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m inut e news

yoni no. 18 | May 6, 1970

 

MEET THE STAFF OF RMP

"Visitors to Area V headquarters, who may occasionally experience difficulty fi nding
various staff members, might be pleased to have this latest information on everyone "s

whereabouts:

Dr. Russell D. Tyler, Dr. John S. Lloyd, Dr. Robert H, Pudenz, Dr. Gladys Ancrum,
Miss Vivien E. Warr, and Leon C. Hauck now have offices in an "Annex" located on
the main floor of our building and reached by a mysterious, unidentified door on

Garfield Avenve. x
Once inside the annex, popularly known amongst the staff as "The Cave" you will be
greeted by Mrs. Pat Neff or Mrs. Sandy Santilli who, between them, are taking care
of the secretarial work of the “first floor” staff. .

Up in the main office on the second floor, some changes in personnel have ‘occurred
recently: Miss Sonja Deaton is now Secretary to William A. Markey; Mrs. Louise
- Gonzalez, formerly our receptionist, is now Secretary to Mrs. Kay D. Fuller, Dr.
George C,° Griffith and Dr. Lee Cady. Our smiling receptionist, Mrs. Lydia Ortiz,

is new to RMP,

Now, here! s the rest of the crew: Mrs. Marjorie Crump i is the lady to contact obout -
Frank Aguilera, Luis A. Pingarron, and the RMP East Los Angeles activities. Mrs.

-- Gabriela de Hulse is currently managing the work of Clyde E. Madden, Dorothy E.
~~ Anderson and Toni Moors. Mrs. Gertrude Zelenitz keeps track of all of us, as well

as of the considerable records of AREA V and its several operational projects. It
should be mentioned that Mrs. Kathryn Halligan, Secretary to Dr. Doriald W. Petit,
undertakes each week the hectic job of typing up the V-MINUTE NEWS. Getting
our publication printed and into the mail is the. responsibility of Mrs. Dolly
Saldumbide, .who assists Mrs. Florence Miller, head of duplicati ng services and
arrangements for the many meetings held at AREA Vv headquarters.

When you need to reach any of us, the number i is ‘still 576-1626,

 
WILBUR Y. HALLETT, M.D., PROJECT DIRECTOR, REPORTS ON
SHE AREA V PROJECT FOR PHYSICIAN EDUCATION IN EARLY —
CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASE | ‘

‘Since recruitment began in January, 61 physicians have entered the project, The
number of physicians who expressed a desire to participate was even higher but some
of them unfortunately could not take part because their patients were not available
for avaludiTSny It is now expected that 300 rather than the anticipated 200 physicians

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! will receive instruction through the project each year.

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These physicians have been assigned to four different groups to.compare methodology ‘in
postgraduate education. ‘Thirty patients have been or are being evaluated by the project
as part of two of these programs. Al! of the patients entering the project had major
| findings of chronic respiratory disease by the Breathmobile screening program of the

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association and the project seeks to assist physicians

‘in the early detection, diagnosis and management, of the. chronic respiratory diseases,

ma Seventeen physicians have been assigned to the program offering them, individualized
patient-centered instruction and so far, eight visits have been made by project faculty
to physicians' offices to provide this service. Twelve physicians will receive similar
instruction and teaching materials by mail instead of by personal interview. Fifteen
physicians will participate in seminars, and seventeen ‘physicians have been assigned.
to a "control" group.

Each physician has o pre-test, then at the ‘conclusion of. the. study period, ‘each is given
“an identical post-test to evaluate changes in attitude, behavior and knowledge. rn
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Preliminary information about the participating physicians indicates that they have an
average age in the lower 50s and represent all of the geographic and socio-economic
areas of Los Angeles. As expected, most are general practitioners but eleven have

been internists. All of them felt that the chronic respiratory diseases were a rather
small but rapidly growing part of their practice. Only three of them were already

using spirometry tests in their own offices and less than 20% have had any recent Koos
postgraduate ‘experiences in respiratory disease. oe,

_In addition to the direct physician and patient assistance offered by the project, par-" *
ticipating physicians + may refer office personnel to the project for instruction in office
spirometry, and once patients have been evaluated by the project, they may be re~

turned at a later date for follow-up evaluation to determine the efficacy of treatment,

 

 

 
ee AREA V REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS —
lon CALENDAR

May 1970
Friday, May 8
SEMINAR A presentation of the Area IV RMP 930 a.m.
Northeast Valley Project RMP Conference Room
Saturday, May 9
RMP-ELA Workshop Conference re ELA 8:30 a.m.~ 4:30 p.m.
Community Reaction to the . Laguna Park Gymnasiui
Bauer Report 3864 Whittier Blvd.
Los Angeles.
Monday, May 11 oe
AREA V American Indion Free Clinic — 7:30 p.m,
Board of Directors and Volunteers. Reg. Business Meeting
Compton

Tuesday, May 12

_ AREA V Cardiac Coordinating Committee 12 noon
- RMP Conference Room

AREA V Area Advisory Group 7:30 p.m
ee Regular Meeting RMP Conference Room

| Wednesday, May 13 .
AREA V - Staff Meeting 9:30 a.m.
. RMP Conference Room

_-Friday, May 15 Do, | | |
Ss REA V Committee Chairmen 11:30 p.m.
. . Lo "RMP Conference Room

eee 7 | AREA ADVISORY GROUP MEETINGS FOR 1970

os i May 19 July 14. September 8 November 10

— COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN'S MEETINGS FOR JUNE AND JULY
June5 June 19 July 10 July 24

STAFF MEETINGS SUBJECT TO CHANGES-- CHECK WITH OFFICE FOR LATEST
INFORMATION ; ;

 
LIBRARY SERVICES COMMITTEE

' Third in the series of meetings being
held in various sections of Los Angeles
County to assess the néeds for library

services in AREA V drew an interesting ——

group from those invited from the
West San Gabriel Valley area, in-
cluding librarians, chairmen of .

library committees, inservice directors.

. and other representatives from St.
Luke Hospital, Community Hospital

of San Gabriel, Huntington Memorial

Hospital, Alhambra Community

Hospital, La Vina Hospital, Pasadena ~:

Community Hospital, from Cal Tech,
California State College-LA,
Pasadena City College, health
officers from Monrovia, Alhambra, ©
and Pasadena Public Health Districts. -
Resources and services of the various.
libraries represented were explained,
needs were explored and enumerated,
and the network concept of the pro-
posal being developed by the Library
Services Committee was presented.
A liaison committee to represent the
group which .met was appointed:

Joan M, Davidson, Chairman,
Department of Nursing, Pasadena
‘City College; E.R. Evans, MD,
“Chairman Library “Committee,
Huntington Memorial Hospital; Ernest

_R, Barnett, MD, Alhambra Community

Hospital; and Roderick J. Casper,
Head, Readers’ Services, Cal Tech-
Millikan Library. Attending from
AREA V were: JOHN M, CONNOR,
Chairman Library Services, VILMA
PROCTOR, Ph.D., SZCZEPAN K.
ZIMMER, Ph.D., and JOHN S.
LLOYD, Ph.D.

DRMP....6-

_ was represented by its newly appointed
~ Acting Director Harry Margulies, MD,
‘and by Richard Manegold, MD ata

May ] meeting of the AMA Board of -

"Trustees Committee on Continuing

Medical Education in Washington,
Other Federal agencies attending were —
“the Lister Hill National Center for.
Biomedical’ Communications (rep. by -~

Ruth David, Ph.D), National Library
of Medicine (rep. by Martin M. |

. Cummings, MD, Director) and HEW ™

(rep. by Roger O. Egeberg, MD).
Discussion centered on the role of
these agencies in influencing quality
of care through continuing education.
DONALD W, PETIT, MD, is Chairman

of the Committee. .
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_CCRMP...
_ recently requested from the California .

RMPs the names of individuals competent
in fiscal management for the CCRMP

~ Technical Review Panel and AREA V

has nominated Mr. Yoshi Honkawa,

Asst. Administrator, LAC Department

of Hospitals, and Mr, John MeCturg, ~
Hospital Comptroller, LAC-USC |
Medical Center.

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DONALD W, PETIT, MD, is one of -
-" twelve persons: ‘named to a Search 2
" Committee by Mitchell W. Spellman, MD,

- Dean of the Charles R. Drew Post-

graduate Medical School, to assist in

the task of selecting a replacement for
John A, Mitchell, MD. Dr. Mitchell's

resignation as Program Director of

_ Watts-Willowbrook RMP becomes

effective May: 31.

 
The American College of Physicians
recently conferred upon GEORGE C.
voaver bestowed by that organization.
‘Or. Griffith served as Governor ACP
from 1955-1964, Chairman of the
Board of Governors from 1962-64,
and Regent from 1964-1970,
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-TONIT MOORS attended the Inter~
national Hotline Conference “Crisis
Intervention'by Telephone" sponsored
by Childrens Hospital of LA April
12-15. Present-were over 400 people
" representing. hot. line organizations
across the US and Canada. Purpose -;
was fo provide those involved with
hotlines a chance to meet, exchange
ideas, work out solutions to problems.
A committee was formed to coordinate
another meeting in 1971. Group
recommended a directory of hotline
and switchboard facilities across the
Continent and other communication

services such as hewsletters, etc. |
, BRR RE .

= \OROTHY E, ANDERSON has been
“appointed Nursing Services Chairm(”
and member of the Board of Direct

of the West San Gabriel Valley \__.:

Branch of the American Red Cross.
_In these capacities, she will be
. -orking with the health agencies in
the community to extend Red Cross
voluntary. services such as instruc=
tion in home nursing, first aid,
expectant parents, blood banks, etc.
Miss Anderson is also serving on the
Professional Advisory and Utiliza-
tion Review Committees of the

Visiting Nurse Association of
Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley.

CLYDE E. MADDEN is back following 4

weeks study at Centro Intercultural de

Yocumentacion Cuernavaca (CIDOC)

AC. 30 miles south of Mexico City. He reports:

"CIDOC, to quote the catalog, ‘is not a
university, but a meeting place for human-
ists whose common concern is the effect of
social and idealogical change on the minds
and hearts of men.' Not only does CIDOC
operate a department for the intensive
teaching of spoken Spanish (in which | was
enrolled) but also, through its Institute for
Contemporary Latin American Studies,
provides an opportunity to participate in
courses, attend individual lectures, or
organize informal conferences regarding a
broad range of matters relating to Latin
America. |! was able to help organize an
informal conference of.persons interested in
health care services. The group was com-
posed of a child psychiatrist from Denmark,
a pre-med student from Minnesota, a
medical school graduate from St. Louis who
was preparing for his internship in NY City
where he will work with Puerto Ricans, and
a Maryknoll sister who had just completed
2 years in Peru and 5 years in Bolivia as a
public health nurse in communities where
"modern" health care was non-existent.
A major effect of my experience is the
realization of how superficial our knowledge
of Mexico is here in Southern California.
We have neighbors who have so much to
tell us, and from whom there is so much to.
be learned i in all areas of life (and health
care service is cerfainly nd exception).
I am more convinced than before of fhe

importance for bilingualizing health care
professionals~-but even more so of the

_importance of becoming knowledgeable’

of the history and culture of Mexico."

 

 
The American College of Physicians
recently conferred upon GEORGE C.,
GRIFFITH, MD, the 58th Mastership
--aver bestowed by that organization.
Jr. Griffith served as Governor ACP
from 1955-1964, Chairman of the
Board of Governors from 1962-64, |
and Regent from 1964-1970.
kee *
ION MOORS attended the Inter-
aational Hotline Conference "Crisis

Intervention'by’ Telephone" sponsored

by Childrens Hospital of LA April.
12-15, Present-were over 400 people
~ representing. hot line organizations
across the US and Canada, Purpose -
was to provide those involved with
hotlines a chance to meet, exchange

ideas, work-out solutions to problems.
A committee was formed to coordinate

another meeting in 1971. Group

recommended a directory of hotline

and switchboard facilities across the
_ Continent and other communication

services such as newsletters, etc.
‘ ee RE *

© JOROTHY E, ANDERSON has been |

| “appointed Nursing Services Chairm/
and member of the Board of Directo

of the West San Gabriel Valley LL

Branch of the American Red Cross.

_{n these capacities, she will be

‘- vorking with the health agencies in
the community to extend Red Cross
voluntary. services such as instruc-
tion in home nursing, first aid,
expectant parents, blood banks, etc.
Miss Anderson is also serving on the
Professional Advisory and Utiliza~
tion Review Committees of the

Visiting Nurse Association of
Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley.

_ CLYDE E. MADDEN is back following 4

weeks study at Centro Intercultural de
Yocumentacion Cuernavaca (CIDOC)

v0 miles south of Mexico City. He reports:

"CIDOC, to quote the catalog, 'is not a
university, but a meeting place for human-
ists whose common concern is the effect of
social and idealogical change on the minds
and hearts of men.' Not only does CIDOC
operate a department for the intensive
teaching of spoken Spanish (in which | was
enrolled) but also, through its Institute for
Contemporary Latin American Studies,
pravides an opportunity to participate in
courses, attend individual lectures, or
organize informal conferences regarding a
broad range of matters relating to Latin
America. | was able to help organize an
informal conference of persons interested in
health care services, The group was com-
posed of a child psychiatrist from Denmark,
a pre-med student from Minnesota, a
medical school! graduate from St, Louis who
was preparing for his internship in NY City
where he will work with Puerto Ricans, and
a Maryknoll sister who had just completed
2 years in Peru and 5 years in Bolivia as a
public health nurse in communities where
"modern" health care was non-existent.
A major effect of my experience is the
realization of how: superficial our knowledge
of Mexico is here in Southern California.
We have neighbors who have so much to
tell us, and from whom there is so much to —
be learned in all areas of life (and health
care service’is certainly no exception).
{ am more convinced than before of the

importance for bilingualizing health care
professionals~~but even more so of the

_importance of becoming knowledgeable

of the history and culture of Mexico.”

 
Area V Staft

| ‘Donald W. Petit, M.0. Area Coordinator;
a William A. Markey, M.S. Deputy Coordinator
BS es Russell D. Tyler, M.D. Operations Division

Frank F. Aguilera, M.P.A. Community Programs
Gladys Ancrum, Or. PH. Coronary Care Program
Dorothy £. Anderson, M.P.H. Community Programs.

Kay D. Fufler, R.N. Nursing

ve Leon C."Hiauck, M.P.H. Health Data

oo Robbie W. Jones --s>—SSs«Addministration

John $. Lloyd, Ph.D. .. Evaluation
Elsie M. McGuff Communications
Clyde E. Madden, A.C.S.W. ~ Social Work
Toni Moors, B.A. Community Programs
Luis A. Pingarron East Los Angeles -
Vivien E. Warr, R.N. == Coronary Care Programs

Committee Chainnen
Area Advisory Group Chester A. Rude
"Lewis W. Guiss, M.D:
Russell D. Tyler, M.D.

  

 

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> 7 z 2 = & 3 Systems & Computers Lee D. Cady, M.D. -
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