In this Book
- The Daily Practice of Compassion: A History of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Its People, and Its Mission, 1964-2014
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: University of New Mexico Press
Published in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, this book provides more than an institutional history. Rich with anecdotes and personality, Dora Calott Wang’s account is a must-read for anyone curious about health care in New Mexico.
Celebrated for its innovations in medical curricula, UNM’s medical school began as an audacious experiment by pioneering educators who were determined to create a great medical school in a state beset by endemic poverty and daunting geographic barriers. Wang traces the enactment of the school’s mission to provide medical education for New Mexicans and to help alleviate the severe shortage of medical care throughout the state. The Daily Practice of Compassion offers a primer for policy makers in medical education and health-care delivery throughout the country.
Table of Contents
- Foreward
- pp. xi-xiv
- A Gathering of Healers: October 21, 2011
- pp. xix-xxxii
- Part I: The Story
- 3: How to Make a Medical School
- pp. 19-36
- 5: “And Then We Had to Settle Down”
- pp. 55-70
- 9: Our People, Our Values
- pp. 173-176
- 10: The Daily Practice of Compassion
- pp. 177-184
- Part II: The Departments of the School of Medicine and Their Histories (By Year of Founding)
- Department of Physiology, Established 1963
- pp. 192-193
- Department of Pathology, Established 1963
- pp. 194-197
- Department of Surgery, Established 1963
- pp. 198-202
- Department of Anatomy, 1964–1997
- pp. 203-204
- Department of Biochemistry, 1964–1997
- pp. 205-206
- Department of Psychiatry, Established 1964
- pp. 208-213
- Department of Pharmacology, 1966–1997
- pp. 217-218
- Department of Pediatrics, Established 1966
- pp. 219-222
- Department of Radiology, Established 1967
- pp. 227-228
- Department of Neurology, Established 1967
- pp. 229-230
- Department of Dermatology, Established 1984
- pp. 234-235
- Department of Neurosurgery, Established 2005
- pp. 248-250
- Part III: Health Professional and Public Health Programs
- Physical Therapy, Established 1974
- pp. 259-260
- Occupational Therapy, Established 1992
- pp. 261-263
- Public Health, Established 1994
- pp. 266-268
- Physician Assistant, Established 1997
- pp. 269-270
- Department Chairs
- pp. 271-274
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 275-278
- About Khatali
- pp. 285-286
- About the Authors
- pp. 287-288