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This weekly e-newsletter goes out to all OU-COM and CORE personnel and students.
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NEWS
$1.8 million to assist family physicians with electronic records
OU-COM and the Appalachian Health Information Exchange (AHIE) will receive more than $1.8 million to assist 404 primary care physicians in 19 Southeastern Ohio counties with implementing electronic medical records for their practices, Gov. Ted Strickland announced last week.
OU-COM and AHIE were among seven regional sites in the state to receive grants, which totaled $26.8 million in federal stimulus funds to assist in the implementation of the state’s health information technology initiative.
· Read more at www.oucom.ohiou.edu/News/press/medical_records/index.htm
Office shuffles continue
Several OU-COM employees have switched offices during the past two weeks to clear the ground floor of Grosvenor Hall West for the upcoming Osteopathic Heritage Foundations Center for Clinical Training and Assessment and Free Community Health Clinic.
All telephone numbers and e-mail address remain the same.
· The Office of Communication’s editorial division has moved to the third floor of Irvine Hall:
o Sheila Bycofski, editorial assistant: I-334
o Tim Creamer, multimedia producer: 1-340
o Richard Heck, writer/editor: I-353
o Karoline Lane, director: I-338
o Anita Martin, assistant director: I-351
o Shelby Mullins, editorial assistant: I-355
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Commencement info available
To learn about Commencement weekend activities, and for maps and guides for friends and family, go to www.oucom.ohiou.edu/saffairs/Graduation/2009/2010/2010%20graduation.htm.
While there, make sure you fill out the News Release Form. The OU-COM Office of Communication uses the form to send press releases to your undergraduate alma mater(s) and to newspapers in your hometown and in the city of your upcoming internship/residency.
Completed forms can be sent via e-mail to heck@oucom.ohiou.edu, faxed to 740-593-0343, or returned to Richard Heck, writer/editor, in Irvine 353.
If you do not wish to have a graduation news release sent, check the appropriate box and sign your name in section 1 before returning the form.
Call for Abstracts
The Council on Research announces its call for abstracts for the 2010 Research Conference and the August “abstract issue” of The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association (JAOA).
The council’s 2010 Research Conference will be held Sunday, Oct. 24, to Tuesday, Oct. 26, as part of the Annual Osteopathic Medical Conference and Exposition (October 24-28) in San Francisco, Calif.
The formal poster session is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 24, from 1:30-5:00 p.m., and includes a student poster competition, co-sponsored by the Student Osteopathic Medical Association and the Council on Research.
· Submission deadline: Thursday, April 30, 11:59 p.m.
· Submit online at www.do-online.org/index.cfm?PageID=abstract.
· Learn more by contacting Gloria Dillard at the AOA Division of Research Development at 800-621-1773, ext. 8006, or at gdillard@osteopathic.org.
CALENDAR
Minority Health Month lectures
Darrell Grace, D.O., chair of the National Osteopathic Medical Association, a volunteer organization that represents minority osteopathic physicians, will present “Diabetes in African Americans.”
RSVP to Colette M. McLemore, assistant director of multicultural programming, at 593-2465 or mclemore@ohiou.edu
· Lecture: Wednesday, April 21, noon – 1 p.m., Irvine 194
DOC Awards
The OU-COM Student Government Association presents the annual Distinguished Osteopathic Commitment (DOC) Awards.
National president of Osteopathic Medical Examiners to visit
John R. Gimpel, D.O., M.Ed., president and chief operating officer of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners, will talk about future changes to COMLEX-USA, resources to assist you in your role as a medical educator and other topics.
· Event: Monday, April 26, 1 p.m., Irvine 128F
Forget the game and enjoy a hot dog
Join the boys of summer for Diamond Dog Days and wear your team’s favorite colors. Enjoy hot dogs, baked beans, chips, popcorn, drinks and a variety of Jell-O desserts (a contest will be held for the most creative and the best tasting).
RSVP to Mike Yeager by Friday, April 23. Cost is $3 in advance and $4 at the door.
· Event: Monday, April 26, noon, Irvine Bricks
Film kicks off Asian-Pacific Heritage Month
The OU-COM Family Practice Student Association (FPSA) will host an international film as part of Asian-Pacific Heritage Month. Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend.
The film, “Dil Chahta Hai,” is from India (with subtitles). The name means “The heart wants…”). Salaam restaurant will provide Middle Eastern appetizers.
RSVP to oucomfpc@yahoo.com by Tuesday, April 27. Tickets are $5 in advance (which also guarantees appetizers), and $8 at the door.
· Event: Monday, May 3, 5:30 p.m., location TBA.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
A new book by Edward de Bono called Six Thinking Hats outlines different thinking styles and the benefits of each.
As a strategizing or assessment technique, consider wearing each “hat” in turn as you make a decision:
· White Hat: Focus on available data. Analyze past trends and look for gaps in your knowledge. Then either try to fill those gaps or take account of them.
· Red Hat: Use intuition, gut reaction and emotion. Try to imagine how other people will react emotionally, especially those who do not fully know your reasoning.
· Green Hat: Think creatively. This is the brainstorming hat: that freewheeling way of thinking with little criticism of ideas. A range of creativity tools can help you here.
You can use the six-hat approach in meetings or on your own. In meetings, it can help diffuse disagreements that arise when people with different thinking styles discuss the same problem.
Source: http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTED_07.htm
Find more 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 Messenger (4-16-10)
“Grant to improve health of medical records”
www.athensmessenger.com/news/local/article_14f5bdb2-4956-11df-819a-001cc4c03286.html
Please send your news/announcements to rounds@oucom.ohiou.edu each week by Wednesday, 3 p.m. for consideration in the following ROUNDS. If you have questions, suggestions or corrections, please contact Anita Martin, assistant director of communication, at 593.2199 or martina@oucom.ohiou.edu.