Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine - Osteoblast Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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:Ay Vi' 1 1 YJ4 U 1 if V ,lm L gig it DR. BECKER PRESENTING A CASE TO ri-IE CLrNic CLASS - The Presentation Clinic NE of the most valuable clinical features in the Kirksville College of Csteopathy and Surgery is the Presentation Clinic conducted by Dr. A. D. Becker. The class is held in connection with the Public Clinic and all students treating in the clinic attend the sessions. The object is to give the student an opportunity to see cases diagnosed and treat' ment outlined. Any student having a case in the Public Clinic which bothers him may bring the case to the Presentation Clinic class. A careful case history is taken and all past illness, family history, or other conditions which might have a relation to the present condition are noted. A physical examination is then made and a tentative diagnosis made. The case is turned back to the student with recommendations as to what other tests are needed. The student conducts these further examinations and reports the results to the class. After this careful search for cause, treatment is outlined in detail and the student given advice as to its use. After a period of time the results of treatment are checked and reported to the class. All information concerning each case is kept in a clinic notebook by each student. This notebook covers the two semesters' work in the clinic class and forms a valuable reference book for the student in future years. Special stress is laid on the osteopathic angle of all cases brought before the clinic. Careful spinal diagnosis is made on all cases in order that its worth may be impressed on the student and help him to keep his therapy untainted. 1031 ll197ll

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iff 1 r ,at . . N . STUDENTS EXAMINING CASES Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic ECOCNITION of the paramount importance of eye, ear, nose and throat diagnosis and treatment to the general practitioner has paved the way to an intensive and thorough course of instruction in this branch of study. The College Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat clinic, with the cofoperation ofthe Laughlin and K. C. O. S. hospital staffs and the general clinic, draws extensively from the private practices of field doctors throughout Missouri and surrounding vicinity as Well as from the practice of Dr. A. C. Hardy, who heads the department. The material is abundant and the variety practically unlimited, ranging from the most minor conditions to diilicult cases requiring special consideration. A competent staf and capably organized clinic teaching insure the most effective pref sentation of clinic material to the student. Emphasis is placed upon practical examination of actual cases, including observation of hundreds of surgical cases of all sorts at the Satf urday Clinic, an established institution for many years at the Kirksville College of Ostef opathy and Surgery. This in addition to intensive didactic study serve to provide the stu' dent with an excellent background in eye, ear, nose and throat work. This clinic has been designed to give the student an intelligent working knowledge of eye, ear, nose and throat conditions in all aspects, to enable him to diagnose, advise, and if necessary refer his cases, and to treat scientilically all such cases as are properly handled by the general practitioner. For students whose intention it is to Specialize in this field of practice an excellent foundation has been laid for such further study as he may later pursue. The Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery has from the beginning recognized the value of thorough instruction in this important branch of Osteopathy, and has maintained this department as belits the signal importance of eye, ear, nose and throat Work. Illia ll1Q6l.l

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STUDENTS IN THE CLINICAL PATHOLOGY CLASS MAKINL3 BLOOD COUNTS Department or Clinical pathology R. C, SLATER, Director HAL CARTER, Assistant CLEVELAND MORGAN, Asszsmnt HE laboratory of Clinical Pathology is equipped and operated on the principle that every phase of diagnosis must be well learned. The course of study is di' vided so as to give ample opportunity to master the technic and interpretation of the major laboratory tests that will be of use to the practicing physician, as well as special work of use in clinics and hospitals. The blood count with the various types of differential counting in regards both diagnosis and prognosis, urinalysis both quantitative and qualitative, staining methf ods and oihce bacteriology, serological work, dark field, and routine examination of sputum, feces, mother's milk, are all covered, as well as blood chemistry and basal metabolism. The method of presentation of the course is: introduction of theory, followed by required supervised laboratory practice, interspersed with lectures and demon' strations. The whole is closely correlated to clinical practice with a consistent effort to interweave laboratory findings into the diagnostic picture of the soon to be pracf ticing physician. tv Iii, 5..- quasi