will be awarded a post-graduate parttime teaching assistant in chemistry and $500, to the department of chemistry.
Mr. O'Brien said that the position of general chairman and publicity chairman for the exposition are open. They will be filled by petition to the Engineering Student Council.
The University of Kansas will receive grants totaling $8,700 from the Du Pont Co. this year to strengthen its research and teaching programs in science and engineering.
He said that these petitions can be picked up in the office of John McNown, dean of engineering, and must be returned there by 5 p.m. Jan. 11.
An additional $1.800 will be awarded the University for support of its summer research program in chemical engineering. Another $5, 000 has been awarded the University for fundamental research in chemistry.
KU Gets Du Pont Science Grant
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Burastahler Receives Grant
Albert W. Burgstahler, assistant professor of chemistry, has received a Research Corporation renewal grant of $2500 to continue work on "Resolution and Optical Stability of Unsymmetrically Substituted Aryloxyacetic Acids."
Regents Consider Quarter System
An adoption of the quarter system in the state colleges and universities was under consideration by the Kansas Board of Regents at their last meeting.
Under the quarter system students could attend classes three semesters per year instead of the present two semester system. This would enable a fuller utilization of facilities during a greater portion of the school year.
Under this system the educational facilities would be in use 11 months of the year.
The regents said the proposed change would be studied further if the legislature grants a $25,000 request for research assistance to the board. The board would also consider in its studies, the elimination of duplication in college curricula, development of long-range building plans and operation and maintenance of physical plants.
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Interviewers to Eye Future Teachers
Charles Romine, personnel director of the Jefferson County Schools, Lakewood, Colo., will be on the campus Monday and Tuesday to interview candidates for elementary and secondary teaching positions.
On Thursday C. Fred Colvin, assistant superintendent from Wichita will meet candidates for elementary and secondary positions, Frank Creason, from district 49, Overland Park, will interview students interested in positions in music and grades one through six.
Students desiring interviews should sign up at the Teachers Apppointment Bureau, Room 117, Bailey.
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