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There’s More To
Medicine Than Science
“You don’t have to be exceptional
to become a doctor or major in sci­
ence,” says T erry E lain e H icks-
Woodbeck, a second-year medical stu­
dent at the University of Arizona col­
lege ofM edicine inTucson. “Youjust
have to want it.”
Terry spent her early years in
Buffalo, New York, went to highschool
in Michigan and spent her senior year
in Arizona where her family settled
when she was 16. "My mother tells me
that as a little girl I wanted to be a
doctor, but 1 knew this was reality the
life for me when I spent the summer in
a pre-med internship with several Af­
rican-A m erican physicians. They
helped me understand what it means
to be a doctor Until then I hadn’t much
exposure to the real life of a doctor.”
As Terry explains it. begin a doc­
tor isn’t only fixing broken bones and
sewing up cuts. The w ord doctor means
“to teach” and most of being a doctor
is teaching and talking to your patients
about their health.
Sandwiched betw cen an older and
younger brother, Terry learned to hold
her own early. “My brothers kept me
on my toes and saw to it that 1 toed the
line,” she says “I think we used to get
on my parents’ n en es, but we had the
best times together ”
Her parents stressed education,
were always encouraging and Terry
learned the value of family from them
As a minority woman, says Terry, a
lack of role models is a problem -
especially in Arizona. "Being the only
brown face i n a classroom makes things
even more stressful”, she says. There
is already pressure to do well, and with
few minorities it sometimes “feels as
though everyone is watching you ”
However, this year Terry is working
with Dr. Pam Davis, an internist and
faculty member at Arizona Dr. Davis
not only provides academic guidance,
but emotional guidance as well. “Dr.
Davis has shown me the value of keep­
ing focused on school, but at the same
time not losing track of who I am and
the reasons I came to medical school
In short, she keeps me sane!
As Terry talks about Dr Davis the
picture of a committed, sensitive and
caring doctor emerges. “Her patients
know that she cares and wants to do the
best for them. She always finds time to
answer questions, console a patient or
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Terry also was fortunate to have a
mentor in her early years Dr Winford
Quick, a general practitioner and close
family friend, spent time with her.
describing the joys of medicine “1
remember one day w hen 1 had stitches
in my hand and he took them out for
me.
I was so impressed that he could
do it right in his home! He always told
me that I would make a great doctor
All I had to do was to do well in school
and, most of all, want to help people
When Terry gets that M D after
her name, she wants to work with
teenagers “There are so many pres­
sures during the teen years I enjoy
people and I’d like to help this special
group and find some answers to make
these years easier,” she says. Terry
also likes to cook, play games, travel
and “act crazy” with her family and
friends. “I like to laugh and make
others laugh.”
Her ad\ ice if y ou’re interested in
medicine ’“Thcre are lotsofaspects to
medicine You don’t have to be a
genius to be a doctor, but you do have
to be committed and disciplined,” she
says. “A good doctor is not one who
gets perfect grades and knows all the
facts, but one w ho also can talk to and
care for patients Yes, it’s hard work,
but the love of medicine keeps me
going.”
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