Special Procedures Four students are working at Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful. Our host for a visit there was the i former clinical instructor for WSC students at Lakeview, Bob Walker. _ Besides the practical experience in radiologic technology at Lakeview, students also observe many “special v =a _ procedures” in action, he said. 3 - Walker explained special ) procedures as things like heart pace_ maker implantations, lymph _ angiograms, arterial balloon dilations and embolizations. ‘These special procedures are e | : taught to all of our students," Walker said. He explained that as technicians, they will play supportive roles in assisting medical doctors in these procedures. } supportive concept the students are taught in the WSC program is il is | ll ast with ery: ¥ as psycho-social medicine. | fl "Many of the problems you encounter in the hospitals are emotionally based,” Ms. Ward said, explaining that she feels it is important for students to understand this to understand their patients and be able to communicate he with them. "We call it teaching in the ‘A'ffective domain,” Ms. Ward continued. “In the class we discuss things like stress and anxiety -- not only to the patient but to the practicing technologist as well.” She said the class covers all kinds of problems the patient might have -- like loss of familiar surroundings and loss of identity in the hospital setting. “Different cultures, different n its ‘The een But ad the ages of patients and the different | problems with each stage of life,” she added. Walker, who graduated from the program in 1980, said he feels nothing is lacking to help students in their careers. 3 ster train Supervisors not just technicians ith he he IE : ee it aR ‘ " fe PB , } Hi “Jane Ward told us that our purpose as faculty is to train radiologic technician supervisors, not just technicians,” Walker continued. “Our students are ready to meet the world.” WSC is not only providing educational opportunities for people on campus, but is also involved in an “out-reach” program, taking the classroom off campus and into the communities. “We are working through the American Society of Radiological Technologists," Ms. Ward said. She explained that many of those enrolled in these out-reach classes are trying to up-grade their technical capabilities or to certify in their particular field. Others are working Clips allied health areas. Out-reach The out-reach program is presently operating from Logan to Provo in northern Utah. “And we are in the process of developing an out-reach program to go to some of the outlying areas of the state," said Dr. Phil Smith, associate dean of the School of Allied Health Science. He mentioned taking the program to St. George, Cedar City, Vernal and Price. we have expertise and capability to expand Walker said that another I Campus toward B.S. degrees in either administration or education in the “Plans are also underway to expand to other western states,” Ms. Ward said. "We have the expertise. I don't know of any other program in the U.S. that has the capability we have. First we will offer the two year program, and then the B.S. degree,” she added. She said there is a need for better trained technicians because as the equipment the technicians use becomes more sophisticated, the requirement for in-depth knowledge becomes more evident. "In the 1980's there is another transition taking place,” she said. "Hospitals are no longer privately owned, they are now corporations. To advance in a corporation you need a formal educational background. More of the people who were trained on-the-job find themselves in dead-end jobs without more education. We are giving these people additional career mobility,” she explained. Smith said that more and more rural hospitals are being called upon to meet the same standards as the urban hospitals. “We are trying to reach out and help bring all technicians up to license elegibility,” he added. At the present time, all of the outreach classes are taught by regular WSC faculty members at night. Average class size is between 15 and 20 students. "It has always been my goal to upgrade the standards of the allied health professions," Ms. Ward said, “and happily all of our faculty members share that feeling.” Affiliate Hospitals : Cottonwood Hospital, Salt Lake City Davis North Med. Center, Layton Lakeview Hospital, Bountiful LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City Logan Regional Hospital, Logan McKay-Dee Med. Center, Ogden Primary Children’s, Salt Lake City St. Benedict's Hospital, Ogden Utah Valley Hospital, Provo A tougher academic admission policy has been adopted by the WSC Institutional Council and presented to the State Board of Regents for approval. The new policy will require incoming freshmen to meet specific academic standards or take remedial courses at 100 percent of cost to qualify. If approved, new freshmen entering WSC in 1985 will be screened in terms of demonstrated skills in English and math. WSC now has its own T.V. station due to a generous gift of a satellite disc by Wayne Porter of Ogden. The new station will broadcast local events and sports as well as programs from the Applachian Community Service Network to residents of the Ogden area. ‘Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges’ will list 49 WSC students this year. They are singled out for outstanding academic achievement, service to the community, leadership in extracurricular activities and future poteatial. The first annual “High School Invitational Orchestra Festival” will be held on campus March 5. Robert Henderson, former assistant conductor of the Utah Symphony, will be the guest conductor. The festival is open to all high school students. Taped auditions will be accepted until Jan. 15. The second annual Handicapped Awareness Day was conducted on campus November 11. Blind baseball, wheelchair basketball and a special talent show were features of the event. The School of Arts and Humanities announces the forthcoming publication of a new journal to be called “Weber Studies in the Arts and Sciences.” Editor, Dr. Nikki Hansen, is soliciting professional articles and creative work from faculty, staff and alumni for the publication. Detailed information and specifications are available by calling (801) 626-6289 or by writing to her at WSC, Ogden, UT 84408. Dr. Levi S. Peterson, professor of English at WSC, recently authored a book which has been published by University of Illinois press entitled “The Canyons of Grace .” It is a collection of short fiction. The Vienna Symphony performed in concert on October 11 on the WSC campus, as their only stop in Utah on a 21-day tour of the U.S. Blind students at WSC are now reading via a blind reading machine which was donated to the college by the Xerox Corp. The machine has the ability to read books aloud, typewritten pages, magazines and even some newspapers. WSC students David Allen and Shawna Wood are rated fifth in national debate standings. So far this year they have taken first place at University of Utah, Colorado College, and Air Force Academy. The National Individual Events Debate Tournament will be held on the WSC campus in April. “Good Company,” was selected as the outstanding U.S.O. tour of the Pacific for its two-month performing jaunt to entertain servicemen last spring. This was the sixth time the WSC student group has done a U.S.O. tour. Dr. Sterling Sessions, dean of the School of Business and Economics, announced that he will leave his post as dean and return to the classroom next July. The department of business administration has been divided into two departments in the School of Business. The new department of marketing finance and real estate will be directed by Dr. Claude T. Wynn, who has been at WSC since 1971. Dr. E. Jeffery Livingston, who comes to WSC from the Universtity of Montana where he was voted Teacher of the Year in 1978, will be chairman of the new department of management. WSC recently acquired a 4x4 short-wheelbase jeep as a gift from the National Science Foundation. The vehicle will be used by faculty members for transportation into remote areas of the state to do field research. Dr. Don R. Murphy, professor of geology, headed up the effort to secure the jeep. Ten former faculty and staff members will be honored during the next two years by the dedication of important campus features in their names. Individual dedicatory ceremonies will be held to honor Ms. Eva Browning by naming the reference and periodicals wing of the Stewart Library for her; Dr. Walter R. Buss, the geology complex in the science lab; Ms. Wilma Gross, the documents wing of the Stewart Library; Mrs. Clarisse H. Hall, student lounge in the Shepherd Union | Building; Dr. Clair W. Johnson, band and orchestra room of the Val A. Browning Center; Mr. Roland C. Parry, choral room of the Browning Center; Merlin L. Stevenson, athletic office complex; Mrs. Lydia H. Tanner, food laboratory of the Education Building; Mr. William Z. Terry, lecture hall of the John G. Lind Science Center; and Dr. Orson Whitney Young, zoology laboratory complex of the science lab. see Page:5