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| KAREN: So who was the other person who helped you develop that training manual? You said there was two of you. DR. PARK: Dave Dixon. And I have no idea at the moment -- it was spelled D-I-X-O-N, I think. KAREN: Okay. DR. PARK: And we would meet, we met several times, either his house or mine, and go over some of the -- we would draft up something for the -- for the trips. Not specifically what one trip would do, but what -- if they developed a training program, what they would do in the training. KAREN: Okay. DR. PARK: I don't know. I might have another -- an old copy of one of those, but I'd have to dig for it. KAREN: Right. Now, he was a doctor also? DR. PARK: Yes. KAREN: Okay. DR. PARK: A general. You know, all -- anybody that worked in the outpatient department was a general. But it wasn't long until there was a big pediatric clinic. As soon as there was a pediatrician to hold separate clinics. Because the population was young and -- and needed it. KAREN: Do you have any memories of specific health aides or villages that you developed a close relationship with? DR. PARK: I think we ended up with about 35. Do you want -- KAREN: Villages? DR. PARK: -- to know what some of the first villages were? KAREN: Yeah. DR. PARK: Well, Nondalton, Iliamna. Let's see, what's the name of those little towns out there. I haven't tried to think of this for a long time. KAREN: I think I said who were the first ones to benefit from -- DR. PARK: Pedro Bay. KAREN: -- from your training there? DR. PARK: And -- and then the Kodiak villages, we did some teaching and all the health aides, but they also dealt with the physicians in Kodiak quite a bit. And they were private. But we both got involved, usually, on a -- on acute emergent aid. And then things just grew. McGrath and -- I can't think of the village up north of McGrath. It's been so long since I tried to label them all. KAREN: I just... DR. PARK: Well, and the Aleutian Chain, of course, were places like Unalaska and Atka, King Cove, Belkofski. False -- False Pass. KAREN: So this training program and manual was designed? DR. PARK: To help with training the aides. KAREN: So who was -- who was the audience? Who was supposed to use this manual? The doctors or the aides? DR. PARK: Doctors. And we worked where we had Public Health nurses, State Health nurses, we worked with them closely. But they were scattered and few between, too. KAREN: The Public Health Service, are those State -- that was a State program or a Federal program? DR. PARK: The Public Health nurse is the State. KAREN: Okay. It's confusing because I think of the Public Health Service. DR. PARK: Yeah. KAREN: INS was Federal. DR. PARK: Uh-hum (affirmative). And then we -- but we did a lot of work with the Public Health nurses. And travelling Public Health nurses preexisted any of the -- of our travel. There were a few people making clinics once a year here and there, but it was so sporadic. Milo Fritz, have you heard of him? KAREN: Huh-uh (negative). DR. PARK: Was ENT. And he was one of the first ones. And he died not too long ago. I don't know -- well, his wife traveled with him a lot, but I don't know how she's doing. Joe Shelton was a local opthalmologist that voluntarily made trips. | |
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