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

 

 

NEWS

Tropical Disease Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention join forces

Because of the efforts of Tropical Disease Institute doctoral student Mauricio Lascano, TDI is conducting field research with the CDC in Ecuador related to a Bartonella bacilliformis infection in Manabi and Loja provinces. The bacterium causes Oroya fever, verruga peruana and Carrion disease, typically affecting children. Please see the story on the Tropical Disease Web site for more information.

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

CME Ohio programs

CME Ohio is a collaborative enterprise of Ohio's consortium of medical schools, brought together by the common goal of providing health care professionals with quality, evidence-based continuing education. OU-COM is pleased to announce that we now have three CME programs developed and available through this collaboration. Each program provides one hour of 1B AOA credit. The programs are free and can be accessed at http://www.cmeohio.com:

“Pain Assessment and Management in the Palliative Care Patient” presented by Tracy Marx, D.O. (’xx)

“What is Addiction?” presented by Steven Clay, D.O.

“The Treatment of Addiction?” presented by Steven Clay, D.O.

 

Did you make the change — the password change?

Now that we’re in Daylight Savings Time, you — only faculty and staff using the Exchange/Outlook email system — will need to change your computer’s logon password. In case you deleted the email from John Brennan on how to do this, it’s the attachment in this email.

 

Faculty Development Tidbit: “VARY YOUR PRESENTATION STYLE”

“Try not to lecture for more than 20 minutes at a time. Break up your classes with other presentation techniques: group activities, videotapes, discussion, etc.”  Check out more ideas and resources through your FD website at http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/fd/teachingtips.htm. If you have a great strategy that seems to always work, send it to me and I’ll include it in a future “Faculty Development Tidbit.” (All Faculty Development Tidbits courtesy of Steve Davis, Ph.D., director of faculty development.)

 

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Appointments

Michael Gerardo, D.O. (’01), M.P.H., was appointed to a three-year term on the Ethnogeriatrics Committee of the American Geriatric Society, effective May 2008.

 

 

CALENDAR

“D.O. Day on the Hill Issues Presentation” (Policy Puzzle)

March 10, Noon, Irvine 194

  

Residency Programs Educational Day: IM RPAC (Internal Medicine)

Pre-op Clearance — Jane D’Isa Smith, D.O.

March 12, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Videoconference

  

Residency Programs Educational Day: OR RPAC (Orthopedic)

O&P — Brent Bamberger, D.O.

March 14, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Miami Valley Hospital (Dayton)

   

Residency Programs Educational Day: OR RPAC (Orthopedic)

Practice Management — Brent Bamberger, D.O.

March 15, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Grandview Hospital (Dayton)

 

 

EMPLOYEE NEWS

Jennifer Brindle is joining the college at Affinity Medical Center in Massillon as a CORE administrator under Andrew Culver, D.O. Brindle can be reached beginning March 31 at:

Affinity Medical Center

CORE Office

400 Austin Ave., NW

Massillon, OH 44646

Phone: (330) 837-7570

 

 

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.

 

 

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Kevin M. Sanders

Writer/Editor

Office of Communication

College of Osteopathic Medicine

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Phone: 740-593-0896

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