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TO MEET 1976 GOAL
Medical College Expands
Programs in Health Care
The Medical College of
Georgia is being expanded on
schedule to meet a goal of en
rolling 200 entering students in
medicine by 1976, according
to a report to the Board of
Regents of the University of
Georgia.
This growth, which will re
sult in the doubling since 1968
of the capacity for producing
physicians at the Medical Col
lege, will be accompanied by
the further expansion of
health-care programs in several
fields besides medicine in the
statewide University System,
Chancellor George L. Simpson,
Jr. said in submitting the re
port.
The Medical College “is
emerging as a full-fledged med
ical complex,” the University
System Chancellor told the
Regents. This institution offers
programs in dentistry, nursing,
and allied health sciences, in
addition to the program in
medicine. It is the principal
health-care unit of the Uni
versity System. Most of the
other 27 universities, senior
colleges, and junior colleges of
the System offer programs in
nursing, however, and a large
number of these institutions
also offer programs in medical
technology, dental hygiene,
and several other fields of
allied health sciences.
Achievement of the goal of
increasing enrollment to 200
entering students in medicine
at the Medical College of
Georgia will have the same
effect as “the addition of a
medium to large medical
school, in terms of additional
medical students,” Chancellor
Simpson said. Enrollment of
entering students in medicine,
which had remained close to
100 for many years, has been
increased annually for the past
four years—from 104 in the fall
quarter of 1968 to 161 in the
fall quarter of 1972. The
further expansion of enroll
ment to 200 entering students
will be added in annual incre
ments.
Production of physicians at
the Medical College is expected
to be increased to approx
imately 200 by 1980, as the
students in the maximum
entering class that is projected
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classes leading to graduation.
The dropout rate among medi
cal students is extraordinarily
low.
The first substantial increase
in the number of physicians
produced as a result of the
buildup of enrollment of enter
ing students in medicine should
occur in 1973.
The doubling of the pro
duction of physicians within
the University System at the
Medical College of Georgia will
be substantially augmented by
another expanded program in
medicine for Georgia residents,
Chancellor Simpson said.
The General Assembly has
provided state support,
“strongly endorsed by the
Board of Regents,” for the ex
pansion of enrollment of Geor
gia residents in the School of
Medicine at Emory University,
Atlanta, a private institution,
he said in reviewing the
Regents’ overall efforts to in
crease the number of new
physicians produced in the
state.
This program, initiated
through the Southern Regional
Education Board and imple
mented in the 1971 fall quar
ter, provides for increasing by a
maximum of 80 the number of
Georgia residents enrolled in
medicine at Emory as of the
1974 fall quarter. The ex
pansion, which is being ac
complished through cumulative
increases over a four-year
period, is being made in ac
cordance with a formula based
on the average enrollment of
Georgia residents for the five
year period that ended with
1969-70.
State funds are being used
to pay $6,500 per student for
the increased enrollment of
Georgia residents in the Emory
program. These payments are
being made for 30 students in
| 1972-73.
Among the other develop
ments and projections pertain
j ing to hcalth-care programs at
I institutions of the University
System, as summarized in the
report to the Board of Regents,
[are:
-At the Medical College of
Georgia, the School of
Dentistry, which was opened in
the fall quarter of 1969 with
24 entering students, has in
creased enrollment to 56 enter
ing students in the fall of 1972
and has projected a further in
crease to 72 entering students.
-At the Medical College,
enrollment in nursing programs
was increased 75 percent from
the fall quarter of 1971 to the
fall quarter of 1972 from 222
students to 389 students.
-in the 20 nursing programs,
at 18 institutions of the Uni
versity System, enrollment
totals approximately 2,500 stu
dents in the fall quarter of
1972. This number compares
with enrollment in three
nursing programs of approx
imately 250 students in the fall
quarter of 1965.
“The main base for the ex
pansion of nursing education
has been the installation of the
two-year associate degree
programs,” the Chancellor said
“The two-year program (which
leads to licensure as Registered
Nurse for graduates who pass
the appropriate state examina
tion) was adopted by the
Board of Regents in 1966 in
response to a crisis situation in
the state. There was some
honest concern that adequate
training could be provided on
this basis. The program is
sound and generally well
accepted.”
As of the fall of 1971, more
than two-thirds of the two-year
Leon King, second vice president; D. C. Greeson, first
vice president; and Lamar Allmon, president.
nursing graduates who iiad
: taken the state examination for
licensure as Registered Nurse
had made passing grades.
The University System insti
tutions in the 1972 fall quarter
operated 15 two-year associate
degree programs, four bache
lor’s degree programs, and one
master’s degree program in
nursing.
—The University System
institutions in the 1972 fall
quarter operated, in addition
to programs in medicine,
dentistry, and nursing, more
than 30 health-care programs
in 15 major fields of allied
health sciences. The allied
health sciences programs,
ranging from the associate
degree level to the master’s
degree level, included: medical
technology, medical laboratory
technician, radiologic
technology, physical therapy,
occupational therapy, inhala
tion or respiratory therapy,
respiratory therapy technician,
medical records science,
medical records technician,
mental health technician,
psychology technician, health
facilities management, com
munity nutritionist, dental
hygiene, and physician as
sistant.
“An acknowledged element
of the changes in health care is
the need for a wide range of
medical people other than
doctors, dentists, and nurses,”
the Chancellor said in reporting
on present and projected pro
grams in allied health sciences.
“On the one hand, they are
needed in the increasing com
plexity of medical treatment;
on the other, they relieve the
doctors and dentists of some of
their burden.”
Looking to the future of
nursing and allied health
sciences programs in the Uni
versity System, Chancellor
Simpson said:
-Steps are under way to
add four nursing programs as
“immediate projects” and 16
programs in allied health
sciences in a three-year pro
gram of expansion.
The allied health sciences
additions will include: one pro
gram in dental hygiene, three
programs for medical labora
tory technicians, two programs
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for physical therapy techni
cians, one program for medical
records technicians, three pro
grams for mental health tech
nicians, two programs in
radiologic, technology, one pro
gram in occupational therapy,
two programs in respiratory
therapy, and one program in
health facilities management.
-The Eugene Talmadge
Memorial Hospital at the
Medical College of Georgia will
be expanded with an eight
story addition that will add
200 beds and clinical facilities.
Plans for this addition are
being drawn. The expansion of
the Hospital will make possible
the admission of a wider range
of clinical cases, as well as a
larger number of patients, to
support the continued growth
and improvement of medical
education.
— Regional Health Pro
fessions Education Centers will
be initiated at a number of
places, to facilitate the de
velopment of nursing and allied
health sciences programs. Each
of these Centers, which will
have access to substantial
clinical facilities, will involve
the cooperation of two or
more institutions. The Centers
will be particularly vital in sit
uations in which any par
ticipating institution does not
have available, in the com
munity in which it is located,
adequate hospital or other
medical facilities required for
clinical experiences for stu
dents in health care programs.
-Continuing education pro
grams in medicine, dentistry,
nursing, and allied health
sciences will be expanded.
“We must build a statewide
network for continuing educa
tion in health affairs, using
most or all of the schools in
the University System in order
to take this education to those
places where the users live and
work,” the Chancellor said.
Continuing education pro
grams are usually non-credit
seminars, conferences, short
courses, and consultations
designed to keep personnel
abreast of new developments
and to offer other special
preparation in a particular
subject area or for a specific
objective.
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The Summerville News, Thurs., Dec. 28, 1972
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