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

 

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NEWS

Albert Schweitzer Fellowship comes to Ohio University

Ohio University medical students and graduate students in nursing, psychology and social work are eligible to apply for a new fellowship program through the Albert Schweitzer Foundation (ASF). Information sessions about the program and how students can apply are being planned for October, as recruiting for the program begins.

The ASF, a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to address health disparities by developing “Leaders in Service,” chooses 200 new fellows each year. Beginning this fall, the Columbus/Athens site will recruit approximately 12 fellows. Each fellow must create and carry out a yearlong, 200-hour service project addressing an unmet health concern in partnership with a local community organization.

OU-COM is teaming up with the Ohio State University College of Medicine as academic partners and sponsors for this new site, which is the 12th site nationally.

 

 

 

Research Day agains showcases college’s work

            Despite a brief delay during the judging due to Thursday’s severe weather event, OU-COM’s 9th annual Research Day showcased exceptional research by OU-COM students and faculty. Winners this year included Jessica Vincent, OMS II, in the Basic Science category and Lubaina Presswala, OMS II, in Clinical Reseach. Vincent’s project was titled “The Effects of Whole-Body Heating and Cooling on Cutaneous Blood Flow Control Mechanisms in Non-Glaborous and Glaborous Skin,” while Presswala’s project was titled “Intensive Insulin Therapy as the Primary Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Case Study.”

            This year’s event was held in the Osteopathic Heritage Foundations and Charles R. and Marilyn Y. Stuckey Academic & Research Center.  A story about the event will be posted on the OU-COM web site soon.

            Just prior to the end of the judging event on Thursday, participants were moved to the ground floor of the ARC in response to the tornado warning issued for Athens, said Jessica Wingett, manager of the Office of Research and Grants.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Videoconference features cardiovascular care        

            The Cleveland Clinic/South Pointe Hospital, their Graduate Medical Education Department, the Classen Chair of Osteopathic Medicine, and the Cleveland Academy of Osteopathic Medicine presents their “Primary Care Visiting Professor Day,” on Wednesday, Sept. 29, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
          OU-COM faculty, staff and students are invited to attend via videoconference in Irvine 194.

     
AGENDA

OURC funding deadline, guidelines announced

The Ohio University Research Committee (OURC) is now accepting proposals for its fall cycle of funding.

Competitive awards of up to $8,000 to support research, scholarship and creative activities are available. Updated guidelines and forms are online at www.ohio.edu/research/ourc.cfm. The deadline is 4 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. A second cycle of funding will be available in January. For additional questions, please contact Cristina Milligan at 740.593.0370 or milligan@ohio.edu.

From the OURC Chair's Discretionary Fund, small awards of up to $500 for research, scholarship and creative activity are available upon application and approval by the current OURC Chair. Guidelines are online at www.ohio.edu/research/upload/OURC_DISC_GUIDELINES.doc (MS Word format). For additional questions, please contact Andre Gribou at gribou@ohio.edu.

For information about other funding opportunities, please visit the Vice President for Research web site at www.ohio.edu/research/Funding.cfm.

 

CALENDAR

Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology Seminar

            Dixie Huffman of the Mid-Ohio Valley Region Alzheimer’s Association will speak on the topic of Alzheimer’s disease.

 

Wellness “Get Fit”

            Andrew Chiki of Wellworks will speak on the importance of staying physically fit for medical students and other interested guests.

 

Professionalism Introduction to Medical Ethics

            Arthur Zucker, Ph.D., chairman of the Department of Philosophy and director of the Institute for Applied and Professional Ethics, will give an “Introduction to Medical Ethics” for OU-COM medical students.

 

OOA and the osteopathic medical profession

            Laura Whitt, M.S., director of leadership development for the Ohio Osteopathic Association, will discuss the role of the OOA in the osteopathic profession.

 

State of the College Address

            Dean Jack Brose, D.O., will deliver his annual State of the College Address.

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Faculty development tidbit: Good Teaching Requirements #7 & #8 of 10

            Seven. Good teaching is about caring, nurturing and developing minds and talents. It’s about devoting time, often invisible, to every student. It’s also about the thankless hours of grading, designing or redesigning courses and preparing materials to still further enhance instruction.

            Eight. Good teaching is supported by strong and visionary leadership, and very tangible institutional support—resources, personnel, and funds. Good teaching is continually reinforced by an overarching vision that transcends the entire organization—from full professors to part-time instructors—and is reflected in what is said, but more importantly, by what is done.       

 

            Source: Dr. Richard W. Leblanc is an associate professor at York University in Toronto. Contact him at rleblanc@yorku.ca.

http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/philosophy-of-teaching/good-teaching-the-top-10-requirements/

 

            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 Post (9-20-10)

“Project features tweets, teeth”

http://thepost.baker.ohiou.edu/

 

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 Richard Heck, writer/editor, at 593.0896 or heck@oucom.ohiou.edu.

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