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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD, Thursday, January 3, 1930 - Page Program to take health specialties to rural areas Ruth Wheeler, center, instructs Eliria Warburton on starting an intravenous line on unteer King Hastings during a course on Concepts of Intravenous Therapy for LPNs. mission of taking trainin health area special fields ing to rural areas in Utah and neighboring states has been undertaken by Weber State College under the direct supA ervision of director of provide training in specialties these facilities need without making it necessary for the people involved to come to the WSC campus for training. Mr. Hastings cited the ample of the Panguitch hospital in southern Utah, which technicneeded another ian. Working with training modules supplied by WSC for home study, and assisted technician alby an at the ready hospital who was a WSC graduate, the work has H, King Hastings, the WSC office of outreach education of the school of applied health sci- X-r- ay ences. The work was started by using federal funds, which were largely terminated in 1977. Since then the college has attempted with considerable success to make it a self - supporting effort. Last November the program was expanded and is operating as a continuing education program. Some state funds WSC X-r- ay started. At the end of the year the hospital should have two trained technicians without having had to send one away to school, Mr. Hastings said. Weber State through its outreach program will send books, slides and modular learning units and also supply at least one visit per quarter by a regular faculty member from the campus. Services of an already - trained individual on - site are almost essential. are still available and other grants are being sought. The outreach program has helped small rural hospitals and other health care facilities throughout Utah and has extended into areas of Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada. it aims to help Basically, Last year, Mr. Hastings said, 143 course completions were made in various fields under the WSC program. Courses were taught in four rural Utah hospitals last year for upgrading nursing skills, with 28 students in the hospitals completing their . work. The outreach program now is using the self - teaching modules already developed under federal funding to develop technicians for 25 rural hospitals in the state. These should be of major benefit to hospitals which must require a worker trained in one area to serve also in oth- ers. Small hospitals, Mr. Has- tings said, often can't afford Representative of WSC personnel taking outreach educatto hospital employees are King Hastings, director ion of the Office of Outreach Education, School of Applied Sciences, and Ruth Wheeler, assistant professor of nursing and coordinator of Continuing Education for the Nursing specialists. addition to the costs of sending someone away for In hospitals usually replace a trained individual while he or she is training, cannot away getting additional training. Offer courses Dr. Gerald O. Miller announces the opening of a Dental Practice at 22 East Center Monticello, Utah Ph . HOURS: College courses will be offered to seniors in three high schools in San Juan County beginning this month. The classes, sponsored by the San Juan Center for Higher Education, will be offered during the regular school day at San Juan, Monticello, and Whitehorse High Schools. This new program is designed to help students get a head start in college while finishing up high school credits. Classes being offered are: San Juan High: Physics 112, English 101, Social Studies 170, beginning January 14. Monticello High: Physics 101 and Biology 120, starting Jan- uary 14. lish 100, Whitehorse High: Eng Physics 150, Math 100 and Psychology Persons 115. not attending high school may also register to take these courses by contacting the San Juan Center for Higher Education in Blan-din- g. Saturdays and Evenings by Appointment The participant practices skills under the suof at staff members their facility. Requalified pervision a 79 gistered nurse, Sheryl Porter, graduate and a fullat nurse the of time Summit County, gives Eliria Hospital Warburton assistance during this clinical phase. newly-learn- a m. to 4:00 p.m., Mondays thru Thursdays :00 VTHfcsat dvaHsas, you know. ed 11 |