New Jersey College of Medicine - Journal Yearbook (Jersey City, NJ)

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Two years ago The STudenTs aT The New Jersey College of Medicine designed a Family-orienTed com- muniiy healTh cenTer sTaTTed by medical sTudenTs cmd TciculTy of The New Jersey College of Medicine. This cenTer was envisioned To serve Three purposes. l. To provide Medical STudenTs wiTh The oppor- Tuniry To broaden Their conTacT and knowl- edge of urban medical and socio-economic problems Through The rendering of quoliTy medical services To The Newark CommuniTy. 2. To provide a model Tor involvemenT of medical sTudenTs in The delivery of qualiTy healTh care. 3. To provide basic science sTudenTs wiTh clinical conTacT guided by Third, TourTh year medical sTudenTs, and FaculTy. The basic sTrucTure of The Family HealTh Care CenTer revolves around The healTh Team concepT. Each family aT The Clinic is assigned To ci Team of sTudenTs consisTing oT a sTudenT nurse, freshman, sophomore, iunior and senior. The senior medical sTudenT is in charge of The Team and wiTh his facul1y supervisor is responsible Tor The heaITh care of The family member. This insures conTinuiTy beyond The graduaTion of any one specific class. The healTh Team is advised by Three physicians, an inTernisT, a surgeon, and a pediaTrician, assigned To The nighT ThaT The Team is on duTy. These licensed physicians assume legal responsibiliTy Tor The pa- TienTs. AdcliTional consulTanTs, including a social worker, psychiaTrisTs, public healTh nurse, and die- Tician are available for The Team To uTilize. 172

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HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT DRUG ABUSE PROGRAM The High School Drug Abuse Program was con- ceived during the summer of i969 by Richard Blum. What started as a small attempt to disseminate basic information about drug use and abuse to local area school youth developed into a maior proiect encom- passing the talents and resources ot the Department ot Public Health and Preventive Medicine and its division of drug abuse. Under the guidance of departmental chairman Dr. Donald Louria and the division director Dr. Edward Wolfson, the program consists of tour parts. Firstly, an extensive response questionnaire covering all aspects of drug use and knowledge is administered to a selected high school. Dr. Louria or Dr. Woltson then delivers a lecture to the student body followed short- ly by seminar sessions conducted by the medical students. Finally, a follow-up questionnaire is ad- students involved in the program Blum, John Middleton, Frank Fish, Richard Molteni, Robert Davis, Ed- , Eugene Sacks, Michael Pozen, and Dr. Paul Jordan. ministered. The include Richard Barry Maltzman, ward Freedman STUDENT GOVERNMENT Paul Hetzel President Dave Wa Irath Vice-President Larry Pizzo Treasurer Paul Raffer Secretary F. Behrle, M.D. Advisor 1 y . ,r-'--v - -- -Af l' - ' Vi A ' - .' ' 1: RQ-'A' l ' -1, ' f i cf .1 1 ff