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

 

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NEWS

OU-COM graduates 30^th class of physicians and surgeons

OU-COM conferred the title of Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine to 104 graduates during its 30^th annual Commencement exercises held at the Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium Saturday June 6.

Jay H. Shubrook, D.O. (’96), assistant professor of family medicine, who delivered the keynote address, was the first commencement speaker in the college’s history to be chosen by the graduates themselves.

Other speakers included:

• Robert Juhasz, D.O., representing the American Osteopathic Association,
• Barbara Bennett, D.O. (’84), president of the Ohio Osteopathic Association,
• Jeffrey Stanley, D.O. (’82), president of the OU-COM Society of Alumni and Friends.

·        For more on the ceremony, go to www.oucom.ohiou.edu/News/stories/graduation2009/.

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Poster printing DEADLINE for OOA convention: ONE WEEK AWAY

The Office of Communication Design Services deadline for poster printing for the Ohio Osteopathic Association Convention (June 18-21) is next Monday.

• Deadline: Monday June 15, 5 p.m.
• OOA Convention: June 18-21, Kalahari Waterpark Resort and Nia Conference Center in Sandusky
• For more information about poster printing guidelines, go to www.oucom.ohiou.edu/communications/posters2009.htm.

 

RSAC calls for proposals

The Research & Scholarly Advancement Committee (RSAC) is calling for research grant proposals for fiscal year 2009/10. Please note the following guidelines:

• No faculty member receives funding for more than three consecutive years in the absence of demonstrated efforts to obtain research funds from sources other than OU-COM. 
• No faculty member receives funding for more than five consecutive years without obtaining research funds from sources other than OU-COM.

• Deadline for proposal submission: Wednesday July 1, 2009. 
• For information, contact Susan Williams, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical sciences, at 593-2363 or Jessica Wingett, accounting specialist for research and grants, at 593-2336.

 

 

CALENDAR

Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology Series

“Falls Assessment & Prevention in the Elderly,” presented by Lorena Carlsen, MPH.

• Lecture: Monday, June 15, noon, O’Bleness medical education conference room 014 or Grosvenor West 029 via videoconference

 

Autism/Asperger’s Conference

The 7^th Annual Autism/Asperger’s Conference will be held next Monday in Mayfield Heights (a suburb of Cleveland, near Beachwood).

The conference will feature 24 breakout workshops featuring 28 different speakers. Targeted workshops will address challenges for individuals of all ages with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Asperger’s Syndrome or social communication challenges. The keynote speaker will be Brenda Smith Myles, presenting on her recent book, “Understanding the hidden curriculum: The unwritten rules in social situations.”

• Conference: Monday, June 15, at the Executive Caterers at Landerhaven in Mayfield Heights.
• To register online, go to www.milestones.org. Registration is $150 for professionals, who earn six CEUs.
• For more information, contact Kiersten Johnson at milestonesorg@gmail.com.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Faculty Development Tidbit: Tactics that encourage active learning.

To encourage active listening, routinely call on students to:

·        Summarize or elaborate on what the teacher and fellow students have said.

·        Relate the issue to their knowledge or experience.

·        Give examples of a concept. 

·        Make connections among related concepts.

·        Compare/contrast their point of view on an issue with that of the instructor, other students, the author, etc.

·        Write down the above responses and/or their most pressing questions. 

·        Discuss those responses/questions with a partner and participate in a group discussion facilitated by the instructor.

From “A Miniature Guide For Those Who Teach On How To Improve Student Learning; 30 Practical Ideas,” by Richard Paul and Linda Elder, Foundation for Critical Thinking, www.criticalthinking.org.

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

The Athens NEWS (6-08-09)

“Mentors join in OU-COM commencement”

www.athensnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28242:mentors-join-in-ou-com-commencement&catid=35:campus-news&Itemid=43

 

WOUB News (6-6-09)

“OU-COM commencement”

www.publicbroadcasting.net/woub/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1514853/WOUB.Local.News/OU-COM.commencement

 

The Athens Messenger (6-08-09)

“College honors 104 new physicians”

www.athensmessenger.com/articles/2009/06/08/news/doc4a2d051b307af131423355.txt

The Messenger requires registration to view full articles on its website.

 

 

Please send your news/announcements to rounds@oucom.ohiou.edu each week by Wednesday, 3 p.m. for consideration in the following ROUNDS. If you have questions or suggestions, please contact Anita Martin, assistant director of communication, at 593-2199 or martina@oucom.ohiou.edu.