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What brought Henry and Chillquist together was Medex, a unique program that recruits former military medics to work as doctors' helpers. The program, which takes its name from the French médecin extension (extension of the physician), was conceived in 1968 by Dr. Richard Smith, a professor of health services at the University of Washington. Smith had surveyed his state and found a serious imbalance between urban and rural medical services. While the Seattle area had one doctor for every 506 patients, the ratio in some rural areas stood at 1 to 5,000. "We found doctors...
...Smith and his medical school launched the first Medex demonstration program with 15 former medical corpsmen. Paid by the Government, the men got three months' training that emphasized skills missing from their military experience, such as pediatrics and geriatrics. The trainees were then paired with general practitioners for year-long preceptorships, after which they were hired by the doctors for salaries ranging from...
Battlefield Credentials. Wearing blue coats to distinguish themselves from physicians, the Washington State Medex men take patients' histories, help give physical examinations, suture minor lacerations, apply and remove casts. In a recent survey of the results, eight doctors reported that last year they were able to treat 25,000 more patients than in 1969-an increase...