The Pocono Record from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania • Page 5

Rooney, Yarborough introduce bill to aid family doctor in training WASHINGTON, D.C. A bill a i i $425 million in federal funds to support training programs for a i doctors and others in the field of family medicine was introduced in the United States Senate and House a i simultaneously Monday by Sen. Ralph Yarborough (D-Tex.) and Rep. Fred Rooney The bill, which would have funds appropriated through 1975, provides for grants to be made by the Secretary of a Education and Welfare to (l) medical schools; (2) teaching hospitals, and (3) interns and residents who plan to a family medicine their specialty. The proposed legislation was i on the first anniversary of the announcement of the a a of a i medicine as a primary medical specialty.

The specialty became a fact when the Council on i a a i American Medical Assn. and the Advisory Board for Medical Specialties approved a certifying board in family medicine in 1969 just prior to the annual Congress on Medical Education in Chicago. Since that lime the AMA and the A i a Academy of General Practice, the national association of family physicians and a sponsor of the new certifying board, have placed major emphasis on educational programs at the residency level to begin preparing young-doctors for specialty certification in this field. a i the American Board of Family Practice will the first certifying examination in the new specialty in 36 centers across the nation February 28 and March 1. Two thousand practicing family doctors will take this first written a i i A bill authorizing 425 million dollars to support training programs for family doctors and others in the field of family medicine is given a last-minute check by Rep.

Fred Rooney center, before introducing the bill in the House of Representatives. Dr. Edward J. Kowalewski, Akron, left president of the American Academy of General Practice, and Dr. Robert O.

Quello, Minneapolis, chairman of the Academy's Board of Directors, express approval of the bill. American Academy of General Practice for at least six years was the basic qualification for these doctors to take the exam. The Academy requires members to complete 150 hours of approved postgraduate study every three years. a legislation is designed to assist medical schools and teaching hospitals to set up quality family practice departments and programs to produce highly- a i i a i doctors as i a i shortage of primaiy physicians has been widely recognized as a a i i i American medical system. i i a i medicine as "those certain principles and techniques and that certain body of medical, scien- tific, administrative and other knowledge and training which specifically equip and prepare a physician to engage in the practice of family medicine." Family practice then is defined as the "practice of medicine by a physician who specializes in providing to families comprehensive, continuing professional care and treatment of the a or appropriate for the general health maintenance." Among major provisions of the bill is that an Advisory Council on Family Medicine be set up to assist the Secretary of HEW to award a This council would review all grant applications and recommend approvals to the Secretary.

The council would be composed of (1) four doctors engaged in the practice of family medicine; (2) four doctors engaged in the teaching of family medicine, and (3) four persons representing the general public. The council initially would help the Secretary set up regulations for execution of the legislation. The bill covers not only financing the operation of training programs in family medicine but also construction of facilities designed to a such programs functional. Also covered are training programs designed to produce heads of departments a a a i medicine. In addition, the bill incorporates a provision for training paramedical personnel medical pcrsonel to work in i of a i medicine.

The appropriations schedule a for 50 i i a through the end of fiscal 1G71, 75 million from then until June 30, 1972, and 100 i i a each a remaining three years through June 30, 1975. The Pocono Record, The Stroudsburgs, Pa. Feb. 11, 1970 21 miles ofRt.81 complete SCOTRUN Interstate Bl-K, which courses diagonally approximately 28 miles through a a a nn ay a i i Northeastern Pennsylvania with an expressway to the Pocono resorts and via Interstate 80, a to metropolitan New York. It starts at (he Interslale 81 i i in a a a a a i a a 1-80 i a west of Monroe County.

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