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This weekly e-newsletter goes out to all OU-COM and CORE personnel and students.
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NEWS
New SGA leadership
Lauren Fuller, OMS-I, will lead next year’s OU-COM Student Government Association as president, according to results from Jan. 19 elections.
Other officers include Poorvi Dalal, OMS-I, vice president (PCC); Ryan Eschbaugh, OMS-I, vice president (CPC); Julie Bellissimo, OMS-I, secretary; and Robert Nydza, OMS-I, treasurer.
Students are still welcome to submit platforms/petitions to the Office of Student Affairs for the positions of graduate and OU Student Senate representatives.
OU challenges Miami to Blood Battle
Ohio University and the OU chapter of the American Red Cross challenge Miami University to see who can donate the most blood. OU-COM’s COMCorps program is helping to coordinate this effort.
Each school will host two large drives, with a goal of 100 donations each. The total outcome on both campuses will be approximately 400 blood donations, all of which will benefit patients in need.
Every two seconds someone in America needs a blood transfusion, including victims of accidents, premature babies and cancer patients.
If you are at least 17 years of age, weigh a minimum of 110 pounds and are in good general health, you may be eligible to donate blood. Donors must schedule an appointment beforehand and present positive identification. All donors will receive BW3’s gift certificates.
The two participating OU drives include:
ARC construction update
The Academic & Research Center (ARC) will lend a rosy contrast to these gray winter months. A progress report by project manager Dick Planisek explains that as brickwork pauses for cold weather, the pink insulation board sheathing will add an eye-catching hue to West Green.
As of late December, workers had protected the structure from the elements with the installation of all windows—including an atrium skylight—permanent and temporary doors and a weather-proof roof, Planisek reported. Contractors have installed temporary heat, allowing interior work to continue through the winter.
To read more, or to check out the live webcam of the construction, visit http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/researchbuilding/1-09-2009.htm.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Presidential Inauguration Swearing-in Ceremony
Faculty, staff and students are invited to watch the televised 2009 Inauguration Swearing-in Ceremony for President-elect Barack Obama today in Grosvenor West 111. This is the largest space available today, and unfortunately seating is very limited. You can also watch the inauguration streamed live on www.hulu.com.
Nominations sought for outstanding student awards
Nominations for this year’s senior awards are now being accepted by Molly deLaval, administrative associate for student affairs, via e-mail. CORE assistant deans and administrators, as well as OU-COM administrators and clinical faculty, are eligible to nominate 2009 graduates for recognition during Commencement on June 6. Nominations also include CORE site outstanding student awards.
2009 OOA Convention poster exhibition seeks abstracts
The Ohio Osteopathic Association and the CORE announce a call for abstracts for the 2009 Research Poster Exhibition and Competition, to be held June 20 at the 111th OOA Convention. Deadline for abstracts is March 20.
The poster exhibition is open to all convention participants. Exhibition posters can present clinical/biomedical research, case reports and health policy or educational issues.
The poster competition will be restricted to student, intern and resident projects; these will be restricted to clinical and/or biomedical research and case reports.
Wear red to battle heart disease
Go Red for Women is the American Heart Association’s national movement to celebrate the power we have to band together and wipe out heart disease. Thanks to the participation of millions of people across the country, the color red and the red dress have become linked with the ability all women have to improve their heart health and live stronger, longer lives.
Wear red and join our Community Health Programs in a health fair to celebrate this special occasion. CHP will offer OU-COM staff and students free screenings for cholesterol, glucose, and blood pressure, as well as educational materials about cardiovascular health. Screenings are by appointment only.
Total cholesterol and glucose can be non-fasting, but a nine- to 12-hour fast is required for a cholesterol panel (HDL, LDL and triglyceride). While this service is free, donations will be accepted. All donation money goes to the American Heart Association.
Screenings are sponsored by Community Health Programs and the Appalachian Rural Health Institute.
Remember to wear your identification badges
Beth Maxon, director of human resources and administrative services, reminds all faculty and staff that identification badges and lanyards were distributed to faculty and staff in December. Please remember to wear your badges at all times within OU-COM facilities.
The badges may be used to access the public copiers in Irvine Hall, Grosvenor Hall and Grosvenor West. See the instructions near the copy machines/Equitrac equipment. The Equitrac equipment continues to allow staff to key in usernames and passwords. Badges are not needed to access the scanning capabilities on public copiers.
Please continue to carry your OU identification card with you. The OU-COM ID badges were not intended to replace the OU ID card.
At this time, the outside door keyless entrances (Grosvenor and Grosvenor West buildings) for after business hours are NOT activated. We are working on the details of this system and will communicate with you in the near future.
The OU-COM policy regarding the identification badges can be viewed at http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/policy/HumanResources/identification%20system.htm.
CALENDAR
D.O. Day on the Hill 2009
An informational meeting about D.O. Day on the Hill, directed by Peter Bell, D.O., assistant dean of CORE administration, will be held today, Jan. 20, at 5 p.m. in Irvine 199. This year’s D.O. Day on the Hill trip is scheduled to begin Thursday, March 5. To participate in that event, registration must be completed by Friday, Jan. 30.
Support the UAAO auction
Jean Rettos, D.O., will serve as auctioneer at this year’s Undergraduate American Academy of Osteopathy (UAAO) auction.
Items up for bid include an acupuncture treatment, OU corn-hole boards, tennis lessons, yoga lessons, Netter Atlases, OMT treatments, an OMM table and lots of other goodies, including baked goods. Soup and sandwiches will be served.
Souper Bowl lunch
Do you have a recipe for soup, stew or chili that everyone raves about? Bring a pot to enter in the contest or just to share. Admission is $3 in advance, $5 at the door and FREE if you bring soup to share or submit. Join us for one of OU-COM’s most popular social events of the year.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Faculty development seminar
“Using concept maps to assess traditional and online classes,” presented by Donna Saulsberry, a professor in Las Cruces, NM, will explain how to use concept mapping both to enhance student learning and assess it.
The concept map is a tool that measures understanding beyond mere command of facts. It reveals what students know about the complexities and interrelationships in a given subject.
In 90 fast-paced minutes, you’ll get the tools you need to:
o Obtain and use free mapping software.
o Create your own concept maps.
o Instruct students in map creation and write construction guidelines.
o Use maps for initial, mid-term and final assessment.
o Empower students to critique and evaluate one another’s maps.
o Evaluate maps fairly and effectively.
· Wednesday, Jan. 28, 1-2:30 p.m.
· RSVP to kittlen@ohio.edu. (Attendance generates a memo for your record sent to your department head. Purchased and sponsored by your Office of Faculty Development. www.oucom.ohiou.edu/fd/programs.htm.)
Faculty Development Tidbit: Self-Directed Learning
Self-directed learning is a teaching method that empowers students to take personal responsibility for their own learning.
Author Philip Candy identified about 100 traits associated with self-directed learning, among them: discipline, logic, collaboration, creativity, motivation, responsibility, confidence, reflection and self-awareness.
Learners must have the opportunity to develop and practice skills that directly improve self-directed learning, such as asking questions, critically appraising new information, identifying knowledge and skill gaps, and reflecting critically on learning process and outcomes.
Find more “Teaching Tips” at your OUCOM & CORE faculty development Web resources: www.oucom.ohiou.edu/fd/programs.htm or 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.
(Tidbits courtesy of your office of faculty development with Steve Davis, Ph.D., Robbin Kirkland, Ph.D., and Olivia Sheehan, Ph.D.)
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.