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NEWS

Student and faculty medical research showcased at Research Day

This year’s 9^th annual Research Day took place at the newly opened Academic & Research Center (ARC) and showcased research projects from OU-COM students and faculty.

The 36 projects presented covered a variety of topics including treatment for diabetes and cancers, lower back pain and muscle strength, blood flow and even a study on social media in medicine. Many presentations showcased research contributing to larger projects funded by grant revenue, which is at a record high for the college.

Jessica Vincent, OMS II, and Lubaina Presswala, OMS II, both won awards for their research presentations. Vincent’s work on “The Effects of Whole-Body Heating and Cooling on Cutaneous Blood Flow Control Mechanisms in Non-Glaborous and Glaborous Skin” won in the basic science category. Presswala’s poster on the project “Intensive Insulin Therapy as the Primary Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Case Study,” took the honor in the clinical research category.

• Read more at http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/News/press/ResearchDay10/index.htm

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Videoconference features cardiovascular care        

            The Cleveland Clinic/South Pointe Hospital, through their Graduate Medical Education Department and the Classen Chair of Osteopathic Medicine, in conjunction with the Cleveland Academy of Osteopathic Medicine present their “Primary Care Visiting Professor Day,” 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. An application has been made to the AOA for for approval for approximately five (5) hours of Category 1A CME credits.

     
AGENDA

• 8:30 – 9:30 a.m., “Percutaneous Innovations in the Cath Lab--Present and Future”
• 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., case presentations by internal and family medicine residents
• Noon – 1 p.m., lecture by visiting professor Russell Raymond, D.O., an interventional cardiologist in the Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
• 1 p.m. – 3 p.m., “Cardiovascular Physical Exam”

 

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.

OURC Chair’s Discretionary Fund offers small awards of up to $500 for research, scholarship and creative activity. Applications are made to the current OURC chair, who will make decisions regarding and approval and awards. Guidelines are now available 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 website at www.ohio.edu/research/Funding.cfm.

 

CALENDAR

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.

• Event: Thursday, Sept. 30, noon, Irvine 194

 

State of the College Address

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

• Event: Wednesday, Oct. 6, 3 p.m., Irvine 194  

 

Professionalism Introduction to Medical Ethics

            Arthur Zucker, 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.

• Event: Wednesday, Oct. 13, noon, Irvine 194

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Faculty development tidbit: Good Teaching Requirements #9 & #10 of 10

Nine. Good teaching is about mentoring between senior and junior faculty, teamwork, and being recognized and promoted by one’s peers. Effective teaching should also be rewarded and poor teaching needs to be remedied through training and development programs.

Ten. At the end of the day, good teaching is about having fun, experiencing pleasure and intrinsic rewards … like locking eyes with a student in the back row and seeing the synapses and neurons connecting, thoughts being formed, the person becoming better, and a smile cracking across a face as learning, all of a sudden, happens. It’s about the former student who says your course changed her life. It’s about another telling you that your course was the best one he’s ever taken. Good teachers practice their craft not for the money or because they have to, but because they truly enjoy it and because they want to. Good teachers couldn’t imagine doing anything else.

            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.

 

 

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