126 REPORT OF THE PSYCHOLOGY COMMITTEE 



logical service as an integral part of the educational work of 

 the hospital. This new organization, known as the Educa- 

 tional Service of Military Hospitals, includes practically all 

 extra-medical and extra-surgical activities carried on in the 

 institution for the benefit of patients. In many Instances 

 even civilian agencies, such as the Red Cross, work through 

 the Education Department. 



"As now definitely organized, the Educational Service 

 includes a Psychological and Statistical Division. The per- 

 sonnel of this division in most instances consists of from one 

 to four commissioned officers, from two to ten enlisted men, 

 and one or more reconstruction aides. The functions of the 

 psychological service as defined by the Educational Officer's 

 Handbook are as follows: (i) to have primary responsibility 

 for psychological and educational surveys of individual pa- 

 tients; (2) to cooperate with other educational and medical 

 oflftcers in the study of special learning problems encountered 

 under the curative workshop schedule; (3) to have cooper- 

 ative responsibility for all measures Intended primarily to 

 direct and control the mental attitude of patients; (4) to have 

 responsibility for all statistical studies of procedure under the 

 curative workshop schedule; (5) to have cooperative respon- 

 sibility for professional training and advancement of educa- 

 tional staff" and of teachers in training. 



"There are at present engaged In this service in forty- 

 three different hospitals, 66 officers of the Sanitary Corps, 

 72 enlisted men and approximately 10 reconstruction aides. 

 Twenty-one of the commissioned officers are serving as Chief 

 Educational Officers. 



"Thus far the greater part of the work of this personnel 

 has been the Interviewing of patients who are subjects for the 

 educational work of the hospitals. The facts obtained in 

 these interviews are made the basis of all educational work 

 prescribed for patients. They are reported on the Physical 

 Reconstruction Register known as Form 58, which is trans- 

 mitted to the Office of the Surgeon General on discharge of 

 the patient. 



"The essential features of this register are as follow: {a) 



