Guilford Dental and Medical Managers [September 1991]

              Guilford Medical & Dental Managers
POST OFFICE BOX 4286
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA 27404-4286
SEPTEMBER 1991
HELP YOUR PATIENTS
STOP SMOKING
At the July Guilford Medical and Dental
Managers meeling, Dr. Chris Guest,
trom Urgent Medical Care Center, gave
a talk on a program called "How To Help
Your Patients Stop Smoking." This program, developed by The National Cancer Institute (NHI), can be a value-added
service for your practice. The program
comes in a colorful manual designed to
help physicians create a smoking cessation program that operates smoothly
and effectively, based on methods
proven in clinical trials.
The smoking cessation manual for physicians is the product of five years of
work to prevent cancer. A major component of the research program are studies to establish effective smoking cessation techniques for physicians to use
with their smoking patients. Other components are studying the use of mass
medical, schoolcurricula,"self-help"pro-
grams and strategies for high risk populations.
An appreciation of the unique ability of
physicians to advise and influence their
patients to stop smoking prompted the
NCI to support five randomized, controlled clinical trials to test a variety of
physician-delivered smoking cessation
techniques. These trials, conducted by
distinguished investigators in the field of
smoking control, have involved more
than 700 physicians and 40,000 patient
subjects.
There is now sufficient data from these
trials to recommend the most effective
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GMDM SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Pictured left to right: L
Rose Dunlap, Chair of the Scholarship Committee, presented the following Medical and
Dental Scholarships, totaling $5,000 at the
August meeting.
GTCC Denial Hygiene Program ($1,000)
Lou Ann Steele - Lou Ann is a 32 year old
Greensboro native, graduating from Smith
High School. She is adivorced single mother
of Iwo sons, ages 12 and 10. She has
continued to work 25-30 hours perweek and
attend school full time to make ends meet.
She is grateful to friends and family who
have helped "make her dream come true."
in McGraw, Donna
graduated Irom Southeast High School, Jan
is also adivorced, single mother, who wanted
more for herself and her daughter. Following
the end of a dead-end job and a difficult
marriage, she made the decision to go back
to school and get a job that would fulfill her
needs both emotionally and financially. She
has a special inlerest in Geriatrics and hopes
to get a master's degree and become an
Adult Health Nurse Practitioner.
GTCC Certified Medica! Assistant Program
($500 each)
Pam Gordon - Pam is married and the
mother of two girls, ages 6 and 11. She
worked as a medical secretary in various
cities in which her husband's job transferred
them. She finally decided to settle down
permanently in Greensboro and chose to go
back to school for her Medical Assistant's
Certification. (com. on page s)
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