Drexel University College of Medicine - Medic Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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FROM THE DEAN . Dear Doctor: Now that you are on the threshold of your careers as clinicians, have you had the time and perception to appreciate the rich traditions of American academic medicine which have molded your education? Most of you will know of Abraham Flexner and some of you of William Osler, but very few will have probed the significance of Francis Weld Peabody on the development of the backbone of American medical education- the full time clinician devoted to education, research and patient care. Briefly, Dr. Peabody was the first resident physician at the Peter Bent Bringham Hospital and later became the first director of the newly established Thorndike Memorial Laboratory at the Boston City Hospital. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1818 and died of cancer at a relatively early age in 1928. He contributed importantly in research in typhoid, pulmonary func- tion and the mechanism of pernicious the anemia. Recognition is attributed to Peabody for the establishment of the American Society of Clinical lnvestica- tion and later the American Association of Physicians. lt is of interest that this giant of American medicine towards the end of his career wrote the following excerpt in a brilliant essay on, The Care of the Patient. The good physician knows his patients through and through, and his knowledge is bought dearly. Time, sympathy, and understanding must be lavishly dispensed, but the reward is to be found in that personal bond which forms the greatest satisfaction of the practice of medicine. One of the essential qualities of the clinician is interest in caring for the patient. ln the complex societal and technological environment of today, his words carry peculiar importance. The profession of medicine will deminish in pro- portion to the development of its impersonal character. As more and more health care is distributed by third party payers, computers and highly ad- vanced diagnostic medicines, the role of and the character of the physician deminishes. l urge each of you in the conduct of your practice to preserve the personal relationship which must exist beween patient and physician. Other- wise, you are nothing more than an expensively trained technician. lt is my privelge to wish you extraordinarily successful careers and much joy and pleasure in your chosen medical fields. FROM THE ASSOCIATE DEAN The future of all of us in medicine is somewhat uncertain. These uncertainties extend into the financial support of medicine. the degree of control from the public, our ability to handle the explosion of knowledge. and our ability to maintain patient confidence. Response to changes and stresses help develop character. Your years at Hahnemann have certainly provided you with ample for such character development. Recall, if you will, how rapidly you discovered that your college study- ing habits no longer applied in medical school. You rapidly discovered that you could not learn all the material in a course. but had to intelligently ferret out the important aspects and to employ this knowledge as a tool and not an end unto itself. lt represents an alteration in your thinking with is vitally important in the field of applied science. You have learned it well and it will continue to be useful for the rest of your life. Hahnemann has added some of its own stresses with the Core curricu- lum. Not only was there the necessity to develop new studying habits in Core l, but, there was the early clinical experience. This experience in the practical aspects of medicine, when you were not thoroughly prepared, constituted a major stress and, l might add, a large contribution towards your character development. From this experience you have emerged with an ability to work with people. Recall if you will, your first history and physical and your admiration for the senior medical student who could acomplish the four hour task in under an hour. Look at yourselves now, how much you have developed! Your work week itself, has been altered. No longer can you afford to waster precious time. You have learned to think rapidly, work intelligently and play hard. You have accomodated admirably and are able to combine long, high pressure thinking with alert activity. Hahnemann, however, has tried to modify some of the stresses that have faced you previously, consider the tremendous competition that existed in your premedical years. At Hahnemann this competion is elimi- nated. You have no class rane, no grades, and no score with which to compete. Thus, there has developed among you a sense of unity and cooperation which would have been unheard-of in previous years. I believe this sense of coopertion will go forward with you in to your residencies and future life. This brings me to the results of this stress. These are results which l have learned to admire- HAHNEMANN GRADUATES- firmly based in clinical science, capable in their profession, understanding and humane in their actions, doctors in the full sense. Sincerely yours, Joseph R. DiPalma, M.D. Congratulations l Hugh D. Bennett, M.D.

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co Lo Life in Philadelphia, sights, sounds, people and events. During the past four years we have had the opportunity to observe as well as participate: clockwise from far left, A block party on Chest- nut Street, Second Street at Headhouse Square, A parkway altar for the Pope, Independence Hall, Pope John-Paul lI's historic visit to Philadel- phia, The Mummers New Year's Day Parade, a Philadelphia Tradition. .-r-1-, M F 1 fill S 51 i L,-LL B i Ll.l. ' .ll tn. Q .