Dartmouth Medicine Fall 1999
Dear Reporter, Editor, or News Director:
Inside the Fall 1999 issue of Dartmouth Medicine, (to request a printed copy, call 603-653-0772 or e-mail dartmed@Dartmouth.edu), read about:
A doctor whom patients call "a magical man": Dartmouth's Bill Boyle has been taking care of very sick children with a personal touch that a new program bearing his name hopes to replicate in pediatricians-in-training at Hitchcock. See page 40.
How to reach students with an important health message: It may seem like a case of asking the fox to guard the hen house, but a new Dartmouth program has turned to students themselves for advice on how to reduce the rising rate of smoking among undergraduates. See page 9.
A big award that may lead to benefits for tiny patients: Dartmouth physiologist Gene Nattie just got a prestigious award from the National Institutes of Health for his work on identifying failures in the basic respiratory function that may be responsible for sudden infant death syndrome. See page 7.
The devastation of Kosovo's medical education system: Powerful first-hand observations by four members of the Dartmouth medical faculty, including Dean John Baldwin, have led to a pledge on Dartmouth Medical School's part to help rebuild Kosovo's medical education system, reduced by the ethnic conflict there to "a state of near total chaos." See page 10.
The powerful message in a book written by three students: A patient is more than a person with a disease --that's the bottom-line message in a book written by three Dartmouth medical students. The young authors emphasize the need to look at all aspects of a patient's life in this volume intended as a guide for other medical students. See page 13.
Cross-cultural medical ethics: A Dartmouth medical student traveled to China as one of 25 American representatives at a conference comparing medical ethics in China and the United States. He found it a fascinating and eye-opening experience. See page 21.
Why women may eventually not need to get a Pap test: Dartmouth ob-gyn Diane Harper writes about the development of a new test that may one day replace the venerable Pap test, serving as a more sensitive screening tool for cervical cancer. See page 23.
The place of literature in medical education: Joe O'Donnell, a much-loved dean and faculty member at Dartmouth Medical School, shunned courses that smacked of literature during his own college years but is persuasive today in arguing that the humanities have an important place in the medical curriculum. See page 52.
A new frontier for genetics: Research in genetics has been going on at Dartmouth for some time. But the recent commitment to establish a Department of Genetics promises to foster even more interest in this important discipline. See page 34.
If you'd like to pursue any of these stories, contact:
- Hali Wickner, communications coordinator for Dartmouth Medical School, at (603) 650-1520.
- The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Office of Public Affairs, at (603) 650-7041.
Or feel free to give me a call; my direct line is (603) 650-4058.
Dana Cook Grossman,
Editor