ROUNDS, 02-25-08: Interested in SHARE Kenya? Informational meeting takes place today at noon!
Welcome to ROUNDS! This weekly e-newsletter goes out to
all OU-COM and CORE personnel.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Talent Follies, Friday,
Feb 29
Don’t
forget to attend OU-COM’s favorite talent show, Talent Follies,
a yearly event co-sponsored by SOMA and
Sigma Sigma Phi, this
Friday, Feb. 29, 7 to 10 p.m.,
And if you have a talent you want to share, it’s not too late to join the fun!
Sign up is in the
Had an OMM session
lately? Ever had one?
The section of
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) is requesting your presence as “real
patients” for the second-year osteopathic medical students’ OMM lab. The lab
takes place Wednesday, March 5, from 1 to 3 p.m. and 3 to 5 p.m. Your
participation is highly valued by our students, and participants will experience
osteopathic manipulative treatment and, perhaps, experience some of the health
benefits that come from that.
Students
are closely supervised by faculty and fellows during the lab. This OMM
experience usually consists of some elements of history taking, examination and
gentle manipulative treatment specifically designed to address any diagnostic
findings at that time. Participants remain clothed and all modesties are
respected. Loose fitting clothing, however, is recommended for all, and
specifically, we ask that women wear slacks, shorts or sweat pants/pajama
bottoms. Following the lab, you will have an opportunity to provide feedback
about your experience.
Questions?
Please contact Stevan A. Walkowski, D.O.
(’89), (walkowski@oucom.ohiou.edu,
593-2231).
Interested
in SHARE
An informational
program on the Student Health Assistance Rural Experience Kenya (SHARE) program
will be presented at noon on Monday, Feb. 25, by the 2007 participants. Over
each winter break SHARE
2008
Senior Awards Nomination Deadline is Monday, March
3
Next Monday, March 3,
is the deadline for the Senior Awards nominations. The criteria and nomination
ballots for the awards, which include the Medical Humanities Award, Dean’s
Award, Osteopathic Heritage Award, Family Practice Award, Specialty Medicine
Award, Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology Award, Obstetrics and Gynecology Award,
Pediatrics Award and the CORE Site Outstanding Student Award, are at http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/saffairs/senior_awards.htm. The
recipients of these awards will be recognized at the June 9, 2008, graduation.
Questions? Please contact Molly deLaval,
administrative associate (delaval2@oucom.ohio.edu,
593-2152).
Rural
Health Senior Outreach Day this Friday in Coolville
This Friday, Feb. 29
(Sadie Hawkins Day, by the way), a team of OU-COM physicians, medical
professionals and students will travel to the
“We really
encourage faculty to bring other students,” said Debbie Meyer, Ph.D., R.N., a coordinator
for the event. “It helps the students as an inter-professional
experience.”
From 9
a.m. to noon, seniors can talk one-on-one with health professionals and students
and take advantage of free screenings for glaucoma, cholesterol, glucose, blood
pressure and – new for this event – hearing and speech. The first Rural Health
Senior Outreach Day of the 2007-08 year, held Nov. 30 in
The Athens
Foundation, Sisters of St. Joseph Charitable Fund, the Heritage Foundation and
Friends of the Congressional Glaucoma Caucus provide funds and equipment for
this health fair.
For
Alden Library is
piloting a new service with OU-COM which will allow you to make online requests
for books and bound journals from the main library.
These
items will be checked out to you and delivered to the LRC. This is similar to a
collaboration which has operated for many years between the LRC and the main
library, but the difference to you is this: you now make your request online.
First, fill out this form
and return it via fax or campus mail as the instructions indicate, then go to
this Web
page to complete the process.
Faculty
Development Tidbit: “DON’T FEAR SILENCE”
Students
eventually will talk. While we may think the silence is long,
students need time to process your questions and come up with answers. Give them
a chance to think and they eventually will talk. In fact, you may want to
silently and slowly count to 10 or 15 to force yourself to give enough time for
student to think and respond.
Adapted
from University
of Tennessee Chattanooga Walker Teaching Resources Center. (All
Faculty Development Tidbits courtesy of Steve
Davis, Ph.D., director of faculty development.) <http://www.utc.edu/Administration/WalkerTeachingResourceCenter/FacultyDevelopment/TeachingTips.htm>
RSAC
Training Award Program Deadline is Friday, Feb.
29
The deadline for
proposal submission for the Research & Scholarly Affairs Committee (RSAC)
Training Award is Friday (application
form). The committee meets shortly thereafter to make funding
decisions. Funds will be available immediately following the award
notifications.
If you
have any questions, please contact Susan
Williams, Ph.D., RSAC chairwoman (willias7@ohio.edu,
593-2363) or R.V. Balaji, M.B.A.,
research grants development coordinator (balaji@ohio.edu,
593-2304).
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Publications
Ryan
D. Mills, second-year student; Frank Schwartz, M.D., associate professor
of endocrinology; and Jay H. Shubrook, D.O.
(’96), assistant professor of family medicine. Evaluation of Diabetes Management in a
Rural
Melanie
L. Aaberg, D.O. (’07); Draion M. Burch, D.O. (’07); Zarinah R. Hud, D.O. (’07); and Michael P. Zacharias, D.O. (’07). Gender Differences in the Onset of Diabetic Neuropathy. Journal of Diabetic Complications. Vol.
22. No. 2. pp. 83–87.
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OU-COM IN THE
NEWS (FEB 18–22)
“OU
may have rejected privatizing student health as too
risky”
— Regarding
considerations for expanding Student Health Services (SHS), quotes Dean Jack Brose, D.O., discussing earlier talks
of merging SHS with University Medical Associates.
Outlook
(02/21/08)
“Event showcases OU-COM
diversity”
Multicultural
students make up nearly a quarter of OU-COM first-year
class.
— Reports on the
Multicultural Extravaganza
CALENDAR
SHARE
Feb 25, Noon to 1 p.m.,
Residency
Programs Educational Day: GS RPAC (General
Surgery)
Infectious
Disease — Constance Cashen,
D.O.
Feb 26, 10 a.m. to 4
p.m., Videoconference
Residency
Programs Educational Day: EM RPAC (Emergency
Medicine)
Chest
and Abdomen Trauma — George Kaiser,
D.O.
Feb 27, 9 a.m. to 4
p.m., Videoconference
“Get
your MBA in an Hour” (Business of
Medicine)
Feb 27, Noon,
Rural
Health Senior Outreach Fair
Feb 29, 9 a.m. to noon,
Talent
Follies
Friday,
Feb. 29, 7 to 10 p.m.,
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
321 Grosvenor
Hall
Phone:
740-593-0896
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740-593-0343