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

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' '.7' K : Ml Us iv? 2 -5+ 6 ilk? lx The results of the meeting remain to be seen. Perhaps most of the students don't expect real change in the sophomore curriculum this year. But at least better communication on the part of faculty, stu- dents, and administration has been made with the respect for each other's position that makes more dialogue possible. jj . Student reaction to the session are mixed. Mike t Epstein, who was the spokesman for the students at the start of the discussion, explains that the purpose of the meeting was to get across to the faculty that the students were concerned over some issues, and that the concern was classwidef' He feels that the confrontation will produce more than anything else an attitude change on the part of the faculty. Mike was impressed with the great attendance and the fact that everybody took part and paid attention for two hours. Denny Davidson, sophomore class president, finds an important issue in the fact that many students hoped for a community medicine type of thing, instead of old-line Public Health. Denny reports fthat the faculty had praise for how things were han- dled. Dennis Joy, who was present at both the noon lzmeeting and the major discussion, feels that the ses- sion ucould have been better planned, but was s--'priser' that the hot-heads cooled down by the time of the large meeting. 1.....t,s:fx,.. ? .Mil 5 f LJ

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. Q fi Q ., ' li E if g 1 I sl David Ott Gerald Ozanne ,, .?, ,, , iLh 'Q- , K JoAnn Nelson jerry Neuman FIRST ROW-Paul Gikas, Bernard Naylor, Robert Hendrix, Samuel Hicks, Krishna Dar, Barbara Barnes, Mary Schweikle, Dorin Hinerman, Constance D'Amato, A, james French QChairmanJ, Ronald Nishiyama, Harold Oberman, Rees Midgley, Robert Schmidt, Harvey Baer, Adm. Ass'tg SECOND ROW-David Rosen- sweet, Mr. Roger Calam, Douglas Siders, Philip Gruskin, Jerome Nosanchuk, Theodore Meadows, Merrill Cohen, Vernon Gay, james Fox, john Olson, Paul Ginther, Thomas Dicke, Lawrence Loesel, jon McWhirter, Benram Schnilzer, Thomas Johnson, Joel Shilling, Louis Rosati, Don Weaver, Hideo Itabashig THIRD ROW-Fred Smith, Fred Holtz, Manfred Soiderer, Charles Short, Ralph Hulett, Miloslav Talas, Carl Schlecte, Henry Kallet, Paul Wilson, Gordon Niswender, Ellsworth Littler, Ian Turnbull, William Hart, Warren Helwig, Michael Herrell, Lee Weatherbee,Ar1hur Belding, Sang Baik. Pathology K fi Donald Palmer ', -1 L -0 Y :L y 7 iw' Charles O'Dell Marvin Oleshansky

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Bob Kraff expresses a minority viewpoint: It was only a class meeting which raised several questions not only concerning Public Health presentations, but also the proper perspective of clinical information presented during the pre-clinical two years. Most every student appreciates the relevant and compre- hensive clinical correlations presented in the new curriculum. Nevertheless, the hallmark of a Michi- gan graduate in the past was his superior under- standing of fundamental concepts--an understand- ing build upon the finest pre-clinical curriculum found anywhere in the country. Some of us, myself included, wish to be assured that such a basic founda- tion will not be jeopardized by presentation of exces- sive and premature clinical material. It is essential for optimal improvement of our medical education that the constructive and activist spirit of the Class of 1971 continue. The class attends fand criticizesl lectures in record number and shows the responsibility and initiative to do more than just what is required. The impromptu class meeting with its near perfect attendance and non-stop attention attests to the class, willingness to try to effect needed changes. The more than 60 members of the class who have signed up to visit the medical facilities at the Ford Rouge Plant in their spare time indicate more strongly than words can that the class is concerned. As inflammation is a healthy man's response to infection, so also is the response of dissatisfaction to faults in the medical school curriculum a good prog- nostic sign. Today's medical student is an optimistic therapist who realizes that more than symptomatic relief is indicated, and who is willing to alter the course of the disease or the disease of the coursew as the case maybe. fcontinued on page 1185 Genetics N., -2 f '- s fi. Steven Saltman ' 4. er Keith Shoaps Randall Smith