Reports

RBPORT OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SOUTHWESTERN SOCIETY OF ORTHODONTISTS

T HE Advisory Committee wishes to take this opportunity t,o acknowledge invaluable assistance given them by Drs. G. C. Turner, Brooks Bell, Nat,

Gaston, John Richmond, Ott Voigt, Marcus Murphey, Harold Born, and Tom Williams. These men have either worked on the Admissions Committee of the American Association of Orthodontists or given considerable time and thought to the ever-important issue of setting up an Admissions Committee in our constituent society.

It is also of necessity that the Advisory Commit,tee suggests a means of formulating definite rules by which the Admissions Committee can operate until such time as the A. A. 0, Admissions Committee can adopt uniform rules for the operation of all constituent or component societies.

The Advisory Committee’s recommendation is made with full knowledge that the standing rules herein set forth are subject to change by the Admissions Committee of the A. A. 0. as experience and knowledge dictate in future years. It is the recommendation of this Committee that the educational program herein outlined for senior associates and junior associates be supplemented in the future by our experienced orthodontic educators.

Your Advisory Committee recommends that Article XII, Section 1, of the Southwestern Society of Orthodontists By-Laws be amended to include an Admissions Committee. The Admissions Committee shall consist of the Board of Censors plus six members elected from the Society. Two members shall be elected for one year, two members shall be elected for two years, and two members for three years; thereafter two members shall be elected each year for three years. The chairman of the Board of Censors shall be the chairman of the Admissions Committee.

The duties of the Admissions Committee shall be to establish the educational qualifications of each applicant for membership in this Society and report its findings to the Board of Censors.

Presente?j at the thirty-seventh annual meeting of the Southwestern Society of Orthculon- tists, Dallas, Texas, Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 1967.

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The Advisory Committee wcommends the followin, 0’ I~UICS for the Admissions Committee :

STAXDTKG RULES OF THE ADMISSIONS C>OXIMITTEE

A. h’esponsibilitics of the AdmiCons Committcr :

1. The Admissions Committee of this society shall ascertain the educational qualifications of all associate mm~bers to d&rminc their eligibility for membership to this Society and report its findings to the Board of Censors.

2. The Southwestern Society of Orthodontists Admissions Committee shall at all times conform to the operating rules rstahlishctl Iry the, .\dmissions Committee of the

American Association of Orthodontists.

3. The Committee shall develop a program of study for the guidance of the wnior associate in conformity with current orthodontic* ctlucational methods.

4. It shall provide for orientation of wnior ant1 junior associatc~s at the first meeting of the Society subsequent to the first twelve months of t,raining.

5. It shall provide for yearly cxaminatio:l OF the junior associate after initial orientation.

I. The senior associate must, bc an active mc~ml~r of tlw ~\merican Association of Orthodontists, which membership must haw Iwen continuous for the previous eight years.

2. The senior associate must 1~ conducting a full-time practiw.

3. Ile must notifq- the secretary of the South:vcst+~rn Socictty of Orthodontists of the inception, completion, or tcrmin:rtio:1 of the assorixteship within thirty days.

4. He shall outline for the Lldmissions Committw the anticipated program of study for the junior associate, listing the typrs of appliances and the diagnosis approach used in the offiw.

5. He shall administer a program of stutly as outlined 1)~ t,hr htlmissions Committw of tllc Amrr:cztn z~ssociat~ion of Ort,hodontists and 1-1~ Admissions Committrc of the Soutll- mctsttw~ Society of Orthodontists.

6. He shall mrct with the Atlmissions (‘ommittec: for at least two out of threp annual sessions for evaluation of traching methorlr, additional requirements, and familiarization with teaching material whi~lr mnv IKYY~~~~ available from the American Association of Orthodontists, the American Board of Orthodontists or university sources.

1. The junior associate shall pwparc for oral or writtcw examinations, designated by the Admissions Committee, on such rwngnizrd textbooks as those by Oliver, McCoy, Anderson, Strang, Salzman, etc.

2. WC shall make condensed reports ox t\ro artlclw each quartc,r from current issues of the AMERI~~A~~ ,Toirtw\~h~> on' OI~THOI~OU~'IC'S.

3. Hc shall make condrnswl reports 011 two articles (~a(:ll qnartcr from a sclcctcd list of back issucs of the il3r~arc.w Jomsa~. OF ORTHODOXTICS.

4. He shall meet with thr Admissions (‘ommit,tee for at lcast two out of three annual sessions for orientation, examination, and evaluation of the study program.

5. He shall take a specified number of’ short courses offered by universities or recognized orthodontic educators as instructrd II? tlic, Admissions Committw.

6. He shall submit a specified nurnlw of GLW reports nillet;\- days prior to the annual session at which the associat,c mcnllwr rnaltr~ application for active membership. Case reports may bc given on the annual SocicQ program :it the! discretion of program chairman.

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7. He must successfully pass a written and/or an oral examination by the Admissions Committee at least ninety days prior to the annual session at which the associate member makes application for clwtiou to active membewhip.

Respectfully submitted,

HUGH SIMS IV. R. AL~TADT LEO A. ROGERS, Chairman