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

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. ss' , Robert Kraff nr. ,, lf 1 George Krick -.44 SA!! cn . 'ff-r Vincent LaPorte .ag I lr 1 ..- KYM' P Edward Leib james Lesser Nearly all of the Sophomore Medical Class gath- ered together in M3330 last Friday afternoon, Octo- ber 25, to voice disapproval over some aspects of the generally well accepted new curriculum. joining in the impromptu, but orderly discussion were Dr. Robert Green, Dr. john Weller, Dr. Colin Camp- bell, Dr. George DeMuth, as well as members ofthe Public Health Department, including Dr. Fred Davenport. The class has been assigned to split into four groups in different areas of the medical center from 1:00 to 3:00 in the afternoon for Public Health lec- tures in the Clinical Medicine 600 course, but a class meeting held over the noon hour called for the large gathering instead. It all began when about 40 sophomores met at noon on Friday for a class meeting concerning a multitude of grievances, from recent examination questions to dissatisfaction with some of the lectures-primarily those presented by the Public Health Department. Most found the Public Health lectures to be irrelevant and boring, but a note from the Public Health Department announcing that there would be what was interpreted as a quiz was perhaps a precipitating factor. If the Public Health Depart- ment can't make lectures worth coming to,'l it was argued, 'Lhow can they further insult us by using a quiz as a gimmick to make us attend? Soon the group, which was becoming larger by the minute, realized that the real issue was not that Public Health was an unworthy subject for lectures ton the contrary, the consensus was that Public Health and the students deserved better treatmentl, nor was the issue particular exam questions. CLThey can ask us what of the population Tel-Aviv is if they want tofu a student declaredj. The real issue was medical edu- cation, and what the student could do to improve it. At the noon meeting, proposals were considered to do something to make the Public Health Department aware of growing student dissatisfaction. It was suggested that the whole class not go to the lectures fthere were four classrooms originally assigned for small-group-case-study sessionsj, or that a walkout should be staged-but these ideas were rejected as not constructive enough and too easily misinter- pretedg they might cause more harm than good and make communication even more strained. Finally it was agreed by the great majority simply to gather in one place and call for an open discussion. Then stu- dents were sent to inform the rest ofthe class and the lecturers ofthe mass assembly in M3330, Some stu- dents then noted that perhaps the rest of the class would not agree, and that because of the lack of preparation there could be no realistic proposals for improvement. But despite the obvious shortcomings, it was decided to go ahead and at least make known the feelings ofthe vast majority of the class. By the time class would have begun, Mike Epstein, who was requested to speak for the group, explained to the four faculty members present that