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

 

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NEWS

New student research award announced

The Office of Medical Development announces the establishment of the Sybert Family Orthopaedic Research Award. The award, which provides up to $5,000 to an OU-COM student each year, is designed to promote osteopathic student research in the field of orthopedics.

Funding for the award was provided by Daryl Sybert, D.O. (’86), FAOAO, clinical associate professor of orthopedic surgery at the Mt. Carmel New Albany Surgery Hospital.

Paul Eichenseer, OMS I, is the award’s first recipient. Eichenseer conducts research on spino-pelvic biomechanics with a particular interest in sacroiliac joint mechanics. He is mentored by Sybert as well as Brian Clark, Ph.D., assistant professor of neuromuscular biology, and John Cotton, Ph.D., of the Russ College of Engineering and Technology. Eichenseer received his bachelor’s degree in biophysics from Johns Hopkins University in 2006, and he worked as a research associate at the Ohio State University prior to beginning at OU-COM.

 

Federal grant funds fossil preparation at OU-COM

            Nancy Stevens, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical sciences at OU-COM, was recently awarded a grant for $180,000 from the National Science Foundation to fund the creation of a university laboratory for fossil preparation and imaging.

            “Having an in-house specimen preparation facility removes the most significant obstacle to my research productivity: the cost and delay of off-site specimen preparation,” Stevens says.

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Please welcome Robert Ward, data manager, to the Office of Institutional Assessment. Starting today, you can reach Robert in Irvine Hall 190 or at 593.0721.

 

Call for Abstracts

Abstracts are being accepted for the Ohio Osteopathic Association (OOA) and CORE 2010 Research Poster Exhibition and Competition at the spring OOA Annual Convention, to be held at the Hilton Columbus at Easton Town Center in Columbus, Ohio.

Students, interns, residents, faculty members, medical administrators and practicing physicians may participate in the poster exhibition. Please submit 250-word abstracts on clinical/biomedical research, case reports, and health policy or educational issues.

The poster exhibition Saturday, May 1, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., will be open to all convention participants. Presenters must stand by their posters from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

            The poster competition is restricted to students, interns and residents presenting clinical or biomedical research and case reports. In each category, $1,000 will be awarded for 1st prize and $500 for 2nd prize. Judging will take place Saturday, May 1, at 9 a.m.

Submit Abstracts to April Vale at valea@ohio.edu.

 

Reminder – New college policies in effect regarding influenza

Two new college policies are in effect regarding both the seasonal and H1N1 influenza viruses. Also, the OU-COM relocation expense policy has been changed.

 

 

 

CALENDAR

Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology Seminar

OHIO psychologist Julie Suhr, Ph.D., will provide an update on the frontal lobe and aging.

·        Presentation: TODAY, Nov. 16, noon, O’Bleness Medical Education Conference Room (014), or Grosvenor West 029 via videoconference

 

Neuromuscular function workshop

The Institute for Neuromusculoskeletal Research (INR) will host a workshop Wednesday on human neuromuscular function. The workshop allows INR researchers to share their related expertise with college faculty, staff and students. Lunch will be provided.

·        RSVP to Richard Hoffman, M.S., research assistant, at hoffman@oucom.ohiou.edu. For information, contact Brian Clark, Ph.D., assistant professor neuromuscular biology, at clarkb2@ohio.edu.

·        Event: Wednesday, Dec. 9, noon to 2 p.m., Grosvenor West 111

 

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Faculty Development Tidbit: Hidden CurriculumThis is a featured page

Within every learning encounter, there is an explicit curriculum that students are marked on and an implicit curriculum that students may not be told about directly. Frequently this hidden curriculum revolves around how the instructor expects students to behave or think, and it often affects how the instructor judges or evaluates them. Here are some related points to keep in mind:

·        Unintentional Role Modeling: Students watch us for clues about our professional and personal preferences. Never model behaviors you would not want students to emulate, such as mistreatment of staff, prejudice against or neglect of certain types of patients, or disrespect for colleagues or students.

·        Positive Feedback: If you want students to develop the right professional habits, you should let them know when they are performing well, and give them opportunities to correct their behavior when they are not. Listen to a podcast  (5 min.) about the hidden curriculum.

From http://medicaleducation.wetpaint.com/page/Remembering. For further reading:

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 news release (11-03-09)

“Play offers look at palliative care from a family’s perspective”

www.osteopathic.org/index.cfm?PageID=mc_conv09presentationrelease1

 

OUTLOOK (11-16-09)

“Building a dream: OU-COM employee constructs log cabin”

 www.ohio.edu/outlook/09-10/November/Bycofski-cabin-125.cfm

(Tells story about Sheila Bycofski, editorial assistant, and the house she is building with her husband.)

 

 

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, suggestions or corrections, please contact Anita Martin, assistant director of communication, at 593.2199 or martina@oucom.ohiou.edu.