Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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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]

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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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Rfv. John J. McInerny, S.J. Regent supply of gas, electric power and lamps, compressed air, and hot and cold water is maintained at all times. Members of the senior class are furnished individual instrument cabinets. The clinic is also equipped with a modern sterilization cabinet which is one of the finest in any school infirmary. As the patients registered in the clinic are drawn not only from Omaha but from the surrounding territory in Nebraska and Iowa, the students are afforded a va- riety of practice in all phases of oral dentistry. The personal touch maintained between instructor and student is the keynote of the curriculum. The faculty is known for their attention to the latest de- velopments in the theoretical and operative fields of the science, thus passing on to the students benefits accruing from the newest achieve- ments in the profession. By combining every factor in a perfectly equipped school under the direction of an eminent faculty, the dental student is able to lay sure foundations for careful, accurate and finished workmanship, and at the same time to gain sufficient knowl- edge and experience to diagnose cases and to apply with certainty and confidence the proper treatment. The high regard in which the School is held by the government is shown by the fact that Creighton, with seven other of the nation ' s leading institutions, was selected for the establishment of a Dental Section of the Officer ' s Reserve Training Corps. Creighton graduates are eligible, upon completion of the prescribed course, to a commission as First Lieutenant in the Dental Section of the Officer ' s Reserve Corps. By means of a methodical record which is kept of all the work done by each individual student, the faculty supervisor can tell at any time to what extent the student is capable and experienced in each of the different phases of dental work studied. The reputation of the department is ably upheld by its graduates who are respected as leaders of their profession in national as well as local dental circles. Forest T. Graves Donald E. Murphy Raymond Rodrigues Aldo A. Dona [25]