University of Michigan Medical and Nursing School - Aequanimitas Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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S UDE T COUNCIL BACK ROW: j, Luciano, N. Osborne, P. Quinn, R. Mulder, D. Davidson, G. Anderson, R. Procter, D, Stulberg, R. Palmer. MIDDLE ROW: R, Taipala,j. Harger, G. Artinian, D. Havens, W. Fagget, M. Kabalin. The FRONT ROW is Dr,john Gosling. The Student Council is comprised ofthe class officers of the four medical classes. lts major function is to provide a forum for the discussion of matters of interest to the medical school, particularly as they pertain to any segment of the student body. Emphasis this past year has been placed on improving communications between students, faculty, and administration. To this end the Student Council has obtained permission to select students to sit in on cer- tain faculty committee meetings. The Student Council has also worked on broadening the prescription drug program, instituting a medical and hospitalization program for medical students, solving the many problems of student parking, and maintaining the lines of com- munication between the class officers and their classes. Dennis L. Havens '68 i

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l TT'T' TWT T 'T' iw - 'TT H0 QR CQUNCIL The purpose of our medical education is the provision of optimum care for our patients. To achieve this end medical education at the University of Michigan strives to provide the student with academic knowledge while at the same time foster- ing the further development of integrity and character appro- priate to a physician. The Honor System serves as a mode to achieve these goals of medical education. The Honor System has a rich history at the University of Michigan, being founded by, concerned with, and administered by students. In 1903, the student body Hrst issued a statement concerning cheating, but it was not until 1915 that a uniform Honor System was proposed which was concerned with the supervision and conduct of examinations. In 1924, the Board of Regents approved both the Honor System and the establish- ment ofthe Honor Council. In 1961, the Code of Ethics was added and the Honor System was expanded from its applica- tion to exams to encompass all student activities, especially the student-patient relationship, the student-staff relationship, and the use of hospital records. Presently, the Honor Council is composed of two members elected from each class, the functions ofthis administrative body including the interpretation and explanation of the Honor Sys- tem along with the investigation of any violations ofthe Honor Code. Because our Honor System is vitally concerned with per- sonal behavior and ethical conduct, it also becomes the function ofthe Honor Council to recognize ever-changing trends and val- ues ofthe medical student and propose revisions in the Honor System to keep it abreast ofthese. It is the sincere goal of the Honor Council that with this historical background and these views of the future, the Honor System may truly foster the goal of achieving academic prow- ess and further development of personal integrity for the students ofthe University of Michigan Medical School. Moritz M. Ziegler '68 1 142 Seated-j. Wright, M. Ziegler, R. Sawyer. Standing-L, Argenta, W. Weiswasser, R. Smith,j. Pascoe, S. Chase,

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LPHA O EGA ALPHA 1 1 , . 5 I W K ZF 'K 1 i A 1' W 3 Q A . i .U . if ' .i i N ' First RowYA. Oostendorp, S. Monroe, Dr. Jaffe, P. Insel, W. Meengs, C. Kauffman, F. Serratoni. Second Row-B Dragoo, H. Alvarez, R. Kreuzer, D, Logan, W. Redlin, j. Rogers, j.Sugar, R. Grekin. Third Row-G. Geelhoed, W Boyko, S. Ringel, R. Matthews, L. Hurshman, J. Maize, F. jones, A. Hilgenberg. Absent: N. Brown, C. Ferguson, S Geelhoed, M. Hinnen, W. Howard,-I. Lipson,j. McNamara, F. Maynard, B. Mohr, R. Salamon, D. Silver, R. Tigl elaar, T. Rowland. Alpha Omega Alpha is a national medical scholastic honorary society which has chapters at vinually every accredited medical school in the United States. At the University ofMichigan members are elected during both the junior and Senior years, and an initiation banquet is held in the Fall of each year with a non-medical guest speaker. This year we were privileged to have Dr. Marvin Felheim, Professor of English at the University ofMichigan as our guest and Dr. Robert Green, Assistant Dean of the Medical School, as master of ceremonies. In past years the major activity has been the sponsorship and administration of the Student Re- search Forum, an annual spring event when selected students from all four classes present re- sults oftheir investigative efforts. This year we have also begun a series of evening meetings at faculty members' homes with guest faculty from outside the medical school who discuss with AOA's and a few invited medical faculty and house staff concepts outside the usual medical school realm. Finally, preliminary discussions have been held in an attempt to involve AOA participation in the medical school curriculum. Paul Insel '68