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This weekly e-newsletter goes out to all OU-COM and CORE personnel and students.
NEWS
To raise awareness about breast and cervical cancers and promote their early diagnosis, OU-COM’s Community Health Programs and Area Health Education Center are increasing their free and reduced-cost screenings and information throughout Southeastern Ohio in October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
The breast and cervical cancer screenings, scheduled for six locations in Athens, Hocking, Meigs and Perry Counties, aim to help uninsured or underinsured women who are middle-aged or older or who have a family history of cancer.
In addition to the screenings, a community presentation will be held at Buckeye Hills Career Center in Gallia County Oct. 14 at 1 p.m., and a public education display will be set up at Ohio University’s Bird Arena Oct. 24 from 1 to 3 p.m.
The Columbus-based Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a non-profit organization that raises money for breast cancer education, research and health services, will provide major funding for the following screenings, each scheduled 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.:
· Oct. 6, Scenic Hills Nursing Home, Bidwell
· Oct. 13, United Methodist Church, Tuppers Plains
· Oct. 20, Parks Hall, Ohio University, Athens
· Oct. 21, Old M&M School, McConnelsville
· Oct. 27, Hocking Valley Community Hospital, Logan
· Oct. 28, Perry County Senior Center, New Lexington
Greater than the sum of our parts – Ohio University Medicine
Three CORE hospital presidents, community leaders and recipients of the Phillips Medal of Honor, OU-COM’s highest award, discuss the benefits of collaboration in the nation’s finest osteopathic medical education consortium.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
New staff members
Please welcome Jody Gerome, D.O. (’05), assistant professor of ob/gyn, and Kimberly McCunn, community health nurse coordinator in Community Health Programs and Area Health Education Center. As of October 1, you can reach Dr. Gerome in Grosvenor West 062 or 593.2240, and McCunn in Grosvenor Hall 066 or 593.9127.
OURC funding deadline
The deadline for faculty to apply for funding from the Ohio University Research Committee (OURC) program is 4 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 8. This program provides competitive, seed-funding awards up to $8,000 for new projects or new faculty initiatives.
Deadline set for AOA poster production
Students and faculty members presenting posters at this year’s American Osteopathic Association Annual Meeting, Nov. 6 to 8 in New Orleans, must submit them to OU-COM’s design services by Monday, Oct. 26.
Templates for posters, submission information and requirements can all be found on the communication design research page, www.oucom.ohiou.edu/communications/posters2009.htm.
Large work files, posters and/or poster files can also be submitted to Danette Pratt, graphic artist and biomedical illustrator, at an FTP dropbox account at http://dropbox.yousendit.com/DanettePratt11894102 by following the instructions at the site.
Geriatric Medicine Gerontology Seminar CANCELLED
Today’s seminar has been cancelled. The next presentation will take place Monday, Oct. 19 (information below).
CALENDAR
Dean Brose to deliver State of the College Address
· Event: State of the College Address, Wednesday, Oct, 7, 3 p.m., Irvine 194
Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology Seminar
Jen Tzer-Gau, M.D., will present “Recent excitement with Vitamin D.”
· Presentation: Monday, Oct. 19, O’Bleness Medical Education Conference room 014, or Grosvenor West 029 via videoconference.
International Programs Fair
Displays will be set up for each of OU-COM’s international programs. Program directors and past participants will be available to talk about their experiences and answer questions.
Family Medicine Residency Information Session
Join us for an evening of dinner, speakers, roundtable discussions and tours at the Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster Wednesday, Oct. 21. Please contact Janice Brenstuhl, medical education coordinator with questions or to RSVP at 740.687.8651 or janiceb@fmchealth.org.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Silberman (1990) suggests five approaches to maximizing students’ understanding and retention during lectures. These can help ensure the effective transfer of knowledge:
The key to an effective lecture style is to break down the lecture into its component parts and use a variety of approaches within each component. This is especially critical when a group of students will be attending a series of lectures by the same educator.
From www.reproline.jhu.edu/english/6read/6training/lecture/delivering_lecture.htm.
Find more “Teaching Tips” at your OU-COM & CORE faculty development Web resources: www.oucom.ohiou.edu/fd/programs.htm or www.ohiocore.org/cf/index.htm. If you have a great strategy that seems to always work, please send it to me, and I’ll include it in a future Faculty Development Tidbit.
Tidbits courtesy of your Office of Faculty Development, with Steve Davis, Ph.D.; Robbin Kirkland, Ph.D.; and Olivia Sheehan, Ph.D.
OU-COM IN THE NEWS
The Athens News (10-5-09)
“OU-COM offers series of free and low-cost screenings for Breast Cancer Awareness Month”
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