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This weekly e-newsletter goes out to all OU-COM and CORE personnel and students.
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NEWS
Summa endows scholarship for Akron-area students
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine students from the Akron area may be eligible for a new scholarship, thanks to a $100,000 gift from the Summa Foundation.
ROUNDS plans a vacation
ROUNDS will not be published during spring break week, but it will return to your inbox Monday, March 29.
Carlsen appointed to national board
Wayne Carlsen, D.O., associate professor and chair of the Department of Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology, has been appointed chair of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners Finance/Audit committee. He is also an at-large member of the NBOME executive committee and a member of the Health Promotion/Disease Prevention subcommittee for exam construction.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALENDAR
Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology Seminar
Lorena Carlson, MSPH, will present “Unintentional Poisoning in the Elderly.”
· Presentation: Monday, March 15, noon-1 p.m., O’Bleness Medical Education Conference room 014, or Grosvenor 303 via videoconference (NOTE – The Grosvenor videoconference is in a NEW location.)
On your mark…get set….
Preregistration for the annual OU-COM Medicine Run has been extended until Wednesday, March 17. The event features a 5K (3.1 mile) run/walk, and a separate one mile walk/Easter egg hunt.
· Registration fee is $15 (preregistration includes free T-shirt), $8 for adults 55 and older, $5 for children 12 and under
· Event: Saturday, April 3, Grosvenor Hall, run/walk at 9 a.m., walk/egg hunt at 9:15 a.m.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Faculty Development Tidbit: Power Point rules of thumb
Choose a sans serif font like Arial, and then follow the KILL (Keep It Large and Legible) and KISS (Keep It Short and Simple) principles. Use only one concept per slide, don’t use complete sentences (unless it’s a quotation), and follow the “6×6 rule”. The 6×6 rule recommends that you never use more than six bullets, and that each bullet contains no more than six words. Some presenters reduce this to a “4×4 rule”.
Read more at: PowerPoint: Going Beyond Bulleted Lists
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 (3-12-10)
“Judges dismisses lawsuit filed by med school grads”
www.athensmessenger.com/news/local/article_60104246-2ddf-11df-bc01-001cc4c002e0.html
The Athens News (3-10-10)
“She made a difference’”
www.athensnews.com/news/local-news/30591-she-made-a-difference
(Refers to recognition received by COMCorps member Patty Nally.)
Cuyahoga Falls News Press (3-12-10)
“OU-COM announces new Summa Foundation Scholarship”
www.fallsnewspress.com/news/simple_article/4787656
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.