Augusta. Georgia Medical College of Georgia November, 1971 Vol. 2, No. 3 • • • United Fund receives largest gift 1n campaign As of Oct. 26 the Annual Fund The majority of the contributions (about "However, 90 per cent participation contribution given by MCG employees, 85 per cent) were given through payroll would be necessary to make it worthwhile," faculty and students totaled $13,272.65. deductions. Since this shows that most Mr. Evers said. "It is felt that such an effort This amount is about a $10,000 decrease people prefer to give through this means, the would generate a large sum to considerably from last year's donation to the five Personnel Division is considering the boost MCG's contribution to the Annual organizations covered in the Annual Fund establishment of a fund through payroll Fund as well as build up enthusiasm among drive. deductions to establish a flower fund and to our MCG family." So far, $5,402.34 (41 per cent) has been make contributions to the recognized contributed to the United Fund; $3,615.30 charities now supported in the Annual Fund (27 per cent) to the American Cancer campaign. Scholarship fund Society; $2, 147 .66 ( 16 per cent) to the The Personnel Division would encourage Georgia/ American Heart Association; employees to contribute $1 a month honors Shepeard $1, 152.30 (9 per cent) to the Easter Seal although this would not be considered a A man with "curiosity" has retired. His Society, and $955.05 (7 per cent) to the condition of employment, John C. Evers, friends have made it possible for others with National Foundation. director of the division, said. the same trait to study at the Medical College of Georgia. The Walter Shepeard, M.D., Achievement Award Fund has almost reached $5,000 and honors the man who for 23 years served at MCG. Dr. Shepeard, former chairman of the Department of Medical Technology and professor of Clinical Pathology, was honored Oct. 1 at a dinner in the Richmond Hotel at which the scholarship was announced. Several speakers praised the work of the former department head, including Dr. Walter Stern, former director of laboratory medicine at MCG and now Professor of Pathology at the Medical College of Virginia, Commonwealth University and Dr. Curtis H. Carter, acting Dean of Medicine at MCG. Dr. Carter described Dr. Shepeard as "teacher, scientist, physician, historian, and warm human being all rolled into one." "One of his outstanding traits is curiosity-in fact one might say he is filled with the Divine spark of curiosity," Dr. Carter said. Dr. Carter said, "It is my opinion that we should look on this dinner as a change of New exibit position rather than a retirement party for it Miss Jan McElmurray, art editor for the Division of Institutional Relations, puts is my belief that Dr. Shepeard's ability to see last-minute touches on a new MCG exhibit for use at various conferences and in public a world in one simple question will keep him buildings. The exhibit, designed and fabricated by Miss McElmurray, consists of 15 busy." wooden cubes containing about 20 large photographs and silk screen prints. The new The Board of Regents of the University exhibit was used first at the Exchange Club Fair in Augusta, then at the annual meeting System recognized his long service by of the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions at the Regency Hyatt House in conferring the title of Professor Emeritus, Atlanta Nov. 3-6. Individuals interested in booking the exhibit for future use may call the School of Medicine, upon Dr. Shepeard, Division of Institutional Relations. effective October 1. Newest MCG department has 13 students . .. expanding a field where present needs work in the clinical areas. "Since we need a Exploring Health Expanding are greater than available personnel . .. This one student to one therapist ratio, al I of our is one of the many goals of the new students will not be able to work in the Department of Physical Therapy of the The Medical College's Exploring Health immediate area. Some will be going as far radio series is currently being broadcast by School of Allied Health Sc iences at MCG. away as Greenwood, S. C., but all will rotate The first class in the si xth department of 53 stations in Georgia and across the through our own teaching hospital's physical the School was initiated this Fall with 13 Southeast United States, John W. Stokes, therapy facil ities at one time or another," students and four faculty members. Bella J. institutional relations, reported this week. Dr. May explained. May, Ed D, chairman of the department, Broadcasters using the 13-weeks-long Next year the MCG students will be going arrived on the scene at MCG a year ago to series of 5-minute programs include 40 away for full -time affiliations in distant begin planning the curriculum, facilities, and Georgia and South Carolina stations and 13 places such as New York and Detroit. Such selecting the students and faculty. stations which are members of the Southern four-week programs will enable the students Educational Communications Association All of the students are classifed as juniors, to receive training not available elsewhere. network. although some of them have more than two "One of their clinical experiences will be "Our program is now being heard in years of college behind them. Six of the 13 devoted to administrative experience, while Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South are from Georgia, four from South Carolina others will involve patient care activities in a Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and and the remaining three from Florida, West variety of facilities," Dr. May added. "We West Virginia in addition to Georgia," Mr. Virginia and Pennsylvania. feel that we have a well rounded program in Stokes said. KTXT " Right now there is only one man in the our Department of Physical Therapy." • Lubbock class," Dr. May said, " but we have equal The department has facilities to space in the locker rooms, so we're accommodate up to 40 students a class, anticipating an equal number of men and bringing the total number in the two-year WGHC• WBLJ women students in the future." program to 80. " The rate of growth will be • WTTI determined to a great extent by our ability WNEG• to recruit sufficient faculty to provide a •WGTA •WCGA quality education," Dr. May said. WROM •WRGA WJJC• WSCG• 1971 Fall Quarter Enrollment by Schools ·wrMo .(.\ WAVO Allied Hea lth Sciences WQXl/WGUN Dental Hygiene 43 WLOV• Med ica l Illustration 10 •WGFS Medica l Record Sc ience 21 WCOH "The curriculum is organized around the Medical Technology 32 . WHIE patient and his needs. We want the students Ph ysica l Therapy 13 WKEU to learn in relation to the tasks they will Radiolog ic Technology (BS) 23 Rad iologic T ec hnology (cert.) 21 •WTRP •WMVG perform in practice. You might call it a Dentistry 117 problem-solving approach in that it actively Graduat e Studies 117 •WSFT involves the student in discovering Medicine 499 210 WGSR relationships for himself. We are trying to Nursing 1106 •WFPM rely as little as possible on lectures," Dr. May said. "We have also had inquiries about the productions are: Fall and Winter quarter, students in the •WVOP series from the National Public Radio Louis A. Wilson, ophthalmology, Armand School of Allied Health Sciences, except the The Medical College of Georgia has network in Washington, and it seems likely Karow, pharmacology, Robert Reynolds, Department of Medical Illustration, a record number of women doctoral now that this network will add 95 stations, School of Medicine, J. Graham Smith, Jr., participate in a new core anatomy and candidates in the Schools of Medicine, coast-to-coast to the Exploring Health, dermatology, Richard E. Gillock, Hospital & physiology course. In addition, students in Dentistry and Graduate Studies this listening audience." Clinics, Chaplain Fred Moore, Raymond C. the Department of Physical Therapy obtain fall. Twenty-seven women are pursuing The programs were written and d irected Bard, vice president, Richard Topazian, oral indepth experiences through additional work MD degrees while seven PhD WALG by Mr. Stokes, and produced by Bill surgery, and George M. Abouna, surgery. including dissection of a human cadaver. candidates are studying in the areas of Conkright of the Television Services Section. Henry L. Kitchens, an alumnus of the School Located in the Butler Building, formerly microbiology, bacteriology and Faculty and administrative persons who of Nursing from Dublin, Ga., also occupied by the dental clinic, the pharmacology. Another three women •WSEM served as resource individuals for the !J<!rticipated in the project. department has three labs equipped for use are striving for their DDS degrees in by students with students. Dr. May the School of Dentistry. Ten of the explained that this means the students work women MD candidates are married first with one another before going on to with four of these being married to patients because they should know how it medical students. feels to be a patient. Winter quarter the students will start to INTERCOM, the employee newsletter ANATOMY Percy Garnett Claude\ Lassiter of the Medical College of Georgia, is Jack A . Horner. BChE James Green Betty Paxton published monthly by the Office of Jimmy Lawton COMMUNITY DENTISTRY Information Services, Division of I nsti- John Lee PARKING OFFICE Will iam T. Johnson, DDS, MPH tutional Relations. Correspondence is George Phi llips Frank Kirschenheiter Belton Roughte NEUROLOGY PATIENT ACCOUNTING encouraged an d should be addressed to Joseph Scott Intercom, Division of Institutional Al lan Herskowitz, MD Bruce Small Cynthia Noiseworthy Rel ations, Room 149 Administration OPHTHALMOLOGY Alfred Stanley PEDIATRICS Lut her Stockton Building.