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(ATHENS, Ohio) The
yearly poster exhibition and competition
at the annual Ohio Osteopathic Symposium
at the Hilton Columbus at Easton Town
Center on Saturday, April 30, grew this
year.
Sponsored by the Ohio University
Heritage College
of Osteopathic Medicine (OU-HCOM), the
Centers for Osteopathic Research and
Education (CORE), and the Ohio
Osteopathic Association (OOA), expanded
to include participants from outside
Ohio to a regional focus. Research
abstracts and posters were submitted
from Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia and
Pennsylvania. Participation in the
Exhibition and Competition grew 51% over
2010.
Competition was open to osteopathic
residents, interns and medical students.
Exhibition was open to all participants.
Research posters were judged in two
categories: case reports and
clinical/biomedical. The first place
poster received $1,000 and the second
place poster received $500. Faculty,
osteopathic physicians and associated
personnel exhibited research posters,
but were ineligible to compete.
In the 2011 OOA/CORE category for Case
Reports,
Chase Scarbrough, OMS III,
and
Joseph Kuhn, OMS II ,
won first place for their poster
“Transdermal Metformin for the Treatment
of Type 2 Diabetes: A Case Series.”
Azeem Vasi, DO, a third-year resident at
Grandview Hospital and Medical Center in
Dayton, won second place for his poster
“Single-State Reconstruction of a Large
Full-Thickness Scalp Defect with
Anterior and Posterior Bipedicled Scalp
Rotational Flaps: A Case Report and
Review of Literature.”
In the 2011 OOA/CORE category for
Clinical/Biomedical research, Firoza
(Tasha) Faruqui, D.O., a resident at
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, won
first place for her poster “Sleep
Disorders in Children: A National
Assessment of Pediatricians’ Practices
and Perceptions.”
Two second place winners were awarded.
Emilie Prot, OMS I, won
for her poster “Medicinal Plant Use and
Traditional Medicinal Practices in Rural
Mexico: A Case Study in Tamaula,
Guanajuato, Mexico.” John Idoine, III,
DO, a third-year resident at Doctors
Hospital in Columbus, won for his poster
“Plating of Acute Humeral Diaphyseal
Fractures via an Anterior Approach in
Multiple Trauma Patients.”
“I am delighted with the growth we have
experienced in our Poster Exhibition and
Competition over the past several
years,” said
Grace Brannan, PhD, CORE
Research Director. “We are proud to
feature resident and student research
and reward them for outstanding research
efforts in osteopathic medicine. We look
forward to our continued partnership
with the Ohio Osteopathic Association as
our regional competition grows.”
In all, 71 abstracts were submitted for
this year's event. Of the 59 poster
abstracts accepted for the competition,
23 posters presented case reports and 34
posters presented the findings of
clinical/biomedical research. Twelve
posters were also exhibited, but were
not eligible competition. |
