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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1980
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126 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [November 17 be more effective by formal delegation of responsibilities in specific areas of teaching, research, and service to formally constituted departments with a qualified head or chairperson. I t is anticipated that five of the nine proposed departments (medicine, obstetrics, pathology, pediatrics, and surgery), will organize under a part-time h e a d / chairperson, due to the community-based nature of the school. The remaining four departments (biomedical sciences, community medicine, family medicine, and psychiatry) would be composed primarily of full-time faculty and will organize with a full-time head/chairperson. Upon final approval of this proposal, the search process for the departmental administrators will be initiated. T h e chancellor at the Medical Center campus and the vice president for academic affairs concur in the recommendation. T h e University Senates Conference has indicated that n o further senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval, subject to further action by the Board of Higher Education. O n m o t i o n of M r . L i v i n g s t o n , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d . Area Health Education Center Contract, Medical Center (10) As members of the board are aware, the Medical Center campus administers one of fourteen federally funded "Area Health Education Center" projects. T h e final year of the original five-year contract with the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ( D H E W ) , which ended September 30, 1977, provided $3,043,312. I n 1976 legislation was passed authorizing two additional years for such programs, and the renewed contract for the sixth year was funded at a level of $2,599,995. Negotiations with D H E W now have been completed for a seventh year contract for the period October 21, 1978, to October 20, 1979, at a funding level of $2,232,000. The new contract will support, although at a reduced level, primary care residency and allied health programming of the College of Medicine and baccalaureate completion and master's-level nursing programs and continuing education at regional campuses. Some new activities will also be initiated to conform to the authorizing legislation. The chancellor at the Medical Center has recommended approval of the contract. The vice president for academic affairs and the vice president for administration concur. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . L e n z , this c o n t r a c t w a s a p p r o v e d . Contract with Health and Hospitals Governing Commission of Cook County for Residency Training, Medical Center (11) A renewal of an existing agreement for residency training at Cook County Hospital is recommended for approval by the Board of Trustees. All funds expended by the University under the previous contract and under the proposed contract will be reimbursed by the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The proposed contract is for the period September 1, 1978, to July 3 1 , 1979, and is for an amount not to exceed $263,080. Under the contract, the cooperating institution, Cook County Hospital, will exercise full authority and assume responsibility for all activities pertinent to the training of physicians in occupational medicine, including the selection, teaching, training, supervision, and certification of trainees. The residency program is one component cf the training program of the Occupational Safety and Health Educational Resource Center of the School of Public Health. All training components of
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