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Show U OF U MEDICAL T-V SHOWS The University of Utah College of Medicine has instituted a unique program of televised medical instruction in-struction to keep doctors in isolated iso-lated areas informed on latest developments de-velopments in medical science. Four experimental programs are being broadcast during November over the regular facilities of KDYL-TV every Tuesday from 7 to 8 a. m. "Since these broadcasts are on open channel, anyone with a television tele-vision set can pick them up," explained ex-plained Dr. John Z. Bowers, dean of the College of Medicine. But he pointed out that "there is no attempt made to explain things in non-technical terms. The programs are intended for doctors, and will deal with some pretty technical subjects." This is the first time that programs pro-grams of this type have ever been done on "open" television channels, chan-nels, according to Dean Bowers. All previous medical programs in the United States have been done on closed circuit, or non-broadcast facilities. "With these programs we expect ex-pect to reach about 80 per cent of the 800 physicians and surgeons in Utah, southern Idaho, eastern Nevada and southwestern Wyoming," Wyom-ing," said Bennett Larsen, manager of KDYL-TV, which is presenting the programs as a public service. The programs, which last for one hour, are broadcast directly from the University's teaching rooms in the Salt Lake county hospital. Subjects presented thus far have been x-ray diagnosis, hemmorhage and congenital heart disease. Next Tuesday's broadcast will feature three case presentations for diagnosis diag-nosis by physicians watching the program. |