by Brooke Bunch
John Schriner,
director of admissions,
was recently elected vice chairman of the American Association
of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Council of
Osteopathic Medical Admissions Officers (COMAO) at AACOM’s
annual meeting, “Innovations in Osteopathic Medical Education,”
held June 23-25 in Bethesda, Md. Schriner was nominated by
members of COMAO, which represents the 20 American osteopathic
medical schools.
“I was honored to be recognized
by my peers as a person who brings passion and commitment to
AACOM, specifically as it relates to the admission of future
osteopathic physicians,” Schriner says.
The energetic Schriner had
declined the position previously when he was nominated due to
his filling two full-time positions at OU-COM — director and
associate director of admissions.
Schriner says he is looking
forward to serving as vice chairman, adding it turns the
spotlight onto OU-COM.
“I’m very excited because it
gives me the opportunity to work more closely with my other
COMAO colleagues to improve and enhance the processes and
policies of osteopathic medical schools,” he says.
“I want to collaborate with my
colleagues in an effort to improve the application process. One
of our aims is to better identify issues relative to resident
status and combined degree opportunities, as well as other areas
that would aid the overall admission process,” Schriner says.
“I’ve got big shoes to fill,”
he says. “There have been some great people who have gone before
me, and I’m sure there will be great people to follow me.”
OU-COM also was represented at
the AACOM conference by Olivia Ojano-Sheehan, Ph.D.,
faculty development coordinator, who presented a poster on
faculty development and research, “The Role of Faculty
Development in Fostering a Culture of Research.”
Pat Burnett, Ph.D.,
director of student
affairs, and Ann Brieck, associate director of student
affairs, discussed college work study for the Council on Student
Affairs and made a presentation, “Eyes
Wide Open: A Student-Focused Approach to Debt Management,”
which focused on the longitudinal research that
they completed on OU-COM’s past three graduating classes.
Steve Davis, Ph.D.,
director of faculty
development, discussed individualized professional
development planning with a focus on the Dreyfus & Dreyfus model
of skill acquisition.
Peter Dane, D.O.,
associate dean for
pre-doctoral education, presented on strategies for effective
curricular change that focused on consensus and communication.
Dane also spoke on the barriers and opportunities to reduce the
gap between the ideal of an educational continuum and the
current reality of the discrete, often unrelated parts of
medical education from pre-clinical through continuing medical
education.
“OU-COM was well represented,
and I heard many compliments on our presenters,” says Keith
Watson, D.O., associate dean for graduate medical education.
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