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THE BATTALION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1977 Page 5 >aj College Si “It could I of whefe ond v rs hadeuju em at , but them da for the® i missions he CoiMii® Brazos l )1 ;ek am. ;est is expected lie health if trol officers, plus thee® of animals icieties, am rector Roa I M Center londay tire :ress Cart Jian Justin I n Wilson o( :onio CityO an. en the prej resentatioi Good Mum ope, who die Pet Few ineheonspea iss “TheFi a Affecting 3:50 a.m. 1 il day of the ed speaher humorist]] ilk about da and animi esident of of the Uai iearle, em lerican Hue uss their r«j md animal be a numle ifficials prs els and den re works! ssistance an: associated irofessionofi tly : ALL 0:00' iys. doled raphs iakeup 77840 Students in understaffed field Primary care medicine is an un derstaffed field, but the College of Medicine at Texas A&M is prepar ing its students to enter the field and fill this need, said acting Dean Dr. Elvin Smith recently. The medical school is holding classes for the first time this fall. “Our goal at the college is to pro duce at the end of four years a highly trained and qualified undif- frentiated physician,” Smith said. “We want to try to help correct the maldistribution and specialty choice problems of physicians. ’ Smith said many medical special ties are overcrowded , so the A&M curriculum exposes students to pri mary care fields. These include fam ily practice, pediatrics, general internal medicine and obstetrics- gynecology. More doctors are needed in these fields. “The curriculum allows them to specialize in any direction they want, but we hope to persuade them to consider family practice or another primary care area,’ Smith said. Through all four years of medical school, the A&M students are in volved with physicians in private and small group practices in rural areas, he said. One afternoon each week during their second year, the students visit and learn in offices of general practioners within a 40-mile radius of College Station. “In the fourth year they spend four weeks in selected primary care physicians offices all over Texas, said Smith. “This gives them first hand experience from their entrance to medical school to the time of making career decisions. The students at the college were selected in part for their high prob ability of going into non-urban, pri mary care medicine, he added. All of the 32 members of this fall’s freshman class attended A&M at College Station, with the exception of one student from Tarleton State University. Only two of the students completed four years of college; 16 finished three years and 14 finished only two years. "Were very selective with our Med students must pay back state cost United Press International WORCESTER, Mass.— The University of Massachusetts Medi cal School, unlike any other medical school in the nation, will begin re quiring all graduates to pay hack or work off what it costs the state for their education. Trustees will consider on Dec. 7 how much money must be repaid or what length of service will be re quired. Unlike other repayment programs, the rule applies to everyone, not just scholarship stu dents. The Legislature included the re quirement in the college’s 1978 budget. Carol Cohen, public infor mation officer for the medical school, said the school was not con sulted. The rule becomes effective with members of the September 1978 freshman class after they com plete their internship and resi dency. “But the Legislature didn’t say how much money, and they didn’t say how long the students would have to work, Cohen said. Sen. James Kelly, D-Oxford, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee that inserted the stipu lation, said it was his idea. “The cost of education is so high, and the people who graduate make so much money that we should get back some of it, Kelly said. A study conducted for the Legis lature when it was considering the plan said opponents find the repay ment plans discriminate against poor students who will have to work it off, and also might force students into higher paying specialties to meet the payments. Tuition at UMass Medical School is $840 per year and will increase to $900 in September. two-year students—we want mature students, only the very best,” Smith said. “We have the exact same prereq uisites as other medical schools, with the exception of total semester and credit hours, he continued. “For a student to finish the A&M prerequisites well enough to be ad mitted to the school, they must be bright and highly motivated.” Admitting students after two years of college is an attempt to shorten the time spent on a medical education, Smith said. “Some people think eight years represents too long a time to edu cate a physician,” he said. That’s only to get the M.D. There’s still an extra three years for residency. “Some medical schools try to cut down on medical education, but A&M feels the bulk of medical knowledge prohibits students from doing that. We attempt to shorten the preparatory time in college in stead,” Smith said. Students spend almost eight hours a day, five days a week at the school, Smith said. The laboratories are open at night and the students are expected to use them then. Smith said. The students have found the pace to be hectic, John Hodges, freshman class president, said. “Everyone’s been able to adjust so far, “ Hodges said. “There’s a lot of material, but we realize that we’ve got to retain this information. It’s not like being an undergrad, when you can say, I’ll just cram for this test tonight and then I can forget it. Hodges said freshmen are a bit uneasy, but not worried, about being the first class at a new medical school. “People frown on new medical schools, Hodges said. “Some Texas Tech students, for instance, are hav ing some trouble finding residen cies. But we 11 he doing our residen cies at Scott and White Memorial Hospital in Temple, and that’s one ART PLASTER PLAQUES & FIGURINES ART & CRAFT SUPPLIES AGGIE PLAQUES Finished - 2.95 Unfinished - $ 2.00 Paint your Christmas Gifts and Save $$$$ GIFT-A-RAMA Redmond Terrace 693-5016 of the most cherished residencies in Texas.” Most of the students feel lucky to be at A&M’s school, Hodges said, especially because they are the first class. “I feel lucky to have come along at the right time to get into pried school here,” he said. “I turned down other schools. Here I’m getting extra training. And all the professors are putting forth extra effort because they’ve waited so long to teach.” Most of the 32 full-time faculty ar rived on the campus in the spring and summer of 1975, Smith said. There are also 66 off-campus clinical instructors. The lecture rooms, laboratories and offices of the medical school are located in the Teague Research Center, Doherty Building and Stu dent Health Center. A student cen ter and 30 student housing units were just completed at the campus in Temple, Texas, where students will spend their fourth year. A&M’s medical school is likely to be one of the only in the nation to get started because of a nationwide feeling that the present number of medical schools is not sufficient to provide the doctors needed. Smith said. The College of Medicine is due for full accreditation in 1981 by the American Medical Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges Liaison Committee on Medical Education. The school now has provisional accreditation. Smith said he has no fears that A&M will not get full accreditation. “They don’t grant provisional ac creditation unless they know a school is good,” he said. “In fact, A&M will be checked after the first class completes two years. Nor mally, medical schools are checked every year. The committee was very impressed with the quality of the curriculum, the faculty and the facilities here.” The medical school was formed in association with the Veterans Ad- ............ .. . .... ... ^ ministration, Scott and White Memorial Hospital and Baylor Col lege of Medicine. However, Smith stressed that A&M’s connection with Baylor is one of cooperation only. “Medical students from A&M will get their degrees totally from A&M,” he said. GIG 'EM! 14K Tie Tack For The Discriminating Aggie $2995 Carl Bussells ’ Room IAM0N0 3731 E. 29th 846-4708 Town & Country Center FOOTBALL FIESTA SPECIAL Buy a Fiesta Dinner with soft drink or tea for only $ 2.50. Regular $ 3.00. Good Monday thru Friday only. Offer expires December 4, 1977. One coupon per customer, please Save 1816 Texas Ave. Biyan, Texas 823-8930 Valid at this location only RESTAURANTS TUNE UP YOUR SYSTEM WITH TECHNICS. MANOR EAST 3 THEATRES MANOR EAST MALL YOU HAVE SEEN GREAT ADVENTURES. YOU ARE ABOUT TO LIVE ONE. 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