Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Rev. John J. McInerny, S.J. Regcnf bers and alumni, bear testimony to the high regard in which the School of Medicine is held. The School of Medicine has always striven to incul- cate a spirit of inquiry and search for new truths and improved methods. It endeavors to prepare them for the demands of general practice and to keep bright in them the human traditions of the profession in order so that its motives of service might not be lost in the pursuit of learning and the acquisition of technical skill. The clinical and teaching facilities are supple- mented by the affiliation of four important hospitals. They are the Creighton Memorial St. Joseph ' s hospital, St. Catherine ' s hospital, Mercy hospital, and St. Ber- nard ' s hospital. The junior and senior students gain a great deal of knowledge and experience by observa- tion at the four hospitals and by working on cases in connection with the hospital. Each of the hospitals offers some special methods and types of cases and each has staff members who are of benefit to the medical student. Saint Bernard ' s hospital offers the student interested in mental and nervous diseases a chance for observation in that field which is bettered by no other institution in the middle west. In addition to the affiliated hospitals, the medical school has working agreements with the county hospitals of Douglas and Pottawattamie counties. A number of the graduates receive interneships in these hospitals while some of the out- standing junior students hold junior interneships there. Medicine is considered by many as one of the most complex, if not the most com- plex secular subject, within the domain of education. All means of prevention, diag- nosis, and alleviation or cure of disease, be those means physical, chemical or mechanical are essentially included in its study, practice and research. As the physician is one of the most sacred trusts in lay activities, he should be produced from the best minds, the best educated and the best characters available. John T. Fochtman Carl Formanack Sylvester Pawol Frank. ' . Brown [23]

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Dr. Bryan M. Riley Dean The School of Medicine A-PPRECIATING the necessity for practical experience on the part of the student who is preparing for leadership in the medical profession, the School of Medicine maintains an elaborate clinical and out-patient organization, in which more than 30,000 patients are treated annually by advanced students under expert faculty supervision. The students working in the clinic prepare a diag- nosis and prescribe treatment for the patients. The train- ing in the clinic, with the associated visits to the homes of sick persons, corresponds to the bulk of the profes- sional work the practitioner is called upon to perform. In the cases where prescriptions are needed, the students make out the prescriptions, which is checked by the supervisor, and is then presented by the students to the pharmacy dispensary, where they are filled. The clinic now contains a full complement of the most modern and costly diagnostic instruments, and trained technicians are available to supplement the judgement of the physicians. There is a well equipped laboratory, an X-ray department, and means of radiological treatment for determining basal metabolism and electrocardigram. The work done by the student is kept in a daily record containing every step from registration to completion of the operation. By means of this system it is possible at the end of the year to determine whether the skill and experience of the student entitles him to pass in the practical work upon which his life ' s vocation is based. The medical clinic cooperates with the pharmacy dispensary and the hospitals affiliated with the University. The fact that many times as many students make application for enrollment as can be admitted, the demand for Creighton graduates as internes in the nation ' s leading hos- pitals, and the national and international reputations held by many of its faculty mem- The School ov Medicinl Faculty [22]

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Dr. Frank J. Viner Acting Dean The School of Dentistry Jl -EALIZING that leadership in the profession of dentistry requires an education that will enable the practitioner to keep pace with ever- changing conditions and ever-improving methods, the faculty of the School of Dentistry exerts every in- fluence toward preparing graduates of the department in all lines of dental practice. The degree of doctor of dental surgery is attained after a four-year course, which is preceeded by one year of pre-dental study in the College of Arts and Sciences. All phases of the professional man ' s future requirements are adequately cared for, so that the graduate will not only be a finished technician and operator, but a cultured gentleman as well. The dental supremacy of Creighton ' s School of Dentistry rests to a great extent upon the meticulous care with which foundations for future professional leadership are built. The School maintains complete technical, metallurgical and microscopic laboratories together with a large in- firmary, operating room and X-ray laboratories. The most important consideration in one ' s usual judgment of ability, namely skill, is chiefly acquired in the infirmary, which is regarded as a model by dental educators throughout the country. Clinical facilities are of the finest, and as a result over 4,000 patients are treated annually by the upper-classmen. Each student is equipped with the latest type of electrical operating units and cabinets, and furnished with unexcelled facility supervision as he forms the ground-work of his own practice by caring for the patient through the successive stages of complete treatment. All work done in the clinic by the students is under the guidance of a faculty super- visor. The students have the use of dental chairs of the most modern make, equipped with fountain cuspidors and electrical units of the most up-to-date type. A plentiful J Mj L V f I 15 t f fit t f ■ ' £ : - lUl SCHOOI. OI l)l NIISIRV hA UI lY [24]