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Diploma in

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University Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, under a full-time Hond, who would be a professor, in the University. This Department should expanded as soon as it cnveniently can, possible, to include a post-graduate course for a diploma in Social Medicine and Public Health, corresponling to the D-D- Course in Great Britain. It would then require two sub-suctions:- one for epidemiology and one for the practical application of the results of nutritional studies.

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The Committee to fully aware of the difficulties which may and arise in the appointment of fessors who at the same time hold posts in government or ther teaching hospitals and The Committee suggest, for the consideration of the University, the possibility of the establishment of a joint appointments Board to overcome these difficulties.

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It is now generally recognised that, in order to maintain freshness of outlook and competence in teaching, it is essential that the staff in the medical school should have dequate opportunities to undertake research, either individually, or as part of a team. Werne ommittee recommen that the University should encourage, by the careful selection 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.

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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 bio-chemistry. This Shay be remedied by the establishment of a separate Department

of Bio-Chemistry in the Faculty of Science which showe release the staff of the Physiological Department for teaching and research in experimental physiology.

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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 study 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 as not included a professor in this subject amongst the staff proposed, feel that the minimum necessity is a full-time lecturer in the subject and recommend, 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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The following is a summary of the staff required for the Faculty of Medicine:-

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