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The University of Alabama in Birmingham School of Medicine/Division of Continuing Medical Education Oak Ridge Associated Universities Post Office Box 117 Oak Ridge, Tenn. 37830 First let me tell you how much I enjoyed the short visit to Oak Ridge t o observe the course on "Handling of Radlation Accidents by Emergency Personnel." For your perusal 1 am sending you three enclosures. The first is a letter to Barbara Pryor, Assistant t o the Chief Medical Director of the VA,in which 1 am suggesting that the VA become more involved i n this type of activity since located i n proximity of each nuclear test site there areVA Hospitals which should have teams trained i n handling radiation accidents. You and I discussed this very briefly before and this letter is simply going through channels t o Dr. Donald Custis who i s the Chief Medical Director of the VA Department of Medicine and Surgery, continuing education point o f view which consists of my own thoughts and the third is a critique from Dr. Robert Willis concerning his observations of the REAC/TS Program which he attended. I hope that you will find this helpful and will continue t o keep us informed of your very stimulating programs. The second is a critique from a From a point of view of continuing education, I was really very impressed with the activities in Oak Ridge. faculty that you have, the courses are excellent. I was particularly pleased that Mary Ellen Berger i s beginning t o develop a longitudinal study ofthe educational components for your programs. I think that with the limited number of Again, let me thank you for having invited us toOak Ridge. that you will have any difficulty with your AMA site visit team as you will more than meet the basic requirements, My suggestions are merely those of I do not believe A n Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer
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developing a stronger continuing educational unit at Oak Ridge which could only supplement what you are already doing. many thanks t o Dr. Carl Hubner, the Director of REAC/TS and I look forward t o hearing from you or both of you in the future. Please give my best regards and My sincere thanks. Director and Associate Dean f o r Continuing Medical Education, and Director, VA Southeastern RMEC