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This weekly e-newsletter goes out to all OU-COM and CORE personnel and students.
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NEWS
Class of 2013 begins orientation today
Our new class arrives on campus today for three days of orientation.
This evening, the class orientation picnic takes place at Dairy Lane Park. Tuesday through Thursday, the students attend a variety of orientation sessions and activities. Classes begin Friday.
OU-COM staff members selected for certificate program
Three OU-COM employees will participate in a new professional development certificate program for university classified staff.
Beginning in fall 2009, 20 university staff members -- including Molly deLaval, administrative associate for student affairs; Kelly Gorscak, accounting associate for administrative and financial services; and Misti Smith, administrative associate for medical development and alumni affairs -- will take one class each quarter (including one each summer) for 10 consecutive quarters. They earn college credit and a certificate for completion.
According to OUTLOOK, the program offers business training in problem-solving, analysis and information design software. Participants complete team and individual projects, give oral presentations, and create and present executive summaries and portfolios.
Gevitz ends OU-COM tenure all wet
Who knew OU-COM students, staff and faculty had such good arms?
Norman J. Gevitz, Ph.D., chair of social medicine, discovered that little-known fact during a fundraiser for the Shannon Berry D.O. (’98), Endowed Scholarship fundraiser held last week outside of Irvine Hall. During the event, Gevitz, who officially retires this week, spent more time in the water than perched above it in his dunking tank. Each splash helped the event raise $2,000 for the scholarship fund.
CORE welcomes third-year students
The OU-COM Class of 2011 received their official welcome to clinical rotations Thursday, July 16, at the annual CORE Welcome Dinner.
The 107 students met assistant deans and administrators from various CORE sites at Ohio University’s Baker University Center for a meal, followed by the Student Clinicians Ceremony.
The event keynote speaker was Deborah Blackwell, D.O., vice president of medical education at Doctors Hospital/OhioHealth in Columbus.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
RSAC awards funding recipients
The Research and Scholarly Affairs Committee (RSAC) announced the first funding award recipients of the new fiscal year. They include:
Shubrook to lecture at Alumni College
Jay Shubrook, D.O. (’96), associate professor of family medicine and this year’s American College of Osteopathic Family Practice’s Young Physician of the Year, will be among several Ohio University faculty members presenting at this weekend’s Alumni College. Shubrook will discuss OU-COM’s diabetes research Sunday morning, Aug. 2.
The highlight of this year’s Alumni College includes an economic debate between OU alumnus David Wilhelm, B.A. (’77), former chairman of the Democratic National Committee and campaign chair for President Bill Clinton, and Ohio faculty member, and internationally-known economist Richard Vedder, Saturday, Aug. 1, at 1:30 p.m.
The debate is free and open to the public.
Campus community members may attend academic sessions for $10 each. Reservations are required.
CALENDAR
SURF closing presentations
The conclusion of the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program will feature lunch presentations by SURF fellows.
· Event: TODAY, noon to 3 p.m., Grosvenor and Irvine Halls
Class of 2013 orientation picnic
Alumni College diabetes lecture
Dr. Jay Shubrook discusses OU-COM diabetes research. Campus community members may attend academic sessions for $10 each.
· Lecture: Sunday, Aug. 2, from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m.
Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology Seminar
Joan Stroh, M.Ed., P.C.C., L.S.W., presents “Grumpy Old Men and Cranky Old Women: Dealing with Anger.”
· Event: Monday, Aug. 3, noon to 1 p.m., O’Bleness Memorial Hospital 014 and Grosvenor West 029 via videoconference.
Convocation/White Coat Ceremony
Please join us to welcome the Class of 2013 at the annual Convocation and White Coat Ceremony.
· Event: Saturday, Aug. 15, 2 p.m., Memorial Auditorium (NOTE NEW TIME)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Faculty Development Tidbit: Attention!!!
People don’t pay attention to boring things.
· The brain’s attention “spotlight” can focus on only one thing at a time: Don’t try to multitask!
· We are better at seeing patterns and generalizing the meaning of an event than we are at recording details.
· Emotional arousal helps the brain learn.
· Audiences check out after 10 minutes, but you can keep grabbing them back with emotion-rich story-telling, interactive activities and events.
From Brain Rules by John Medina, Rule #4: Get more at www.brainrules.net.
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.)
OU-COM IN THE NEWS
Athens Messenger (7-24-09)
“OU programs provide insight into medical school”
www.athensmessenger.com/articles/2009/07/24/news/doc4a69b77411373659240454.txt
(Story illustrates SURF and Summer Scholars as undergraduate medical education/research opportunities.)
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.