ROUNDS, 03-03-08: PreCOM begins Saturday, March 8
Welcome
to ROUNDS! This weekly e-newsletter goes out to
all OU-COM and CORE personnel.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
PreCOM
begins Saturday, March 8
“A journey of a
thousand miles begins with one step” opens the invitation to PreCOM, reciting
the well-known Chinese proverb. Almost half of the Class of 2012 will take that
step this Saturday, March 8, at PreCOM, the college’s orientation for incoming
students. PreCOM,
which is in its third year, this weekend will give 90 students, family members
and significant others the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the
college, the campus, the osteopathic educational program and options for living
in
“This
event is designed for students who are certain they’re attending OU-COM in the
fall and for those who are still in the decision-making process,” says Ginny Valentin, associate director of
admissions.
“I think
it’s important for these students to have an opportunity to meet each other, as
well as current students, faculty and staff. The supportive atmosphere at OU-COM
is something we all work hard to provide, so it’s nice to be able to share this
with incoming students and their families.”
PreCOM
begins in Irvine Hall at 9:30 a.m. when students check in and are measured for
white coats. Lunch will be served at Walter Hall.
You are invited to hear
Doris Eggenberger, founder and director of Hospital Suizo in La Ceiba,
Editorial
and Poster Support for Ohio University’s 7th Annual Student Research
and Creative Activity Expo
The Ohio University
Office of Research recently announced the registration for the 7th
Annual Ohio University Research and Creative Activity Fair. Students can
register online from Feb. 4 to April 4. To learn more about the expo or
register, go to www.ohio.edu/research/students/
or contact Anna Rankin (research.expo@ohio.edu
or 593-0802). If you plan to participate, please inform Jessica Wingett (wingett@oucom.ohiou.edu
or 593-2336).
The CORE
Research Office is available to assist OU-COM students who wish to participate
in this year’s event. If you intend on presenting a poster at this year’s event,
you are encouraged to contact Michael
Weiser at the CORE Research Office (weiser@ohio.edu
or 593-2322). Poster drafts can be sent to Michael Weiser for review and editing
before they are printed.
More than
475 undergraduate, graduate, and medical students and post-doctoral fellows
presented their original work at last year’s event. This year’s event, to be
held at the
Call
for Abstracts
The Ohio Osteopathic
Association and the CORE cordially invite you to submit an abstract for a
research poster for the OOA and CORE 2008 Research Poster Exhibition and
Competition. Students, interns, residents, faculty, medical administrators and
practicing physicians are invited to participate in this year's event.
Participants must present their own poster. Posters for the accepted abstracts
will be judged at the 110th Annual Ohio Osteopathic Meeting & Scientific
Seminar June 19–22. The poster exhibition will be held on Saturday, June 21.
Abstract
length should be no more than 250 words. The deadline for abstracts is March 28.
Notification of acceptance is April 18. Information and resources can be found
under the “Research” tab on the CORE
website. Look under any category (Students and Future Residents, Interns and
Residents, or Faculty) to find the link to
research.
Abstracts
may be submitted in two categories: 1) Bio-Medical/Clinical Research and 2)
Single Case Study. Prizes will be awarded in each category. First prize is
$1,000; second prize, $500. Please submit abstracts to Michael Weiser at weiser@ohio.edu
by March 28.
Faculty
Development Tidbit: “GET FEEDBACK FROM YOUR STUDENTS”
Periodically, take five
minutes to have students (anonymously) fill out index cards answering the
following question: “What’s the most significant thing you heard or the most
significant thing that happened in class today?” Let students know that this
doesn’t just mean something the instructor said or did — it could be any aspect
of the class. Complete a card yourself. Later, read through the responses,
select one of more that are provocative enough to be useful in subsequent
classes, read them aloud, discuss the issues they raise, etc. These provide a
good snapshot of what’s happening for students. Students’ choices are almost
always very diverse and, not surprisingly, very different from what teachers
have chosen as most significant. Inevitably, this exercise acts as a rudder to
move teaching and learning closer to the learning of the students.
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>
CONDOLENCES
We are saddened to
advise you of the death of Maria Elvia Gerardo, mother of Michael Gerardo, D.O. (’01), assistant
professor of geriatrics. Services will be held in
Dr.
Michael Gerardo
c/o
Hillcrest Funeral Home
CALENDAR
Nutritional
Issues in Older Adults (Spring 2008 Geriatric Education
Series)
March 3, Noon to 1
p.m., O’Bleness Education Conference Room 014 & videoconferenced to
Grosvenor West 029
Residency
Programs Educational Day: FP RPAC (Family Practice)
OMM
(PGY 1&3) — Duke Starr, D.O.
March 5, 10 a.m. to 4
p.m.,
March 5, 5 p.m.,
Residency
Programs Educational Day: ORL-HNS RPAC (Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck
Surgery)
Research
Paper Day/Mock Orals — Robbin
March 6, 10 a.m. to 4
p.m., OU
“Cost,
Access and Physician Reimbursements” (Policy
Puzzle)
March 6, Noon,
PreCOM
March 8, 9:30 a.m. to 3
p.m., Grosvenor and
EMPLOYEE
NEWS
Jill
Richmond, administrative assistant, will join the
Office of Academic Affairs March 10 under Traci Winchell.
Pamela
Henderson, Clinical Teaching
and
Katherine
Kropf, D.O. (’02), assistant professor of family medicine,
will join the Department of Family Medicine March 17 under Chris Simpson, D.O.
Kropf’s office is Grosvenor 351, 593-0465.
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
Fax:
740-593-0343