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The Fifth Annual Spring Conference On
·'RECRUITMENT IN MEDICAL CAREERS"
Sponsored By
THE CHICAGO COUNCll. FOR BIO-MEDICAL CAREERS
a nd
THE COOK COUNTY PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATION
BLACK STUDENTS UNION -
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS MEDICAL CENTER
CHIC A G O IL L IN I UNIO N OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS MEDICAL CENTER
828 S. Wolcott Chicago, Illinois
Saturday, May 25, 1968 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
ALL TEENAGERS AND ADULTS INVITED NO ADMISSION CHARGE
Statement of Purpose
The health of America, when viewed by statistics of life expectam:y and nu111-ber of physicians per capita is unsurpassed by few, if any, countries in the world. This has been the case since the first decade of the 20th century. However, during recent years, due to the population explosion and the rapid growth of hospital care, there is an existing shortage of medical careers personnel, which is rapidly growing, year by year. There is a definite threat that America may fall considerably behind in its leadership among Nations, with reference to doctor personnel per capita and the quality of medical service in all of its branches. In order to keep pace with increasing demands more schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing and other medical fields, must be established. But available schools alone will not do the job. There must be young people who feel sufficiently motivated who have the required mental and physical capacity and integrity and who are sufficiently informed as to how and where to acquire standard quality training in the various branches of health services. Recruitment conferences seek to establish methods and techniques uf directing young people in the solution of these problems. More and more conferences of this type are being held in all parts of the country. There is an essential ingredient which should be a part of recruitment that many people can take for granted while other people cannot. This is the simple element of good basic huma11 relations. Most Americans know that general appeals to enter medical careers an.: directed to them. Other young Americans are not so sure.
The purpose of this conference is to carry out the role of making it unmistakingly clear that young people from all racial and ethnic groups of the total American population are needed in all health fields and that no single ethnic or economic segment of population has a "comer" on the mental and physical potentials nor the integrity of character required in the medical and para-medical fields. Many people of our time are involved in a struggle toward greater equality of opportunity for all Americans in the acquisition of skills and a fairer chance to practice them. Some must also be involved in finding and motivating young people with the necessary potentials to accept greater opportunities as they arise. Participants in this conference representing all religious, racial, and ethnic segments of the community are cognizant of this special task. The response averaging 500 registered, vitally interested teenagers attending our conferences in 1964, 1965, and 1966 justifies our continuing efforts.
The sponsors, affiliated organizations and cooperating groups present this conference between adults and youth as a high level appeal to all the people with a promise of help and encouragement to those young people who will qualify themselves and pursue with dedication one of the many careers in the field of health
services.
PROGRAM
REGISTRATION: 9:00 A.M. to 9:30 A.M.
Youth Committee to C.B.M.C.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY: 9:30 A.M. to 10:30 A.M.-Ch1cago Room
Mr. Lou House, Presiding
Director, Council for Bio-Medical Careers
INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER: NATHANIEL WILLIS
Asst. Professor of Chemistry
Woodrow Wilson City College
ADDRESS: " Health Careers in the 70's"
Mack Tanner, D.D.S.
Associate Professor of Operative Dentistry
College of Dentistry
University of Illinois
ADJOURNMENT 10 WORKSHOP AREAS: 10:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.
1. Careers in Medicine Room 213A
2. Careers in Dentistry - Room 213B
3, Careers in Nursing - Room 206A
4. Careers in Psychology
and Social Work - Room 2068
5. Careers in Medical
Technology Room 216
6. Careers in Pharmacy Room 141
Pharmacy Bldg. , 833 S. Wood Street
7. Careers in Basic
Medical Science Room 226
Chicago Medical School Research Institute
2020 W. Ogden
LUNCHEON PERIOD: 12:30 P.M. to 1:30 P.M.
Student Residence Cafeteria-1st Floor
Student Residence Building
AFTERNOON SESSION: 1:30 P.M. to 3:00 P.M.
TOURS OF MEDICAL CENTER
1. Surgical Research Department of Cook County Hospital , Hektoen
Institute, 626 S. Wood Street, 7th Floor, William Shoemaker, M.D ..
Chairman
2. School of Dentistry, Un1vers1ty of Illinois, 808 So. Wood St ..
Seymour Yale, D.D.S., Dean.
3. Pediatric Cardiology Department, Children's Hospital , 707 S. Wood
St., 7th Floor, Robert Miller, M.D., Director.
4. Blood Bank of Cook County Hospital, Main Building, 5th Floor,
Robert Baker, M.D., Director
5. Presbyterian·St. Luke Hospital, George Belsey,
Administrative Assistant, Div. of Surgery
6. School of Pharmacy, University of Illinois, 833 S. Wood St.,
George Webster, Ph.D., Dean
7. Biochemistry Department, Hektoen Institute, 626 S. Wood St ..
5th Floor, Alvin Dubin, M.D., Director
ADJOURNMENT
WORKSHOPS
= 1 r~AREERS IN MEDICINE-Room 213A
Leader: Dr. Harry Elam, M.D .. Medical Director.
Mile Square Health Center
Resource Persons-
Paul Knott, M.D., Department of Medicine, Mile Square Health
Center
Al Clemmons, M.D., Pediatric Resident, Cook County Hospital
Billy Adams, M.D., Pediatrician, Private Practice
.i:r2 CAREERS IN DENTISTRY-Room 213B
Leader:
Resource persons-
James Buckner, D.D.S., Private Practice
Charles Watson, D. D.S., Private Practice
Albert Jackson, D.D.S. , Vice-president, Lincoln Dental Society
# 3 CAREERS IN NURSING-Room 206A
Leader: Winifred DeWhite, Public Health Nurse. Woodlawn Child
Health Center
Resource Persons:
Catherine Stokes, Associate Administrator, !NA
Betty Lewis, V.N.A.
Carol Whitehead, Physicians Assistant, Woodlawn Child Care Center
Mr. Cecil Patmon, R.N. Supervisor, Provident Hospital
Mr. Gaines Carr, R.N., Supervisor, Provident Hospital
Mrs. Greta Stockton, Clinic Nurse, Woodlawn Child Care Center
1F4 CAREERS IN PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK-Room 2068
Leader: Audreye Johnson, A.C.S.W., Director of Social Serv1c~ . Neighborhood Health Center
Resource Persons: Roderick Pugh, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist
Mrs. Geraldine Harris, Social Worker Supervisor, Western D1stnct Office, Cook County Department of Public Aid
Miss Barbara Alexander, Social Worker Supervisor, Chicago Lying In Hospital , University of Chicago
Mr. Clifton Smith, Social Worker, Family Service Bureau, Inner City Office
Mrs. Lucile Matthews, Social Worker, Regional Medical Social Consultant, Children's Bureau
Mrs. Coramae Ward, Psychologist, Planned Parenthood Association Mr. Earl Doty, Socia l Worker, Executive Director, Youth Action
#5 CAREERS IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY-Room 216
Leader: A Beatrice Cain, M.T. (ASCP), Woodlawn Child Health Center,
University of Chicago
Resource Persons-
Ol·ivia Brown, B.S., M.T. (ASCP), Clinical Microscopy Laboratory, Children's Memorial Hospital
Josephine Enoch, M.T. (ASCP), Automation Laboratory, Central Community Hospital
Dorothy Gunn, B.S., B.B., (ASCP), Mt. Sinai Medical Research Blood Center
Thomas Jenkins, B.S., M.T. (ASCP), Medical Associates of Chicago
Gloria Jones, M.T. (ASOP), Hematology and Coagulation Laboratory, Little Company of Mary Hospital
Joseph Kompare, 8.S., C.T. (ASCP), Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, Illinois
Rita Smutny, B.S., M.T. (ASCP), J. F. Neskodny Clinic, Berwyn, Ill.
t1=6 CAREERS IN PHARMACY-Room 141 . Pharmacy Building
Leader: Robert Mrtek, Ph.D., School ot Pharmacy, University of Illinois
Resource Persons:
Mr. John Eebert, Student. School of Pharmacy
Mr. Marvin Weinstein . Student. School of Pharmacy
:ff7 CAREERS IN BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES-Room 226
Chicago Medical School Research Institute, 2020 W. Ogden
Leaders: Harold Feinberg, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology, Illinois
Medical School
Paul Gordon, Ph.D. Department ot Pharmacology, Chicago Medical
School
Resource Persons-
Eleanor Caldwell , M.S., Bacteriologist, Children's Memorial Hospital
Alvin Dubin, M.S., Director Biochemistry, He.ktoen Institute
Participating and Cooperating Organizations
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS MEDICAL CENTER
Dr. Joseph Begando, Vice President
Dr. Maurice Galbraith, Dean of Studenr Attc11r~
Dr. Mary Reeves, Dean of Women
COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL
Dr. Robert Baker, Director. Blood Bank
Dr. William Shoemaker. Chairman, Hektoen Institute
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Mr. Russell Cheadle, Di rector of Exhibits
LINCOLN QENTAL ASSOCIATION
Benjamin Coble, D.D.S .. President
BLACK STUDENTS' UNION-UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS MEDICAL CENTER
Terry Fonville
Frederick Merchanl
Joyce Lane
Herb Smith
Samuel Hunter
Cynthia Brown
Edith Tankson
Jerome James
Linda Wilson
Vernita Irvin
Raoul Davion
Jerome James
Acknowledgements
The sponsors express their special thanks and gratitude to Vice Presi
dent Begando and the University of Illinois Medical Center Community. We
express our gratef4I appreciation to the following persons and agencies whose
support made the career conference possible: Concentrated Employment Pro
gram Special Impact, Department of Labor, Cook County Physicians Associa
tion and the Chicago Medical Committee for Human Rights.
CAREER CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE
Audrey Forbes, M.D., Chairman