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This weekly e-newsletter goes out to all OU-COM and CORE personnel and students.
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NEWS
DOC awards recognize Gonzalez, Steinbergh and many more
Christina Gonzalez, OMS IV, and Anita Steinbergh, D.O., captured top awards at this year’s Distinguished Osteopathic Commitment Awards held last week in Baker University Center.
Gonzalez was named Student D.O. of the Year, and Steinbergh, who practices family medicine in Westerville, received the Osteopathic Mentor Award.
Robert S. Juhasz, D.O., an American Osteopathic Association trustee, delivered the keynote address.
Visiting alum talks about addiction medicine
Robert Polite, D.O. (’99), returned to campus last week as part of Minority Health Month to present on addiction medicine.
“The whole notion that if you go into primary care you will not do well financially is not true,” Polite said. “No matter the specialty, you can do as well as you want to, and be busy as you want to.”
Former dean returns to campus
Former OU-COM dean, Barbara Ross-Lee, D.O., also returned to campus last week for Minority Health Month. Ross-Lee presented a noon lecture on professionalism and visited with students, staff and faculty throughout the day.
The Office of Communication sat down with Ross-Lee for an informal question and answer session about health care policy, minority disparities in medicine and her reflections on her time at OU-COM.
Witmer featured in National Geographic television show
Larry Witmer, Ph.D., professor of biomedical sciences, and his research is featured in an upcoming episode of the National Geographic Channel show, “Prehistoric Predators.”
The episode is called “Prehistoric Predators: Terror Bird,” and is about a group of flightless predatory birds that evolved and flourished in South America after the extinction of the dinosaurs and before South America united with North America about four million years ago. The birds became extinct about two million years ago.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
OOA/CORE 2009 Research Competition call for abstracts
The abstract deadline has been extended to May 8 for the OOA/CORE 2009 Research Poster Exhibition and Competition, which will take place at the 111th OOA Convention.
The poster exhibition is open to students, interns, residents, faculty and physicians presenting clinical/biomedical research, case reports or health policy/educational issues.
The poster competition is restricted to student, intern and resident projects, and must be either clinical/biomedical research or case reports.
are available at www.ohiocore.org/research/OOA-CORE.htm.
CALENDAR
Hospice teleconference
OU-COM and AHEC will participate in the 16th annual national teleconference of the Hospice Foundation of America. This year’s topic will be “Living and grief diversity: End-of-life care,” which examines how culture influences end-of-life care decision-making and bereavement patterns.
Caregiver Series final program for 2009
The final presentation in the Spring 2009 Caregiver Series features Kim Valentour, M.S., who will present on “Taking care of yourself: Physically, emotionally and spiritually.”
The free, public program is sponsored by the Athens Public Library, OU-COM, the College of Health and Human Services and the Western Reserve Geriatric Education Center.
Religion, health and older adults
Kevin Byrd, Ph.D., interim clinic director of OU’s Department of Psychology, will speak on “A scientific understanding of religion and health on older adults.” In his talk, Byrd will examine effects of religious beliefs on health and identify practical health care applications.
The presentation is sponsored by the Western Reserve Geriatric Education Center, AHEC, OU-COM and the Southern Consortium for Children.
OU-COM/CORE 4th Annual Hospital Librarians Meeting.
The meeting’s focus includes library services and learning resources for CORE faculty and physicians-in-training.
Learn about a Kenyan rotation
The SHARE Kenya program will hold an informational session about this three-week international rotation at a Kenyan clinic founded by Benson Bonyo, D.O. (’98).
Two students who attended the rotation two years ago will talk about their experiences. The presentation is ideal for second-year students interested in planning a rotation during their fourth year.
Free CME program
The Department of Family Medicine, with support from a HRSA grant, will host a CME program, “Faculty development: Current concepts in medical education.”
The event is free for all third- and fourth-year medical students, interns/residents and physicians (3.5 AOA category 1-A credit available).
· Event: Saturday, May 16, 7:30 a.m. to noon, Center for Medical Education and Innovation at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Faculty Development Tidbit: MedEdPortal 2.0
On April 7 the American Association of Medical Colleges launched the MedEdPORTAL 2.0 repository and web site.
MedEdPORTAL is a free medical and dental publication service providing access to high-quality, peer-reviewed educational teaching and assessment resources online.
While the new MedEdPORTAL may look familiar, the web site is now fully integrated with a powerful content and digital asset management system. It allows easier downloading of 90 percent of MedEdPORTAL’s 1,300 publications (the remaining 10 percent will be disseminated by MedEdPORTAL staff due to size or firewall limitations).
The new site also features a more robust search engine with a greater number of metrics, and an analytics feature allowing authors to track the impact and utilization of their published materials.
(Tidbits courtesy of your Office of Faculty Development with Steve Davis, Ph.D.; Robbin Kirkland, Ph.D.; and Olivia Sheehan, Ph.D.)
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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.