On Thursday, Aug. 18, at 6 p.m., the Centers for Osteopathic Research and Education will hold a dinner and award ceremony welcoming medical students into their third year of medical education, which will take place at the 13 teaching hospitals that comprise Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine’s CORE system. The third and fourth years of medical education — the final two years of medical school — consist primarily of clinical education and training. The “Welcome Dinner and Student Clinician’s Ceremony” will be hosted at the Ohio University Inn and will be officiated by Peter Dane, D.O., OU-COM associate dean for predoctoral education.

The keynote speaker for the evening will be Levente Batizy, D.O., a CORE clinical professor and director of medical education at South Pointe Hospital in Cleveland. Batizy’s keynote speech is entitled “CORE Competencies: The New Revolution in American Graduate Medical Education.”

The CORE, created in 1995 as the Centers for Osteopathic Regional Education, was pioneered by OU-COM and in 1997 became the nation’s first accredited Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institution. In addition to its teaching hospitals, the CORE also has three affiliate medical schools, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center and the University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine. The CORE is frequently cited as one of the country’s most innovative medical education systems and has about 1,000 students, interns and residents in training on a yearly basis.

Three CORE hospital residents, Jean Rettos, D.O. (’04), (O’Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens); Suzanne Morgan, D.O. (’04), (Doctors Hospital of Stark County in Massillon); and Larry Robinson, D.O. (’02), (Firelands Regional Health Center in Sandusky) will be honored with The Arnold P. Gold Foundation’s Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award during the Student Clinician’s Ceremony. Each will be presented with a certificate, a specially designed gold lapel pin and a check for $250 from the foundation. The trio will also be showcased on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Web site.

The dinner and ceremony is sponsored by The Arnold P. Gold Foundation. For more information, contact Carol Blue, assistant to the dean, at (740) 593-2178.