PEDIATRICS Vol. 18 No. 1 July 1956, pp. 95-101
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EDUCATION

INSTITUTES FOR PHYSICIANS AND NURSES IN THE CARE OF PREMATURE INFANTS

Alfred Yankauer M.D.1, Ethel Tschida R.N.1, Mary Allen Engle M.D.1, and Madeleine Phaneuf R.N.1

1 Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, New York State Department of Health, and Department of Pediatrics, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center

Editors: Grover F. Powers, M.D..

The organization and content, of institutes for physicians and nurses in the care of premature infants at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 1949-1954, are described. Participants and observers were drawn from 24 states and the Territory of Hawaii, and 11 foreign countries.

Several indications of the need and value of this type of graduate training have been discussed, based on 5 years of experience with the program.

Responses to a detailed questionnaire seeking the opinion of those who attended the institutes from 1949 through 1953 has been analyzed. Responses were received from 72 per cent of the group. They indicated that the institute had met existing needs in large part and that the experience was worthwhile. Concrete evidence of improvements in hospital and in public health practice was reported and was considered related to attendance at the institute.

In view of the favorable nature of this critical evaluation and a continuing demand for this type of training experience, the institutes will continue to be offered.