Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - Plexus Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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9 PEDIATRIC CLUB 144 Pediatric Club was organized last year to provide an opportunity for students to become more familiar with the specialty of pediatrics and opportunities in the field. Guest speakers present current pediatric issues and topics at semimonthly luncheons hosted for the students by the Department of Pediatrics. Students can gain first-hand professional experience by interacting with physicians in various areas and work situations, such as work rounds and on-call duties. Students have the opportunity to serve as counselors for a summer diabetic camp. Pediatric Club provides information and recommendations for preceptorships in pediatrics, and also helps prepare students for pediatric residencies. This year the Pediatric Club completed a special Valentine’s Day project for the children on Lubbock General Hospital's pediatric ward. Club members entertained these children with Valentines and gifts of red Texas Tech Basketballs Faculty Sponsors: Michael J. Bourgeois, M.D. Surenara K. Varma, M.D. Gail Ditmore Jon Love President: Vice-President:

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The Family Practice Student Association strives to expose students to the specialty of family medicine and to increase their awareness of the activities of the family physician. In addition to monthly meetings, the FPSA sponsored a CPR course for medical students, established family practice ‘'mini-libraries’’ in Amarillo, El Paso, and Lubbock, and sponsored a party during orientation week. Many students took advantage of the preciinical preceptorshio program, spending a month with private family physicians around Texas. CTICE STUDENT ASSOCIATION The annual Family Practice Residency Day was one of the most popular yet with 17 residencies from across the state coming to recruit students. The FPSA sent four representatives to the National Conference of Student Members in Kansas City where they gathered information to share with the rest of the organization. Two members attended the Texas Academy of Family Physicians Interim Session where Tech was elected to represent all the Texas medical schools at the next National Conference. 143

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PSYCHIATRY CLUB The goals of the Psychiatry Club, the and psychological well-being of youngest pre-professional organization at physicians and the persons with whom TTUHSC School of Medicine, are as follows: they interact. 1. To provide a forum for the discussion of The Psychiatry Club met biweekly under issues pertaining to the the moderation of Drs. McMahon and humanistic psychological aspects of McGovern, and with the assistance of Drs. meaicine and medical education. Pollard and Arrendondo, co-sponsored the 2. To provide an extracurricular venue for year’s Impaired Physician Seminar. Held at St. the introducation of medical students Mary of the Plains Hospital, the seminar to the specialty of psychiatry. welcomed Dr. David Smith as its guest 3. To organize lectures, programs, and speaker and focused on substance abuse in seminars on topics of interest in the the medical community. The Psychiatry Club area of clinical psychiatry. looks forward to continued sponsorship of 4. To organize lectures, programs, and programs such as this and continued growth presentations centering on issues which as a part of Tech’s educational tradition. are relevant to the social, emotional, 145