ROUNDS, 01-22-08: Tracy Marx, D.O. (’92), featured in Columbus Dispatch article ROUNDS, 01-22-08: Tracy Marx, D.O. (’92), featured in Columbus Dispatch article

 

Welcome to ROUNDS! This weekly e-newsletter goes out to all OU-COM and CORE personnel.

 

Those of you who were OU-COMers prior to 2004 will recall the previous print versions of ROUNDS, the internal publication that covered a variety of news, announcements and just about anything happening in the college or our CORE system.

 

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, and I imagine you might, please contact me, 3-0896 or sanders@oucom.ohiou.edu. The ROUNDS archive is here.

 

 

NEWS

 

Tracy Marx, D.O. (’92), featured in Columbus Dispatch article

“Death hard even for doctors to stomach” was published in the Columbus Dispatch last month, which addressed the difficulty that physicians have discussing their patients’ terminal illnesses with them and how the culture of medicine has contributed to this.

“We all took courses on delivering babies and OB,” said Marx, an assistant professor of family medicine. “How many of us will ever deliver a baby? But every single one of us will have a patient die.” The article is available online here (republished by permission of the Columbus Dispatch.)

<http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/news/rounds/reprint/marx_dispatch_reprint.htm>

 

Four student doctors awarded Jerry A. Zinni, D.O., Memorial Scholarships

The Jerry A. Zinni, D.O., Memorial Scholarship for 2007-2008 was awarded to first-year medical student Gurbinder Singh of Macedonia, second-year medical Crystal (Woodside) Joyce of Seven Hills, third-year medical student Timothy Neely of Ravenna and fourth-year medical student Sana Hasan of North Royalton. The $10,000 scholarship, which is funded by the Northeastern Ohio Healthcare Foundation, is awarded to medical students from specific Northeastern Ohio counties who meet the criteria for award.

“This scholarship provides needed support and assists the college in recruiting some of the best and brightest students in Ohio,” says Sharon Zimmerman, the college’s director of medical development and executive director of alumni affairs.

The Zinni Memorial Scholarship, which was established in 2000, is named after Jerry A. Zinni, D.O., who in 1960 founded the not-for-profit Richmond Heights General Hospital and was a leader and champion of the osteopathic medical profession.

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

Medical Spanish Workshop

A Medical Spanish Workshop, which is designed to teach students basic Spanish medical terms that will be useful in the clinic, will be held Thursday, Jan. 24, at the Human Resources and Training Center, Room 141, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The workshop is sponsored by the Student National Medical Association. The workshop facilitator is Anabelle Sanchez. Food will be served. For more information, please contact LeTeya Foxx (740.249.2263 or lf356605@ohio.edu).

 

Faculty Development Tidbit: Assess Thyself!

CATs — The Classroom Assessment Techniques (Angelo and Cross, 1993) are succinct, self-contained, self-instructional, web-based modules that introduce a broadly applicable technique that serves to help you make your class more learner-centered and provide formative feedback on how well you’re teaching and how well they’re learning. Each CAT has been written by a college or university instructor who currently uses the technique and has been reviewed by the FLAG (Field Tested Learning Assessment Guide) editorial board for accuracy and consistency with current professional standards of assessment. In most cases, the technique has an extensive history of research to support claims of reliability and validity. The CATs are linked to a set of discipline-specific “tools” that can be downloaded for immediate use. <http://www.flaguide.org/goals/goals.php>

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS

 

Congratulations to Ron Russ, D.O. (’98), CORE assistant dean at Cuyahoga Falls General Hospital, and his wife Maureen on the birth of a son, Jack Anthony, on Jan. 12. He weighed 8 lbs., 9 oz. Personal congratulations can be sent to them at:

Ron and Maureen Russ

3412 Creekside Trail

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 44223

 

 

CALENDAR

 

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Jan 21 (University closed)

 

Residency Programs Educational Day: GS RPAC (General Surgery)

PancreasRoger Classen, D.O.

Jan 22, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Videoconference

 

Residency Programs Educational Day: EM RPAC (Emergency Medicine)

Environmental DisordersJeff Moldovan, D.O.

Jan 23, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Videoconference

 

Reminiscences of a Guatemalan Mathematician in Southeastern Ohio

Jan 23, Noon to 1 p.m., Irvine 194

 

“Heart-Healthy Nutrition” — Wellness Lecture

Jan 24, Noon to 1 p.m., Irvine 199

 

Medical Spanish Workshop

Jan 24, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Human Resources and Training Center 141

 

Lottridge Community Center Health Screenings

Jan 25, 9 a.m. to noon, Coolville

 

 

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Kevin M. Sanders

Writer/Editor

Office of Communication

College of Osteopathic Medicine

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