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COURSES OF INSTRUCTION IN PUBLIC HEALTH.

A public health officer directs the public health activities over the region
which includes Charlottesville, Albermarle County and the University of Virginia.
The Director of the health unit is a member of the teaching staff of
the University, and gives a course to the medical students, and another to the
Summer School students. A course is offered which leads to the degree of
Bachelor of Science in Health Education in which emphasis is placed on public
health, personal hygiene and physical training. (See "Department of Education,"
p. 191.

After conference with the directing officials of the State Board of Health
two special courses have been designed to meet the existing needs in the counties
and smaller towns of Virginia.

Course No. 1. Training for Rural Health Officers. Medical graduates
will be received for twelve weeks of intensive training in the practical public
health work of county and town. The students will be under the supervision
of the Director of the Public Health Unit and will receive training in the field
and office; in addition they may be assigned for special training in one of the
laboratories or hospital departments of the University. Lectures will be given
upon the public health aspects of selected medical subjects. The training
will be selected from field work in problems of sanitation, water supply, farm
hygiene, school inspection and follow-up work, rural health nursing work, the
organization and conduct of clinics for the diagnosis of tuberculosis, baby welfare,
dental work, etc., and in the office management of a health office for a
county or town.

Upon successfully completing twelve weeks of training the applicant will be
recommended by the authorities of the University to the State Board of Health
for work as director of a rural health unit.

Classes limited to five. Students may begin work in January, April or
October, or at other times by special arrangement. Correspondence and inquiries
relative to this course should be addressed to the Department of Medicine.

Course No. 2. Training for Sanitary Inspectors. Qualified applicants twenty-one
years of age or over will be received for practical instruction with the
Health Department. The applicants will be taught the fundamental duties of
a Sanitary Inspector through practical training in Albemarle County and
Charlottesville. They will be under the supervision of the Director of the
Health Department. After satisfactorily completing ten weeks of such training
the student will receive from the University a card certifying to the State
Board of Health that he has the training necessary for a rural sanitary inspector.

Classes limited to five. Students may arrange by correspondence for admission
at any season convenient to the Health officer. Correspondence and inquiries
should be addressed to the Department of Medicine.