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POST-ENTRY TRAINING
Despite a particularly difficult year administratively, during
1971, the numbers of staff indicated below successfully completed
training for the following qualifications:—
Health Visitor Certificate—6, District Nursing Certificate—10,
Certificate of State Registration in Chiropody—1, Diploma
in Public Health Inspection—2, Diploma in Municipal
Administration—2.
Several staff embarked on examination courses in Autumn 1971
and, throughout the year, continued and extensive use was made
of facilities offered by colleges, professional bodies and other
official organisations for courses not leading to qualifications.
Medical Officers attended refresher and specialised courses on
paediatrics, educational subnormality, deafness, drug addiction,
child psychiatry, adolescence, the handicapped child and other
topics.
In addition to the usual refresher courses, nurses and midwives
were nominated for a variety of other courses and seminars covering
management, fieldwork and practical work instruction, health
education, school nursing, rehabilitation of the cancer disabled,
mental illness, multiple sclerosis, community coronary care, renal
dialysis, family planning, etc.
Courses attended by Public Health Inspectors dealt with several
aspects of food inspection, pollution, housing and other specialised
fields of environmental health. Rodent control courses were
attended by Rodent Operatives.
Courses for Dental Officers, including dental treatment of handicapped
children, seminars for dental auxiliaries, courses for
Chiropodists, including chiropody administration and courses on
subjects of interest to the Health Education Staff were also
attended during the year.