Dear CCE/CORE Preceptor,

 

This “Preceptor Communiqué” is brought to by the offices of Faculty Development and Clinical and Community Experiences (CCE) who are working on behalf of the Dean and OUCOM/CORE to thank and support you for your work in continuing the education of our newest DOs.  Please enjoy the attached “Teaching Physician” and take a moment to read the Dean’s appreciation statement and the information and resources produced especially for you.

 

THIS QUARTER'S "The Teaching Physician" CONTENTS:

Ø      Information Technology and Teaching in the Office Teaching Using Portable Ultrasound

Ø       Clinical Guidelines That Can Improve Your Care A Guideline to Improve Your Practice: Ahhh Summer—Let the Good Times and the Ankles Roll

Ø       Teaching Points—A 2-minute Mini-lecture Presentation Skills and the HPI (History of Present Illness)

Ø       Family Physicians Inquiries Network (FPIN) Help Desk What Is the Most Effective Treatment for de Quervain’s Tenosynovitis?

Ø       POEMs for the Teaching Physician:

o        Obesity Does Not Affect 5-year Knee Replacement Outcomes

§         Clinical Question: Do obese patients undergoing knee replacement have more long-term complications than patients who are not obese?

o        Antidepressant Drugs Increase Suicide Risk in Children

§         Clinical Question: Are antidepressant medications associated with an increased risk of suicidal behavior in children?

o        Ear Thermometry Is Unreliable in Detecting Fever

§         Clinical Question: How reliable is ear thermometry in detecting fever in children?

Ø       Excerpted from “For the Office-based Teacher of Family Medicine” Evidence-based Office Teaching— The Five-step Microskills Model of Clinical Teaching

 

NOTE FROM OU-COM DEAN:

Warm (hot) Summer Greetings to our clinical preceptors.

 

Excitement always peaks at the entry of a new class.  On 2 August we welcomed the entering class of 2010 with the promise they would receive the best educational experience available, thanks in great part to your involvement in their success.  As these eager new students dive into our anatomy emersion we also are preparing to send out the class of 2008 to you, eager to learn and be challenged in the clinical setting.  When the Class of 2008 matriculated at OU-COM, they had the highest GPA in our College’s history.  They are an outstanding and enthusiastic class, and I know you will enjoy working with them.

 

Thank you and congratulations for being a member of our educational team.  I encourage you to take advantage of the resources and benefits available to you as an OU-COM preceptor.

 

Sincerely,

Jack Brose, D.O.

Dean

 

OUCOM/CORE OFFICE OF FACULTY DEVELOPMENT--OUCOM/CORE Office of Faculty Development Featured Resource:

NOW ON THE FACULTY DEVELOPMENT WEBSITE: archived issues of the “Teaching Professor” (http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/fd/Teaching%20Physician/teaching_physician.htm).  This current issue begins our second annual cycle of “Preceptor Communiqués.”  If you haven’t visited our website (www.oucom.ohiou.edu/fd) you are missing many resources and ideas to help you be the best preceptor possible.  Please let me know if you have any particular needs and watch for the “Preceptor Communiqué” each quarter throughout the year to thank you, keep you informed and provide you with a resource for improving your practice.

 

Ohio University Sexual Harassment Policy (applied to all OUCOM/CORE)

http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/fd/sexual_harassment_policy.htm

 

Sincerely, Steve

Stephen “Steve” Davis, Ph.D.

Director, Faculty Development

Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Academic Affairs, Grosvenor Hall 218

Athens, Ohio 45701-2979

740-593-2190, fax 9557, daviss2@ohio.edu

www.oucom.ohiou.edu/fd

 

 

OU-COM CLINICAL AND COMMUNITY EXPERIENCES –

 

The CCE Program is changing the system we use to schedule students.  We will still be contacting you for prior approval of your schedule but the forms will look different. Please contact me or Rosemary Butcher (740.593.9300) if you have questions about your schedule.  If you received a Preceptor Information Form in your letter from Dr. Woodworth this summer – please be sure to complete and return it.  Thanks for everything you to do help our students achieve excellence in their chosen profession.

 

Sarah McGrew, BSN, Coordinator

Clincal and Community Experiences

OU-COM

311 Grosvenor Hall

Athens, OH 45701

(740) 593-2518

mcgrew@ohio.edu