H.R. No. 117



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Dr. Scott Wise of McKinney recently joined the Texas 
Statewide Preceptorship Program in its efforts to encourage medical 
students to become family practitioners, a field that is currently 
suffering from a critical shortage of physicians; and
	WHEREAS, General practitioners provide a high level of 
medical care at a low cost because they are able to diagnose and 
treat a wide variety of conditions; these doctors are invaluable in 
providing preventive care such as inoculations, nutritional 
guidance, prenatal and postnatal care, and blood pressure 
screenings, thus averting health care crises that could be 
extremely costly to treat; and
	WHEREAS, Unfortunately, many medical students are choosing 
to enter more specialized fields of medicine, leaving fewer family 
physicians to care for the burgeoning populations in low-income 
urban and rural areas of the state and forcing countless Texans to 
do without even the most basic health care services; and
	WHEREAS, Tyler Scoresby, a medical student at The University 
of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, spent valuable time 
working in Dr. Wise's office, and his experience in that 
environment will better prepare him for a career in family 
practice; Mr. Scoresby is one of 4,260 clinical and 3,209 
preclinical medical students to participate in this program since 
its founding in 1980; and
	WHEREAS, Texas is home to many of the finest hospitals, 
research centers, and medical schools in the world, but a vital, 
continuing health care need is for general practitioners to serve 
in the numerous areas that are without medical care; Dr. Wise and 
the other doctors participating in this fine program recognize that 
by appealing to the many bright, young minds currently in medical 
school to fill this need, we can avert a more serious crisis and 
raise the standard of health care across the state; now, therefore, 
be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby commend Dr. Scott Wise for 
his outstanding work with the Texas Statewide Preceptorship Program 
and for his dedication to providing quality health care to all 
Texans; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Dr. Wise as an expression of high regard by the Texas 
House of Representatives.

                                                                          Paxton

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                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 117 was adopted by the House on July 
28, 2003, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House