Transforming health care through leadership education
Vol. I ,Issue 6
News
Doug Danforth, PhD, will assume leadership of the College of Medicine Independent Study Pathway (ISP) for medical students. Dr. Danforth is a faculty member in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and has received numerous awards for teaching excellence from many classes of students and residents. He is known for his educational innovations, particularly in the area of technology-enhanced learning. Dr. Danforth succeeds Dr. Bruce Biagi, whose excellent leadership of the ISP program is deeply appreciated.
Robert Ruberg, MD, was named the Director of the COM Learning Communities project. Learning communities are faculty-led groups of 12 students who meet monthly over the four years of medical school to discuss issues in learning, leadership and life as a physician. This program, which began in the 2007-2008 academic year, is designed to foster close relationships between students and faculty and to help students transition from an identity as a student to one as a professional. Dr. Ruberg will also remain the Chair of the Academic Review Board. Read more about the rationale for starting learning communities and the theory behind them.
SAVE THE DATE: National Expert on Professionalism to Speak at Combined Medicine-Surgery Grand Rounds December 11, 2008
Christine Cassel, MD, President and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), will be the guest of the Division of General Internal Medicine and the OSU Professionalism Council on December 11, 2008 at 7:30 a.m. in the DHLRI Auditorium. The ABIM and the ABIM Foundation have been among the nation’s foremost advocates for strengthening medical professionalism. Their Charter on Professionalism has been distributed throughout the country and in countries as diverse as China. A member of the Institute of Medicine and a renowned Geriatrician, Dr. Cassel will speak on the challenges of professionalism in contemporary medicine. A continental breakfast will be served after the talk.
New Student Recruitment
Attracting the best and the brightest students is a challenge that grows harder each year. As OSU competes for the same students as other top-tier medical schools across the nation, it becomes increasingly necessary for us to explore new avenues and approaches. Now, OSU College of Medicine faculty can help recruit the next entering class by volunteering to contact prospective students who have been accepted and talk to them about why The Ohio State University College of Medicine would be a good fit for them. Matching the student’s areas of interest with areas you might be able to personally address -- whether in research, diversity, global medicine, service or hobbies -- is a tact that we hope will prove effective. To participate, please complete the New Student Recruitment Survey and contact Don Batisky, MD, at (614) 292-8226 or Don.Batisky@osumc.edu.
Call for Input to a National Standard for Physicians
The National Alliance for Physician Competence (NAPC) requests feedback on its Guide to Good Medical Practice-USA Version 1.0. According to NAPC, the guide is "a tool that has been developed to describe desirable characteristics of competent physicians licensed to practice medicine in the United States." The intended users of the guide are organizations that educate physicians and accredit institutions and programs, as well as groups that credential, certify and license physicians. This tool has been used in the U.K. to guide policy regarding health care delivery as well as expected behavior of physicians. Faculty interested in meeting to discuss this document should contact Catherine Lucey, MD, by email: Catherine.lucey@osumc.edu.
Resources
TELR Invites Applications for Expertise Grant
Ohio State’s Expertise Grants for Collaborative Innovation in eLearning enables faculty to collaborate with TELR eLearning consultants to develop their ideas for teaching and learning with technology. Grants may be applied to project prototyping or course-level innovation. Faculty can request from 20 to 100 hours of TELR assistance, as well as up to $10,000 in funding, to support their project. The Winter 2009 application deadline is 5:00 p.m., November 15, 2008. Read more.
Reminder: CGEA Submission Deadline Is November 14
Don’t forget to submit your topics for presentation at the 2009 CGEA Spring Conference by November 14, 2008. This year’s theme is “Transforming Health Care through Education.” The conference will be held on March 26-28 at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. For more information about the CGEA Conference, or to schedule a consultation about a submission, contact the Center for Education and Scholarship.
Recognition and Awards
Leon McDougle, MD, Assistant Dean for Diversity and Cultural Affairs and director of the urban family medicine program, has been invited to present his paper, “Survey of Care for the Underserved: A Control Group Study of Practicing Physicians Who Were Graduates of a Midwestern Premedical Post Baccalaureate Training Program” at the Medical Education for the 21st Century – Teaching for Health Equity conference, in Havana, Cuba, November 30 through December 3, 2008.
Sorabh Khandelwal, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, has been accepted by the Harvard Macy Institute to participate in its 2009 Program for Educators in the Health Professions. The goal of the program is to enhance the professional development of physicians, basic scientists and other health care professionals as educators. Dr. Khandelwal is one of 55 health care professionals selected to participate in the 2009 program.
Kevin Evans, PhD, has been given the 2008 Donald Milburn Service Award by the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography. The award honors those who have contributed to education in the sonography profession and who have provided a valuable service to that community by designing enduring, innovative teaching methods, creative teaching technologies, or other outstanding contributions to sonography education. As director of the Radiologic Sciences and Therapy Division in the School of Allied Medical Professions, Dr. Evans has expanded Ohio State’s program into two tracks, sonography and radiation therapy, and has developed an Imaging Assistant (RA) track in the Master of Science program. He is also part of a group that is developing the educational standards for OSU’s Imaging Assistant (RA) programs.
Education Journal Club
Yu Ling, David B. Swanson, Kathy Holtzman, and S. Deniz Buca, “Retention of Basic Science Information by Senior Medical Students,” Academic Medicine 2008;83 (10 Suppl): S82–S85.
Just in time for consideration in redesigning our undergraduate curriculum is a research paper from the National Board of Medical Examiners in the Academic Medicine RIME Supplement October 2008 (Vol. 83, No. 10). It reports that despite the changes that have occurred in basic science instruction and assessment during the past 30 years, patterns of decline in retention of basic science knowledge were similar to those observed in previous research, although the magnitude was somewhat larger. What implications does this report have for curriculum revision, for the need to consider alternatives for teaching and assessing basic science information and possible alternative strategies to integrate basic and clinical sciences across the four-year curriculum?
This article is available through the E-Journals on the Prior Health Sciences Web Site (use this link if you are off campus).
Upcoming Seminars
Thursday, October 23, 2008
What Did the Doctor Say!? Clear Health Communication Resources, Speakers: Diane Moyer, Abigail Jones, Sandy Cornett
10:30 a.m., Room 400, Prior Health Sciences Library
Panelists will briefly review the state of health literacy and its place in the health sciences curriculum, preview online health literacy modules, and discuss resources available through the Library for Health Information and OneSource, including translated materials. To RSVP, please email health-info@osu.edu.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
6th Annual John C. Burnham Lecture in the History of Medicine: “The Convergence of Science and Governance in Healthcare Policy”
Speaker: Dr. Daniel M. Fox, President Emeritus of the Milbank Memorial Fund
Medical Heritage Center, 5th Floor, Prior Health Sciences Library, 376 West 10th Avenue
Reception at 4:00; Lecture at 4:30 and is free and open to the public.
Call Gail at 614-292-3001or Judith at 614-292-9273 for more information.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
“Not All Cases Are Created Equal: Tailoring Cases to Your Needs,” Tammy Gutierrez, MD
12:00 P.M., Prior Health Sciences Library, Room 400 A&B
In medicine, clinical cases are one of our most important teaching tools, but it is sometimes difficult to decide how best to incorporate cases into the diversity of teaching environments we encounter. This session will discuss a variety of ways to use clinical cases to illustrate different teaching points and provide a rudimentary roadmap for selecting and writing cases appropriate for your teaching style.
One (1) hour of Category I CME credit is available. To enroll please e-mail Arlinda.Perryman@osumc.edu.
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