ROUNDS, 02-11-08: Brose and Smith Propose New University Health Center
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to ROUNDS! This weekly e-newsletter goes out to
all OU-COM and CORE personnel. The ROUNDS archive is here.
NEWS
Brose
and Smith Propose New
A plan for a new
collaborative health facility, which would combine and expand the services of
University Medical Associates, Hudson Health Center and Counseling and
Psychological Services, was put forth last week at a joint meeting of the Ohio
University Board of Trustees’ Academics and Resources committee. The proposal,
made by Dean Jack Brose, D.O., and
OU Vice President for Student Affairs Kent
Smith, would include a diagnostic center, physical therapy, a research and
education center, and a pharmacy. A full story is on Outlook.
<http://www.ohio.edu/outlook/07-08/February/321.cfm>
Center
for Infectious Disease Research in
OU-COM’s Center for
Infectious Disease Research in
“OU-COM’s
Center for Infectious Disease Research in
To learn
more about the Chagas disease and blood screening in
Office
of Research and Grants Opens the Door to the Future with the E-Transmittal
Forms
The
e-transmittal, a small component of the next version of the LEO grants
administration system, is designed to save faculty time and simplify the grant
administration process. LEO v2 currently tracks files within the Office of
Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), manages scanned documents, tracks
research space, shares files with the division of finance and, ultimately, sends
out faculty award announcements.
OU-COM
agreed to test the beta version of the transmittal form. Wingett created the
first form and then electronically routed it to Project Director Timothy
Heckman, Ph.D., for review and approval. Four additional levels of approvals
were obtained without Heckman leaving his office.
The system
allows for users to login to LEO using their OAK ID and password to create
transmittals, review, and approve from any web access point. The system also
allows for attachments such as budgets and proposals (without limitation to
size) to be routed with the form for each of the approvers, and ultimately to
ORSP to review.
E-transmittal rollout
training debuts university wide at the Grants
Budget & Transmittal Form Basics seminar Feb. 28.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Friday, Feb. 15, is a
Heart Health Day for all OU-COMers!
Give
your heart the attention it deserves this Friday, Feb. 15, by signing up for
Community Health Programs heart-healthful health fair!
February is American Heart Month, and all men and women
should know their risk for heart disease and take action to reduce it. Thanks to
CHP, you can do so conveniently this Friday.
CHP is
offering cholesterol, glucose and blood pressure screening in the basement of
Grosvenor outside its headquarters. [Total cholesterol and glucose can be
non-fasting; a 9- to 12-hour fast is required for a cholesterol panel (HDL, LDL,
and triglyceride)]. But they are asking that
you make an appointment. Contact Janice Smith (smithj2@ohio.edu)
or Kim Clark at 593-9127 to
schedule a time. See you there!
PS.:
Although the health fair is free, monetary donations will be accepted. All
donations will be sent to the American Heart Association in honor of Go Red For
Women!
Tropical
Disease Institute Web site Hosts Photo-Documentary of Chagas Disease and its
Impact on Life in Loja, Ecuador
A five-part
photo-documentary of Chagas disease and its effects on life and society in Loja
province in
<http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/tdi/Multimedia/Chagas_Carrizo.htm>
Info
Reference Tool Gets a Makeover
InfoPoems/InfoRetriever
users may be surprised to discover that this evidence-based medicine tool has a
new look and a new name: Essential Evidence
Plus. Designed as a tool for finding evidence-based information for
patient care, Essential Evidence Plus uses an integrated search engine to search
multiple sources and produces a list of filtered, synopsized sources, with the
level of evidence identified. Essential Evidence Plus includes EBM guidelines,
practice guidelines, Cochrane abstracts, decision support calculators, h&p
calculators, diagnostic test calculators, coding tools, and Derm Expert, a tool
to help clinicians diagnose dermatological conditions.
OU-COM
users can try out Essential Evidence Plus at http://infotree.library.ohiou.edu/scripts/redirect.html?id=4326.
Questions? Please contact Bobbi
Conliffe (conliffe@oucom.ohiou.edu
or 593-2297) or Doug Mann, Ph.D.,
(mann@oucom.ohiou.edu
or 593-2440). Current users should also read
the announcement below!
<http://infotree.library.ohiou.edu/scripts/redirect.html?id=4326>
PDA/laptop
Users of InfoRetriever Need to Re-Register Pronto
OU-COM students and
faculty who have downloaded InfoRetriever to a PDA or local computer will need
to re-register immediately to
avoid problems. Instructions for re-registration can be found here: http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/ebm/IR_How2Re-Reg.pdf.
InfoRetriever is now called Essential
Evidence Plus and has added new features. Questions? Please contact
Bobbi Conliffe (conliffe@oucom.ohiou.edu
or 593-2297) or Doug Mann, Ph.D.,
(mann@oucom.ohiou.edu
or 593-2440).
<http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/ebm/IR_How2Re-Reg.pdf>
Students,
Sign Up For Ohio University’s 7th Annual Student Research and
Creative Activity Expo
OU-COM’s Office of
Research and Grants encourages all students, and especially RSAF and EREF
students, to participate in OU’s 7th Annual Student Research and
creative Activity Expo, held for the public May 15.
The expo
is an excellent opportunity for students to display exciting, interactive and
engaging presentations that illustrate how they apply the knowledge of the
classroom to innovative research, scholarship and creative work, in areas
ranging from molecular design to costume design. Last year, almost 500 students
from across the university showcased their projects. Up to $400 is awarded in
each category, organized by discipline.
Students
can register online from Feb. 4 to April 4. To learn more about the expo or
register, please go to www.ohio.edu/research/students/
or contact Anna Rankin (research.expo@ohio.edu
or 593-0802). If you plan on participating, please inform Jessica Wingett (wingett@oucom.ohiou.edu
or 593-2336).
“Help us
make this year’s Research and Creative Activity Expo the best one yet,” asks
James Rankin, Ph.D., interim vice president for research.
<http://www.ohio.edu/research/students/>
National
Institutes of Health Grant Seminars
National Institutes of
Health Regional Seminars are being offered March 25–26, 2008, and June 19–20,
2008. Each one will provide information about the NIH funding process, from
opportunity identification and application preparation through post-award
administration. Presentations are targeted toward research administrators, new
and experienced investigators, post docs and trainees.
In conjunction, NIH electronic research administration (eRA) computer labs also
are being offered (March 27 and June 18) on Administration Basics, eRA Commons
Status, Financial Status Report Status, X-Train, and eRA Commons for PIs and
Delegates.
For more information on the March seminar, please contact Jane Youngers
(210-567-2340 or nihseminar@uthscsa.edu);
for the June seminar, please contact Jacqueline Berger (312-413-0075 or nihseminar@uic.edu).
You also
may contact R. Balaji (balaji@ohio.edu
or 593-2304).
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-022.html>
Research Challenge Guidelines Change
The
Research Challenge Guidelines have been revised. A key change is the
introduction of a $1,000 Collaboration Bonus Program. Additional details are here. For
more information, please contact R.
Balaji (balaji@ohio.edu
or 593-2304).
<http://www.ohiou.edu/orsp/budget/ReChall_guidelines.pdf>
National
Science Foundation Grants Conference
A National
Science Foundation Grants Conference will be held April 7–8, 2008, at the
The
conference is considered a must, particularly for new faculty, researchers,
educators and administrators who want to gain insight into a wide range of
important and timely issues at NSF.
For more
information, please contact R.
Balaji (balaji@ohio.edu
or 593-2304).
<https://www.seeuthere.com/rsvp/invitation/invitation.asp?id=/m2c757-147023511192>
Faculty
Development Tidbit: “Teacher, Heal Thyself”
In the book How Am I Teaching? by Maryellen Weimer
there is a “TEACHER BEHAVIORS INVENTORY.” Grade yourself as you prepare for your
next presentation and report your work to your department head as you review
your annual evaluation. Regular checkups like this remind us to stay
grounded in good pedagogical practice no matter what we’re
presenting.
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3 Sometimes |
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5 Almost Always |
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heading and subheadings to organize
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outline of lecture on blackboard/overhead
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indicates transition from one topic to the
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Adapted from How Am I Teaching? Forms and activities for
acquiring instructional input, Maryellen Weimer, p. 110, Atwood
Publishing. Available for review upon request.
(All Faculty
Development Tidbits courtesy of Steve Davis,
Ph.D., director of faculty development)
PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES
Presentations
Ann
Brieck, associate director of student affairs,
“ABC’s of Financial Aid” 2008 Professional Development Conference for Health
Professions Financial Aid Administrators, Jan. 23, Hilton Riverside,
Kapil
Bajaj, health Information technology
programmer/analyst, “Repeated Palpatory
Training of Medical Students on the Virtual Haptic Back,”16th annual
Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, Jan. 29 to Feb. 1, Hyatt Regency,
Long Beach, Calif.
<http://www.nextmed.com/mmvr_virtual_reality.html>
Publications
Kapil
Bajaj, health Information technology
programmer/analyst; John
N. Howell, Ph.D., associate professor of
physiology; Robert R. Conatser,
lab associate; and Robert L. Williams II, Ph.D. “Repeated Palpatory Training of
Medical Students on the Virtual Haptic Back.” Studies in Health Technology and
Informatics. Vol. 132. Jan. 2008. pp. 8–13.
CALENDAR
Microsoft
Office 2007 Training
Feb 14, 1 to 3 p.m.,
Residency
Programs Educational Day: OR
RPAC (Orthopedic Surgery)
Case
Presentations — Brent Bamberger, D.O.
Feb 15, 8 to 10:30
a.m., Videoconference
Community
Health Programs’ Heart Health Screenings for OU-COMers
Feb 15, 8:30 a.m. to
noon, Grosvenor basement outside CHP
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p.m., which will make up the following week’s ROUNDS. If you have any questions
or suggestions, and I imagine you might, please contact me, 3-0896 or sanders@oucom.ohiou.edu.
_________________________________________
Kevin M.
Sanders
Writer/Editor
Office of
Communication
College of Osteopathic
Medicine
321 Grosvenor
Hall
Phone:
740-593-0896
Fax:
740-593-0343