Annual Report Of Program Activities Clinical Center

Excerpt from Summary Annual Report of Program Activities, Clinical Center: October 1, 1978 Through September 30, 1979 The Clinical Center has continued to evolve both professionally and physically Renovations have begun to integrate the Clinical Center with the Ambulatory Care Research Facility and to modernize the hospital. Professional services provided by the Clinical Center have been increased despite unchanging personnel ceilings. Intensive mutual reviews of Institute clinical research programs and Clinical Center support efforts have facilitated planning. Clinical Center staff provided hospital services and, for the first time, direct physician care on a limited basis in its new medical intensive care unit. Department members conducted research in their own Specialties to develop and improve current technology to meet the needs of the clinical programs and collaborated with Institute scientists. Opportunities for advanced training were provided to young physicians, medical students, nursing students, and members of the paramedical professions. Mission Clinical Center To ensure the highest possible level of medical care to each patient To provide optimal resources and facilities for clinical research; To perform research on methods and systems involved in patient care and study; To disseminate information to professionals and to the public relevant to clinical investigation; To develop and maintain training programs in the techniques and ethics of biomedical research and clinical research; To interact with scientists and physicians, nationally and internationally, on mutual problems of clinical research, such as policy, education, ethics, and priorities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.