a. A14 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 19, 2005 7 . - JIM KLONARAKIS, a Kitimat resident and one member of the first group of Northern Medical Program students, poses in the new Northern Health — Sciencés Centre at UNBC. Klonarakis and 23 students began thehir stud- ies at the main medical school at UBC last fall and moved to the new med hands- -on work with Terrace physicians next fail. ‘ school in Prince George this month. Their third year of training may. include . ROB VAN ADRICHEM PHOTO TERRACE FURNITURE MART l Jacaary Clearance Qtye “le TOV Oe t Metal Bed Recliner Toucn gms 42, Size Frame queen Size So = | s 99 from G£299 “19° 50 ONLY*599. 0 9° *699° LE Queen Size SOfA Love Seat, Variety of styles & colours + Miattress Me s arting fron EO% OFF | ‘Starting from 99 Sterne from. 499 ; - . ts ae ‘ dfather BR Greiock. Why IO Se Starting from Occassional Chairs Ss $299 . Now “442, Leather Sofa 4 D. Washer & Dryer =as*999 (Leather Match) &. 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Other places don’t have the spe- ' cialists we do.here,” says Dr. Geoff Appleton of the core of “specialists who work out of Mills Memorial Hospital. “It would be ideal and be a good idea,” he added. ee - Appleton added that local physicians are excited about the idea of having third--year medical students. from the new _ UNBC program spend time in Terrace. ” “It’s very stimulating for. the guys to. teach as you learn something yourself,” he said. The first of the med students will farm out from UN BC's med school ‘base in Prince’ George in the fall, of 2006 after completing two years of mainly‘classroom studies. ~The 24. students began’ studies last fall at the province’ 's , _ main UBC med. school but have: now moved: “up to Prince George. : ‘ ~ . UNBC medical faculty official Dr. David: ‘Sriadden de- » °. @ scribed the third- -year. hands-on training as an integrated : clinical clerkship in which students will be assigned‘to a : general practitioner. " “They” Il pick up. skills opportunistically as situations arise,” said Snadden of the total immersion concept. Students will not only gain experience in general medi- - cine but follow patients as they move to specialty care, -Its-a-different-model than. the one-now-in-wide-spread~ |. use in which-students spend specific. periods of time rotating ‘through: general. medicine.and specialty. areas. The integrated clerkship model is intended to expose stu- ‘ dents to the culture of northern medicine as much as itis © 7 intended to give them medical skills, Snadden added. : _.-“This model: has been very successful in Australia and. i there’s now a pilot Project underway in Chilliwack,” he said. us The model is also aimed at giving students an apprecia- ; tion of northern medicine so that they will stay on and work ° il in the north after graduation, which is one of the reasons for \ Government of Canada - oe "Prince George Regional Hospital has already been cho- — a , sen as the main teaching facility in the north and one will be One -Tonne Challenge Take action on climate change Every Canadian loves a challenge, right? On average, each Canadian produces five tonnes of greenhouse gases a year. Driving, heating and cooling our homes, using appliances...almost anything we do that uses fossil fuels for energy also creates greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. 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Last week the provincial government announced it is providing $6.687 million for UNBC’s northern medical pro- gram to set up the facilities at the three teaching hospitals. i _ ‘Snadden said itll be used to set up teaching rooms, medi- {°° cal tibrary access and day rooms in hospitals for students. He anticipates that two to four third-year students will be based in each of the northwest and northeast hospitals out of the 24 students in cach year’s class. Fourth-year students will have the chance to hone their skills even further by working in smaller places such as Fort St. James and Smithers, Snadden continued. | By the fall of 2008 there will be 96 students in the north- i ern medical programgoing through various phases of their education... UNBC will work closely with the Northern Health Au-. thority as it runs northern hospitals. a PO aa ARS AL nat Oa NOE Dl EO