Medical College of Virginia - X Ray Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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D Rumor has it that dentists love to drill little holes , but tremendous controversy surrounded who could legally fill cavities . Law suits were chic in the fall of ' 75 as dentists refused to pay the school the outstanding bills their patients had accumulated . Other suits concerned authorizing technicians to fill cavities as part of a dental health care team . All was not quiet in the Lyons Building last year. Graduate and or professional students abound at MCV . The Whatsamatta U senior ' s dream comes true - his own lab ! Grad students infiltrate every school and every department, and help bind MCV together.

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I Complaints of stagnant curricula , last week ' s - no - last year ' s mystery meat and an unending chain of dull weekends are unfounded . Looking back a few years shows phenomenal progress and constant flux . We now have team teaching, liberal visitation and hockey puck on a plate . Not only have we come a long way, baby, but we ' re still on the move. The past , though , is our f otmdation - the still point in our changing world . Z. Health personnel - a very general term for very unique people . The Allied Health Sciences encompass Hospital Administrators, Medical Technologists, Physical Therapists, Nursing Anesthesiologists , Radiology Technologists, Dental Hygienists and Occupational Therapists . Each school is relatively small , but they are indispensable members of the total health care team - the goal of MCV .

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D Everyone has his ideas about med students , but today no one can dispute that they have more guts than practically anyone here . Who else would prepare for a career that demands such exorbitant malpractice insurance? First year students may initially chuckle that getting in is the worst part , but seasoned veterans of four years know better . . . O Blue nursing uniforms pepper the campus, Joe ' s, the student center and Jarrett Apartments . Men and women both find MCV an ideal place to pursue nursing careers . The ghost of varicose veins still haunts first year nurses , but Earth- Shoes and instructors have given them reassurance . Misconceptions are constantly replaced with facts as nurses prepare to deal with people: their problems , their psyches , and their personalities .