ILLINOIS - The University of Illinois Board of Trustees

620 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [May 15
Change in Name, Department of Medical Dietetics, College
of Associated Health Professions, Medical Center
The Medical Center Senate has approved a recommendation from the College of
Associated Health Professions to change the name of the Department of Medical
Dietetics to the Department of Nutrition and Medical Dietetics.
Nutrition is at the core of the Medical Dietetics curricula and is the focus of
the expanding program of research within the department. In order to describe
more accurately the instructional and research functions of the department, this
change has been proposed.
This report was received for record.
By consensus the board agreed that one roll call vote would be taken and considered
the roll call vote on each of the next six items. The recommendations were individually
discussed but acted upon at one time.
Contracts for Residency Training in General Internal Medicine
and General Pediatrics, Medical Center
(22) 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 Hos-
pital (all in the Chicago metropolitan area and affiliated with the College) and
grants totaling $786,494 have been awarded to the College based on the appli-
cations.
The programs supported by these grants will train primary care physicians
who will practice general internal medicine or general pediatrics.
The chanceilor at the Medical Center has recommended that the University
contract with the hospitals in amounts not to exceed the award made for each
hoepital as follows:
Hospital Amount
Lutheran General Hospital $291 506
Mercy Hospital and Medical Center 151 079
Illinois Masonic Medical Center 343 909
The contract period in each case is October I, 1979, to Septcmber 30, 1980. Fed-
eral grant funds are available in the operating budget of the College of Medicine.
The vice presidents for academic affairs and for administration concur in the
recommendation.
I recommend approval.
Contract for Management Consulting Services on Revised
Federal Guidelines for Sponsored Programs
(23) The U.S. Office of Management and Budget’s “Federal Circular A-21 (Re-
vised)” prescribes new regulations and procedures which must be followed by
grantees receiving Federal research grants and contracts. The new regulations place
new emphasis on the accountability for, and the documentation of, both direct and
indirect cost expenditures made from federally-sponsored programs. To achieve
compliance, the University will be required to upgrade its management information
and control systems and documentation procedures. The intent would be to file a
plan with the University’s cognizant Federal Audit Agency by July 1, 1980, outlin-
ing the steps to be undertaken to achieve full compliance with the new regulations.
For a number of months, University-wide and campus committees have been
reviewing the issues to determine the best means of achieving compliance with