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This weekly e-newsletter goes out to all OU-COM and CORE personnel and students.

 

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NEWS

Kathy Trace receives community service award

            Kathy Trace, M.H.A., director of the Area Health Education Center and Community Health Services, will receive The Athens Foundation’s Foster B. Cornwell Award to recognize her community service and philanthropy. 

            Trace was nominated for the award based on her contributions to community health in the county, including her work with the Bridgebuilders initiative to reduce the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs among adolescents in Trimble Twp. She also helps make health care available to low-income uninsured adults through her leadership of OU-COM’s free clinic programs serving Athens, Meigs and Washington counties, according to the Foundation.

            Also receiving the award at the foundation’s annual meeting Tuesday, Jan. 25, are former Tri-County Community Action Agency Director Bob Garbo and Athens business owners Sandy and Jack Bortle.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Prepare a dish for the SNMA Multicultural Extravaganza  

The Student National Medical Association is asking students from all cultural backgrounds to bring a dish to share at this year’s potluck of ethnic food held annually as part of the Multicultural Extravaganza. This year’s extravaganza will take place Wednesday, Feb. 23.  

            To share a taste of your culture, please send an e-mail to Tanikka Toler, OMS II, at tt981608@ohiou.edu by Tuesday, Feb. 1, with the name of the dish you plan to bring, its ingredients and the culture it represents. TOUCH POINTS will be awarded for the time you spend preparing the food.

 

FERPA Review Session

            Debra Benton, M.Ed., university registrar, and Barb Nalazek, J.D., associate director of legal affairs, will be presenting an overview of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974. The session will offer a review of the act that governs the release of, and access to, education records maintained by Ohio University.

The presentation will be held Thursday, Jan. 27, from 1 to 3 p.m. in Grosvenor West 111 and will also be available at the CORE sites via videoconference. Anyone interested in the videoconference should contact Dan Smith, telehealth director in medical informatics, at 593.2460 or smith@oucom.ohiou.edu.

 

Deadline for Symposium poster contest fast approaching

            OU-COM, CORE and the Ohio Osteopathic Association will hold a Regional Osteopathic Poster Exhibition and Competition as part of the annual Ohio Osteopathic Symposium April 30, 2011, in Columbus. The event is open to students, interns, residents, medical faculty, medical administrators and practicing physicians from six states: Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

            Abstracts of no more than 250 words are due Monday, Jan. 31, 2011, and should be sent to the CORE Research Office.

            Read more at http://www.ohiocore.org/news/ooacoreresearch.htm.

CALENDAR  

RSVP today for Souper Bowl lunch

            Wear your favorite team’s colors and enter to win the soup contest by bringing a pot of chili, creamed soup, or stock with meat and veggies. Or just bring a pot of soup to share. RSVP by noon, Monday, Jan. 31, with a soup contest form to Mike Yeager, administrative coordinator of Academic Affairs at 593-9300 or yeager@ohio.edu. The event costs $3 in advance or $5 at the door.

·         Event: Thursday, Feb. 3, 12 to 1p.m., Irvine bricks.

 

OMM Club Auction date moved

            The OMM Club Auction was postponed due to last week’s snowstorm.

·         Event: Thursday, Feb. 17, 5:30 p.m., Irvine 194

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Faculty Development Tidbit:  Teaching Tip #15:  Use small group discussions

 

Involve students in small group discussions and have them share important points through graphic organizers and concept maps.

 

NOTE FROM STEVE: Humans tend to remember what they’ve been involved in.  A simple “think, pair, share” activity can make the difference between surface learning and deeper remembered learning. See http://www.eazhull.org.uk/nlc/think,_pair,_share.htm for a nice one page explanation and http://www.mind-mapping.co.uk for a nice page on mind mapping. 

 

             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.

 

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 Richard Heck, writer/editor, at 593.0896 or heck@oucom.ohiou.edu.