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NEWS

OU-COM joins Haiti relief effort

Several volunteer teams of staff, physicians, faculty members and alumni from OU-COM and the CORE plan to depart for Haiti, possibly as soon as the end of this week, to provide medical care for survivors of last month’s devastating earthquake.

Volunteers from OU-COM and the CORE, in cooperation with DELTA Ministries International, will be stationed at Clinic Lilavois, a charity mission hospital in a neighborhood on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince.

To watch an interview with a doctor who currently is there and see the clinic after the earthquake, go to http://coolchurchtech.typepad.com/haiti/2010/02/a-tour-of-the-clinic-at-lilavois.html.

Prior to the team’s departure, OU-COM is seeking contributions of medical supplies and monetary donations to help with the cost of purchasing additional supplies. Donations are also needed to defray travel costs for volunteers who could otherwise not afford to go.

To assist the medical college’s efforts, contact Sharon Zimmerman, M.P.A., director of medical development, at 593-2176. To donate medical supplies, contact David Drozek, D.O., assistant professor of specialty medicine, at drozek@ohio.edu, or JoAnne Bray, M.S.N., director of clinical assessment, at bray@ohio.edu or at 593-2513. Drozek and Bray are leading the initial OU-COM team.

 

Fighting Chagas disease

Mario Grijalva, Ph.D., associate professor of biomedical sciences, has made a career of exposing and stalking a silent killer. The culprit is Chagas disease. Even though up to 10 million people are infected and 100 million people are at risk, little had been done in Grijalva’s native Ecuador to address—or even acknowledge—the problem; that is, until he and his colleagues at OU-COM took up the fight.

 

Serving the uninsured in Southeastern Ohio

When a Meigs County couple experienced the loss of their jobs and their insurance, ‘it felt like the world turned upside-down.” Since both have diabetes, individual insurance would have cost them nearly $3,000 a month.

They decided to check out a free mobile health clinic run by OU-COM’s Community Health Programs, where nurses connected the couple with the monthly OU-COM Diabetes Clinic in Parks Hall.

Now, every three months, they receive free medication and check-ups by volunteers from OU-COM and University Medical Associates Diabetes Center—as well as life-saving referrals.

           

Researchers featured in radio series on diabetes

Fred Kight of WOUB Radio is producing a series of reports on diabetes in Appalachia. In his most recent report, he interviews two diabetes researchers at OU-COM, Karen Coshigano, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical sciences, and Frank Schwartz, M.D., professor of specialty medicine.

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Staff transitions

Ralph Berry, IT support specialist, will retire from OU-COM Sunday, Feb. 28.

 

Renovation update

               The Grosvenor Hall gross anatomy laboratory has grown by 38 percent (from 2,861 to 3,940 square feet). New heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems have been installed, along with new sinks and wall and ceiling tiles. Workers expect to complete construction in early March.

               Within a month, renovations will begin on the new Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Center for Clinical Training and Assessment Free Community Health Clinic in Grosvenor West. This state-of-the-art facility will improve student clinical training and provide a permanent location for the college’s free community clinic.

 

College represented in recent publication

Four articles written by faculty members and students from OU-COM appeared in the December 2009 issue of AOA Health Watch, “DO’s against diabetes, Part 9.” They include:

 

 

CALENDAR

Multicultural Extravaganza

The Student National Medical Association (SNMA) presents the ever-popular annual Multicultural Extravaganza, featuring diverse foods and entertainment from all over the world.

Tickets are $5 pre-sale and $6 at the door.

·         Event: Wednesday, Feb. 17, noon (food served at 11:50 a.m.), Irvine 194.

 

Physician discusses providing medicine in space

Douglas R. Hamilton, M.D., a flight surgeon for NASA Johnson Space Center, will present “Biomedical engineering at MACH 20: Practicing medicine on the international space station.” The presentation is sponsored by the Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ College of Engineering and Technology as part of National Engineers Week.

·         Event: Wednesday, Feb. 17, noon, Academic & Research Center 102

 

Talent Follies

The Student Osteopathic Medical Association and Sigma Sigma Phi will host the annual Talent Follies, starring OU-COM students and faculty. Proceeds benefit Good Works.

·         Event: Friday, Feb. 26, 7 p.m., Irvine 194.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Faculty Development Tidbit: Active learning strategy – Breaks as action moments

It is safe to assume that most medical faculty probably use lectures—the primary teaching method in the U.S.—to some extent. Offering lecture breaks offers opportunities for critical reflection and interaction.

 
  • Pause Procedures: During the course of the lecture, take regular pauses of three to four minutes each, during which the students work in pairs to make collaborative notes on major issues of the lecture since the last pause. These pauses should occur about once every 15-20 minutes.

 
  • Bulleted Breaks: Take parts of the lecture and move them from oral delivery to print format. At some point in the lecture, distribute a set of unordered bullet points reflecting five or six important issues in the lecture. Students work in groups of three or four to categorize and order the points, and to generate one or two questions for the instructor. Including the instructor Q&A, this takes approximately 25 minutes, and it promotes greater content engagement and interactivity.

                From Medical Teacher, Vol 29, Issue 1, Jan 2007, page 41 (OUCOM/CORE can access at www.oucom.ohiou.edu/fd/journal.htm.

Find more “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 (2-11-10)

“OU, hospital may be dismissed from man’s lawsuit”

www.athensmessenger.com/news/local/article_b901688a-1714-11df-bae8-001cc4c002e0.html

 

OUTLOOK (2-8-10)

“Helping and learning at home”

www.ohio.edu/outlook/2009-10/February/service_learning_330.cfm

 

The Post (2-8-10)

“Study shows Athens children outweighing national average”

http://thepost.baker.ohiou.edu/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=30523&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=3&S=1

 

The Youngstown Vindicator (2-15-10)

“Valley doctor plans mission to Ghana to RESTORE hope”

www.vindy.com/news/2010/feb/15/valley-doctor-plans-mission-to-ghana-to-/

(Michael Obeng, M.D., is a clinical assistant professor of plastic & reconstructive surgery at St. Joseph Health Center)

 

 

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.