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University Daily Kansan
Fridav. Sept. 28, 1962
Faculty Member Speaks to Doctors
Medical assistants in Kansas are learning how to improve their work from - strange as it sounds - an assistant professor of speech and drama at the University of Kansas.
Frank E. X. Dance is the faculty member working on this project. He believes that medical assistants must become more sensitive to the effect upon others of what they say and must become willing to monitor what they say.
WHAT IS COMMUNICATED "can affect the mental and physical health" of the patient, Prof. Dance believes.
He calls this process "suggestive therapy" and illustrates it with the example of a doctor examining his patient with a stethoscope.
"Suppose he (the doctor) says 'Oh, my God' or even shakes his head," Prof. Dance said. The patient, who is watching for signs from the doctor, interprets these things to mean he is seriously ill, Prof. Dance said, although the doctor might be thinking of something else entirely.
Small Cars Lower Dignity
Prof. Dance began delivering lectures to meetings of the Kansas
PORTLAND, Ore.—(UPI)—Constable John Bain has asked the county commission to replace the compact cars assigned to his office with standard size vehicles. "The official dignity of my office is impaired by cars that are too small," he said.
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MENLO PARK, Calif.—(UPI)—One man received cracked ribs and another was jailed on drunk charges yesterday when their automobile overturned on a freeway here. "They both denied driving the car," said a highway patrolman, "ard from the looks of it that could very well be."
Medical Assistants Society (KMAS) this January and has lectured on such topics as "Medical Ethics and Etiquette" and "Communications for Medical Assistants."
Prof. Dance was recently elected to the National Certification Board of the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA), of which KMAS is a branch.
The AAMA, he said, is interested in establishing a procedure for certifying medical assistants who request it.
HE SAID he also has lectured to KMAS meetings on such points as what to say to a patient in public and what to do when someone phones for free advice.
Prof. Dance said that training in communication is important for medical assistants because they are the first persons most people meet when they go to a doctor or a hospital.
An evidence of the need for better communication between the medical profession and the public is the criticism leveled at medical expenses. Prof. Dance said. He also cited the rise of malpractice insurance and public support of federal intervention in medicine as evidence of the diminishing prestige of the medical profession.
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The Lawrence area has become the first in Kansas to surpass its goal in the KU Memorial Stadium expansion fund. The fund now exceeds $20,000.
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The new $600,000 addition to the stadium is expected to hold 6,500 people, giving the stadium a seating capacity of 44,900, the fourth largest in the Big Eight.
The total goal set for Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Linn, Miami and Osage counties was $19,000. Lawrence businessmen alone have contributed $19,000. The committee is still awaiting reports from other counties.
Two other major sources of revenue for the new addition are a 20-year loan from the KU Endowment Association and $200,000 from the Athletic Corporation reserve fund.
Dance Goes to Detroit For Medical Talks
A KP faculty member went to Detroit today to attend a meeting on proposed methods for certifying medical assistants.
He is Frank E. X. Dance, assistant professor of speech and drama. Prof. Dance was recently appointed to the National Certification Board of the American Association of Medical Assistants.
Col. Gilstrap to Talk On Saturn Rocket
Lt. Col. Jack T. Gilstrap (retired) U.S. Air Force, will report on Saturn, the vehicle that could place a man on the moon, 3:30 p.m. today in Swarthout recital hall.
Col. Gilstrap is working with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as writer and coordinator of technical reports on the Saturn project.
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