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of $260 to be applied to the general fee associated with the program. Rising costs
associated with the program have made this increase necessary. The increase will
become effective beginning with the entering class in the fall of 1979.
I concur in this recommendation.
On motion of Mr. Howard, this recommendation was approved.
Contract with the Health and Hospitals Governing Commission
of Cook County for Residency Training, Medical Center
(24) The School of Public Health at the Medical Center wishes to continue for
the third year a contractual relationship with the Health and Hospitals Governing
Commission of Cook County for the residency training of physicians in occupational
medicine in Cook County Hospital.
The contract in an amount not to exceed $93,720 is for the period July 1,
1978, through June 30, 1979. Funds are available from a Kellogg Foundation
grant.
Under the contract, the Health and Hospitals Governing Commission has the
authority to administer and manage the residenry program in occupational medi-
cine, limited only by the terms of the grant and the line item amounts specified
in the budget.
The chancellor at the Medical Center has recommended approval of the
contract. The vice presidents for academic affairs and for administration concur.
I recommend approval.
The student advisory vote was: Aye, Miss Kooper, Mr. Sobotka. Mr.
Watson; no, none.
On motion of Mr. Velasquez, this recommendation was approved by
the following vote: Aye, Dr. Donoghue, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr.
Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Stone, Mr. Velasquez; no, none:
absent. Mr. Neal, Governor Thompson.
Contracts for Residency Training in General Internal Medicine
and General Pediatrics, Medical Center
(25) The Federal Health Professions Educational Assistance Act authorizes grants
to promote the graduate education of physicians who will enter the practice of
general internal medicine or general pediatrics. The federal statute provides that
such grants be awarded to schools of medicine, not directly to a hospital. Grant
applications have been submitted to the College of Medicine by the Illinois Masonic
Medical Center, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, and Lutheran General
Hospital (all in the Chicago Metropolitan area and affiliated with the college),
and grants totaling $755,000 have been awarded to the college based on the
applications.
The programs supported by these grants will train primary care physicians
who will practice general internal medicine or general pediatrics.
The chancellor at the Medical Center has recommended that the University
contract with the hospitals in amounts not to exceed the award made for each
hospital as follows:
Hospital No. of Residents Amount
Lutheran General Hospital
Mercy Hospital and Medical Center
Illinois Masonic Medical Center
48
11
8
$333 000
148 000
274 000
The contract period in each case is October 1, 1978, to September 30, 1979. Federal
grant funds are available in the operating budget of the College of Medicine.