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University of the Pacific Scholarly Commons Pacific Review University of the Pacific ubP lications 10-1-1972 Pacific Review October 1972 Pacific Alumni Association Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/pacific-review Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Pacific Alumni Association, "Pacific Review October 1972" (1972). Pacific Review. 230. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/pacific-review/230 This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the University of the Pacific ubP lications at Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Pacific Review by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ... I{ •• L r ... .. • HEW Contract • • University To Explore Unique Plan •.. For Training Health Care Professionals • By Dick Enger, Associate Director of Public Relations, School of Dentistry A project to determine the feasibility of PACIFIC training a variety of health professionals at a single school will be carried out by the University of the Pacific under a $347,701 c contract awarded by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW). REVIEW The UOP study will explore how numerous types of health care professionals could be trained in a common inter UNIVERSITY disciplinary educational system. If the OF THE PACIFIC concept is found to be practical, imple mentation of such a program would be the first in the nation. OCTOBER, 1972 The 15-month study will be conducted by the university's School of Medical PRESIDENT STANLEY E. McCAFFREY Sciences at the Pacific Medical Center in signs the contract for a feasibility study PACIFIC REVIEW- Volume 7, No. 1, October, 1972 Pub I ished by the University of the Pacific, 3601 San Francisco, according to Dr. Peter L. Pacific will make for the U.S. Department Pacific Ave., Stockton, CA 95204 nine times a year, October through June. Editor : Jack White. Entered as Eichman, deputy director, Bureau of of Health, Education and Welfare. Looking second class mail at the Post Office, Stockton, California. Health Manpower Education, who an on, left to right, are: Dr. Peter Eichman of nounced the award. The bureau is the major HEW, Dr. Bruce Spivey, dean of UOP's educational arm of HEW's National In School of Medical Sciences, and Dr. Dale stitutes of Health. Redig, dean of the School of Dentistry. "If registered nurses or other health Under the HEW contract, Pacific will professionals decide to become physicians determine the resources needed to offer the or dentists today, they receive no credit for degree programs in dentistry, medicine, previous experience upon entering a school podiatry and other health professions with a of medicine or dentistry," Dr. Eichman common educational system. It also will explained. " Health profession schools determine the effort required to expand the operate as independent units, each reluc omnibus health professions curriculum to a tant to grant credit for training received degree or certificate program in nursing, elsewhere. If we could train a variety of diatetics, physical therapy, pharmacy and health professionals within a single in such auxiliary roles as physician and dental stitution, students could receive inter assistants. disciplinary credit for relevant experience "This study of the feasibility of new or training," he said. "The basis of such a types of training for health professionals is school would be a curriculum based on a extremely valuable to California and our core of common courses. This study will nation," pointed out Stanley E. McCaffrey, attempt to develop such a curriculum." president of the University. "New educational curricula and programs must The program would provide an entirely be found to prepare individuals to ad new degree of career mobility among those minister health care in a wide variety of interested in pursuing health care forms to all segments of our society. I am professions, or altering their career ob pleased '"that Pacific has the unique jectives, according to Dr. Dale F. Redig, resources with the combination of our dean of UOP's School of Dentistry. Dr. dental school, School of Medical Sciences Redig will serve as project director and Dr. and relationship with the Pacific Medical Bruce E. Spivey, dean of the university's Center to conduct this important study S _TOCKTON, SAN FRANCISCO, School of Medical Sciences, will be supported by the Department of Health, associate project director of the study. SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA Education and Welfare. It is recognized that one of our nation's greatest needs in the '70s COSTA RICA • JAPAN • INDIA In addition to training in dentistry, Pacific offers degree programs in visual is meeting the needs of the rapidly sciences and learning disabilities. Cer expanding health care field. This project is COLLEGE OF THE PACIFIC I RAYMO NO COLLEGE/ ELBERT COVELL . tificate programs in medical technology, in keeping with our conviction that the COLLEG E/ CALLISON COLLEGE / CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC / educational programs of UOP should be SCHOOL OF EDUCATION / SCHOOL OF PHARMACY / SCHOOL OF inhalation therapy, cardio-pulmonary tech ENGINEER lNG / SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY / McGEORGE SCHOOL nology and orthopedic therapy are totally relevant to the needs of our world OF LAW I SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES I GRADUATE SCHOOL available at the Pacific Medical Center. wide community." r------------·----------- University College Established .• Notice to Alumni The needs of a new group of students jectives. Our University College program is former college students who dropped out, designed to provide this flexibility." and older people who want to earn a degree, and UOP officials note that the term young students who don't fit into the tradi University College is not new, but the Friends of Pacific tional academic structure-have been arrangement of such an academic program recognized with the creation of a University in the manner proposed at Pacific is un Private Universities all College at UOP. common among American universities. over the country are ex The University College is an ad The college will be guided by a periencing a serious drop in ministrative entity which will coordinate governing committee of representatives enrollment this year, and the individualized academic programs for from each liberal arts college and profes this is expected to get worse. these students and permit them to take sional school on the Stockton campus. Pacific has not been effected courses in any or all of the liberal arts The University College program may as much as most other in colleges and professional schools of the lead to an inter-college bachelor's degree, stitutions, but we are con University and to tie them together in an designed to provide students of all ages an cerned and are increasing academically respectable way which can opportunity to pursue combinations of our ")fforts at student lead to a bachelor's degree. existing courses across school and college recruitment. Dr. Alistair McCrone, UOP academic lines, and with greater flexibility than in the You can help with this vice president, appointed Dr. Patrick past. Such packaging will be available only problem very easily. Just Carlton coordinator of the project. Carlton to those students unable to satisfy their send us the name and ad will assume the position in addition to his needs through existing campus degree dress of any high school duties as director of sponsored programs programs. Under this program, it will be student you know who plans and research. possible for students to "package" course to go to college. We will do "If our universities are to remain viable sequences or whole degrees from offerings the rest. Send it in a card or institutions, they must be able to recognize currently available throughout the campus. letter to the PACIFIC changing trends in education and then Thus, a student could choose courses REVIEW, University of the develop programs to meet these trends,'' from College of Pacific, Callison College, Pacific, Stockton, California declared McCrone in explaining why School of Engineering and Conservatory of 95204. Pacific is continuing its history of in Music to put together a "learning contract" One full tuition paying novation with announcement of this project. of sufficient depth and scholarly respect student is the equivalent of "We will be able to use the total ability to qualify for the governing com- $50,000 in endowment. So you resources of the university in a new way," . mittee's approval. The University College can see that your help in this McCrone added. "This college will enable degree would be awarded for work com way is just as important as students to build specialized degree pleted in this manner. your financial support of the programs by selecting courses from various The college also will provide a frame University. colleges, departments, and professional work for those who wish to pursue parttime schools within the university. Often the studies without a commitment to a total traditional structures and organizations of degree program. As coordinator of the university do not enable a student, University College, Carlton will serve as a particularly one returning for a refresher or point of reference and information for such advanced work, to build a course of study to persons and refer them to appropriate Law Student Receives meet his specific educational goals or ob- educational opportunities throughout UOP. National Award Drunk Drivers Attend Unusual Class for No-Fault Article Gerald Braunstein of Car Drunk drivers go to school in an unusual students that this is a problem not only to michael, a student a t class at University of the Pacific. society but to themselves. I tell them to be University of the Pacific's They come from all age groups, both selfish, as it may save them a lot of heart McGeorge School of Law in sexes and diverse economic backgrounds to ache," added the UOP educator.