VII. CURRICULUM 16. Length of course. The minimum length of full-time training for the course should be 36 weeks. 'X-ray and radium therapy not included in course for physical therapy students. Suggested electives: Asepsis, bandaging, first aid, history of physical therapy, hygiene, joint measurements, journal club, public health, office routine, occupational therapy, records, social service. VIII. ADMISSION TO THE APPROVED LIST 18. Application for approval of physical therapy schools should be made to the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals, 535 North Dearborn Street, Chicago 10, Ill. Forms will be supplied for this purpose on request. They should be completed by the administrator of the institution requesting this approval. Inquiries regarding the registration of qualified therapists should be addressed to the American Registry of Physical Therapists, 30 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago 2, Ill. 19. Approval may be withdrawn whenever in the opinion of the council a school does not maintain an educational service in accordance with the above standards. Whenever a training program has not been in operation for a period of 2 consecutive years, approval may also be withdrawn. 20. Approved schools should notify the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals whenever personnel changes occur in relation to the medical director or the technical director of the school. Mr. WHITTEN. By the way, it is estimated that with respect to physical therapists, that 3,000 or 4,000 should be available in the next 8- or 10-year period, and, as I say, there are only 527-now in all this list of schools that you have. I would sincerely hope, by the way, that what funds the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation has available for training will be used almost entirely in the two fields of rehabilitation, counseling, and in physical therapy, although I am sure that some use can be found for funds in other areas. Now, in occupational therapy the situation is a little more heartening. There are now 2,156 persons being trained as occupational therapists. Incidentally, that is at the undergraduate level in most instances. There is a shortage still of occupational therapists, but it doesn't appear to be as serious as that of physical therapists. Senator PURTELL. May I interrupt and say at this time we have here a list of approved schools of occupational therapy, and that, too, will become a part of the record at this point. (The list of approved schools of occupational therapy is as follows:) COUNCIL ON MEDICAL EDUCATION AND HOSPITALS OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, CHICAGO 10, ILL. University of Southern California, Los An- Mills College, Oakland, Calif.. San Jose State College, San Jose, Calif.2. Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical Col- University of Illinois College of Medicine, State University of Iowa, Iowa City 2. University of Kansas, Lawrence. Boston School of Occupational Therapy, 7 Marjorie B. Greene. Harcourt St., Boston.2 Wayne University, Detroit 2. Kalamazoo School of Occupational Ther- Michigan State Normal College, Ypsilanti, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 2. College of St. Catherine, 2004 Randolph Washington University School of Medicine, University of New Hampshire, Durham 2.. Columbia University College of Physicians New York University School of Education, Ohio State University, Columbus 2. 1 Duration of course is expressed in academic years or in number of months. 2 Male as well as female students admitted. * Nonresidents charged additional fee. 4 Number of graduates. Present enrollment. [Reprinted from the Journal of the American Medical Association, December 17, 1949, vol. 141, pp. 1167-1169. Copyright, 1949, by American Medical Association] ESSENTIALS OF AN ACCEPTABLE SCHOOL OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, PREPARED BY THE COUNCIL ON MEDICAL EDUCATION AND HOSPITALS OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; REVISED TO DECEMBER 1949 PREAMBLE The Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Association, the Council on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of the American Medical Association and the American Occupational Therapy Association are directly concerned in the training of occupational therapists. The Council on Medical Education and Hospitals establishes standards, inspects and approves schools, and publishes lists of acceptable schools. With the cooperation of the Council on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the American Occupational Therapy Association standards have been established for this type of training for the information of physicians, hospitals, schools, prospective students and others, and for the protection of the public. Therapists are being trained in these schools to work under the direction of qualified physicians and not as independent practitioners of occupational therapy. I. ORGANIZATION 1. Occupational therapy schools should be established only in medical schools approved by the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals or in colleges and universities affiliated with acceptable hospitals and accredited by the Association of American Universities or the respective regional associations of colleges and secondary schools. 2. The schools should be incorporated under the laws regulating nonprofit organizations. The control should be vested in a board of trustees composed of public spirited individuals having no financial interest in the operation of the school. The trustees should serve for reasonably long and overlapping terms. If the choice of trustees is vested in any other body than the board itself, this fact should be clearly stated. Officers and faculty of the school should be appointed by the board. 3. Hospitals are required for clinical practice but should not attempt to operate a school of occupational therapy independently. II. RESOURCES 4. Experience has shown that an adequate school of occupational therapy cannot be maintained solely by the income from students' fees. No occupational therapy school, therefore, should expect to secure approval which does not have a substantial additional income. III. FACULTY 5. The school of occupational therapy should have a competent teaching staff graded and organized by departments. The director of the school should be a qualified occupational therapist whose qualifications are acceptable to the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals, who has had at least 3 years' clinical experience, is registered or eligible for registration and has an academic degree. The clinical training in a school of occupational therapy should be under the direction of a physician or a committee of physicians whose qualifications are acceptable to the council. If a committee provides the direction, the chairman should be designated as medical director. An advisory committee may also be established including representatives from the departments of the college, university or medical school which participate or cooperate in the teaching of occupational therapy students. IV. PLANT 6. The physical plant should provide adequate lecture rooms, class laboratories and administration offices. Equipment should be adequate for efficient teaching in the various departments. 7. A library of adequate space and availability and containing standard texts and leading periodicals in occupational therapy should be provided. V. ADMINISTRATION 8. Supervision.-There should be careful and intelligent supervision of the entire school by a director with sufficient authority to maintain the established standards. |