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UNIVERSITY OF I L L I N O I S

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7. The University's program of expansion for the College of Medicine calls for the creation of regional clinical centers which would ultimately conduct the clinical portion of training for the M.D. degree, internship-residency training, and continuing education for physicians. The order of development of these three functons, however, is the reverse of that just listed; "undergraduate" medical education would not be offered until the necessary resources of faculty and facilities had been developed through programs of continuing education and internship-residency training. Preliminary planning has already been done looking toward the establishment of clinical centers in Peoria and Rockford during 1969-70, and it is proposed that they be formally authorized by Board action. The foregoing plans have been developed by several planning committees of the College of Medicine, with assistance from a committee at the Urbana-Champaign campus. The plans outlined above have been approved by the Executive Committee and the faculty of the College of Medicine, the Medical Center Senate, and the Senate Coordinating Council. They are endorsed by the Chancellor at the Medical Center campus and by the Executive Vice President and Provost. Funds for the initial steps towards the implementation of the program have been appropriated by the General Assembly. I recommend approval of these proposals by the Board of Trustees, subject to such further approval by the Board of Higher Education as may be required. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i 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 . NEW HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS FOR THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE (18) The Board of Higher Education's report, Education in the Health Fields for State of Illinois, recommends that the University of Illinois College of Medicine expand its program of medical education by use of existing clinical facilities in regions throughout the state of Illinois. The University's 1969-70 budget for operations includes funds for the initiation of definitive planning in this direction, in cooperation with three hospitals (St. Anthony's, Swedish American, and Rockford Memorial) in Rockford and three hospitals (St. Francis, Methodist, and Procter) in Peoria. T o implement further the recommendations of the Board of Higher Education, twenty-two hospitals in the Chicago Metropolitan Area that had expressed interest in affiliation with the College of Medicine have been surveyed by the Vice Chancellor at the Medical Center campus. With six of these hospitals — namely, Illinois Masonic, Lutheran General, Mercy, Louis A. Weiss Memorial, Ravenswood, and MacNeal Memorial — discussions have proceeded to the point where the development of educational programs would seem to be feasible. The Dean of the College of Medicine, the Chancellor at the Medical Center campus, and the Executive Vice President and Provost recommend that the Dean of the College of Medicine be authorized to proceed with affiliation negotiations with each of the hospitals designated above. Formal agreements would be brought to the Board of Trustees for approval. (This recommendation does not preclude the development of affiliation agreements with additional hospitals at some future date; nor does it alter in any way the existing affiliation arrangements of the College of Medicine with Cook County Hospital, Hines Veterans Administration Hospital, Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital, the West Side Veterans Administration Hospital, and other institutions.) I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h i s 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 . AMENDMENT OF SECTIONS 7 AND 6 5 OF THE UNIVERSITY STATUTES (19) The Senate Coordinating Council has proposed amendments to Sections 7 and 65 of the University Statutes relating to the Council and its role, particularly in relation to the procedure for amending the Statutes. (The proposed amendments are printed below.) The Council has summarized the changes as follows: "Our consideration of the potential usefulness of the Council has led to the conclusions that (1) the Council's name should be changed (to the University