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