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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1974)
Women doctors well-received at Health Center Student reactions indicate that women doctors at the University Health Center (UHC) are favorably. received and accepted, according to Dr. Ken Hubbel, acting UHC director. Wolcott works part time at UNL, teachina Fubiic Health 101 and seeing patients in the health center. year. The medical clinic, established nmiy for outpatient care, now runs strictly on an appointment schedule. '' Specific doctors handle' appointment pa tients, while walk-in patients are seen by a different doctor. This means the "appoint ments generally run on schedule and students with appointments usually don't have to wait in line, the doctors said. Hubbel said Carol Wolcott, who joined the staff a year ago, was the first woman doctor to work there. Both male and female students liked a young doctor with fresh and invigorating ideas toward her work, said Hubbel Dr. Ann Lott, a native Nebraskan, joined the staff at the beginning of the 1974 fall semester. Wolcott said although there is an element of surprise many times when a student finds the appointment is with a female physician, it is usually easily accepted. The majority of patients Wolcott sees are women. She said women often prefer to see a woman doctor because they think she will be more understanding to their problems. Minneapolis native A native of Minneapolis, Wolcott was graduated from Monmouth College, Mon mouth, III., with a major in biology and was graduated from medical school at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. She interned at the University of Utah at Sait Lake City, and received pediatric special training there to become a specialist in adolescent medicine. At the University of Wisconsin in Madison, she received post graduate training by working part time in the pediatric clinic and by teaching part time. In May or Wolcott received certifica tion by the American Academy of Pediatrics. . UNL graduate Lott was graduated from UNL with a major in zoology and the University of Nebraska Medical Center at Omaha. She fulfilled her internship requirements at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. Lott, a general practitioner who. studied pediatrics and internal medicine during her residency, is especially interested in derma tology. She is on a waiting list for a dermatology residency. Both doctors said they have encountered prejudice against women doctors to varying degrees. Lott said she never experienced any major prejudice though. Lott and Wolcott said 10 per cent of their admitting classes to medical school were female. Wolcott said although the admission policies at medical school were liberal, after she was accepted she encountered prejudice directed toward female students from both faculty and student body members. She said she was personally not exposed to a great deal of prejudice but noticed that some male students resented the women as potential threats to employment possibilities. New programs Several new programs have been instituted at the health center during the . past year which both doctors consider improvements, and both foresee more improvements in the future. The new systems of appointment schedul ing was cited by Wolcott and Lott to be the biggest improvement at the health center this Another improvement is a program running from now through April o provide German measles vaccinations to all female students of the University free of charge. A test can be run at the health center to see if the vaccine is necessary, and if so, it will be provided. Health aide program Lott said the health aide program in the UNL residence halls is helpful and useful. With colds being the most common problem treated at the health center, she recom mended that students talk to their health aide or see a doctor when they are coming down with one before it develops into something more serious. Wolcott said the health center is ade quately staffed now. Hubbel said there are two full-time and three part-time doctors employed in the medical clinic at the health center. Residents from the medical school at Omaha ease the situation, Hubbel said. The residents, who are doctors usually with several years experience, work at the health center during the weeknights from 6 to 10 p.m., and then stay there all night to handle emergency situations, he said. C i -i UUIIU u J 1969 VW Bug, blue, $900. 166-5593 or 454-0497 after 5:30 Qf weekends. Ask for Rich. i91 ford "-306 Wmdo Van, 302. automatic, $2200, 475-2778 evening T909 Mal.bu 2dr. vinyrfoT, 12.000 actual miles on new 327 2 barrel. 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