Welcome to ROUNDS!
This weekly e-newsletter goes out to all OU-COM and CORE personnel and students.
The ROUNDS archive is here.
NEWS
College magazine gets new name, look
You’ll notice a new publication, Ohio University Medicine, in your mailbox soon. The communication office is pleased to present this redesign of the college magazine.
As the college moves through its third decade, our magazine now has a new name, a new look, a new online presence and new editorial punch. Those of you familiar with The Ohio D.O. and Today’s D.O. might ask: Why the change?
First, we want our magazine to reflect a more modern expression of the college mission as we live it today. Second, we want to make the publication more enjoyable and engaging for our readers. And third, we are seeking greater efficiency in this time of economic challenge.
The first issue of Ohio University Medicine issue showcases geriatric medical training at OU-COM, childhood obesity intervention in Southeastern Ohio, and real-life lessons in professionalism with the State Medical Board of Ohio. You can find web-exclusive stories, photo galleries and more at www.oucom.ohiou.edu/OUM. As always, we are constantly looking for news and great stories, so please include your story ideas.
We hope you enjoy Ohio University Medicine, and we invite you to help us further develop the magazine.
OU challenges Miami to Blood Battle
Ohio University and the OU chapter of the American Red Cross challenged Miami University to see who can donate the most blood. OU-COM’s COMCorps program is helping to coordinate this effort, which includes a blood drive TODAY at Ping Center from 1-8 p.m.
Every two seconds someone in America needs a blood transfusion, including victims of accidents, premature babies and cancer patients. OU and Miami U. will each host two large drives, with a goal of at least 100 donations per drive. All donations at both universities will benefit patients in need.
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:
Dairy Barn showcases OU-COM research
The Dairy Barn Arts Center, given its renown for textiles, beadwork and other visual arts, is the last place you might expect to find dinosaur bones. But the arts center has expanded to the realm of science for “Tanzania in DEEP TIME: Paleontology in the Rift Valley.”
The exhibit, on display until February 12, details a paleontological dig led by OU-COM biomedical sciences faculty members Nancy Stevens, Ph.D., and Patrick O’Connor, Ph.D. in the Rukwa Rift Basin in Tanzania, along with researchers from Southern Utah University, Michigan State University and Tanzania’s University of Dar es Salaam.
A version of the exhibit debuted at the National Museum of Tanzania in June, 2008.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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.
CALENDAR
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.
Business of Medicine Lecture
Michael Wells, D.O. (’93), presents “Great quality health care and making money are not mutually exclusive,” which covers aspects of running a medical practice. Lunch will be provided.
SNMA Dance Marathon
Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology Series
“Engaging in recreation and leisure services” by Beth VanDerveer, Ph.D.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Faculty Development Tidbit: Self efficacy
According to psychologist Albert Bandura, Ph.D., people’s judgments of their own abilities to deal with different situations determine their actions. Self judgments influence what we choose to do, how much effort we invest in activities and how long we persist in the face of adversity.
These judgments, called “self efficacy,” may or may not be accurate, but they arise from four main information sources:
Successes raise our self efficacy, while failures lower it. Failures are more likely to lower our self efficacy if they occur early in the learning process and result from factors aside from lack of effort or difficult situations.
Observing other people performing tasks can strengthen our belief in our abilities to do so as well, especially when the tasks are unfamiliar. Verbal persuasion from a credible source also can help.
Finally, we (both teachers and learners) need to reinterpret anxiety or nervousness as excitement or anticipation, rather than vulnerability.
Source: Clinical review: ABC of learning and teaching in medicine: Applying educational theory in practice, by David M Kaufman: www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7382/213.
Find more “Teaching Tips” at your OU-COM & 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.)
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.)
OU-COM IN THE NEWS
The Athens NEWS (1-26-09)
“OU responds to medical school suit”
(At the time ROUNDS was prepared, this story appeared only in the print edition.)
Journal of Anatomy Vol. 214, (Jan., 2009)
“Mandibular corpus bone strain in goats and alpacas: Implications for understanding the biomechanics of mandibular form in selenodont artiodactyls”
(Susan Williams, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical sciences, is the lead author)
Health Careers Chronicle (Jan., 2009)
“Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program”
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.