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.
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