Duke University School of Medicine - Aesculapian Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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DIETETICS M1ss TATE The Dietetic Department at Duke University Med- ical Center is the second largest department in the hos- pital. Our objectives are to give outstanding service to patients and personnel, to teach, and to participate in research. It is our hope through the dietetic internship to help H11 the increasing need for dietitions and to offer leadership in preparing dietitians for the future. The approved Dietetic Internship program at Duke University Medical Center is one of 50 in the country and one of three in the Southeast. The candidates for admission must have a bachelor's degree from an ac- credited college or university with a major in Foods and Nutrition or Institution Administration. During the twelve months of post baccalaureate work, the interns have class instruction from the Dietetics, Medical and Para-Medical staff. They are given the opportunity to apply the principles of dietetics to administrative and normal and therapeutic dietetics. Their scientific and technical knowledge is practiced under the guidance and supervision of a selected, professionally qualified staff. Team effort and experience is gained in the areas of Out-patient Department and Patient Food Service, re- search areas, teaching, food production, management, and other learning experiences as conferences, patient contact and rounds. With the satisfactory completion of the dietetic in- ternship, the intern is eligible for membership in The American Dietetic Association. DOROTHY E. TATE, M.S. Director of Dietetics' twenty-nine . M 5 sim H T -5 l - . 4 .lm Q A f' aaaaa 4 rl

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PH TSI CAL THERAPY Physical Therapy became available to patients soon after the opening of Duke Hospital. In 1943 due to the increased demand for such treatment and personnel, Duke Hospital and Medical School, in cooperation with the W0man's College established an accredited nine months' course in Physical Therapy for properly quali- fied men and women college graduates. Dr. Frank W. Clippinger is Chairman of the Physical Therapy Ad- visory Committee and Miss Helen Kaiser is the Director of Physical Therapy. To date, 225 students have suc- cessfully completed the course. Two programs are now available to our students. The Graduate Program is a two-year course leading to a Master of Arts Degree in Anatomy or Physiology and a Certihcate in Physical Therapy. The Certificate Program is a fifteen-month course following graduation from an accredited college and leads to a Certificate in Physical Therapy. The Department employs I9 physical therapists and one research associate from a foreign country. Patients are referred from all the major services and the ma- jority of minor ones. The Department treats over 100 patients daily, the greatest numbers come from the De- partments of Medicine and Obstetrics. These are fol- lowed in close succession by Pediatrics, Neuro-Surgery, Orthopaedics, and Psychiatry. Liaisons with each service keep the doctor, patient, and physical therapist in close contact. Miss KA1sER The most recent expansion of the Department's services has been to provide physical therapy in the home to patients in Durham County. Three physical therapists working through the Duke University Medical Center and the Durham County Health Department visit pa- tients referred by the Medical Center as well as local doctors. The Department occupies approximately 5,000 square feet in its new and adequate quarters in Room 045 and O42 on the ground floor of the Hospital and is well furnished with customary and recent equipment, in- cluding a therapeutic pool and an activities of daily liv- ing room, as well as a class or conference room. HELEN L. KA1sER, R.P.T. Director of Physzkal Therapy twenty-eight

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MEDICAL ART- ILLUSTRATIO In the thirty-two years since its beginning, the medical art and photographic service has emerged from a staff composed of one medical artist and one part-time photographer to an organized department with, at present, personnel consisting of Eve artists, six photog- raphers and a secretary. Each is experienced and thoroughly trained for his particular position and as- sociated responsibilities. The department occupies a well equipped suite of eight rooms which was specifically planned to meet the thousands of requests for a wide variety of medical and non-medical illustrationsg each, of course, to be of the highest quality and made in the shortest possible time. The basic responsibility of this service is to produce illustrations for the Duke Medical Center staff, through the employment of various art and photographic tech- niques and methods. These illustrations are used to en- hance the medical records of patients, to illustrate scien- tific Writings and as visual aids in teaching. Services offered by this Division are: I. Medical Art: Illustrations made by using various media and artistic techniques, to depict anything per- ceptible to the eye, the existing but unseen, and even the theoretic, mechanical drawings, diagrams, charts, graphs, lettering, casts, models, exhibits, etc. 2. Medical Photography: Illustrations either in black and white or color of anything to which available photo- graphic equipment will respond. This section produces still and motion pictures, retinal pictures, photographic copies, Hlm strips, lantern slides, enlargements and con- tact prints. 3. Consultation and advice in the selection and use of illustrative material and visual aid equipment. ELON H. CLARK Services offered directly for the patient's benefit are: production of various types of facial prostheses made of a skin-like plastic material to be used to replace the natural part-for example, a missing nose or ear when surgery is not advisable, instruction in the use of opaque cos- metics for the purpose of making less conspicuous any skin discoloration fbirthmarks are an outstanding ex- amplej. At the present time no regular course of instruction is given in Medical Art, Medical Photography or any other service offered by this department. ELoN H. CLARK Chairman of Department Professor of Medical Art and Illustration ROBERT L. BLAKE HENRY F. PICKETT RAYNIOND L. HOWARD