The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, April 19, 1976, Page page 3, Image 3

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Twenty-four Vietnamese reft-re doctors are nearly
reaiy to praefcce medicine fa Nghrarta. said Dr. Ssck TVat
kr.s, administrator cf the edncatSorial prcgjani for Vfct
ctkj doctors st the Urivm;!y of rVchmdfcj iledxal
Center.
Fcnr cf the doctors paad the LZ.icztica Ccszbzssa
fot Fcreii Keihcd Graduate (ECC'G) examination, he
sail, and the remainins doctors are waiting for resulfs cf
the Teachms cf ErIii as a Fcrea Lasap (TOEFL)
Ewry doctor participate: ia the prcrssa toci the
LCFl'.G tmt crdy four paaaed both the medical and
EcgZh portions cf the examinalsoa, Tatiins said. The
20 doctors who failed the Ecrh pcrtioa tcci the
TOEFL as an al:ercativs to their ECFIIC scores, he said.
TOEFL test remits wZl he asaifshle ia about two
weeks, Ualiiss said. Doctors passing the TOEFL w3
tahe the Federal License Examinatioa (FLEX) wi:h the
ether Ibar doctors iadene. - 'v-:
. FLEX lEqsssd '.;
TLEX is the exam that physicians msst pass ia order
to practice medicise," 7atiins said.
A total of 33 Vietnamese doctors were brocht to
Ikhfz&z after the fI cf the South Vietnamese povrm
ment oa April 33, 1975. The doctors education program
is jointly sponsored ty the ciedicsl center and Crrrhtoa
Unsfenity ia Onnha.
Twcnfy-eine cf the doctors are sponsored by Kehraiha
ccssmzedtkt, three are privately sponsored and one is
inarned to a Ke&zzsSa ci&ea.
The medial center has provided the doctors witSi
nodical imtroctioa, Vatiios saU. Doctors reported to the
medical center daily, fcs saSJ, spending their morning ia
medical derscs, their afternoons ia Esgsh deases and .
atterafisgsrrnfiarsia .
The doctors hare cot had dinical training yet, bet
Watiins said it soon won!d bea.
said, and approached the Osnaha Fcl Schools (OTS)
fot zzZZzzce, 073 provided two teachers for the doctors
' inrtrcctSoa.
; . The major prct!eia la teaches Eez!i to the doctors
resclted from the Vktnamere lannas's lade cf verb
tenses, HherJb said. Kd means to diitisih tetxxea
present, peat and fates exct ia the Vfctnnasese larsoase.
. -' The Vktnamese Irre cses verbs to indiaate thse
and to dhtinaid betareea sinslar and plnral, which
made it dlfBcdt for the doctors to understand Ecdi,
Ihenhasaid. - '
The medical center and Creh!ca Unr?ersity shccld be
pioud cf the progress made wi the doctors, said Dr.
Uarsaret Faiih, assisrant deaa fui Ccnthmins l!edical
Creltoa's Eci-h Dept Lloyd Huhenia, chairmaa of Kocataoa at the medical center and project director cf
Creihtca's EciA and Speech Dept. said it caed the the Vietnamese Fdrcaf lea Proggaa,
most complete programs avaHIe, the Defenre Larsa;
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The program included eht weehs cf instrcctioa last
smnmer at Crefghtca, Hubesha saSJ. The prcrara csed
$50,CC0 appropriated by the Kebraaha Leyriarnre, fee
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Tickets: UN L students C2.C0
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... - Faith said that mSioswaJe, excIndinsJJebrasha, 35
Vktnarnese doctors toci the ECRiG exam. Sizteea
pasaed the medical sectxoa and one passed the Enih
portioa. la Crrada, she said, 42 doctors tods the test wiA
21 paaafn; &e medical sectioa and cons paaamj the
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