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University Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, a full-time Herd, who would be a professor, in the University. This Department should expand, as soon as it conveniently can, to include a post-graduate course for a diploma in Social Medicine and Public Health, corresponding to the D. P. H. course in Great Britain. It would then require two sub-sections:- one for epidemiology and one for the practical application of the results of nutritional studies.
22. The Committee is fully aware of the difficulties which may arise in the appointment of Professors who at the same time,
The hold posts in government or other tenching hospitals. Committee suggests, for the consideration of the University, the possibility of the establishment of a joint appointments Board to overcome these difficulties.
23. It is now generally recognised that in order to maintain freshness of cutlook and competence in teaching, it is essential that the staff in the medical school should have nde quate opportunities to undertake research, either individually, or as part of a team. The Committee recomments that the University should encourage, by the careful sclection of its professors, the establishment in all departments in the Medical School of a reputation for original research work. A reputation of this type would make the recruitment of first-class staff easier.
24. One of the weaknesses in the medical school in the past has been that the teaching of physiological chemistry in the Department of Physiology has not been as extensive as is now necessary with the great developments in bi-chemistry. This will be remedied by the establishment of a separate Department of Bio-Chemistry in the Faculty of Science which shoull release the staff of the Physiological Department for teaching and research in experimental physiology.
25. A scientific study of pharmacology would place it manifestly among the major subjects and would be a matter requiring the establishment of a separate department under its own professor. With the great developments in the treatment of disease by synthetic preparations, the necessity for the stuly of the pharmacological action of drugs is very great, if treatment of disease is to be on a logical instead of an empirical basis. While the Committee has not included a professor in this subject amongst the staff proposed, it feels that the minimum necessity is a full-time lecturer in the subject and recommends, for the consideration of the University, the early establishment of a Department of Pharmacology, in which research as well as teach- ing can be undertaken.
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