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Rural worry s Is there ther a doctor in the th town By Janet Marsh Missourian staff writer St SL Elizabeth is a German farming fanning community near Bagwell Bagnell Dam kilometers 65 5 miles south of Colum Colum- bia This picturesque town of persons is so small it might not be recognized as a town the streets arent aren't even marked Faye Doerhoff 22 a year second-year medical student at the University says St. St Elizabeth her ber hometown has bas basno no firemen no police no sheriff no doctors no nothing In many small communities such as St. St Elizabeth there are no medical doctors to take care of the health needs of f rural families In the past few years the lack Jack of family practitioners practitioners practitioners in these rural areas has become a prime concern receiving attention from the national govern govern- government government ment state medical schools and the many medical students who woo have slave seen the need for better health care are in rural America Doerhoff 1317 1311 Anthony St St. is among the increasing number of medical med Cd students at the University ty from rural areas in m Missouri More than half the students admitted to the school this year are from small towns or rural areas Dr James Dexter Chairman of the admissions admi committee for the medical med school says more students from rural areas are being admitted adm in order to supply more mOTe physicians p ys for Missouri's rural areas Studies have shown that medical medica students from rural areas are ae more likely lik to return to rural areas to practice when they tb have finished their medical medi ca training In response to the doctor shortage in such communities ties as St St. Elizabeth the Public Health Service Corps a 8 federally rally administered program of of of- fers fens an incentive to doctors willing to practice medicine in one of these shortage areas The Public Health Service Art Act pro pro- provides provides vides des for the Secretary of Health Education and Welfare HEW to repay rep a portion of d It an n individuals individual's u s educational loans Joans incurred I for the to costs of education in m r related elated fields The individual enters into an agreement ement to 10 practice for a 8 specified time period in I an area determined to have the need for health professionals These fields in in- include i n- n clude dude schools of medicine me osteopathy dentistry veterinary vet medicine pharmacy optometry or rot podiatry In a 11 year two agreement the tare person agrees to practice for at t least east two years in a 11 shortage sho e area In return HEW pays up to 10 SO 60 per cent of the persons person's SOns educational loans Joans that fall due within those two years As one who is acquainted with the medical medica needs of a small town such as s St St. Elizabeth says sags she thinks this is a simplistic answer to the problem Thais That's the last thing people in a shortage area ara da need People need long Hong ong- ong range care tare they don't dont r Ion ont need shifts s1 co coming rc ng in 1 and roan OUt ut so that feat nit every ewry two years they tey Stave bave lo to get gelt a doctor freshly fie y acquainted with the She whole system in an that area she says SIGS Doerhoff says say she se plans plass pIa tto to specialize ize in family practice after finishing medical school and says she would like to practice in a town Iowa of fewer than OD persons s. s She decided ed el to go onto into this type of rot practice because she saw the th need eed for it when she was MIs growing up tap in m St Elizabeth You Vou really reaDy really needed someone who was into nto the be life Ufe of af a Ii family because their living Irving conditions Were were different their the r superstitions about bout health and doctors were different she ire explained er remembering her bar ex- ex experiences ex experiences working in un a clinic t near St St. Elizabeth Just their whole We e needed ed to be understood before Mare you could im m- implement practice Family iE practice is based on em a term form dealing with a any and d. d really ally following fob tg their problems pro pro- problems and ud their situation rather Ather then Ithen treating tr B one erne at a time whenever you yon happen to see them The problems of having temporary bep be p an in shortage areas aress have been especially evident m ent an in such areas as Indian reservations where persons have bare stopped stepped ped coming CorI ng to the She doctors for treatment because They fliey felt they ahey could no longer linger depend on them for testing lasting treatment Doerhoff off realizes mazes that thai being a aly wm- wm family ly Ry practitioner will wiD mean she will wil w l have to know something about all types of medical matters maters Rural family practitioners handle a about oat per cent amt of d the be medical d pro pro- problems problems they f Ew tar he cases Irey must mast be able So Go in inthe the She problem so 13 patient tray may be referred to a sped e dist alist st st. Fw This a would like to see doffs doctors r an iiD teams terns rather titan than snugly singly in m shortage areas The rhe idea iid of at a groi practice practice is s much better biter from a professional onal standpoint sta You can am Stave nave con con- consultations C ions within your group and youre you're yo hie not the 1 re sole responsible amble person on says Working ng em an a team also would solve one or of riff the problems which wh cb used to toe discourage e doctors from going into fa in a swirl arm mS As Doerhoff I says a group practice practice woUld give her beT more time lime to tn havet r rOWn own home borne life me a Ii y or just timeto time timeto to herself anta she has ihas a family You gotta live too
Object Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1975-11-19 |
| Description | 68th Year, No. 49 |
| Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
| Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Date.Search | 1975-11-19 |
| Type | Newspapers |
| Format | |
| Collection Name | Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Library Systems |
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| Contributing Institution |
State Historical Society of Missouri University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Journalism |
| Copy Request | Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
| County |
Boone County (Mo.) |
Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian 1975-11-19 Rural Worry: is There a Doctor in the Town? |
| Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
| Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Date.Search | 1975-11-19 |
| Type | article |
| Format | |
| Collection Name | Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Library Systems |
| Contributing Institution | State Historical Society of Missouri <br> University of Missouri School of Journalism |
| Copy Request | Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
| Item.Transcript | Rural worry s Is there ther a doctor in the th town By Janet Marsh Missourian staff writer St SL Elizabeth is a German farming fanning community near Bagwell Bagnell Dam kilometers 65 5 miles south of Colum Colum- bia This picturesque town of persons is so small it might not be recognized as a town the streets arent aren't even marked Faye Doerhoff 22 a year second-year medical student at the University says St. St Elizabeth her ber hometown has bas basno no firemen no police no sheriff no doctors no nothing In many small communities such as St. St Elizabeth there are no medical doctors to take care of the health needs of f rural families In the past few years the lack Jack of family practitioners practitioners practitioners in these rural areas has become a prime concern receiving attention from the national govern govern- government government ment state medical schools and the many medical students who woo have slave seen the need for better health care are in rural America Doerhoff 1317 1311 Anthony St St. is among the increasing number of medical med Cd students at the University ty from rural areas in m Missouri More than half the students admitted to the school this year are from small towns or rural areas Dr James Dexter Chairman of the admissions admi committee for the medical med school says more students from rural areas are being admitted adm in order to supply more mOTe physicians p ys for Missouri's rural areas Studies have shown that medical medica students from rural areas are ae more likely lik to return to rural areas to practice when they tb have finished their medical medi ca training In response to the doctor shortage in such communities ties as St St. Elizabeth the Public Health Service Corps a 8 federally rally administered program of of of- fers fens an incentive to doctors willing to practice medicine in one of these shortage areas The Public Health Service Art Act pro pro- provides provides vides des for the Secretary of Health Education and Welfare HEW to repay rep a portion of d It an n individuals individual's u s educational loans Joans incurred I for the to costs of education in m r related elated fields The individual enters into an agreement ement to 10 practice for a 8 specified time period in I an area determined to have the need for health professionals These fields in in- include i n- n clude dude schools of medicine me osteopathy dentistry veterinary vet medicine pharmacy optometry or rot podiatry In a 11 year two agreement the tare person agrees to practice for at t least east two years in a 11 shortage sho e area In return HEW pays up to 10 SO 60 per cent of the persons person's SOns educational loans Joans that fall due within those two years As one who is acquainted with the medical medica needs of a small town such as s St St. Elizabeth says sags she thinks this is a simplistic answer to the problem Thais That's the last thing people in a shortage area ara da need People need long Hong ong- ong range care tare they don't dont r Ion ont need shifts s1 co coming rc ng in 1 and roan OUt ut so that feat nit every ewry two years they tey Stave bave lo to get gelt a doctor freshly fie y acquainted with the She whole system in an that area she says SIGS Doerhoff says say she se plans plass pIa tto to specialize ize in family practice after finishing medical school and says she would like to practice in a town Iowa of fewer than OD persons s. s She decided ed el to go onto into this type of rot practice because she saw the th need eed for it when she was MIs growing up tap in m St Elizabeth You Vou really reaDy really needed someone who was into nto the be life Ufe of af a Ii family because their living Irving conditions Were were different their the r superstitions about bout health and doctors were different she ire explained er remembering her bar ex- ex experiences ex experiences working in un a clinic t near St St. Elizabeth Just their whole We e needed ed to be understood before Mare you could im m- implement practice Family iE practice is based on em a term form dealing with a any and d. d really ally following fob tg their problems pro pro- problems and ud their situation rather Ather then Ithen treating tr B one erne at a time whenever you yon happen to see them The problems of having temporary bep be p an in shortage areas aress have been especially evident m ent an in such areas as Indian reservations where persons have bare stopped stepped ped coming CorI ng to the She doctors for treatment because They fliey felt they ahey could no longer linger depend on them for testing lasting treatment Doerhoff off realizes mazes that thai being a aly wm- wm family ly Ry practitioner will wiD mean she will wil w l have to know something about all types of medical matters maters Rural family practitioners handle a about oat per cent amt of d the be medical d pro pro- problems problems they f Ew tar he cases Irey must mast be able So Go in inthe the She problem so 13 patient tray may be referred to a sped e dist alist st st. Fw This a would like to see doffs doctors r an iiD teams terns rather titan than snugly singly in m shortage areas The rhe idea iid of at a groi practice practice is s much better biter from a professional onal standpoint sta You can am Stave nave con con- consultations C ions within your group and youre you're yo hie not the 1 re sole responsible amble person on says Working ng em an a team also would solve one or of riff the problems which wh cb used to toe discourage e doctors from going into fa in a swirl arm mS As Doerhoff I says a group practice practice woUld give her beT more time lime to tn havet r rOWn own home borne life me a Ii y or just timeto time timeto to herself anta she has ihas a family You gotta live too |
