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year medical students, and the remainder were first and second year
students. Stanford and Harvard Universities led the list of schools in
the number applying, and five participants were selected from each of
these schools. Three were selected from the University of California,
and four schools had two students each. Fifteen schools were represented
by one student each.
The training period extended from July 1 through September 1,
1959, with a limited extension for a small group of students. The
program included a two-day introductory orientation of the student to
the Department and to public health problems of the State; two plenary
group teaching sessions of eight hours each at three-week intervals;
the assignment of each student to a specifically planned project with a
designated individual responsible as a preceptor; the assignment of
selected reading; visits to local health departments; the preparation of
a final report by each student of two parts--the first, a subjective
essay on the summer's experience and the second, a scientific report of
the project on which he worked; and a written appraisal of the program
by a questionnaire. In the assigned projects an effort was made to
give the student experience in the delineation of a problem; the defini-
tion of objectives for a study; the preparation of a protocol or
experimental design; the conduct of a specific study; the evaluation of
results; and the presentation of a summary report subject to the
criticism of his peers.
In evaluating the summer's experience, thirty-three of the
thirty-six students rated the over-all experience as "very satisfactory",
three as "satisfactory", and no one reported the experience as "unsatis-
factory". Thirty felt that they had made a contribution to the Depart-
ment's work, and twenty-nine of the thirty-six expressed an interest in
returning for another summer, if circumstances would permit. Twenty-
three of the thirty-six students indicated they would be interested in
participating in a similar program in the health department of their own
state next year if such program were available. Twenty of the students
indicated that they would recommend the program without reservation to
fellow students, and most of those indicating reservations remarked on
the predominantly epidemiologic nature of the activities in contrast to
clinical or laboratory experiences.
The Departmental staff evaluating the program were generally
more critical than the students, but supervisors of more than thirty of
the thirty-six students indicated that they would be willing to partici-
pate in a similar program in future years. Most of the staff who expressed
some reservation about the program were not satisfied with the background
or preparation of a particular student for the project to which he was
assigned. The staff generally concurred with the favorable student opinion
of what was learned and felt that, in addition, almost all students con-
tributed in some measure to the Department's work.
The 1959 summer training program was described in a paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Teachers of Preven-
tive Medicine in October 1959. Great interest in the program was expressed
at that time, and has been reflected subsequently in the willingness of
medical school deans and professors of preventive medicine to stimulate
applications and to assist in the evaluation of applicants for the 1960
program.
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