| Dentalgram |
February 2002
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• Faculty development •
To Improve Faculty Wholeness, Performance,
and Satisfaction
Taking care of ourselves by Doyle Nick
It never happened when I was 20 or 25, seldom
when I was 30, but these days I hear it more and more often. It goes something
like this, “Do you remember (name)? Well I just heard that he/she
is in the hospital, or was diagnosed with ______ or had a ______.”
Often the sentences are finished with “if they had just known about
it sooner.”
Those of us at the School of Dentistry have far less excuse not to know
sooner. Our workplace is only one block from the Loma Linda Center for
Health Promotion. Due North on Stewert Street is Evans Hall, home to the
Center, the International Traveler’s Clinic, and student and employee
health services.
We recommend that our patients have a six-month dental exam but often
forget about precautions designed to maintain good systemic health.
At the Wellness center the good folks will provide for you (risk management
co-pay is $20) a wellness profile. This is a detailed physical examination
involving among other things a questionnaire, treadmill test, and a host
of other possible tests that are designed to help assess state of health
and possible health risks. At a follow up appointment a concerned, knowledgeable,
unhurried physician will help the patient design a plan for living a healthier,
fitter life.
If your New Year’s resolutions included better health—or even
if they didn’t—now is the time to make an appointment for better
living. The phone number is: (909) 558-4594.
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