[Medical happenings of 1969]

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The  Moses  H,  Cone  Memorial Hospital
GREENSBORO. NORTH CAROLINA   27405
March 17, I969
To: Members of the Board of Trustees and Chiefs of Services
From: William B. Herring, M.D., Chief, UNC Teaching Programs
Subject: Results of 1969 Matching Plan
Completed applications were received from four candidates for internship.
During the recently completed matching none of these were matched with Moses
Cone Hospital.
Our failure to recruit interns this year should be considered in light
the following information:
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1. There were 15,0^5 internships to be filled through the 1969 plan.
Of the approximately 8,500 students a\railable, 8,11*4- were matched in the plan.
Unfilled internships thus total 6,931, with only approximately 400 American
graduates available for these internships.
2. Two residents have signed agreements to begin the second year of the
family medicine residency on July 1. One resident in internal medicine is
currently on duty.
3. The Council on Medical Education of the AMA has recently approved our
three-year family medicine program.
h.    As a result of the action of the Council on Medical Specialties in
Chicago in February, the American Board of Family Practice is now established
and will begin accepting applicants for examination within the year.
In view of the fact that we have concluded only the first full year of
recruiting effort, the receipt of four completed applications for internship
and the acquisition of two residents for the family medicine program represents
substantial success in recruiting. Approval of our family medicine residency
(which brings our total of approved residencies to four) and the establishment
of the Board of Family Practice is expected to increase interest of medical
graduates in programs such as ours.  Our acting internships in medicine and
pediatrics have, for the second year, attracted a larger number of senior medical
students from Chapel Hill than any other clinical elective.  In my opinion, our
failure to recruit interns should not be interpreted as a failure of the overall
recruiting program and I do not feel that we should be discouraged by it.
I continue to receive a large number of inquiries from foreign graduates,
but.very few of these are considered suitable for our programs and their applications
are not actively encouraged.
I will be happy to discuss these and any other aspects of the Teaching Programs
with any of you at your request.