, @@l @l I @ lal@Itl@ I I A R E A .TniLnute n evv s vol. 4 no-13 November 17, 1972 CALIFORNIA REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS AREA V AREA V ADVISORY COUNCIL ELECTS NEW OFFICERS At its annual meeting on Nov. 14, the AREA V Adviso Council elected for its ry new Chairman Robert J. Schroeder, DVM. Dr. Schroeder, a member of the Council since 1970 f the Executive Council for the past year, is Deputy Director of Comparative Medicine/Veterinary Services in the recently reorganized Health Services Department of Los Angeles County. The only physician on the Executive Committee for the coming year, Adrian F. Ortega, MD, was named as'Vice-Chaiman. Dr. Ortega has been.a memberzat- large @f the Council since 1971, as well as serving on the Area Evaluation and other AREA V committees. He brings to the Executive Committee a firsthand knowledge of a medical practice in East Los Angeles, and his appointment is seen as a logical step in the expanding efforts of AREA V to improve health conditions for its largest underserved community. Also new to the Executive Committee is Mrs. Alison K. 'Mauer, who succe6ds'Dr* Schroeder as Chairm an of the Council's Nominating Committee, Mrs. Maue@'h,as ;-epresented Welfare Planning Assn. on the Council since 1968, and has served on nearly all of the Council's committees over the years. Reelected for 1972-73 are Mrs. Myrtle Silver (retired social worker and member-at large), Robert J. Thomas (representi ng -91 ue Cross of So.'@ Cal i f6rnia) and Cl i fton 0 . enting So. California Dental Assn. and USC-Schobi of Den Si I ver and Mr. Thomas become Counci I members i n 1967 a' nd Dr. D mmett in 1968. Louis. R., Baker, Los Angeles attorney, assisted by Mrs. Myrtle S.' r@ nd@Dr@"Maitin ;.Ive . a crumrine representing L. A. County Medical Assn.) W.!l comprise,,a.inew Byl@s Committee the Council. ontin on (@:, . 6@d' .@ @p@t@ @@) , 1, The Nominating Committee, headed by Mrs. Mauer, and composed of Dr. Sol Be,rnstein, Albert C. Zapanta, Evelyn M. Hamil, -RN, will have Dr. Lewis T. BuTock as a new member. New members who will join the Council in its 'coming sessions are: Dr. Jenny Batongmalaque, a physician with a large practice in the Filipino community 'of [as Angeles@o will be a member-at-large, and Albert C. Forbes, OD, who " w will represent the California Optometric Association (Los Angeles Chapter). Frani K. Bauer, MD, Dean of the USC School of Medicine, presented retiring C@irman Liston A. Witherill with an engraved pldque expressing the gratitude of the Council for Eis stewardship over the past year. Mr. Witheei II, who re- signed his responsibility as Council Chairman due to the pressure of work in his' new position as Director of Health Services for L. A. County, will continue as a Council member. Albert C. Zapanto - (member-at-large) was named to represent AREA V Council on the Coliforni a Committee of RMP. Mrs. Grace Martinez (member-at-large) expressed the appreciation of the Spanish- speaking community for the leadership and support given by Dr. Petit and Mr. Witherill and commended AREA V for its current representation of the Spanish surnamed community--six on the Area Advisory Council, one on the Professional Advisory Council,, and now two at the Regional,level. Following an address on "RMP Priorities, National and Regional" by Paul D. Ward, Executive Director of the California Comm ittee on RMP, members-spent a busy afternoon setting priorities and ranking Regional objectives under the guidance Lloyd, Ph.D. of AREA V Evaluator John S. The AAC business meeting concluded with a presentation on the Area Health Plan for L.A. County, given by Leon C. Miller, Executive Director of Comprehensive Health Planning Assn. of L.A. County. Mr. Miller anticipated that once the Area Health Plan for L.A. County has been developed and approved at the State leve , it will become the "Bible". by which HEW and other governmental funeing agencies,,@-- will determine their priorities. and allocations of funds, "it will be used to measure the projects and proposals that come before COMP-LA for review and approval he 'ni of @iMP and said@ "I can't Impress on you too strongly the importance'of in'volveine their great reservoir of talent at the very earliest stage to hel P. termine needs, s that relate to medical input.") Mr. Miller sialt@@;t@@'philos'ophv @arhcularly need I of COMP-LA as one of -cooperative effort with existin nd saw tio i,--- 9 agencies, a comparability in the separate roles of COMP and RMP. PLEASE CIRCULATE AND POST CALIFORNIA REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS AREA V P. O.- Box Alhambra, California 91802 (213) 576-1626 POSITION OFFERED BY EQUAL oppoRTUNIIY EMPLOYER ripower--Sponish Speaking Popula tion (Full Time) Assiannt Coordinator, Health SUMMARY DESCRIPTION: activities The Assistant Coordinator has responsibility for planning and operational related to health manpower throughout Are' V with special emphasis on the Spanish a speaking population. Under the direction of the Associate Coordinator for health manpower, the Assistant Coordinator acts as Spanish speaking health manpower and serv'i@'.consultant to Area V manpower programs and serves particularly as Area V liaison to the,current health manpower projects in East Los Angeles, Northeast and Son Antonio Health Districts. JOB QUALIFICATIONS: Requi red: I .Skills in human relations, group dynamics, and communications. 2. Demonstrated leadership and creative problem solving abilities. 3. Knowledge of barriers to recruitment and retention of minoeity students in health manpower education. 4. Linguistic abilities'and cultural sensitivities to the Sponith speakin peoples of Area V. 9 5. - Minimum oneyear of community involvement and partici tion in health PO related areas within the Spanish speaking community. 6. High school diploma or its equivalent. 'Preferred: 'i.@ Bachelor's Degree in arts or sciences. 2. @Knowledge of the,.trends, complexi- ties, and sources of curriculum requirements in the health manpower field. 3 . Knowledge of the' trends and sources of I i censing, certi fi cation, and cre- dentialling requirements as related to health manpower. 4. Knowledge of traditional and emerging health manpower roles. SALARY RANGE: @ii time - salary open, based on education and experience-@-(minimum. level $I,.,Ooo. Qnnual); six-month probation period. DEADLINE FOR APf'@tIONS: Submit letter of application and resume postmarked no lot-er'th'an Dec. 8, 1972 to Kay D. Fuller,.Asso4ate Coordinator, Area Vr. (See above address.) 3 @u by the California A Curriculum for Coronary Care.'Nursing Education blis@ RMP Nursing Coordinators for Acute Care is available upon request to hospitals and educatio'@l'-facilletes who are involved in the pr'ovision:or,establishrnent of coronaryco,re,tmi.ning,forgurses. Theguidelineswereprep.a@ to promote the phi I hy that certain concepts.are fundamental to' the.k'n'owl6dge of @6ronary OSOP t standardization of these concepts in edu6a'tional Oro- care nursing and to attemp grams, The authors include Marilyn Kemtes, RN, a former instructor in the Area V CCU Training Program. John S. Llqyd,, Ph.D. of AREA V @tq,ff, assisted with the evaluation materials. Please address requests in writing,@o Y@ E NEWS. ,!AINUT HSMHA has announced that in order to promote Increased integration of community health services delivery system components and more effective use of community health resources, it will support a limited number of communi-ties-in Fiscal Year 1973 for the development of health services delivery subsystems. The firm dead- line date for receipt of a plications is Jan. 31, 1973 and the most immediate source P. of information and assistance is the HEW Regional Office responsibld-vfor the area c within whic6.th'e appl@i@qnt ommunir/ is located. '(Iri'Callf6enia, thi@'is DHEW Region IX, 6'0 Fulton Strecit, @cisc,o, Ccilif,6i 0'94102 The Clinical Cardiac.Disease Brone@,,pf ttw National Heart and Lung Institute is soliciting proposals.for studies to assess th@ efficacy of coronary artery surgery in ischemic heart disease (RFP NHLI-73--r Z@,,@.,.Also, proposals for acoordinating ischemic center of studies to assess the efficacy a -,coronory..Orter in y surgery heart disease (RFP NHLI-73-13). In both cases,, these include randomized stud- ies in sharply defined subsets of patientsi and a non-randomized registry of pa- tients considered for coronary artery surgery. Prospective applicants@ihould indicate their intentions to submit a proposal by a one-sentence letter to reach, no later,than-:De@c.- 10, 1972, Alan L. Pinkerson MD, Chief, Clinical Cardiac Disea"s'e' tranch," National Heart and Lung. Institute, National Institutes of Health, 'D6-' rtt6ent of HEW, Bethesda, Maryland 20014. Proposal deadline is Jan. 2, 1973. pa Art Auctions to Aid the Los An eles Free Clinic will@be held Dec. 2 (at 8 p.m.),ond on Dec'-.3 (at 3 m.) at the Jodi Scully li p Gal I e , 651 N. La Cienego Boulevard 6nd at the Ankrum. Gal le , 657 N. ry ry La Cienego Boulevard. A grand peize--"Fl,,Pwers" by Andy Warhol, is being donated by the Margo Leavin Gallery. 4 New Staff Member anInounced the appointment of James E. Baiz as Liaison Officer for les East Health Manpower Cons ium--East Los Angeles Health :AREA V RMP. In this part-time appointment, which became effect- le of October, Mr. Baiz will be responsible for sett-ing'up the activities of the East Los Angeles Health System to the Professional Advisory Council, and will establish linkage between the ELA Health System and the Los Angeles East Health Manpower Consortium, Mr. BaizI, also assumes the position of Deputy Director of the ELA Health Systems, Inc. (a vacancy created by the death of the late Elias Chico). Los An eles East Health Manpower Consortium 9 November is election monthl Here's the result of the balloting for the Selection and Nominating Committee of the newly incorporated Consortium: The six cate- go@ies and their elected representatives are: Health Training and Educational Institutions - Ramon Santos, ACSW, East L. Mentc r f Social Work; Health Manpower Training and Recruitment - and USC School a Jose MO Duarte, Director, East L. A. Healt@ Task Forc, Administrator, White Memorial Medi Robert F. Cooper, fessional - Aurora Martinez, RN, East L. A. Child and Youth Clini a id F. Valencia (Coordinator gf Manpower SurvIey for the Consortium); Health Consumers - Dora Esparza, Librarian L. A. City Library; Richard R. Pachi nity Health Foundation, East Los Angeles and Armida C. Torres ecommunity Corporation, Los Angeles. First task of this newly-elected committee, according to Chairman George A. will be to'6dminister' the 'election of the B' rd of Directors. Wistreich., Ph.D., 00 Applications for candidates for the Boardrof Directors and for the Executive Director,ore still being accepted. AREA V notes with pleasure the appointment, on -November 1, of Adelbert L. Cam bell, MA, MPH, to the position of Coordinator of RMP Area IX Drew p Postgraduate Medical School - . Mr. Compbel I has been Acting Coordinator of our neighboring program since February, 1972. 5 Area Advisory Council Witherill, Chairman Liston A F= E professional Advisory Group Lee D. Cady, Jr., M.D. Jose F. Carlos John M. Connor, M.A. Henry B. Dunlap, M.P.H. Dale C. Garell, M.D. George C. Griffith, M.D. Lewis W. Guiss, M.D. Stanley E. Gunstream, Ph.D. Fotine D. O'Connor, R.N. Robert H. Pudenz, M.D. Robert E. Randle, M.D. Dr. Barbara J. Solomon, ACSW Area Coordinator Donald W. Petit, M.D. staff 2E Dorothy E. An son, R.N., M.P.H. et CD 0 Jane Z. Cohen, B.A. cc IL ui Kay D. Fuller, R.N. c C.) Leon C. Hauck, M.P.H. C2 W UJ a Frederick D. Hubbard > U. S. Lloyd, Ph.D. 4 J 5 John 0 c 4 0 2 Elsie M. McGuff co W' C3 c Clyde E. Madden, ACSW C3 -P. Moren M.S.W.' 4 Ter6sita 0 eg Gail M. White, M.A. U.