University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine - Hippocratean Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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WESTERN PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE The Department of Psychiatry, while always very active, has more than doubled the full-time teaching and resident staff at the Western Psychiatric Insti ' tute due to the expansion policies of the University Board of Trustees, and the Commonwealth of Penn- sylvania. This enables the Department to double the teaching hours for both students and residents. The entire program of the Western Psychiatric Institute might be considered a four front campaign. The Department of Psychiatry is developing ( 1 ) the teaching program for the medical students, nurses and others; (2) the teaching and research program in the hospital; and {}) the Child-Development pro- gram. The latter has activities on the children ' s w ard on the Sixth Floor, at Arsenal Park, The Pittsburgh Child Guidance Center, and the Children ' s Hospital. The Department of Clinical Science is stressing the fourth effort, namely the clinical and laboratory investigation. As these programs come of age, it is believed that both the local and state-wide communities will benefit from the training and research being done here. The medical student will always have a central place in this development, for he is the physician of tomorrow who must furnish the much needed leadership. [ 153]

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A pinnacle in the Eye and Ear Hospital ' s expansion program was reached in Sep- tember, 1932, when the Eye Bank of Pittshurgh opened in the hospital under the directorship of the Professor and of the Department of Ophthalmology of the Uni- versity of Pittsburgh; its primary function- the restoration of vision in the blind by corneal transplantation. Through this service, in many instances, deceased persons may contribute to the sight of those who otherwise would be lett in darkness. Closely paralleling this milestone was the opening ot the Department ot AtiJiology in the hospital in 1949 under the directorship of the Professor and the Department of Otology of the University of Pittsburgh. This hospital facility is concerned with all phases of measurement of auditory function, hearing aid evaluation, instruction for aurally h.uidicapped children and adult . and psycho-acoustic research. Chartered on June 22. 189. the Eye and Ear Ho.spital. a unit of the Pittsburgh Medical Center, has a bed capacity of 119, and renders service to the medical profes- sion md community in three important branches of medicine: ophthalmology, otology, ani.1 rhniolaryngology. Affiliated with the .schools of medicine and nursing of the Uni- versity of Pitt.sburgh, it is the only special hospital of its kind in Western Pennsylvania. The medical staff is comprised of faculty members of tlie medical school and the nursing staff consists of graduate and .itlili.itc nurses. Approved by the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Association and the American College of Surgeons, the Eye and Ear Hos- pital offers residency training in ophthalmology and otolaryngology to qualified physicians, participates in the Medical Center Rotating Internship, and offers junior internships to qualified senior medical students under the supervision of the resident and medical staff. Accredited by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nurse Examiners and the National League of Nursing Education, the Eye and Ear Hospital offers nursing instruction in ophthalmology and otolaryngology to University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing and affiliate students who are assigned to this hospital for A weeks ' rotating .service. • Selected upper classmen and graduate students in the depariments ot Psychology and Speech and the School of Education are offered courses in audiology- theory and prac- ticum— in the Dep.irtment of Audiology in the Eye and Ear Hospital for which univer- sity credit is given. The Hospital and Medical Staff maintain excellent library i.icilities in the speci.ilties of ophthalmology and otolaryngology, subscribing to thirty (. 0) special journals with a collection of 2000 special textbooks and valuable reference periodicals. M.irlha C. Zavonia, R.N. Administrator MRH I 152

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MERC HOSPITAL The Mercy Hospital established in 1847 by the Sisters of Mercy has the distinction of being the oldest hospital in Western Pennsylvania. It h.id its beginnnig in Concert Hall, an old hotel huildmg on Penn Avenue, and on its opening day had but one ward of twenty beds and one or two private rooms. Despite the fact that people were skeptical of hos- pitals in those days, two hundred fifty-four patients were admitted during the first sixteen months. In 184iS, the hospital was moved to a new si.xty- bed building on Stevenson Street, its present site. Here it has expanded in plant and in equipment with the growth of the city and the progress made in the hospital and medical sciences. Today, it has reached a bed-capacity of 720, During the fiscal year of 19M, there were 16,575 admissions to the hospital, .md 24,558 out-patients treated. Of these latter, 3,596 were new patients. The hospital, keenly interested in education, offers a rich field for teaching and research. It is ever alert to new methods for diagnosis and treatment. and strives to aid the physician, as far as possible. with adequate modern equipment. The diligent stu- dent, if he will but search out the treasure, will find a wealth ol knowledge within its walls. The educational program is on three levels, i.e., it provides clinical instruction and practice for (1) medical students, (2) interns. (}) residents. Interns receive their clinical experience through a rotating internship service. The length of each service complies with the requirements laid down by the governing board on internships in an approved program. The metlical students follow a similar pro- gram. Approved residencies are olfered by the hospit.il in the following services: medicine, surgery, path- ology, bacteriology, urology, neurosurgery, gynecol- ogy, obstetrics, radiology, and anaesthesiology. These residencies are open to all interns who have satis- factorily completed approved intern services; pref- erence, however, is given to interns ot Mercy Hos- pital. The MercN- Hospital School of Nursing is affili- ated with Mount Mercy College and Duquesne Uni- versity; the hospital is akso afliliated with the Du- quesne University School of Pharmacy. The hospital ' s first affiliation, however, was with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; this association with the Medical School dates from 1901 and has become so incorporated into the daily routine that it is now an integr.il part of the hospital. I 154]