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Letter to Sproul, Subject: Relationship Between Division of Medical Physics and the Schools of Medicine

Dated
Dec 19, 1951
Document type
Correspondence
Length
2 pages
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bwrrnco Brrkrly Llbotrloq Prealbent Bobert 0. Sproul Dear President Sproult The Addrory Committee on fntereurpum %edlaal Teaching m b Rerearch, on Bonzbr 19, 1361, t o conrldar th8 problrm hot forth in your letter o f 23, 1961, ngu d lng the rol ~ tl on shl pbotvma the Dlrlsloa of Ib dio d Ex praalrn aa it uaa orig iv lb rta$led r red ted In the amorandun rlgned b j Provort Dontoah m d Doan Sqkh on Jot 2, 1947. Sirno that timr the Dlvi ~ i o n3 1 HeSlsal Pnyilcr has eontinned lto rfgoroaa progrm o f blologlc~laad 8ediUal rerowoh, bnd it h r contlnned to.chion as a adr b lo rocord o f p9rforaanas DOC oal7 wlth respect t o the rdet7 of pat lent r under cllnlaal Inns tl gt lon but ~ l i or ith roapeat t o tho number of poraonr trained in thls nen field vtro am nou in cbwgm of a in ihr u a i to in other anfverritieo. Turthermoro, tho Division of Xedlerl Pbprlcs h s adhonb fully t o the aplrlt of the reaomendatlona regarding patient r ' odety &do in 1947. boon A roeotd of excellent cooperation with nembera o f the Nodical soh001 on rarioun problem. All of the ollnical atPdl8r have baon carried oat by lndiv iddm hold hg llcenres top rac tlc r in the Stste o f California. ISoy members of the Laborstow staff ala0hnro been holdfzig crddltloaal app h tien tr La the Sohool of W lc lae. Thlr Cod t be oi rr q nd that further esabuqp of lnfoic the Scbaol of Xediadne is otltrully dsrllrblo and that it can b8 axtenbsb. To Physior o on r is tl ~of a group of flvo or mre semhert; one of whom should b. Phye1ci.n; OM, the Diroator of Donnor Labontor); one, A pmfesror in tho School of !:Mij?ne a t Lca An@ler; and the other t o be t h &Air- of the hdi atl on Laboratory Com ltte e on the & f a Buaaa Um o f ?Iadimctlm Iaotoper. approval b r the Preaident. Donner Ls3oratory. ahall refer to it q wit iona Uh kC rf;.)lt arite with reference to the safety of the subject of nay h m rtudy whlch lap he d md aha11 lnlorn the cotzp1tt.e of thor era au lta of the fand.msntal reread pro- la modl cal php ~ l c swhich might be worthy of clinical development and utilization in Medical #hplcs continu t o haw appropriate titlH In the School of Nsdlafne. The ahairmnn of tbtc ccnmitttn, the Mreotor o f (2) Ttat eo- of the qu ll tio b peraoor on tho ntaff of the Division o f BEST COPY AVAILABLE

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The Advlrow Com lt tre on h tr rce npr u Xedlcal Teach i% and Rsesuch doer not bt lie te that it 10 pO88ible t o ret forth detailed rules and rep fit ions com r bg all aepectr of the relation r hip bet man the Soboola o f b di cine in Sui hro cl rm and Lor Angelor and the Dlvlrlon of Hedied Fbe ics,bat it dorm feel that the adoption of ita recommen&tlonr vlll go far t o keep the I bd icd SChOOll ported am to the rct l vlt ler of the Dfvirion uihh nw hare iaportant clinical imp1ications. ma Committee doer not believe that appr opr kt rrr cognition of the renice8 of the Staff of the Diririon of Xedlcol pbfcicr br bdvPncement in academic Mh fn the School of bebiciar rep rer entr a problem which caanot be cared for adeq'mtcly br the regdlnr proerrres of the Icademlc Senate and the Vnlmresource6 atb feeoilitlee at aer k tley or United tp cci all z rd clinical r tud ler such ZJ tkat of the Dlrieion of Nedlcal Phyaicr, a e tending to dir rip ate the effort rm d funds rvailablr for medical reso u oh la the Univerritp ar a whole. fiather i t tmxh 3 0 focur more eff s ct iv s lp the tote1 rcsourcer o f o f the Jivision of biecilcnl € beics ehojld be confined t o experlmentnl ab. tttltier ixthbr tk sn to tbe uti liza ti xi ap.c pi act ice of the reeultr of the The Committee doer not regard the development of but this responsibility mz t, ln the flnel an sly sir,rert with e single perron and eboald not b e vested i n R board composed of two o r more perronr. Currently, this rc rp on sibi lit y 81 well a s rerponsibilitp for the ir it i ation and conduct of rosenrch should rest ln the Dlr c ctor of the Iaboratory. The Dfririon o f Medical ~ rlc ab,in the pat, ndkered and should continuo t o adhere strict u to a policy l n whlch all clinical studlea in the Divirlon tice medicine i n the State of California oad rlso holding an appolntaent on the Staff of the School of lkdic1z.c. arrqcr.ent sna the cffsctlva ore of the proporea Adyfsor). Cw dt tec to the Mvlslcn of biedlaal Ibyeicri rhould of the Schools of Medicine with rrapect tothe srfetr of patient8oen be mate effective through those members of the Pclioolr o f Medicine kho ere also on the Advisor7 Commlttae t o the Divieion O f Yedical Phyrlcr. should provide an effect lr r meam for tho interc'unge of in fc rm tion between t h e Schools of Mcdlclne and the Diririon of Kcdicel Phytlca, nod this shonld great17 rtrcngthen medical research la the Uri tere it y. finally, thla Committee weed vith tha Deutsch Cormsittee of 1947, in freedom o f the lndlvituel to in ltl ste rorearch.