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NEWS
Shubrook named ACOFP Young Physician of the Year
Jay Shubrook Jr., D.O. (’96), assistant professor of family medicine received the Young Physician of the Year Award from the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) at last week’s 46th Annual ACOFP Convention and Exhibition in D.C.
Shubrook also became the new editor of ACOFP’s journal, The Osteopathic Family Physician News. As part of his new duties, Shubrook will lead an editorial board effort to take the publication from its current newsletter format to that of a more scholarly peer-reviewed journal. The new publication, renamed Osteopathic Family Physician, is expected to launch in July.
“We are working to have Osteopathic Family Physician become a publication that represents the best of osteopathic family medicine, including educational initiatives, original research and important advances in practice management,” Shubrook said. “Our further hope is that it would be viewed as an authoritative resource by those outside the profession who want to better understand the breadth and scope of osteopathic family medicine.”
Dr. Jacqueline Wolf publishes book on obstetric anesthesia
Practices in childbirth are driven less by medical innovation and more by socio-cultural forces—sometimes to the detriment of mothers and their babies, writes Jacqueline Wolf, Ph.D., associate professor of social medicine, in Deliver Me from Pain: Anesthesia and Birth in America. The book, published this month by The Johns Hopkins University Press, examines the development of, and common misconceptions surrounding, one obstetric practice: anesthesia.
OU-COM sees boom in military recruits
This is a record-breaking year at OU-COM for future military doctors. Thirteen members—more than ten percent—of the OU-COM class of 2012 have committed to practicing medicine for the United States armed forces after they complete medical school. Considering that recent years have seen just two or three annual military medicine recruits, this represents a massive leap.
Kenyan Children Fund trip a success
Gillian Ice, Ph.D., associate professor of social medicine, and other members of the Kenyan Children’s Fund recently returned from Kenya, where they distributed 800 school uniforms to orphaned children, along with tooth brushes and toothpaste. With the help of the Ohio University Child Development Center, they also distributed more than 300 children’s books to nursery schools, and, with the help of Katie Zeolie, they provided beds for Hovik, a shelter for homeless orphans.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Appalachian Rural Health Institute workshop
Next week ARHI will sponsor a free, daylong workshop focusing on diabetes education, prevention and self-management in Appalachia. The workshop is designed for health professionals, health educators, researchers and community organizers. CME credits will be given for full attendance, and lunch will be provided.
2009 Student Research & Creative Activity Expo
Ohio University’s annual Student Research & Creative Activity Expo will take place on May 14. For each session (discipline), $400 in prizes will be awarded. Registration is open until the last day of classes for winter quarter.
Kenyan craft and jewelry sale
Dr. Gillian Ice has brought back from Kenya lots of beautiful crafts and jewelry made from wood, soapstone and fabric, which are now on sale in her office, Grosvenor 304. Items range from $3-50. All proceeds go to support the Kenyan Children’s Fund programs.
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 at the 111th OOA Convention. Deadline for abstracts is Friday, 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.
Summer research fellowship available
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center has announced its Summer Musculoskeletal Outcomes Research Fellowship, for medical students who will begin their second year in fall 2009.
The fellowship times are flexible, lasting about nine weeks between June and August. Fellows work in the center’s Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, under the supervision of Charles Mehlman, D.O. (’89), M.P.H.
At the end of the program, each fellow will have completed a manuscript for submission to an orthopaedic journal for publication. Fellows are paid $11/hour.
CALENDAR
Career Medical Specialties lecture series
Emily Brawner, D.O. (’02), clinical professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Ohio State University Medical Center
· Lecture: TODAY, March 9, noon, Irvine 194
D.O. Day in Columbus
The Ohio Osteopathic Association (OOA) will host D.O. Day in Columbus this Wednesday in downtown Columbus. The event is free and open to all OOA members, osteopathic residents, interns and medical students affiliated with the Centers for Osteopathic Research & Education. Pre-registration is required.
Institute for the African Child Conference
The Institute for the African Child will celebrate its 10th anniversary next week with an Athens campus conference dedicated to children's health issues in Africa.
OU-COM was a founding partner of the African Child Institute in 1999.
The Friday night keynote speaker, Dr. Kole Shettima, is the Africa director of the MacArthur Foundation. He taught at Ohio University in the 1990s. There will also be an information fair about non-government organizations in Africa.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Faculty Development Tidbit: 20 e-mail etiquette tips
1. Be
concise.
2. Answer all questions.
3. Use proper spelling, grammar & punctuations.
4. Use templates for frequent responses.
5. Answer promptly.
6. Avoid unnecessary attachments.
7. Use “high priority” sparingly.
8. DO NOT USE CAPITALS.
9. Do not delete message threads.
10. Read emails before sending.
11. Do not overuse “reply to all” or the “cc:” field.
12. For mass mailings, use the “bcc:” field or do a mail merge.
13. Avoid
abbreviations & emoticons
14. Do not forward spam.
15. Avoid requesting delivery & read receipts.
16. Do not ask to recall messages.
17. Do not forward or copy a message without permission.
18. Do not discuss confidential information.
19. Use a meaningful subject.
20. Do not send or forward emails containing defamatory, obscene or
offensive remarks.
Source: www.emailreplies.com. 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 Messenger (3-9-09)
“Shubrook named Young Physician of Year”
www.athensmessenger.com/articles/2009/03/08/ohio_university/doc49b3cf1772914274117334.txt
European Research Highlights (3-6-09)
“How prehistoric reptiles took flight”
ec.europa.eu/research/headlines/news/article_09_03_06_en.html
(Story reports on finding by international research team that includes Patrick O’Connor, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical sciences.)
The Post (3-6-09)
“OU to remove Holzer Clinic from health care network”
www.thepost.ohiou.edu/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=27434&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&S=1
Nature Immunology (3-6-09)
“Modulation
of the antitumor immune response by complement”
www.bioon.com/biology/cancer/385928.shtml
(Story reports—in both Chinese and English—on finding by international research team that includes Fabian Benencia, Ph.D., assistant professor of immunology.)
ZAMP Bionews (3-5-09)
“Launch of Osteopathic Family Physician announced by Elsevier”
www.zampbioworld.org/bionews/index.php/2009/03/05/18581
The Athens News (3-2-09)
“OU specialist appointed to diabetes/heart research chair”
Outlook (3-2-09)
Frank Schwartz, M.D., appointed to diabetes research chair
www.oucom.ohiou.edu/News/press/EndowedResearchChair/index.htm
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.