University of Oklahoma - Sooner Medic Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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Labs Guide Diagnostics, Research No medical center ever had too many laboratories, and the University of Oklahoma is no exception. Laboratory facilities provide two major services to health care. First, laboratories are the proving ground of research. Second, is the direct aid of the laboratory to diagnosis. The Uni- versity of Oklahoma maintains an excellent system of lab- oratories to support these functions. WORKING with the automatic spectrophotometer used by Dr, John R. Sokatch tleftl in the study of microbial physiology is G ll, Shapiro. a sophomore medical student. 'life xx lk 2 'fir 6' 'i2,.'9q95 ,ii fax I

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Challenge to Students Posed by Clinics The most challenging phase of a medical student's career is to cross the street and leave the classrooms behind. In the clinics, medical students begin to perform the traditional jobs of the physician. MSiii's circulate among the various in-patient services, but the MSiv is more independent and works on out-patient services. Ns! 'FF we UNDER the direction of Dr. Glomsct, senior resident, Fred Oldham, MSiii checks a patients cars for possible pathology.

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TAKING blood from an donor at Univcrsity Hospital is .lzmcllc Orrcllc. ntcdical technology student. COUNTING erythrocytcs :tt the Coulter Counter, un automatic scaling device, is medical technology student Margie Ford