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Mondav. September 13, 1976
University Daily Kansan
Small towns lure health students
By BARBARA ROSEWICZ
KANSAS CITY, Kan.-At a table loaded with Elkhart, Kan., souvenirs, a representative of Elkhart, pop. 2,700, busily conversed with hospital residents and medical, nursing and allied student students at the Kansas Health Days program Friday.
An Elkhart minister said that so many students stopped to sign up he finally stopped writing down their names and instead gave them an Elkhart address to send them. The clerk crammed with names and addresses from his pocket, he said, "Have a souvenir."
HIS SUCCESS AND enthuism were typical of other small-town Kansas towns who had set up booths in the Kansas City, Mo. Municipal Grand Ballroom in Kansas City, Mo.
Fifty-two booths were set up featuring pictures, literature, slide shows and souvenirs to advertise the towns that need doctors and medical personnel.
The event Friday was the first part of a KU Medical Center program to promote communication between health care students, medical residents and representatives of Kansas towns that need medical professionals.
FURTHER DISCUSSION of recruitment between community representatives and students will take place Thursday at the Broadway Hotel in Wichita.
Kansas Health Day coordinators said they were satisfied with the success of the program.
David Waxman, chairman of the Kansas Health Days committee, said his goals had been accomplished; because there was a good distribution of community representatives, a good student turn-out and good communication between the two groups.
"I think the program indicated to communities that there definitely was a commitment on the part of the Med Center and the Metropolitan Health care health care maldistribution," he said.
NO HIRING is done on the spot, Waxman said, but contacts are made so that communities can invite students to see their towns.
"I think there will be some kids that say
Bikes still being stolen
Bicycles continue to be popular items for records in Lawrence according to police records.
Since Aug. 26, 22 bicycles have been stolen—an average of one and one-fifth bicycle a day, Police records don't show the owners of the stolen bicycles are students.
None of the bicycles have been found, but police are still looking, a spokesman for the city said.
"Generally the investigating officer follows up on a burglary or theft," Darrell Stephens, assistant police chief, said vetteday.
Stephens said, however, that usually officers had few clues to follow in bicycle traffic. He recalled one case.
According to police records, the average cost of stolen bicycles was $95, although the estimated cost of the bikes ranged from $40 to $150.
The prospects are slim for catching the thieves, according to the police department's three-year statistical report on criminal offenses.
In 1975, 5.2 per cent of all thefts of items valued at $50 or more were solved by arrests. This year, 8.9 per cent of the thefts were solved.
The police department didn't know how many bicycles have been recovered without patience.
Robert Kugel, executive vice chancellor,
said students were very interested because
so many communities were concerned
about them.
"Gee, I like that town and will go out and look at it." he said.
The success of Health Days will depend on whether communities "get their man," he said, but it's too early to know the results of the program.
Chancellor Archie Dykes said Health Days had far exceeded expectations.
"AT ONE TIME, I'm sure at least 1,000 people were in the ballroom," he said.
Kugel estimated that more than 170 community representatives and 908
The aisles between the rows of booths were crowded until the program's final hour. Senior students and residents looking for job opportunities and undergraduates learning about future job prospects packed the room.
"People from the towns were really, really friendly," Sue Notfisner, Liberal physical therapy senior, said. But it was hard to know what kind of people with 80 people running right around you."
MOST STUDENTS SAID that the program was valuable in learning about small-practice but that communities were not interested in recruiting personnel immediately.
Richard Jantz, Wichita second-year medical student, said that he usually was told that communities needed someone right away and that they didn't know what they would need in five years, when Jantz would be ready to practice.
Nancy Shepeard, Topeka physical therapy senior, said she thought most communities were primarily interested in doctors.
"They aren't that interested after you tell them you're only second year," he said.
"YOU GO UP to a small town and say you've in physical therapy and they say, Wow! I am ready!"
The Chamber of Commerce president from St. Mary's, a town of 1,000 near Topka, said auxiliary personnel couldn't handle the task without a doctor. The town now has only one doctor.
"I think we're going to get one because we determined to get one," she said.
Many medical students seem interested, she said, but the town is interested in getting a doctor right now. She said that one or two students had signed up for visits to St. Peter's.
Clay Center, a town of 5,900, was looking for both doctors and nurses.
THE ROSSVILLE representative said residents ready to start practicing this year had already made plans to practice somewhere.
"We could use about four registered nurses," a Chamber of Commerce member
Rossville, a few miles from St. Mary's,
hasn't had a doctor for seven or eight years.
He said that of the five full-time doctors in Clay Center, the youngest was over 40. One of the oldest doctors, he said, would give his practice to the first young doctor to ask for it.
THEERE WERE benefits even for students
"lots of people enjoy me, and I enjoyed them," Joe Jser, Kansas City, Kan., first medical student, said. "It's important we know where they are, and know we're interested in them," he said.
who didn't find jobs or who were just looking.
Denise Goodrick, Kansas City, Kan,
nursing senior, said many students
attended the program because they were
excused from their classes. She said that
she was glad she went because she'd seen
some towns she might be interested in.
MANY STUDENTS WERE INTERESTED IN the souvenirs offered by communities. The Elkhart booth, which offered such things as pens, pencils, matchbooks, bottle capers, balloons, wooden sticks, and peppermint sticks, was very popular.
Dave Vermiere, Lawrence first-year medical student, said communities were very enthusiastic about impressing students with their towns.
"they took a lot of their time to come out here and stand around all day," he said.
STUDENTS SAID that most towns embody the modern postal facilities and schools.
One student said he was told by a representative how nice the townpeople were, that there were a hospital and two lakes nearby and a theater in the next town.
The Elkhart representative said, "These little towns have got an awful lot of living to do in them. For entertainment, you're just gonna kind of have to make your own."
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