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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 20

complete four years of training in a foreign medical school. Successful completion of the program qualifies individuals to become candidates for licensure. On September 17, 1975, the Board of Trustees authorized the College of Medicine to participate in the program, and the University accepted "Fifth Pathway" students for the first time in 1976-77. A total of seven students have participated, and each has been issued a Certificate of Completion in the name of the College of Medicine. All of the students are entering residency programs in Illinois hospitals, four in family practice, two in pediatrics, and one in neurosurgery. It is anticipated that the College of Medicine will accept "Fifth Pathway" students for the 1977-78 program with the support of an Illinois Board of Higher Education grant. Funds have been received from the Illinois Board of Higher Education for reimbursement of the following costs incurred in offering the 1976-77 program: Lutheran General Hospital $22 640 MacNeal Memorial Hospital 7 546 Mercy Medical Center 7 546 The chancellor at the Medical Center has recommended approval of these payments and ratification of the arrangements previously made with the above hospitals for their educational services in connection with the programs. T h e vice president for administration and the vice president for academic affairs concur. I recommend approval.

The student advisory vote was: Aye, Miss Conlon, Mr. Overstreet; no, none; absent, Miss Winter. On motion of Mr. Livingston, these recommendations were approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Velasquez; no, none; absent, Mr. Lenz, Governor Thompson.

Contracts for Physical Facility Services w i t h Hospitals Affiliated w i t h the College of Medicine (31) The chancellor at the Medical Center has recommended renewal of contractual agreements with eligible hospitals affiliated with the College of Medicine to provide partial compensation in FY 1978 for the cost of operating and maintaining physical facilities constructed with state of Illinois grants (through the Illinois Board of Higher Education) for the conduct of medical education programs. It is proposed that such contractual agreements be executed between the University aud the institutions listed below: Metropolitan Chicago Group of Affiliated Hospitals Institutions Illinois Masonic Medical Center L. A. Weiss Memorial Hospital MacNeal Memorial Hospital Mercy Hospital and Medical Center Ravenswood Hospital Medical Center Lutheran General Hospital Total Peoria School of M e d i c i n e Institutions Methodist Hospital of Central Illinois Proctor Community Hospital St. Francis Hospital Medical Center Total Estimated Annual Cost $ 66 000 24 000 45 000 70 000 16 000 30 000 $251 000 Estimated Annual Cost $ 28 000 24 000 54 000 $106 000