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"Training in Psychiatry to be Medical School's First
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THE BLADE, JUNE 1, 1969 ,.
I,
inin I P ychiotry
oBe Me 01 coo's
irst esidency P ogr m
3-Yea r Schedule, Only One In Re
Could Relieve Serious Shortage
Of Physicians ualified In Field
By AL GOLDBERG
IIlde SI." Wrlt.r
n,
cy programs m psyc la ry.
These are training a total of 81
psychiatric residents durmg the
current year.
.
The Columbus rea, with
three psychiatric resilil'ncy pro­
j;!ram , also is above the na IOn
;II average in number of
('hiatrists. r. Gott lieb s,ud
currently ha 57 residents trail
ing in the three program!;.
The Cleveland area . whl('h ha~
four approved psychiatrir resl
dency programs anli is ahout
average in the number of prac­
ticing psychiatrists, has 72 resl·
dents in training this year .
Virtually every other area of the state is below the national average in number of psy­
chiatrists, Dr. Gottlie said. No Training Programs A major reason that Irlrgc numbers of psychiatrists rl'main in practice where they train. Dr. Gottlieh said. is that they ofte ran tearh in Ihe ml'riical S('hool or hospi tal tI a' "fr red 1111' rl'SI r\l'ncy ;md rail gCI rl'ferr;l!. fo private pracfJcl' Ihrough Ih"lr A program that could ~nd the Tolf'do area' hortage of p \
chlatn ts, a shortage descrIbed as the mo t serlOu In OhIO I the
fir" residency trilining program approved for the Medical College
of OhiO. The thrl'e-year program, drsignpli to alimit four n w
p·.\('hiatmits each year. is the 11th psvehiatnc rf' llienc approved
1M Ohio, but the first In north· ...------.....::......:..:..o.;..:.:.;:"
".t Ohio.
Had Made Decision '
Dr. Gottlieb xplained that Ihe I
Or. Marvin K Gnttl ieh, (IS is·
t"nt professor of psychiatry anli college submitted il<; applica ion
coordinator of the program. saili for approval of tne pregram last
, thilt there are bet. ern 20,000 October. h n mo,,1 psychiHtric
"nd 22,000 psychiatnsts ill th" interns already wpre appl;ing
Mlion, but that the north- for this year's residencl(,s. Hu:
f'ster n Ohio li istrirt 01 the hy the time the Plogram v.as tralnin~.
()n ti1P other. id" "r I .
mrrican Psvchiatrlf' A ori
d'
II
alion II ts only about 35 mem a pprove, vlrtua y e\ery dodo he ;JI(l. fI major r ; in hdl th
her. And that. he illd. mcludes who might qualify had del'ld
. hortag£' is morr (utI' h n
'whl're he planned to train.
p -rhlatrists at stall' ho pitals
The college has been ad ertis thfln othf'r :11'(,.1 I th"t thl'rf!
In Lima, Tiffm. anli To plio.
Ing the new prograJTI in meliic~ h;1\e hren no lle:1rh) Ohio pro
There arl' fewer tha n 20 ps~- journals and pubhc tlOn f\ grams 10 trAin ps rhl;Jtri t .
The ('losl'. I rC' Ilif'llrl s offef{'(
('hiatrlsts in pnv"te practicp in m p n t a I hf'alth organizatiol
until now have he n :1t Yp Jlant
the Tolelio arra, III :lddition to 2 !'eeking rpsilipn f ~ for eith
J('hig;m
ilt the state ho~pitill here. 1 in January or .l uly OJ nl' 1 Vf',lI St"te lIo~pilal in
wherl' 21 1'1' lIi('nl tll'!' in tram
the menta! h g'cne clinic, anli 6 Some a{,phc"t lf)ns alre:lrl ha\'
ing this y ar. ,lI1d II l nJ\ rf t
on th" p ('hi tQ facult of the been inten iewf'd.
n cit ;II coil g .
Dr. Gott lleh <llli thl' medica of flchlgan. WIth 44 re Idrnt
Wor lin Ohio
school's newl~' appro\erf re. I enrollee! Thp Octrolt ilrea ha •
uch prngrilln
offering 1~4
Or Gottlif'b cilIled thE' north­ ?ency program could begin eCl~ rc Idenci s wp~tern Ohio shortage by far. . 109 the effpcts ,of the shortage a.
BenefIts to thp TolI'lio "r a
thp wor"t in Ohil) and probably s?on as II become~ °rr~tl.on<ll from the !\llchlgan progrilm
onp or the most acute in the na­ ~mce ~e eSI~ent. 11 hi work have been minimal, Dr. Gotlheh
tion.
109 With patIent s 11 .at least
said.
Thp Tolerlo :lrl'i! alone ~houl li three area gel rral .1 S{litab a~!I
To fommunity
Benefit
hRve !iO p ych i<ll t'i ts just to a . la~ge number 0 other ,11I11 ppt the n"tional average. to stlt~tions .a~d agen"l . Thl whrH
Even if a compariltiveh mal
s~v nothm of the num b"r of be ~ addition to tramlng In t e number of trilined psychiatri t
psychiatrists neened irleall y, Dr. medical college p~y hratry de­ rpmain in this areil aftrr com
Gottlieh said. ;'Il"ort hwest OhiO, partment !ln thE' glound of the pletmg thp resilienc\, the eon
as " whole, hi' addeli, should state hospItal.
s iii munit l!tiIl will bend.t from
.
have at least twice ;J!; many psy.
Eventually. Dr. Golf Itcb . a , thpir servi('p during the thr e
chiatrists as it now hilS ju:t to the program could . end .' he yell r training, Dr. (,ott I! b
noteri.
be in line with the national aver­ shortage
Inc. ps~chlatrtst
"tend to practice ~ here thcJ
This w II hI' po. ihl(' b ('
age.
the re idenr'~ progrmn III b
Though the program was ap· tram."
communit\ III lent d f)
proved provisionally a week ago Cites Cincinnati
by the American Medical Asso­
In illustrating this. he pOInter! theh explalllcrf that In th
ciation's Coun il on Internships to AMA statistics shOWIng that re llient. wer limit
a nd Residencies, :t is doubtful Cincinnati, where there are far and ser ice prrtt m
that any resident· \\ ill be ;tC­ more psychiatrists than the na· hospital or lnstltul!
pted until next yellr.
tional avera ,has two I esiden­ s p 0 n s 0 r I' Ii the re Id J'I
which they were enrolled.
,
THE BLADE, JUNE 1, 1969 (continued)
'Stron~'
Neeif
By the same token. thE' psy
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h arne rE'sldent!: will be taught
n other areas of the college.
II h as neurology
Dr \'ottlieb said that approv­
I of the residency In psychiatry
yen hrfore the medical ollege
hegtns c1as!:es was sought be­
cau e the need for psychiatrists
h re IS "strong." He said that i
will providf' a head start of fiv
year on movf'S 10 hE'ltE'r the
commUnIt\ .... nlPntai health
Irealm!'nt' SIncr studenl:; oul
h<lvc to completr medic<l l school
:lnd Internship.
Thl' p. ychiatrir rl'sid!'lIcy is
the first th:lt will he controlled
oll'lv bv the colleg and was
<lpproverl e elusively for the
nev. school. But it is not the first
residency program in hich the
collegp. is involved.
.
Faculty memhf'rs arc parlle,­
pating in <I joint rc Idcnc i
surger:; with Sf. Vincent and
Maumee Valley hospital
JOInt re irlf'ncv In ob fetncs an
g\ necology with Toledo. St VIII
cpnt. and Ma mer Valle '. and ~
aumer VaP'v pedIatrIC re idenq n ap lhcation ha he
\Ibmlttcd by Yaumee Valle •
Toledo. SI Vllleent. and thl'
medical school for a resldene
in medicine.
The resident will work with
emotionall dl. tur d youpg­
ters in their homE'S as well 8S
i thl' faclhlles
The also WIll play <I maJor
roll.' In Ih op r tlon of <I nl'w
d<l chool al Toledo St<ltr Hog­
pital for !'Inot onall\' dlsturhl'd
or ret<lrrled oungsters. In coop­
.f'r":lt Ion v.lth the TniPrio puh lie
s(,hool ' stem. which providl's
teachers. and volunteC'rs from
the .Junior League. the school
wi ll next year he tE'aching some
35 youngsters in facilities pro­
vided by the state hospital.
In Emergency Crisis
The re idents also will work in
.
.
.
emergency Crisis Ituahon!;. Int('rviewing ;lfj many would-be
suicides <IS can he reached
through hn pitals. police. or sui­
. ~.,;.;:=:.:.:..:.~__~_
cirle.pre\·ention agencif'~ .
Or. \'offlieh Silld that the resl ­
rll'nt~ will. unopr ~uper\'ision. at­
tl'mpt to soi\'l' the ('onflict that
drm'l' thf' pE'r on to a slIicirlp at­
trmpt
f!f' adderl th;1I rl'~irlrn t · als
will co un "I per~ons hrought
into ho pitals or othl'r al1:enciE's
for alcoholism or drug \'iola­
tions.
TeA('hing v. ill he an import ant
part of the prograrq Rpsid('nts
WIll al In teachIng n'lE'dical stu- .
rlf'n!s at fhl' rollef!r. wiil ork
with
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