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Gynecol
By Rita D. Ford
Gamecock Staff Writer
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i uung women wno frequent
USC's Student Health Center's
Department of Gynecology may
have observed the absence of one
of its two physicians.
Dr. George Fagan, a
gynecologist who came to work for
the center in November, 1977, left
this past May. Dr. William Potts,
associate director and
gynecologist at the center, said
Pagan was "unable to accept the
adjustment from the state of
Illinois to the state of South
Carolina and from the nature of his
previous practice to the nature of
the practice in student health."
"When he came here November
4 1 I- "
i, ne came nere irom active
practice in gynecology from the
state of Illinois," said Potts. "And
in association with our circumstances
did make it possible
for our student volume in the
second semester academic year
1977-78 to be increased. He did not
find, however, that it would be as
simple to be a gynecologist for
young people alone as he had
thought it would be."
POTTS SAID he was not aware
oi r agan s "iauure or unhappiness
of adjustment," and that the
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More students could be heloed hv t
c elective
credit were given, accordin
services.
The drop-out rate is almost 50 perc
Communication Skills Developmei
Bruckner said.
"Without credit, a student is mor<
Dr. Bruckner said. "By granting elec
students could be reached and taught
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STUDENTS OFTEN start college
work load, Bruckner said.
"Even straight-A high school stud
said. Poor time-management, note
read a textbook are problem areas
"If students are allowed to enter
usually either fail or drop out," Br
The CSDC is equipped with prograi
school. Students are offered a test
study strengths and weaknesses. To
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THE CENTER also has an in<
dependent study. The lab has mate
studying skills, according to Bruck
Skills seminars have been offered
semesters. These one-hour present
ment, reviewing for tests, time ma
Bruckner said even a basic skill li
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oiuaenis may retain 50 percent of
that and retain permanently only 25 j
"Effective Speed Reading" is the i
CSDC, according to Bruckner. The
reading comprehension who want t
BRUCKNER SAID many colleg
courses for credit. "For example, 5
cent of its freshmen students in rea<
said.
The CSDC currently offers collegc
designed for students planning to stai
Dematteis ^STirr"
involved in people's personal
lives," he said. "Well, I found out
mat LdDertariamsm was a combination
of the good points of
both."
With so little hope for victory,
Dematteis is looking into administrative
jobs at Libertarian
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decision to leave the Wallace
Thomson Student Health Center
was entirely Fagan's.
PottS Said because Fflcrnn's:
family was in Illinois, he was
basically alone in this community,
and that, Potts said, contributed
greatly to his difficulty of adjustment
in this area.
Although Fagan was not happy
in the student health program at
USC, he returned to work as a
gynecologist at the University of
Illinois. Potts said the different
natures of the two programs ac
count for this apparent
discrepancy.
"OUR PROGRAM here is built
on an action pattern that 1 have
established," said Potts, who has
been with the health center since
1973. "That may be good, bad or
indifferent, but it's based on a vprv
close interrelationship between the
physician and the patient. It's
based on a very open expression
type of thing in which I expect any
student to be able to say anything
to me that she wishes and I expect
her to accept a similar relationship
in return," he said.
This liberal relationship between
gynecologist and patient does not
work well for all physicians and all
skills help
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g to a USC coordinator of special
:ent for non-credit programs at the
it Center (CSDC), Dr. Lila D.
b likely to quit attending classes,"
tfcive credit for a skills course, more
; how to study." Such a skills course
at USC.
unprepared to cope with the heavy
ents lack in basic study skills," she
taking, listening and the ability to
college without these skills, they
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ing service to locate reading and
sts in vocabulary and spelling may
iividualized learning lab for in;rials
on all aVeas of reading and ner.
to students throughout the regular
ations cover vocabulary developnagement
and listening,
ike listening may need refinement,
a class lecture, lose 25 percent of
>ercent," she said.
most popular course offered by the
s course is for students with good
o read faster
es are now offering these skills
Stanford University enrolls 50 perding
and study skills courses," she
s preparatory programs which are
rt college in the fall.
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York or San Francisco.
"My background has been
academic. It's possible I may get a
research job somewhere," he said,
"but I would really like to be able
to earn a living working for
Libertarianism, because I'll be
promoting the cause anyway."
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patients, Potts acknowledged. He
said it was "contrary to the pattern
of practice that Dr. Fagan was
accustomed to following."
"He's going to return to a type of
student practice which is going to
be based on the wav hp rf??fin?c
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relationship rather than on the
basis of how someone else does it,"
Potts said of Fagan. "Consequently
that will become acceptable
to him and the patients he
sees."
Potts said the USC health
program does not deal with the
"mechanics of gynecology" but is
active in many areas.
"WE'RE INVOLVED in many
phases of counseling and
discussion, not just in association
with the field of medirinp hut
counseling reputable to sexuality,"
said Potts. "I'm very strongly
interested in educational features
of all kinds and this is somewhat
different from what is the case for
many.- I believe that this was
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to," he said.
Potts said he doesn't anticipate
any major changes in the services
rendered by the health center now
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did say there will be a slight
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"There is no question that one
physician and two nurses and one
secretary-receptionist cannot do
the same amount of work that two
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was before Dr. Fagan came. Instead
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