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July 2008

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 July 2008 Articles:


Inspired by her own experience, peace activist, 70, visits prisons to ‘support’ inmates  

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By Constance Garcia-Barrio

 Six days in prison so traumatized Marlena Santoyo that she decided to do what she could for the incarcerated.

She visits inmates in the Federal Detention Center, where she was imprisoned in 2003 after demonstrating with a peace activist group outside the Federal Courthouse.
“In prison, everything was orange,” says Santoyo, 70, of Mt. Airy.

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He trains ‘patients’ to describe ‘symptoms’ to Temple medical students 
 
By Lawrence Geller
We all know it’s the job of doctors to make people feel better.
But Michael Curtis’ job is to make people feel sick.

After one visit to his office, near Broad St. and Allegheny Ave., you may leave with anything from chest pain, asthma, nausea and abdominal pain, to depression, weight loss, back problems, a headache, even a stroke.

 “That’s just the short list,” says Curtis, 56, who has been doing this for six years for Temple University’s medical school. He is director of its Clinical Simulation and Skills Center and is its Standardized Patient (SP) Program specialist. An SP, explains Curtis, describes his or her complaint to a medical student, who conducts an interview and performs an exam, depending on the nature of the case. More


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