To defray current expenses, a reClstration fee of only ten doIlars will be required of persons enrollanc for the lVork of the 11ive-Day Course for Ceneral PraCtlllooers
For a litatement of tUition charces for the special courses offered during the two-weeks penod. see the description of courses In the followlnc paces.
The followmc courses will beoffered durinl 1932:
FIVE-DA Y COURSE FOR GENERAL PRACTITlOr-.'ERS.
June 14-18.
ThiS short course offers a senes ofsymposIums on important sub- jects in medicine, surcery, pediatrics, and obstetrics and gynecology.
Each symposium WIll consist of a series of lectures, clinics, and demonstrations presentinc fully the subject under discussion Partic- ular attention Will be paid to newer methods of dia(Oosis and treatment.
Registration is unlimited.
Fee-reclstratioD fee of $10.00 only.
TWO WEEKS INTENSIVE COURSES. June 20-July 2.
J. GENERAL~I£DICINS. This cours~ will occupy th~ aft~rDoons for two w~~ks, and will consist of ward rOUDds, demoDstrations and c1iDics dealiDg with the diagnosis and treatment of general medical conditions. Special emphasis will be given to Dewer methods of diagnosis and treatment.
This course will not be giveD unless there are as many as five applicaDts.
Tuition, $.50.00.
DR. BURWELL, DR. YOUMANS AND DR. HARRI!\ON.
2. PEDIATRICS. This course will consist of any phase al work with children for which there may be a demand. F~dlng oC inCaDts and children will be taken up iD d~tail, and such subjects as tu~rculosis in children, th~ tr~atm~nt of syphilis inchildren, and specific preven.
tive measures will ~ included. The treatment olasthma and ~czema in childreD will be taken up; the diarrheas oCinCancy will be covered thoroughly. This course will occupy the morniDgs Cor two weeks.
This course will Dot ~ given unless there are as many as five applicants.
TUition, s.sO.OO. DR. CASI'ARIS.
J. DIABKTIlSANDTUD&RCULOSIS. This course will occupy two bours on Cour mornings oC each week. Patients In the metabolism clinIC and chest C!JOIC,as well as those In the hospital wards, willbe utIlized as a basIS Cor diSCUSSIonoC dIagnosIS and treatment oC tbese two Important conditiOns. Consideration WIll also be giveD to the treatment of O~!lIty. (May ~ taken separately.)
These courses WIll not ~ given unless there are as maDY as three applicants.
TuitlOD, 515.00 each, JJO.OO Cor both.
DR. D8RIVAVX AHD DR. HowsJOllNSON.
4. GSNSIlAL SURCICALDIACNOSISAHD TIl8ATMKNT. The purpose altbls coune is to gIve aD IDtenslve course ID the dlagn~is aDd treat.
ment 01 general surgical CODdltlOns. The peT/od ol InstructIon will occupy SIX morn Dgs a week for a persod of two weeks. Tbe avaIlable matersal an the wards oC the VaDderbilt VnlverSlty Hospital will
~ IbCd for InstruCtlOD purposes. The: InstructlOD Will consist 01ward demon~tratlOns of methods oC d.agnosls and demonstrations iD the operatlOD rooms. The object of the course IS tbe study of the diagnosis
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and treatment of surgical conditions from the po:nt of v:e\v of the general practitioner.
This course will not be given unless there are as many as five applicants.
Tution, SSO.OO.
DR. BROOKS, DR. BRYAN, AND DR. BARR.
S. X-RAY D/ACNOS/S. The object of this course is to give instruc- tion in the technique of X-Ray examinations and the interpretation of X-Ray photographs. The period o( study will consist of six morn- ings a week (or two weeks. The current X-Ray exam:nations and the records o( past X-Ray exam.nations in the Vanderbilt Hospital pro- vide a large amount of material available (or this course.
Tuition, $50.00.
DR. HILLSTROM.
6. SYPUILIS. In this course opportunity will begiven to observe the various types o( syphilis encountered, and to study the methods and results oJ treatment. The class will meet on three afternoons a week (or two weeks.
This course wall not be given unless there are as many as five applicants.
Tuition, S25.00. DR. MORGAN.
7. UROLOGY.The material in the urological division of the Vander- bilt University Ho pital out-patient department is sufficiently large to make it po,slble to give IDstruction in the diafllosis and treatment o( urological conditions to a limited group of postgraduate students.
The students will receive instruction in the d:agnosis and care of the more frequent diseases 01 the male genito-urinary system. Also special instruction will be given in the technique of the use o( the cystoscope. This class will meet every mornini (or two weeks.
This course will not be given unless there are as many as three applicants.
Tuition, $50.00. DR. PENNINGTON.
8. GYNECOLOGYAKDOBST8T~CS. ThIS course is offered to general practitioners who desIre a practical review of these important sub- jects.
The work in gynecology will consist oJthe examlDation and treat- ment o( patients IDthe out-patIent department, ward rounds, opera- tive techn;que. and the study oCgynecological specimens IDthe labora- tory. This class wIn meet 51X morninlr.l a week for two weeks.
This course will not be given unless there are as mlUlYAS five appliclUlts.
Tuition, 550.00. DR. L E.BURCII.
The work in obstetrics will consist or prenatal and postnatal care of patients in the out-patient department, ward rounds, the attend- ance on labor cases delil'ered in the Hospital, and II the graduates so desire, arrangements may be made so that tbey can dehver patients under instruction on the outSide A thorough course on the manikin and the vanous obstetncal operatIons ",.11 also be g ven This class
"'.II meet on SIX alternoons a week lor two weeks
ThiS course w.1I not be g ven unless there are as many as fh~
applicants.
Tuition, ~O.OO Da Cow.'s.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND PUBLIC J UlAL TI J
In cooperation with the Tenne~'lee State Department of Health a course IS l,ven for phYSICian" who WI h to prepare themselves for positIOns as county health officers The first hall of the course con.
'lISts of lectures, laboratory demonstrat.ons, worlc ,n out patIent departments wh,ch deal With conditions or pubhc health Importance, conferences on the Adm n "tratlon of tbe county healtb organ zatlon and IU relatIOn h p to ot her health agenc,e", uerCI'\C5 lD ep dem'- olory, Vital 51atlstlcs, (raphlC method, etc The second hall con.
SISts or a health o;urvcy of a town and praet u:al field work under a trained health officer IDa county ha, Ing a rull-t me health organ za.
tlon The course occup es t"'elve weelu dunng the fir t or second tnmestcr.
TilE COMMON\\EALTII J'U!'o'D FELLO\\SlilPS
The Commonwealth Fund prol'ldes rollowshlp" for general practi- tlonen or medIcant wh ) Wish to devote a lour months' period of post- (raduate InstructIOn an the \'andubllt School 01 ~fedlclDc. Two courses arc ,Iven annually. one be'lnmn, June I and the second on February I Each course IS hmlted to ten pbyslclans. Applications are made direct to the Comm ~n"'ealth Jo'und These fellowships lore (Iven only to phy IClan.s In TenM""
Sl'ECJAL COURSliS
FacllitlCJI are available ror a very limited number of phYSiCians dc.unn, to pursllC speCial worlc In vanous deparllnent5 In general these opportunIties arc open only to thO'\e able to pursue their studies over a rather extended penod. and are made ava lable by special arrangement (nqulne'! may be addres'\Cd to the Re(,strar or the Medical School
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