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Friday, February 2, 1990 / University Daily Kansan
Interns take up practice at Watkins
Students learn practical skills
By Steve Bailey
Kansan staff writer
A University of Kansas Medical Center student will get his first taste of outpatient treatment dur-
ing the month. Wakimus Memorial Health Center.
Montero examines Shirley Theis, Wichita senior.
Carlos Montero Jr., four-year medical student from Miami, began his stay as an intern at Watkins on Monday as part of the Med Center's preceptorship program.
The program is a graduation requirement for final year medical students at the Med Center. Each student studies with a host physician called a preceptor. The program is designed to train students in a community setting that is smaller than the Med Center.
"At the Med Center we see mostly those patients who are already checked into a hospital." Montero said. "Here, there is quite a different patient population. We have no one here that we don't get at the Med Center. This is a very important part of our education."
Montero said the students requested communities where they would prefer to study. Each student then is assigned through a lottery system.
Montero then he chose Lawrence because it was the size of community he hoped to work in after graduation. He also has family in
Watkins became involved with the program three years ago. This
semester, two interns will work consecutive four-week periods at Watkins. Currently, two other Med Center interns work for Lawrence doctors in private practice.
The program allows participants to learn about different types of medical care and procedures. The students do everything from seeing patients on call to treating patients in the sports medicine and gynecology clinics.
During the program, Montero commutes daily from Kansas City, Kan. He works each weekday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is on call about twice a week. He would treat illnesses ranging from the common cold to pneumonia and other serious illnesses.
Another goal of the program is to give the students experience making actual diagnoses and prescribing medication and treatment plans on their own. However, all decisions must be reviewed and counterigned by a licensed physician before implementation, said Charles Yockey, chief of staff at Watkins.
"It's sort of an apprenticeship," Yockey said. "Medical school is an internship in itself. Each year the students' responsibilities increase. The challenge here is that this is so much different than anything they have ever done before."
Montero said that although he did not have a formal curriculum during the program, the time at Watkins would be a valuable learning experience.
"The program gives me hands-on, personal experience, which is not the same as book learning," he said. "I get to see and treat actual patients instead of just simply learning from a text. I believe I
will get a lot out of this kind of experience."
Patients at Watkins are asked in advance if they would mind being treated by a graduating medical student. If not, the patient who had received no complaints.
"As far as I can tell, the patients have been receptive, attentive and cooperative." Monter said Tuesday. "Some students may feel more comfortable talking to someone who is sort of a fellow classmate rather than an older physican."
Montero said that the program would be difficult, but that he looked forward to the challenge.
"Being in a position to help students whose primary concern is probably not health care is very encouraging and rewarding," he said.
Participants also learn about the cost of medical care, management and smaller community health
care resources. Yockey said.
"Basically the program is a transition between medical school and becoming a licensed physician," he said. "It is important because much of medical school is based on inpatient referral. Outpatient treatment is usually a totally different experience for them."
Yockey said a student would arrive for the next four-week precep torship on Feb. 24.
KPS will increase fuel cost
By a Kansan reporter
Kansas Public Service announced yesterday an increase in gas rates that left customers disgruntled but not furious.
Ron Jones, vice president of administration at KPS, said customers' bills would increase an average of 96 cents a month beginning yesterday. Customers will be charged about 42 cents for each 100 cubic feet of gas. Customers previously were charged about 41 cents for each 100 cubic feet.
"We need gas, and we're going to have to pay for it," said Amy McDougal, Peoria, Ill., senior.
The price increase resulted from a demand increase caused by December's cold weather, Jones said. The higher demand caused an increase in the cost of gas supplied by the spot market. Gas sources other than the main supplier are referred to as the spot market.
Jones said KPS purchased about 37 percent of its gas from sources other than its main supplier, Williams Natural Gas of Tulsa, Okla.
"When you get into winter, the price goes up just because the demand is there." Jones said.
The price should return to near its original level when warm weather begins.
"I'd rather the prices not go up at all," said Dan Babcet, Deerfield, Ill., senior. "But we all need to use them." But there's nothing we can do but pay it.
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