ROUNDS, 02-18-08: Multicultural Extravaganza, Wednesday, Feb. 20
Welcome
to ROUNDS! This weekly e-newsletter goes out to
all OU-COM and CORE personnel. This issue introduces OU-COM IN
THE NEWS, which tracks news (research, interviews, appointments, etc.) about
faculty, staff, students or the college in local, national, and international
media.
The ROUNDS archive is
here.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Multicultural
Extravaganza, Wednesday, Feb. 20
All are invited to
attend Student National Medical Association’s annual Multicultural Extravaganza
(SNMA), held Wednesday at noon in Irvine Hall room 194. SNMA is the nation’s
oldest and largest student organization focused on the needs and concerns of
medical students of color.
During the
annual fundraiser, students share the rich bounty of their cultures with the OU
community. This festival of food and fun from around the world will feature
performances, including Indian dance, a unity step show, a performance of the
black national anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” spoken word recitals and
sign language representing the Deaf culture.
Admission
is $2 in advance (tickets on sale now on the Irvine Bricks) and $3 at the door.
For more information, contact Meghan Drayton
(md148205@ohio.edu).
Come see the Talent
Follies Feb. 29
Every
year first- and second-year students take a break from the “gruel” of medical
school and show their stuff at the Talent Follies. Interested in strutting your
stuff? Contact Sherice
Lawrence (sl104106@ohio.edu).
Come see why laughter is the best medicine. Friday, Feb. 29, 7 to 10 p.m.,
Wednesday is the last
day for nominations for the OU-COM Student D.O. of the
Year
Now in its
16th year, the Student D.O. of the Year is open for nominations. This
award honors the student doctor who best exemplifies outstanding commitment to
his or her school and community, and to the osteopathic profession. Each of the
osteopathic medical schools honors one of its students with the award.
All OU-COM
students are eligible for the award. If you are interested in nominating
someone, please fill out the form (see
attachment), and return it to the Student
Government Association (affairsga@oucom.ohiou.edu)
by Wednesday, Feb. 20.
The OU-COM
winner will be announced at the annual Distinguished Osteopathic Commitment
Awards ceremony in April. The winner will be eligible for the Council of
Osteopathic Student Government Presidents’ National Student D.O. of the Year
Award. In addition to a plaque, the national winner will also receive a $1,000
scholarship. Questions about the award or nomination process? Please contact
Dan Silbiger, president of SGA,
(ds256506@ohio.edu).
Policy
Puzzle Series Resumes Thursday, Feb. 21, Noon,
AMSA and SOMA present
the noontime Policy Puzzle
lecture series, beginning in February and leading up to DO Day on the Hill,
April 24, in Washington, D.C. If you find the perplexities of the health care
system befuddling, let Policy
Puzzle begin to put the pieces together. Come partake in vital
discussions about issues every student physician should know (such as Medicaid,
Medicare, universal healthcare, presidential candidate political platforms,
health care reimbursements and DO Day on the Hill political issues).
A wide
array of health care and advocacy issues will be discussed beginning with an
introduction to the health care system (Feb. 21) and continuing with a more
in-depth look at cost, access and physician reimbursement (March 6). The third
noontime lecture (March 10) will focus on the pressing legislative issues that
affect DOs and the practice of medicine. These issues form the basis for the
legislative push known as DO Day on the Hill, an event during which student DOs
from all around the country descend on Washington, D.C., to advocate for the
betterment of medicine. In April, the Policy
Puzzle series will conclude with a lecture on the drug industry’s
influence on medical decision makers.
Faculty
Development Tidbit: “MAKE A LIST”
Make a list of the
favorite practices of your past teachers that helped you to learn. Make another
list of the least favorite practices of your past teachers. Do the former
and avoid the latter unless it will help the teaching process to bring in some
of the “unpleasant” practices.
Adapted
from
Finding
Full-Text Articles Online: Three Effective
Strategies
Simple but powerful
tips for using PubMed, OhioLink health databases, and interlibrary loan
electronic document delivery to get full-text research articles online are
described on new web pages at http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/ebm/fulltext. The
pages are part of the EBM (evidence-based medicine) Web site linked under
“Current Students” on the OU-COM home page. The full-text pages were
developed by Bobbi Conliffe,
coordinator of curriculum resources, and Doug
Mann, Ph.D., assistant
professor of social medicine.
OU-COM IN THE
NEWS (Feb
11–15)
Perspectives
Magazine (02/15/08)
Grass-munching
alpacas provide clues to jawbone
development
—
Regarding the research of Susan
Williams, Ph.D.,
assistant professor of anatomy
WBNS
10TV (02/14/08)
“Business
of beauty could bring unwanted
side-effects“
—
Quotes alumna Deborah Cole-Sedivy,
D.O. (’86)
Outlook
(02/14/08)
“Multicultural
Extravaganza to be held Feb. 20“
—
Regarding OU-COM event next week
The
“OU
reaps profit from research“
—
Highlights royalties received from the 1988 research discovery of
John Kopchick,
Ph.D.,
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Goll-Ohio Eminent Scholar, that
led to development of Somavert, a pioneering drug for treating
acromegaly.
This story also featured:
WDTN-TV
(02/11/2008)
“Ohio
University earns most from patent fees“
WKYC-TV
(02/11/2008)
“Ohio
University earns most from patent fees“
“Ohio U.
makes most in state from patents“
“Ohio University
earns most from patent fees“
KazInform
(02/11/08)
“Modern birds
existed before dinosaur die-off“
—
Quotes Patrick O’Connor,
Ph.D.,
OU-COM paleontologist
The
“Board
urged to consider new health center“
— Regarding proposal for a new
campus health clinic
THANK
YOUS
To
my friends at OU-COM:
I’m
writing to thank you for the lovely peace plant you sent in memory of my brother
James. He meant the world to me, and I appreciate your thoughtfulness more than
you know.
Sincerely,
Audrey
Covault
CALENDAR
“What
is Glaucoma?” (Geriatric Noon Seminar)
Feb 18, Noon to 1 p.m.,
O’Bleness Medical Education Conference Rm 014
Dean’s
Brown Bag
Feb 19, Noon, Grosvenor
113
“How
NOT to Buy a Car” (Business of
Medicine)
Feb 19, Noon,
Residency
Programs Educational Day:
GYN/ONC — Jack Ramey, D.O.
Feb 20, 10 a.m. to 3
p.m., OU
Multicultural
Extravaganza
Feb 20, Noon,
“Identifying
the Pieces of the Puzzle” (Policy Puzzle)
Feb 21, Noon,
I
encourage you to send me your news/announcements each week by Wednesday by 3
p.m., which will make up the following week’s ROUNDS. If you have any questions
or suggestions, please contact me, 593-0896 or sanders@oucom.ohiou.edu.
_________________________________________
Kevin M.
Sanders
Writer/Editor
Office of
Communication
College of Osteopathic
Medicine
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Hall
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