University of Oklahoma - Sooner Medic Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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were 17 Interns, and ll Residents receiving training, the majority of Whom were residents of the State. The School of Medicine has a total faculty of 233, with 36 full time and 186 part time, which number includes l3 visiting Lecturers from different parts of the State. The majority of the full time fac- ulty are in the Basic Sciences. The enrollment of the School of Medicine for the scholastic year, 1945-46, was 268. The School of Nursing had an enrollment of 209, of Whom 30 were Aiiiliates. In addition, Hospital Dietitians, Medical and X-ray 'Technologists re- ceived training in the laboratories of the University Hospitals. During the last Hscal year 7009 patients, residents of the State, received medical care in the University Hospitals. The Outpatient Department administered 27,439 treatments to residents of Okla- homa during the same period. It is diiiicult to estimate the value of all services rendered, but a conservative estimate indicates that the people of Oklahoma received two dollars Worth of medical care for every dollar spent at the insti- tution. In addition, residents of the State received -medical education, and other training, which benefits the public Welfare of Oklahoma. 4'k4 li' 'k if 3' 4

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, 'f, 1 The School of Medicine of the University of Oklahoma, With its two hospitals, the University Hospital, and the Oklahoma Hospital for Crippled Children, has six main functions: The education of students in the art and science of Medicine, the education of nurses, the training of hospital Dietitians, provide an advanced educational program for graduates in Medicine, Internships and Residencies, the training of laboratory X-ray Technicians, and give medical care to the people of Oklahoma. That the school serves the State in so far as these functions are concerned is evidenced by the fact that during the scholastic year, 1945-46, 226 residents of the State of Oklahoma were receiving their medical education in the school, and during the same period there

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