Welcome to ROUNDS!
This weekly e-newsletter goes out to all OU-COM and CORE personnel and students.
The ROUNDS archive is here.
NEWS
OU-COM organizing Haitian medical assistance
OU-COM is putting together a team or teams of physicians and nurses to travel to Haiti and provide medical care in conjunction with an established organization. If you are interested in going, contact Gillian Ice, Ph.D., associate professor of social medicine; David Drozek, D.O. (’83), assistant professor of surgery; or Joanne Bray, M.S.N., director of clinical competency assessment.
As details develop, they will be sent to participants. Target dates have not been determined, but they likely fall between February 20 and March 6.
If you have other opportunities, please do not forgo joining other organizations.
The college is also raising funds to support Haiti relief. Checks should be made out to the Ohio University Foundation and sent to Sharon Zimmerman M.P.A., director of medical development and executive director of alumni affairs. Label checks with “For Haiti relief.” Funds will be used for supplies, team travel expenses or other organizational needs.
OU-COM team
publishes study on childhood obesity in Athens County
A study conducted by researchers from OU-COM found that 21
percent of children in Athens County are obese, compared to the national
average of 16 percent. The study was printed this fall in the international
publication, Journal of Rural and Remote Health.
The research team included Karen Montgomery-Reagan, D.O.,
assistant professor of pediatrics and University Medical Associates
pediatrician; Joseph Bianco, Ph.D., research scientist in the
Department of Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology; Jean Rettos, D.O. (’04),
Rebecca Huston, D.O. (’04), and Victor Heh, Ph.D.,
biostatistician in the Office of Research and Grants.
Please share your vision of OU-COM’s future
Faculty, staff and students have additional opportunities to offer their suggestions, comments and vision for the college’s strategic planning initiative, OU-COM 2020: Envisioning Our Future. An evening open forum will be held tomorrow, Jan. 26, available by videoconference for CORE participants.
If you do not attend the forum, you can still contribute ideas by giving your input to a subcommittee group member (find the list of subcommittee chairs and members here: www.oucom.ohio.edu/2020/), providing comments online at www.oucom.ohio.edu/2020/, or adding your thoughts to the first draft of OU-COM 2020, to be circulated in February.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Nominate an outstanding OMS IV
Nominations are now being accepted for this year’s senior awards, including those for the CORE Site Outstanding Student Award. All CORE assistant deans and administrators, college administrators and clinical faculty are asked to nominate outstanding 2010 graduates for recognition at commencement Saturday, June 5.
Criteria and nomination ballots for all awards can be found at: www.oucom.ohiou.edu/saffairs/senior_awards.htm. All nominations must be submitted by Monday, March 1, to Molly deLaval, administrative associate of student affairs, at delaval@ohio.edu.
FINAL call for abstracts
Abstracts are being accepted for the Ohio Osteopathic Association (OOA) and CORE 2010 Research Poster Exhibition and Competition, 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.
Through the CORE Research Office in collaboration with the OU-COM Office of Communications, arrangements for printing and shipping (if needed) of posters, at no cost to the student or resident, are available. This service is limited to one poster per research project.
In addition, after acceptance of your abstract, the CORE Research Office provides poster templates, editing and organization services. For advance information regarding poster generation using PowerPoint© go to www.ohiocore.org/research/dissemination/poster.htm
Submit abstracts (250 words or less) to April Vale at valea@ohio.edu.
CALENDAR
Open forum for OU-COM 2020: Envisioning Our Future
Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology Seminar
Steven Clay, D.O., CMD, and Jay Shubrook, D.O. (’96), both associate professors of family medicine, present “Chemical dependency treatment in the older patient.”
· Presentation: Monday, Feb. 1, noon-1 p.m., O’Bleness Medical Education Conference room 014, or Grosvenor West 029 via videoconference
Workshop explains NIH research plan changes
The Office of Research and Grants is planning a workshop covering recent changes to NIH’s research plan, with specific emphasis on decreased page limits and changes to section headers. The workshop will include an informative presentation followed by a discussion. A pizza lunch will be provided. RSVP to Brooke A. Davis, Ph.D., research grants developer, at 593-2304.
· Event: Wednesday, Feb. 3, noon, Grosvenor West 111
SOUPER Bowl Lunch
Wear the colors of your favorite Super Bowl participants and sample a variety of homemade soups. Cost will be $3 in advance and $5 at the door, but if you bring a pot of soup, your admission is free. Contest for “best soup” in three categories: chili, creamed soup and stock with meat/veggies. RSVP to Mike Yeager, administrative coordinator, clinical and community experiences, at yeager@ohio.edu.
· Event: Thursday, Feb. 4, noon, Irvine Bricks
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
From McKeachies’s Teaching Tips, 10th Ed., Wilbert J. McKeachie ed. Houghton Mifflin Co, NY, 1999
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
Outlook (1-25-10)
“Childhood obesity rates higher in Athens County”
www.oucom.ohiou.edu/News/press/obesityrates/
The Columbus Dispatch (11-17-10)
“AIDS and Depression: OU prof tests HIV phone therapy”
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.