Medical Education for National Defense Committee Records, 1959-1964

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Creator:
Duke University. School of Medicine
Abstract:
The Medical Education for National Defense (MEND) Committee was a cooperative between the United States Department of Defense and select medical schools established by the Joint American Medical Association in 1952 and joined by Duke in 1956. The goal of this committee was to integrate the special problems of military and disaster medicine into the existing curricula of each participating medical university. This collection includes reports from meetings of the MEND committee, particularly those attended by Dr. William G. Anlyan. Materials range in date from 1959 to 1964.
Extent:
0.5 Linear Feet (1 manuscript box)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
AR.0132

Background

Scope and content:

Contains reports from meetings of the Medical Education for National Defense (MEND) Committee, particularly those attended by Dr. William G. Anlyan. Materials date from 1959 to 1964.

Biographical / historical:

The Medical Education for National Defense (MEND) Committee was established by the Joint American Medical Association in 1952 as a cooperative between the United States Department of Defense and select medical schools. The goal of this committee was to create a program wherein the special problems of military and disaster medicine could become more fully integrated into the existing curricula of each participating medical university. The original MEND program consisted of five pilot schools, and ten schools were added each year to the program and corresponding committee until all who wanted affiliation were included. Duke University Medical Center joined the program in 1956. Duke Faculty members remained on the committee until Duke's termination of the program in 1970.
The MEND Committee was especially concerned with the further education of medical university faculty in subjects relevant to national defense, and coordinated multiple symposia, orientation tours, and both regional and national meetings for MEND contributors from each medical school and selected faculty. These subjects included the special medical problems encountered by the armed forces and the treatment of mass casualties. Areas of mass emergency care covered included biological and thermonuclear warfare, as well as natural disasters such as wind, flood, fire, and earthquakes.

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Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Records, 1959-1964.
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DACS

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Personal Name(s):
Anlyan, William G.
Anlyan, William G.
Corporate Name(s):
Duke University. Medical Center.
Duke University. School of Medicine
Duke University. Medical Center
United States Department of Defense.
Topical Term(s):
Education, Medical.

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Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

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[Identification of item], Medical Education for National Defense Committee records, Duke University Medical Center Archives.