KUMC starts new department
The University of Kansas Medical Center is establishing a department of family practice for the training of young physicians in this new specialty of family medicine.
Sources at the Medical Center Informational Services said that this program was not really unique because other similar types of programs had been offered.
Jack D. Walker, associate dean, is chairman of a committee formulating plans for the development of the department, for which the 1970 Legislature appropriated funds.
The committee will establish guidelines for the new department within the Medical Center complex and establish a curriculum. They will consider facilities, staffing and pursue federal assistance in some of the financ ing. This is preliminary to searching for family practice physicians to staff the department, Walker said.
Creation of a department of family practice has been in discussion for several years. Impetus was added in February 1969, when family practice became a specialty of medicine with broad-certified status. The family practice specialty grew out of the need that exists for a broadly based primary physician.
KU-Y director resigns after reorganization
His decision to resign was made because of a reorganization, that disposed of one post due to economic reasons. The reorganization consolidated that post with the job of the executive director.
Tom Moore, executive director of the KU YMCA-YWCA, is resigning. Moore had been director of the KU-Y for 10 years.
In response to the reorganization, Moore said, "I concluded that neither my own sense of fulfillment nor the best interests of the KU-Y would be served were I to accept the invitation of the cabinet to apply for the newly defined position of executive director. Therefore I decided not to apply."
Laura Friesen, Clay Center junior, and Gary Gardner, McPherson sophomore, co-presidents of the KU-Y, said in a statement
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that "financial inadequacy" forced the elimination of the job of program director, and the decision to consolidate the two jobs. Moore said he preferred to "work in the fields of program development and the related personal relations."
Moore said that he thought the KU-Y "is in good hands and has a hopeful future as well as a distinguished past."
Moore also said that he would still take an active part in the KU-Y and support it morally and financially.
Miss Friesen said that she did not know how the loss of Moore would affect the organization.
"I feel bad about the loss of Mr. Moore," she said, "he was a valuable asset to the organization. He was very involved with the KU-Y and the community. His loss will depend on how the community reacts to his decision. I just hope that people understand why he resigned."
It is hoped that the new specialty will help correct the severe shortage of family physicians by increasing its attractiveness to young doctors.
Walker said that when the department was established and staffed, the KU Medical Center could seek young medical graduates for a three-year residency program in preparation for examinations with the American Board of Family Practice.
Other committee members are Clifford Gurney, Kermit Krantz, Herbert Miller, Edward Defoe, Jesse Rising and Roger Youmans, of the KU faculty; G. Gayle Stephens, practicing physician in Wichita and head of a family practice program at Wesley Hospital; John Huff, practicing family physician in Kansas City and a past president of the Kansas
Academy of General Practice; Mac F. Cahal, executive director of the American Academy of General Practice, Kansas City, Mo.; and Dan Harper, fourth-year medical student at the University of Kansas. George E. Burket Jr., Kingman, former national president of the American Academy of General Practice, will serve as a consultant to the group.
Gas tank from Apollo 13 found in Swedish lake
GAEVLE, Sweden (UPI) — A gas tank believed to have been part of the Apollo 13 space ship has been found in Lake Saelgsjoen, the Swedish National Defense Institute said Sunday.
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