Page 8 University Daily Kanson Monday Nov. 21, 1991
Area Served by Med School-Miller
"As a Janus in education, the Medical school serves a dual function. It is both a service to the community, and an educational arm of the University," Arden Miller, dean of the School of Medicine, said.
Dean Miller spoke last night at the Faculty Club on "The Future of the Medical School at the University of Kansas."
he stressed both the concrete and the intangible aspects of the future as "challenges of concern."
"THE BUILDING program has made sharp advances in a short period of time. But there are chronic needs still waiting for attention," Dean Miller said.
"Although there are broad plans for building progress, these do not include new alterations in the regular academic program," he said. He went on to explain that first year medical students in the fall of '62 should be able to take their training on the Kansas City campus instead of in Lawrence. New living quarters and a basic science quad-rangle are planned for completion within a year and a half.
Dean Miller said:
"We're striving to accomplish
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more by placing emphasis on the mechanism rather than the mechanics of medicine. In other words, we're teaching the mechanics what's under the hood instead of how to drive.
"THE MOST neglected part of the student's education is his third and fourth year clinical experience. Time is spent on the acutely ill and care of the out-patient clinic, but the present out-patient facilities are inadequate both for the number of patients and the teaching program," Dean Miller said.
Expansion of the clinic building and the out-patient program will be the next major addition to the Medical Center. This is needed because many of the cases are merely the carry-out type, who could be handled as out-patients without
ever being admitted to the hospital, if the facilities were available," Dean Miller explained.
Another aspect of construction will be carried out in an expansion of the central services of the hospital. A tier of rooms along "D" corridor will almost double the space for conference rooms, offices, waiting rooms, and will add a patient cafeteria.
ADDED BUILDING atop the library will house a new minimal patient area for those who don't require close nursing attention. At the opposite end of the hall, the acutely ill will be placed for close supervision. The psychiatric building will have two new floors added.
"Although this four and a half billion dollar expansion will cover the next five to six years, we will
not increase the number of students enrolled," Dean Miller pointed out. "We are expanding medical education, not the student population."
He emphasized the growing concern of a trend showing a decrease in the total number of applicants for medical schools in the United States, and an equal falling off of high quality students.
"THEIS HAS been blamed on the poor economic future immediately following graduation, as well as the limited opportunities to explore personal interests in research during the training program.
"KU has not experienced this apparent decrease in quantity and quality," Dean Miller said, but added this fact does not leave the University out of the present "intellectual revolution" in medical schools across the country.
University Receives Mental Health Grant
The U.S. Public Health Service has awarded KU a $31,463 grant. The grant was awarded for the University's program in psychiatric social work.
About two-thirds of the grant has been designated for traineeships designed to encourage students to enter the field of mental health work
The project is directed by Max Siporin, associate professor of social work.
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