This weekly e-newsletter goes out to all OU-COM and CORE personnel and students.

 

The ROUNDS archive is here.

 

 

NEWS

Witmer, Ridgely help unravel function of strange dinosaur crests

            Paleontologists have long debated the function of strange, bony crests on the heads of duck-billed lambeosaurs.

Using CT scans, Larry Witmer, Ph.D., Chang Ying-Chien professor of paleontology and professor of anatomy, and Ryan Ridgely, research technician for biomedical sciences, helped determine that the crests were likely used as sound resonators.

The two are working with scientists at the University of Toronto and Montana State University to investigate these mysterious crests and reconstruct the brains and nasal cavities of four different lambeosaur species.

At the annual meeting of the Society for Vertebrate Paleontology in Cleveland, Ohio, last week, the team presented new study findings that suggest the crests were used for communication.

For more, read the Research Communications story: http://news.research.ohiou.edu/news/index.php?item=514.

 

OU-COM employees honored for years of service

Mary Dailey, administrative assistant for academic affairs, and Anita Yates, administrative assistant for specialty medicine, were among nine OU-COM employees and 176 Ohio University employees recognized the university’s 39th annual Classified Employee Service Awards Reception.

Dailey and Yates began working for OU-COM on the same day 30 years ago, just in time to welcome the college’s third class of students.

In addition to Dailey and Yates, nine other OU-COM staff members were recognized:

For more on Dailey and Yates, and the awards reception, read the Outlook story: http://www.ohio.edu/outlook/08-09/October/108.cfm.

 

OU-COM student researchers to speak at AOA international seminar

As reported in an earlier ROUNDS issue, Catalina Soto, OMS II; Kimberly Jackson, OMS III; and Amy Zidron, Ph.D., OMS III; took first through third places respectively in the pre-event abstract contest for the American Osteopathic Association’s Bureau on International Osteopathic Medical Education and Affairs (BIOMEA) 10th Annual International Seminar.

They will each make a 20-minute presentation to BIOMEA attendees on October 26. This year’s seminar takes place at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas as part of the 113th  AOA Convention and Scientific Seminar later this month.

            For more on these students’ award-winning research projects and the AOA BIOMEA seminar, read the full OU-COM web story: http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/news/press/biomea/.

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Seminar START TIME CHANGED         

Bill Kimok, M.A., university archivist and records manager, will hold a presentation on records retention on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 1:30 p.m., in Grosvenor West 111. The starting time for the presentation was changed from previous announcements.

All COM departments/units should send a representative to this important session.

CORE sites contact Dan Smith for videoconference.

 

Canned food drive this week

ComCorps is collecting canned food for a double purpose. Before donating the food to local food pantries, the 20 members of ComCorps will use the canned food to construct a large, three-dimensional pumpkin for FestiFall, the annual WellWorks event that will be held at the Dairy Barn.

Donate your canned food in the box outside the Office of Student Affairs until Thurs., Oct. 23.

 

 

CALENDAR

Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology Seminar

            Diana Schwerha, Ph.D., assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering at the Russ College of Engineering and Technology, will talk on “Improving home health care through the use of systems engineering.”

 

Career Medical Specialties Series

            Phillip Khalil, D.O. (’01), will speak about otolaryngology, the field of medicine specializing in ear, nose, throat, and head and neck disorders.

 

Edinburgh experience     

            Rebecca Teagarden, OMS IV, and Katherine Ritchey, OMS IV, will give present on their Charles J. Cannon Edinburgh Geriatric Tutorial experience and research from this summer.

 

Canned food as art

ComCorps will present a large, three-dimensional pumpkin—made entirely of donated, non-perishable food—for FestifFall, the annual WellWorks event.

·        Donate canned food in the box outside the Office of Student Affairs until

Thurs., Oct. 23.

·        FestiFall: Sat., Oct. 25, 1-6 p.m., Dairy Barn Arts Center

 

Boo on the Bricks

Join us for a “Halloweenie on the Bricks.” 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 go to the annual OU-COM Winter Blast.

·        Thurs., Oct. 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 DEVELOPMENT

Policy change

The OU-COM policy on position support for clinical department faculty has been revised, effective July 1, 2009. Major changes will include:

·        The policy now refers to both clinical and non-clinical faculty (previously there had not been any written guidelines for non-clinical faculty); and,

·        Changes to how clinical faculty payments for required AOA and OOA dues will be covered and processed. 

 

Faculty Development Tidbit: Short Term Memory—Repeat to Remember.

Most of what determines whether something learned also will be remembered occurs in the first few seconds of learning. The more elaborately we encode a memory during its initial moments, the stronger it will be. Here are some points to learn—and remember:

·        The brain has many types of memory systems. One type follows four stages of processing: encoding, storing, retrieving and forgetting.

·        Information coming into your brain is immediately split into fragments that are sent to different regions of the cortex for storage.

·        You can improve your chances of remembering something if you reproduce the environment in which you first put it into your brain.

-Summary of Rule #5 from “brain rules” by John Medina (www.brainrules.net)

You can find more “Teaching Tips” at your OUCOM & CORE faculty development Web resources: www.oucom.ohiou.edu/fd/programs.htm or 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., director of faculty development, and assistant directors Robbin Kirkland, Ph.D., and Olivia Sheehan, Ph.D.)

 

 

OU-COM IN THE NEWS

The Post (10-20-08)

“College of Medicine puts lender program, student scholarship funds on hold”

http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu/Articles/News/2008/10/20/25966/

 

The Athens News (10-16-08)

“RHIOhio conference focuses on health-care technology in Ohio”

http://www.athensnews.com/news/local/2008/oct/16/rhiohio-conference-focuses-health-care-techology-o/

 

ScienceDaily (10-16-08)

“Brain structure provides key to unraveling function of bizarre dinosaur crests”

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081016095141.htm

 

Ohio University Research News (10-16-08)

“Brain structure provides key to unraveling function of bizarre dinosaur crests”

http://news.research.ohiou.edu/news/index.php?item=514

 

Ohio.com (10-16-08)

“Dr. Alison Protain joins Akron Children's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit”

http://www.ohio.com/community/readernews/31100739.html

 

Outlook (10-15-08)

“Med students sweep international research contest”

http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/news/press/biomea/

 

Atlanta Business Chronicle (10-06-08)

"Academic medicine means business for Ohio: $37.2 billion economic impact for the state"
http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/prnewswire/press_releases/national/Ohio/2008/10/06/CLM008

 

 

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.

 

This weekly e-newsletter goes out to all OU-COM and CORE personnel and students.

 

The ROUNDS archive is here.

 

 

NEWS

Witmer, Ridgely help unravel function of strange dinosaur crests

            Paleontologists have long debated the function of strange, bony crests on the heads of duck-billed lambeosaurs.

Using CT scans, Larry Witmer, Ph.D., Chang Ying-Chien professor of paleontology and professor of anatomy, and Ryan Ridgely, research technician for biomedical sciences, helped determine that the crests were likely used as sound resonators.

The two are working with scientists at the University of Toronto and Montana State University to investigate these mysterious crests and reconstruct the brains and nasal cavities of four different lambeosaur species.

At the annual meeting of the Society for Vertebrate Paleontology in Cleveland, Ohio, last week, the team presented new study findings that suggest the crests were used for communication.

For more, read the Research Communications story: http://news.research.ohiou.edu/news/index.php?item=514.

 

OU-COM employees honored for years of service

Mary Dailey, administrative assistant for academic affairs, and Anita Yates, administrative assistant for specialty medicine, were among nine OU-COM employees and 176 Ohio University employees recognized the university’s 39th annual Classified Employee Service Awards Reception.

Dailey and Yates began working for OU-COM on the same day 30 years ago, just in time to welcome the college’s third class of students.

In addition to Dailey and Yates, nine other OU-COM staff members were recognized:

For more on Dailey and Yates, and the awards reception, read the Outlook story: http://www.ohio.edu/outlook/08-09/October/108.cfm.

 

OU-COM student researchers to speak at AOA international seminar

As reported in an earlier ROUNDS issue, Catalina Soto, OMS II; Kimberly Jackson, OMS III; and Amy Zidron, Ph.D., OMS III; took first through third places respectively in the pre-event abstract contest for the American Osteopathic Association’s Bureau on International Osteopathic Medical Education and Affairs (BIOMEA) 10th Annual International Seminar.

They will each make a 20-minute presentation to BIOMEA attendees on October 26. This year’s seminar takes place at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas as part of the 113th  AOA Convention and Scientific Seminar later this month.

            For more on these students’ award-winning research projects and the AOA BIOMEA seminar, read the full OU-COM web story: http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/news/press/biomea/.

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Seminar START TIME CHANGED         

Bill Kimok, M.A., university archivist and records manager, will hold a presentation on records retention on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 1:30 p.m., in Grosvenor West 111. The starting time for the presentation was changed from previous announcements.

All COM departments/units should send a representative to this important session.

CORE sites contact Dan Smith for videoconference.

 

Canned food drive this week

ComCorps is collecting canned food for a double purpose. Before donating the food to local food pantries, the 20 members of ComCorps will use the canned food to construct a large, three-dimensional pumpkin for FestiFall, the annual WellWorks event that will be held at the Dairy Barn.

Donate your canned food in the box outside the Office of Student Affairs until Thurs., Oct. 23.

 

 

CALENDAR

Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology Seminar

            Diana Schwerha, Ph.D., assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering at the Russ College of Engineering and Technology, will talk on “Improving home health care through the use of systems engineering.”

 

Career Medical Specialties Series

            Phillip Khalil, D.O. (’01), will speak about otolaryngology, the field of medicine specializing in ear, nose, throat, and head and neck disorders.

 

Edinburgh experience     

            Rebecca Teagarden, OMS IV, and Katherine Ritchey, OMS IV, will give present on their Charles J. Cannon Edinburgh Geriatric Tutorial experience and research from this summer.

 

Canned food as art

ComCorps will present a large, three-dimensional pumpkin—made entirely of donated, non-perishable food—for FestifFall, the annual WellWorks event.

·        Donate canned food in the box outside the Office of Student Affairs until

Thurs., Oct. 23.

·        FestiFall: Sat., Oct. 25, 1-6 p.m., Dairy Barn Arts Center

 

Boo on the Bricks

Join us for a “Halloweenie on the Bricks.” 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 go to the annual OU-COM Winter Blast.

·        Thurs., Oct. 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 DEVELOPMENT

Policy change

The OU-COM policy on position support for clinical department faculty has been revised, effective July 1, 2009. Major changes will include:

·        The policy now refers to both clinical and non-clinical faculty (previously there had not been any written guidelines for non-clinical faculty); and,

·        Changes to how clinical faculty payments for required AOA and OOA dues will be covered and processed. 

 

Faculty Development Tidbit: Short Term Memory—Repeat to Remember.

Most of what determines whether something learned also will be remembered occurs in the first few seconds of learning. The more elaborately we encode a memory during its initial moments, the stronger it will be. Here are some points to learn—and remember:

·        The brain has many types of memory systems. One type follows four stages of processing: encoding, storing, retrieving and forgetting.

·        Information coming into your brain is immediately split into fragments that are sent to different regions of the cortex for storage.

·        You can improve your chances of remembering something if you reproduce the environment in which you first put it into your brain.

-Summary of Rule #5 from “brain rules” by John Medina (www.brainrules.net)

You can find more “Teaching Tips” at your OUCOM & CORE faculty development Web resources: www.oucom.ohiou.edu/fd/programs.htm or 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., director of faculty development, and assistant directors Robbin Kirkland, Ph.D., and Olivia Sheehan, Ph.D.)

 

 

OU-COM IN THE NEWS

The Post (10-20-08)

“College of Medicine puts lender program, student scholarship funds on hold”

http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu/Articles/News/2008/10/20/25966/

 

The Athens News (10-16-08)

“RHIOhio conference focuses on health-care technology in Ohio”

http://www.athensnews.com/news/local/2008/oct/16/rhiohio-conference-focuses-health-care-techology-o/

 

ScienceDaily (10-16-08)

“Brain structure provides key to unraveling function of bizarre dinosaur crests”

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081016095141.htm

 

Ohio University Research News (10-16-08)

“Brain structure provides key to unraveling function of bizarre dinosaur crests”

http://news.research.ohiou.edu/news/index.php?item=514

 

Ohio.com (10-16-08)

“Dr. Alison Protain joins Akron Children's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit”

http://www.ohio.com/community/readernews/31100739.html

 

Outlook (10-15-08)

“Med students sweep international research contest”

http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/news/press/biomea/

 

Atlanta Business Chronicle (10-06-08)

"Academic medicine means business for Ohio: $37.2 billion economic impact for the state"
http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/prnewswire/press_releases/national/Ohio/2008/10/06/CLM008

 

 

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.

 

This weekly e-newsletter goes out to all OU-COM and CORE personnel and students.

 

The ROUNDS archive is here.

 

 

NEWS

Witmer, Ridgely help unravel function of strange dinosaur crests

            Paleontologists have long debated the function of strange, bony crests on the heads of duck-billed lambeosaurs.

Using CT scans, Larry Witmer, Ph.D., Chang Ying-Chien professor of paleontology and professor of anatomy, and Ryan Ridgely, research technician for biomedical sciences, helped determine that the crests were likely used as sound resonators.

The two are working with scientists at the University of Toronto and Montana State University to investigate these mysterious crests and reconstruct the brains and nasal cavities of four different lambeosaur species.

At the annual meeting of the Society for Vertebrate Paleontology in Cleveland, Ohio, last week, the team presented new study findings that suggest the crests were used for communication.

For more, read the Research Communications story: http://news.research.ohiou.edu/news/index.php?item=514.

 

OU-COM employees honored for years of service

Mary Dailey, administrative assistant for academic affairs, and Anita Yates, administrative assistant for specialty medicine, were among nine OU-COM employees and 176 Ohio University employees recognized the university’s 39th annual Classified Employee Service Awards Reception.

Dailey and Yates began working for OU-COM on the same day 30 years ago, just in time to welcome the college’s third class of students.

In addition to Dailey and Yates, nine other OU-COM staff members were recognized:

For more on Dailey and Yates, and the awards reception, read the Outlook story: http://www.ohio.edu/outlook/08-09/October/108.cfm.

 

OU-COM student researchers to speak at AOA international seminar

As reported in an earlier ROUNDS issue, Catalina Soto, OMS II; Kimberly Jackson, OMS III; and Amy Zidron, Ph.D., OMS III; took first through third places respectively in the pre-event abstract contest for the American Osteopathic Association’s Bureau on International Osteopathic Medical Education and Affairs (BIOMEA) 10th Annual International Seminar.

They will each make a 20-minute presentation to BIOMEA attendees on October 26. This year’s seminar takes place at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas as part of the 113th  AOA Convention and Scientific Seminar later this month.

            For more on these students’ award-winning research projects and the AOA BIOMEA seminar, read the full OU-COM web story: http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/news/press/biomea/.

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Seminar START TIME CHANGED         

Bill Kimok, M.A., university archivist and records manager, will hold a presentation on records retention on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 1:30 p.m., in Grosvenor West 111. The starting time for the presentation was changed from previous announcements.

All COM departments/units should send a representative to this important session.

CORE sites contact Dan Smith for videoconference.

 

Canned food drive this week

ComCorps is collecting canned food for a double purpose. Before donating the food to local food pantries, the 20 members of ComCorps will use the canned food to construct a large, three-dimensional pumpkin for FestiFall, the annual WellWorks event that will be held at the Dairy Barn.

Donate your canned food in the box outside the Office of Student Affairs until Thurs., Oct. 23.

 

 

CALENDAR

Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology Seminar

            Diana Schwerha, Ph.D., assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering at the Russ College of Engineering and Technology, will talk on “Improving home health care through the use of systems engineering.”

 

Career Medical Specialties Series

            Phillip Khalil, D.O. (’01), will speak about otolaryngology, the field of medicine specializing in ear, nose, throat, and head and neck disorders.

 

Edinburgh experience     

            Rebecca Teagarden, OMS IV, and Katherine Ritchey, OMS IV, will give present on their Charles J. Cannon Edinburgh Geriatric Tutorial experience and research from this summer.

 

Canned food as art

ComCorps will present a large, three-dimensional pumpkin—made entirely of donated, non-perishable food—for FestifFall, the annual WellWorks event.

·        Donate canned food in the box outside the Office of Student Affairs until

Thurs., Oct. 23.

·        FestiFall: Sat., Oct. 25, 1-6 p.m., Dairy Barn Arts Center

 

Boo on the Bricks

Join us for a “Halloweenie on the Bricks.” 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 go to the annual OU-COM Winter Blast.

·        Thurs., Oct. 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 DEVELOPMENT

Policy change

The OU-COM policy on position support for clinical department faculty has been revised, effective July 1, 2009. Major changes will include:

·        The policy now refers to both clinical and non-clinical faculty (previously there had not been any written guidelines for non-clinical faculty); and,

·        Changes to how clinical faculty payments for required AOA and OOA dues will be covered and processed. 

 

Faculty Development Tidbit: Short Term Memory—Repeat to Remember.

Most of what determines whether something learned also will be remembered occurs in the first few seconds of learning. The more elaborately we encode a memory during its initial moments, the stronger it will be. Here are some points to learn—and remember:

·        The brain has many types of memory systems. One type follows four stages of processing: encoding, storing, retrieving and forgetting.

·        Information coming into your brain is immediately split into fragments that are sent to different regions of the cortex for storage.

·        You can improve your chances of remembering something if you reproduce the environment in which you first put it into your brain.

-Summary of Rule #5 from “brain rules” by John Medina (www.brainrules.net)

You can find more “Teaching Tips” at your OUCOM & CORE faculty development Web resources: www.oucom.ohiou.edu/fd/programs.htm or 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., director of faculty development, and assistant directors Robbin Kirkland, Ph.D., and Olivia Sheehan, Ph.D.)

 

 

OU-COM IN THE NEWS

The Post (10-20-08)

“College of Medicine puts lender program, student scholarship funds on hold”

http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu/Articles/News/2008/10/20/25966/

 

The Athens News (10-16-08)

“RHIOhio conference focuses on health-care technology in Ohio”

http://www.athensnews.com/news/local/2008/oct/16/rhiohio-conference-focuses-health-care-techology-o/

 

ScienceDaily (10-16-08)

“Brain structure provides key to unraveling function of bizarre dinosaur crests”

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081016095141.htm

 

Ohio University Research News (10-16-08)

“Brain structure provides key to unraveling function of bizarre dinosaur crests”

http://news.research.ohiou.edu/news/index.php?item=514

 

Ohio.com (10-16-08)

“Dr. Alison Protain joins Akron Children's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit”

http://www.ohio.com/community/readernews/31100739.html

 

Outlook (10-15-08)

“Med students sweep international research contest”

http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/news/press/biomea/

 

Atlanta Business Chronicle (10-06-08)

"Academic medicine means business for Ohio: $37.2 billion economic impact for the state"
http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/prnewswire/press_releases/national/Ohio/2008/10/06/CLM008

 

 

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.