Wednesday, October 10, 1979 University Daily Kansan Letters open door to future in medicine Bv ROSEMARY INTFEN Staff Reporter A letter of recommendation probably be helpful for most students graduate from Kansas State University students trying to enter the University of Kansas School of Medicine, one particular university. The Kansas Medical Service Project, Inc., "better known as Mediserve, is a program designed to help Kansas residents get acclimatized to the climate at Mary Wiesner, project coordinator. "It's a very simple program," Wiersma said. "Students just apply to Mediserve and if we accept them, then we write a letter to the school administrator, congratulating that the student be accepted." In exchange for that one letter, the student must work five years in an underserved area of Kansas after completing a residency program. The student can choose to work in family practice, general surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics or obstetrics and neurology in the underserved area, she said. MEDIVERSE, WHICH is funded through the Kansas Farm Bureau and the Kansas Medical Society, has been in operation since the spring of 1977, Wiersma said. Kansas Farm Bureau is involved because the program is designed to get students from rural areas into medical school, with the hope that they will return to rural Kansas after graduating. "Bastily we are a lot like the Kansas Medical Scholarship Program because we both are trying to provide physicians for the areas covered areas of the state," Wierma said. Meditise now has 33 participants, according to Wiersma. Last year, Medisever recommended 28 students to the Med School and 17 were admitted. THIS YEAR 28 applicants were interviewed, 20 received recommendations and 16 were admitted. Wiersma said Mediserve and the scholarship program were not competitive because the students could participate in both. The student concerned primarily with being accepted to the KU Med School would turn to Medsieve first, she said. "We're talking about students who don't attend school. We've had this school, so they turn to us for assistance, she said." But in the scholarship program, the student has already admitted and is now enrolled in a college. Financial aid also is available through Medserve if the applicant can show financial need. A STUDENT CAN receive up to $1,500 a year at 4 percent interest through the program. Students who apply send an application to the Kansas Farm Bureau in Manhattan. The student is then interviewed by the Mediserv Board, which includes three Farm Bureau representatives and three Kansas doctors. "We hold the interviews to give the student some idea of what the real interview, with the admissions board at the university, would say." So far it seems to have helped a lot. "When the student comes for the interview, he is asked to choose an area in the state that he would like to serve. It must be a population under 12,000. area with a population under 12,000. After the interviews, the board chooses several students and sends letters of recommendation to the admissions department at the Med Center. Wiersma said Mediisevere interviews would be held Nov. 17 and 18 at Marymount College in Salina. Interviews at the Med center will begin in mid-December. Lee Arensberg, Atchison first-year med suwaent who is a Mediserve participant, said he thought the program was beneficial. "ONE REAL GOOD thing about Mediseus is that it encourages rural area students to apply," most of the students in the small towns, as Ijulk it helps them the most. "I wanted to do everything I could to get into Med School and I think they definitely helped me." Randy Rock, Hope first-year student, agreed with Arensberg that MediService was a good program for students from rural Kansas. "I don't know if the letter of recommendation helped, but the interview really helped me prepare for the real interview with the Med School," he said. Both students said they did not object to practicing in rural Kansas for five years because they had planned to do so anyway. Bostwicks All Coats & Jackets 20% OFF Warm up to savings on every style — cozy long wools to colorful ski jackets. Misses, Juniors. Gabardine Pants 1199 Reg. $18. Classic styling in fashion colors. Polyester, Misses, Juniors. Dresses 20% to 40% OFF Super selection of one and two piece dresses. Misses, Juniors. Hours: Mon-Fri: 10-8 p.m. Sat: 10-8 p.m. Sun: 1-5:30 Jr. Sweeters 799 Reg. $12. Cowwiches, spacedey stripes and solids. Plus much, much more! 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