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This weekly e-newsletter goes out to all OU-COM and CORE personnel and students.
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NEWS
IPAC grant brings mental health consultations to preschools
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Rural Health Policy awarded $375,000 to the local children’s mental health network, Integrating Professionals for Appalachian Children (IPAC). According to Jane Hamel-Lambert, Ph.D., IPAC president and director of interdisciplinary mental health education, the grant will fund early childhood mental health consultations in public preschool classrooms and the implementation of a workforce development initiative.
Ohio child safety seat law changes
New state regulations mandate that children under eight years of age and/or shorter than 4 feet 9 inches must ride in a child safety seat. The new regulations take effect Oct. 7, 2009, but the law provides a warning period through April 2010.
According to Mary McPherson, CHP nurse coordinator, OU-COM’s Ohio Buckles Buckeye Care Seat Program will help community members comply by offering a limited number of child safety seats for only $5 to WIC-income eligible individuals in Athens County who have no other means of acquiring a child safety seat.
Spring ARC construction update
Spring has arrived and, with it, more than 40 bricklayers. After pausing on exterior work for the winter months, workers are now covering the Academic & Research Center’s (ARC) rosy pink insulation board with Ohio University’s signature brickwork. As of mid-April, the eastern exterior wall was almost finished, and workers began installing decorative stone molding.
Construction remains on schedule with completion expected by Oct. 1, reported project manager Dick Planisek.
To read the most recent update on the construction status, visit www.oucom.ohiou.edu/researchbuilding/4-20-2009.htm.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Research & Creative Activity Expo deadline
Participants in the Research and Creative Activity Expo who would like OU-COM design services to print their research posters must submit posters by 5 p.m. Friday, May 8.
BEFORE submitting a poster to design services, please read the poster request guidelines here (a dialogue box may appear—this file is safe): www.oucom.ohiou.edu/communications/pdf/PosterRequestGuidelines2009.pdf
Please contact Danette Pratt, graphic artist/biological illustrator, with questions at 593.2296 or pratt@ohio.edu.
COMCorps recruiting
The Office of Community Health Programs currently is recruiting both full-time and part-time COMCorps members for next year, with service starting Aug. 10.
Applicants must be at least 17 years old, have at least a high school diploma or GED and have their own reliable, insured transportation.
To learn more or to apply, contact Nancy Schell, COMCorps coordinator, at 593.2293 or schelln@ohio.edu, or visit the COMCorps web site at www.oucom.ohiou.edu/csp.
OOA/CORE 2009 Research Competition call for abstracts
The abstract deadline has been extended to May 8 for the OOA/CORE 2009 Research Poster Exhibition and Competition, which will take place at the 111th OOA Convention.
The poster exhibition is open to students, interns, residents, faculty and physicians presenting clinical/biomedical research, case reports or health policy/educational issues.
The poster competition is restricted to student, intern and resident projects, and must be either clinical/biomedical research or case reports.
are available at www.ohiocore.org/research/OOA-CORE.htm.
CALENDAR
Kenyan Children’s Fund plans 7th annual benefit dinner
Proceeds from this year’s seventh annual benefit dinner for the Kenyan Children's Fund will be used to purchase school uniforms for 2,000 children. According to Gillian Ice, Ph.D., associate professor of social medicine, the Kenyan Children's fund also will hire local Kenyan tailors to sew the uniforms they donate.
The benefit will feature dinner, as well as dancing, music and poems performed by students of the Ohio University African Studies Association. A raffle will be held for a variety of items, including hotel packages in Boston, Nashville, Philadelphia, Fort Lauderdale and Dallas, among other items.
· Event: Tomorrow, May 5, 5:30 p.m., Irvine Bricks
· Raffle tickets are $5 each or six for $25.
· The suggested donation for the dinner is $5 for students, $10 for non-students.
OU-COM/CORE 4th Annual Hospital Librarians Meeting
The meeting’s focus includes library services and learning resources for CORE faculty and physicians-in-training.
Bike Rodeo
The 2009 Bike Rodeo, a bicycle safety event for children, will take place this Saturday, rain or shine. Kids can ride the safety course, learn hand signals, bike navigation skills, have bikes inspected and check out Safety Town. A limited number of free bike helmets are available for participants. All pre-registered children who attend will be entered in a raffle to win a children’s mountain bike. Bring your kids’ bicycles and helmets.
OU-COM COMCorps and CHP are among this year’s Bike Rodeo sponsors.
Learn about a Kenyan rotation
The SHARE Kenya program will hold an informational session about this three-week international rotation at a Kenyan clinic founded by Benson Bonyo, D.O. (’98).
Two students who attended the rotation two years ago will talk about their experiences. The presentation is ideal for second-year students interested in planning a rotation during their fourth year.
Research and Creative Activity Expo
Ohio University will host the 2009 Student Research and Creative Activity Expo at the Convocation Center. The annual event showcases more than 500 research, scholarly and creative activity presentations from undergraduate, graduate and medical students and postdoctoral fellows.
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Free CME program
The Department of Family Medicine, with support from a HRSA grant, will host a CME program, “Faculty development: Current concepts in medical education.”
The event is free for all third- and fourth-year medical students, interns, residents and physicians (3.5 AOA category 1-A credit available).
· Event: Saturday, May 16, 7:30 a.m. to noon, Center for Medical Education and Innovation at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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
AOA Daily Report (4-28-09)
“OU-COM students welcome trustee”
http://blogs.do-online.org/dailyreport.php?catid=7
Triangle Business Journal (4-27-09)
“OU seeks state OK for IT fee”
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/othercities/columbus/stories/2009/04/27/d
Outlook (4-28-09)
“Swine flu: Questions and answers”
www.ohio.edu.outlook/o8-09/April/549.cfm
The Athens Messenger (4-29-09)
“Should you worry about swine flu?”
www.athensmessenger.com/articles/2009/04/29/news/doc49f6f84e72a0e768302072.txt
(The Messenger requires registration to view 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 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.