Health Clinic decreases waiting time, yet still misdiagnosis
By Marina Lakhman | March 1, 1994Dicks House; The second in a three part series on women's health. The creation of the Women's Health Program last September at Dick's House has decreased the waiting time for students to get appointments and allowed for greater development of programs geared toward women's health, according to the program's manager, Janice Sundnas. Emphasizing preventative care, Sundnas wrote letters to first-year women who indicated on their health forms that they had never had a pap smear or gynecological exam and inviting them to come for an annual check-up at the beginning of Winter term. The annual exam, which lasts approximately one hour, allows the health care provider to discuss medical and family history and look at diet, stress management, exercise, relationships and sexual issues. Sundnas said it is too early to determine how responsive freshmen were to the letter. "In the first month after sending the letter, at least 40 freshmen came in," Sundnas said.