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

 

The ROUNDS archive is here.

 

 

 

NEWS

OU-COM welcomes the Class of 2014 

Today, OU-COM welcomes the Class of 2014 with the orientation kick-off picnic at 5 p.m. at the Dairy Lane Southside Park. Prematriculation students are reminded to bring their OU-COM identification card. All other new students will receive their identification cards at the picnic.

            On Tuesday, July 27, orientation continues on The Bricks.

            Finally, on Saturday, Aug. 14, at 2 p.m., members of the Class of 2014 will receive their white coats during the annual Convocation at Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium. A reception will follow in Boyd Cafeteria.

            During the Convocation ceremony, OU-COM presents its highest honor, The Phillips Medals of Public Service. This year’s recipients include keynote speaker John Kopchick, Ph.D., Goll-Ohio Eminent Scholar and professor of Molecular Biology; David R. Scholl, Ph.D., senior vice president of Quidel and president of Diagnostic Hybrids, Inc.; and John Haseley, former chief of staff for Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, now senior advisor to the governor’s re-election campaign.

 

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

New hires

Please welcome:

• Alicia Boards, M.A., assistant director of multicultural programs in the Office of Student Affairs.  Staring Aug. 9, you can reach Alicia in Grosvenor Hall 014 or at 593-2465. 
• Craig Burton, CORE administrator at Mt. Orab, the new Cincinnati area/Southwestern Ohio CORE site. Starting Aug. 16, you can reach Craig at 612 South High Street, Mt. Orab, Ohio 45154, or at 513-319-9180. 
• Cara O’Shaughnessey, D.O., diabetes fellow and assistant professor of specialty medicine. Starting Sept. 20, you can reach Cara at the Cornwell Diabetes Center or at 566-4880. 

 

 

 

CALENDAR

Convocation

• Event: Saturday, Aug. 14, 2 p.m., Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium. Reception follows in Boyd Cafeteria.

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Faculty Development Tidbit: Ten tips to overcoming procrastination

Select one idea from the list below and make a commitment to yourself to create a new habit by making it a part of your daily routine.

1.    How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time! Break large projects into manageable "bites" and create a timeline to accomplish these tasks. 

2.    Each project expands to the time allotted to it, so set limits: "I am going to return all my phone calls in one hour." "I will file papers for 30 minutes." You’ll be amazed how much you get done when you focus your time.

3.    Check your self-talk. Do you frequently say, "I gotta...," "I should...," or "I have to..."? Replace this self-talk with "I choose to..."

4.    Eat a live toad first thing in the morning, and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day. Tackle that "toad"—the task you have been putting off, the one that's hanging over your head. It will lift an immense load and you will feel much more productive.

5.    Train yourself to trim the F.A.T. When papers come into your office, give yourself these three choices: File, Act, Toss. (Note that "I'll just put it here for now" is not a choice.)

6.    De-clutter by setting up systems to manage the paper in your life. A good filing system is essential. For ideas, visit www.orgcoach.net/companystore/tickler_file.html.

7.    Make a weekly appointment with yourself to plan your coming week. During your planning session, schedule important activities and tasks so you have a concrete plan for following through.

8.    Include both urgent (deadline-driven) and non-urgent-but-important activities in your plan. A non-urgent activity might be relationship-building—something important but not time-sensitive. 

9.    Make appointments with yourself for administrative work, such as paying bills or catching up with reading. Treat this time as you would an appointment with someone else.

10.  Take 15 minutes at the end of each day to put things away and look at the calendar for the next day. Gather what you need ahead of time so you will be prepared for tomorrow.
 Source: http://www.momscape.com/articles/procrastination.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

Advertiser-Tribute (7-20-10)

“Work in El Salvador clinics helped clarify goals, Tiffin native says”

www.advertiser-tribune.com/page/content.detail/id/524591.html?nav=5062

 

 

The Muslim Observer (7-26-10)

“Dr. Mona Imam receives award”

http://muslimmedianetwork.com/mmn/?p=6563

 

The Post (7-25-10)

“Board of Trustees: Strickland selects Schey’s successor.”

“Columbus physician Kevin lake joins Ohio University governing body”

http://thepost.baker.ohiou.edu/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=32053\

 

 

 

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.