Welcome to ROUNDS!
This weekly e-newsletter goes out to all OU-COM and CORE personnel and students.
The ROUNDS archive is here.
NEWS
Free services offer hope for beating breast cancer
OU-COM programs provide free breast cancer screenings and early treatment for local uninsured – not just for Breast Cancer Awareness Month (Oct.) – but all year round.
To read more about these screenings, provided through our Community Health Programs, go to: http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/news/press/PrimaryCare/.
OU-COM fills primary care gap in Ohio
OU-COM leads Ohio medical schools in graduating students who pursue family medicine, internal medicine or pediatrics, despite a nationwide decline in physicians choosing these primary care fields.
For more on this story, go to: http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/news/press/PrimaryCare/.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Records retention seminar
Bill Kimok, M.A., university archivist and records manager, will lead a seminar on records retention Wed., Oct. 22, 10-11 a.m. in Grosvenor West 111. All COM departments/units should send a representative to this important session. CORE sites can connect by videoconference by contacting Dan Smith, distance learning coordinator, at 593-2460.
Kimok will discuss:
Kimok will answer general questions related to putting together a retention schedule, however, questions related to specific records and records retention schedules should be posed to Kimok via e-mail: kimok@ohio.edu.
To register for this session on the OU-COM web site:
http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/AFS/ProfessionalDevelopment.htm
CALENDAR
“Ethnic disparities: A call to conscience”
As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, Timothy J. Barreiro, D.O. (’97), FACOI, FCCP, a pulmonary medicine physician in Youngstown, Ohio and a National Institute of Health Minority Scholar, will present.
Professional etiquette dinner
What is the proper method of conversing with colleagues while eating? How do you eat spaghetti with a spoon? Find out at the first OU-COM Professional Etiquette Dinner. All OU-COM students, personnel and spouses/significant others are invited.
Career Medical Specialties Series
Phillip Khalil, D.O. (’01), will talk about otolaryngology, the branch of medicine specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of ear, nose, throat, and head and neck disorders.
Boo on the Bricks
Join the festivities at OU-COM’s “Halloweenie on the Bricks” party. Hot dogs, chili, taco chips, apples, and drinks will be served, along with a pumpkin desert potluck-style contest – bring your favorite pumpkin dessert to share. The event will also feature a costume party and games. All proceeds will go to the annual OU-COM Winter Blast.
· Thursday, October 30, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
· Cost: $3 with RSVP to Mike Yeager – by Mon., Oct. 27, $5 at the door.
PROFESSIONAL DEVLOPMENT
Faculty Development Tidbit: People don’t pay attention to boring things.
· Recent studies confirm that the brain’s “attention spotlight” can effectively focus on only one thing at a time (i.e. multitasking is a myth!).
· Our brains are better at seeing patterns and abstracting overall meanings than it is at recording detail.
· Emotional engagement helps the brain learn.
· Audiences tend to check out after 10 minutes, but you can keep grabbing them by integrating emotion-rich storytelling and variety of learning activities.
-A summary of Rule #4 from “brain rules” by John Medina (www.brainrules.net)
You can find more “Teaching Tips” at your faculty development Web resource site (www.oucom.ohiou.edu/fd/programs.htm) and the CORE faculty development Web site (http://www.ohiocore.org/cf/index.htm).
If you have a great strategy that seems to always work, please send it to me, and I’ll include it in a future Faculty Development Tidbit.
(Faculty Development Tidbits courtesy of Steve Davis, Ph.D., USAF Major (Ret), director of faculty development, and CORE faculty development coordinators Robbin Kirkland, Ph.D., and Olivia Sheehan, Ph.D.)
Staff changes
Krystal Mondillo is temporarily working in the Curriculum Office on CPC and PCC schedules and CPC objectives. She can be reached at 593-2195 or curr.temp@oucom.ohiou.edu.
OU-COM IN THE NEWS
The Athens Messenger (10-10-08)
“OU dean discusses shouldering state cuts”
http://www.athensmessenger.com/articles/2008/10/10/news/doc48ef5814a2e86554694867.txt
(To view the entire story, The Messenger requires web viewers to register and pay a fee.)
The Post (10-9-08)
“OU programs face bleak future in wake of budget reductions”
http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu/Articles/News/2008/10/09/25792/
WOUB-TV (10-09-08)
Andrew Wapner, D.O., assistant professor of pediatrics, appeared on WOUB’s live show, Newswatch, to discuss childhood obesity and the Ohio Department of Health’s Office of Health Ohio childhood obesity prevention initiative.
The Athens News (10-06-08)
“Fee services offer hope for beating breast cancer”
The Athens News (10-06-08)
“Conference focuses on better health care using technology”
Please send your news/announcements to rounds@oucom.ohiou.edu each week by Wednesday, 3 p.m. for consideration in the following week’s ROUNDS. If you have questions or suggestions, please contact Anita Martin, assistant director of communication, at 593.2199 or martina@oucom.ohiou.edu.