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When Wacker became UHS director last July, he took over from Dr. Dana Farnsworth, who retired. Farnsworth's administration had been criticized for insensitivity toward women and for lack of confidentiality.
McKenna wrote in the UHS guide that 'records cannot be shown to or discussed with anyone without a signed release from the student. They are kept permanently in the UHS record room, even after a student leaves.'
In addition to the changes affecting gynecological services. Wacker is studying the feasibility of opening the UHS clinic services to dependents of faculty and employees. (At present, dependents over age 14 can be treated by a UHS physician in Stillman Infirmary. But this in-patient service is not used frequently...
Wacker said the possibility of UHS's serving dependents on an out-patient basis is 'very embryonic.' The first step, he said, will be to send our questionnaires to a random sample of faculty and employees. Wacker hopes to have processed the results of the questionnaire by midyear.
Wacker said he 'wants to get out to freshmen' because 'there hasn't been enough contact with the Health Services on a person-to-person basis.' "I will make myself available to the Houses," he said, noting he thinks there should be a 'formalized means' for student-UHS contact.