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Show The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, March 2, W. 14, 1982 Making med school challenge work iM I '. '' v A fa' &J ("N? , i. , V v $ : . r: By Nancy Hobbs Tribune Lifestyle Writer Leslie Ingersol-Dunca- n and her husband, an attorney, moved back to Salt Lake City from their home in Salem, Ore., so she could attend the University of Utah School of Medicine. She is onfe of 21 women accepted in the School of Medicines 1981-8- 2 freshman class. Although a womans enrollment is no longer considered out of the , ordinary, many in medical school have unique situations with which they make the challenge work. Ms. Ingersol-Dunca- n chose to attend the medical college at the U. of U. (where she and her husband also met as undergraduates) before thq couple was married nine years ago. First, however, she would work as a dental hygienist to support the couples household while her husband attended law school at Willamette University, Salem. Then it became his turn, as they had agreed, to support the household while she attended the medical school of her choice. jjnew which School There was never any question as to which medical school that would be, Ms. Ingersol-Dunca- n said. She knew she would be exposed to some of the best people in medicine at the U. of U. and was looking forward to the multitude of learning opportunities available there. She had grown up amid medicine in Pleasant Grove, much influenced by her father, a dentist. Before his death, Dr. Morris lngersol established a fund to help finance her medical education, she said. He died of cancer three weeks before she was accepted. 1 couldnt go on with my life and not see if I could get into medical school, Ms. Ingersol-Dunca- n said. Now that Im in, I love it. Medicine is a beautiful science; I consider it a wonderful For opportunity to be involved in studies. As a dental hygienist, Ms. Ingersol-Dunca- n said she felt restricted by the career and legal definition of the work. Shes looking forward to the freedom that a career in professional medicine will provide. In being a doctor, dentist or attorney, ones job is not so strictly defined. In medicine, most of my limitations will be my own, she said. Limitations of being a woman in medical school are no longer as obvious as in earlier years. Although women comprise somewhere in the ballpark of 15 percent, shooting for 20 percent (of U. of U. medical students), according to Dr. Claudia Berensen, assistant dean of the medical school, that average is still almost 8 percent below the national average. TTiis years freshman class at the U. of U. is slightly more than 20 percent, with 21 women in a class of 100, Dr. Berensen said. That compares with the national freshman enrollment of 30.8 percent female students in the 126 medical schools across the country. Unique Problems Married women and mothers often face unique problems in juggling medical school with the responsibilities they assume in either role, Dr. Berensen said. She estimated that 33 to 50 percent of the female enrollment is married; 25 percent has children, either infants or grown. "Women with young families often have to find more creative strategies to continue studies than do fathers in medical school, Dr. Berensen has found. There is that extra stress on a percentage of students. For the most part, those women are creative in devising their particular strategies. For couples with or without children, the burden of housework generally See Page Column 1 save $10 on your new designer wig Every wig in ZCMI Millinery is on sale. Choose from styles by Adolfo, Eva Gabor, Mr. Henri and Rene of Paris. These are today's wigs with the look and feel of real hair. An example of the beautiful styles you'll find is Adolfo's "Debbie'' (shown), regularly $45, now just $35. 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