Fonds UAA Fonds 0077 - Department of Health Services and Administrative and Community Medicine fonds

The establishment of a separate Department of Preventive Medicine was approved by the Board of Governors in 1949/50. Prior to this, instruction in this area was carried out under the Department of Medicine. A Department Hygiene and Preventive Medicine first appeared in the 1952/53 calendar. In 1954, the name was changed to Preventive Medicine, and to the Department of community Medicine in 1966. Originally, the disciplinary area of Family Medicine, Ambulatory Care and Health Services Administration were placed under the Department, but this structure proved unsatisfactory and a review in 1977 resulted in these becoming free-standing divisions responsible directly to the Dean. A second review of Community Medicine, in 1981, recommended that Health Services Administration and Community Medicine merge into one department to achieve a greater mass of faculty, space, and budget, with differences in educational programs and goals recognized. The merger was formalized in January 1982.