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Show College of Medicine At University Holds County Clinics There was a time when doctors in outlying communities found it difficult to keep abreast of new developments in the field of medicine. But today in Utah, at least that problem is being corrected. cor-rected. Under a new program being carried out by the University of Utah College of Medicine and the Utah State Medical Assn', "teaching "teach-ing teams" made up of doctors from the University staff visit towns throughout the state and hold clinics with local physicians. physi-cians. "Most doctors would like to attend at-tend special classes and seminars at the university if they could," explains Dr. John Z. Bowers, dean nf the college of medicine, "but they usually have so many critl-ral critl-ral cases that they don't dare leave their community without a doctor. So, since they can't coine to the college, we take the college col-lege to them." Most of the clinics last for an afternoon and an evening, permitting per-mitting the doctors to attend to their patients during the morning. morn-ing. Sometimes, in sparsely settled set-tled area, there are as few as five doctors attending a clinic. But thus far, attendance has always al-ways included at least 90 per cent of the physicians in each area, according to Dr. Bowers. "We devote the time to whatever what-ever subject the group wants t take up," he explains. "The most i popular subjects are the use of newer drugs in treatment of infectious in-fectious disease, diagnosis and treatment of acute surgical emergencies, emer-gencies, and new techniques in obstetrics." During February, clinics will be held in Provo and Vernal. Other communities which have beei. visited recently include Richfield, Price, Logan and Cedar City. The program is supervised by Dr. John F. Waldo. |