2013 Medical Student Research Symposium – April 4

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Mark Willis

Research Learning Community logoAll BSOM medical students and faculty are invited to attend the 5th annual Medical Student Research Symposium on Thursday, April 4, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in White Hall on the WSU main campus.

The symposium begins at 6:00 p.m. in 101 White Hall (Gandhi Auditorium) with welcoming remarks and the 2013 Distinguished Scholar Awards. A poster reception with 58 student research posters follows at 6:30 p.m. in the White Hall Atrium.

The annual Distinguished Scholar award is presented to the fourth year student or students who have demonstrated a continued commitment to medical scholarship. Distinguished Scholars are recognized for generating a significant body of scholarly work, for working collaboratively with students and faculty, for demonstrating leadership in the Research Learning Community, and for advancing student research at the Boonshoft School of Medicine.  The Medical Student Research Club is proud to present the 2013 BSOM Distinguished Scholar Award to Colleen McCormick, Jenn Rammel, Lakshman Swamy, and Nathan Weir.

The symposium is organized by the Wright State Medical Student Research Club with support from the BSOM Office of Research Affairs. For more information, contact Adam Deardorff (deardorff.2@wright.edu).

Symposium Proceedings are archived in the WSU Libraries CORE (Campus Online Repository). See 2010 Proceedings | 2011 Proceedings | 2012 Proceedings.

 

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TEDMED Live! at BSOM – April 17

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Mark Willis

Medical students at WSU Boonshoft School of Medicine will host a TEDMED Live! event in 101 White Hall (Gandhi Auditorium) on Wednesday, April 17, beginning at 6:30 p.m. If you’ve never heard of TED Conferences, they are put together to showcase great ideas and inspiring people, with the tagline “Ideas worth spreading.”

TEDMED occurs once yearly and brings together innovators, leaders, thinkers, and doers from all areas within health and medicine, and this year the conference is being held at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Fortunately for everyone in the Boonshoft community, we will have a simulcast event so you don’t have to shell out $4,950 for a ticket to the conference!

The BSOM event will start with about one hour of various 10- to 20-minute videos from the conference, covering medicine, health, healthcare, and policy. Following the videos, there will be an open discussion forum moderated by local health professionals where participants can discuss ideas in the videos and related topics.

TEDMED Live! at Boonshoft School of Medicine is free and open to anyone who would like to attend. Food will also be provided. Please RSVP at http://med.wright.edu/pldp/tedmed/rsvp.

You can learn more about this year’s talks at www.TEDMED.com. Anyone who comes to the TEDMED Live! event will also get streaming access to all of the talks from this year’s conference.

If you have any questions, please contact Landon Polakof (polakof.2@wright.edu), T.J. Klein (klein.23@wright.edu), or Colleen McCormick (colleen.mccormick3@gmail.com).

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March 7 RLC Lecture Presents Medical Education Research

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Mark Willis

Nicole Borges, Ph,D.The next Research Learning Community (RLC) Lecture will be held Thursday, March 7, from 4:00-6:00 p.m. in Room 120 White Hall. All BSOM faculty and students are invited to attend.

The lecture will survey “Medical Education Research at WSU” with a panel of faculty and medical student investigators led by Nicole Borges, Ph.D. (left), professor of community health and assistant dean of medical education research and evaluation. Faculty presentations include (* speaker):

  • “Do we Need Traditional Cadaver Dissection in an Integrated Problem-based Learning Medical Course?” by Barbara Kraszpulska, Ph.D.*, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology, and Shanika Ranasinghe, MSIV; and
  • “Use of an Audience Response System (ARS) in an Interactive Histology Laboratory” by Larry Ream, Ph.D.*, Associate  Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology, and Patrick Feasel*, MSIV.

Student presentations include (* speaker):

  • “Is There a Right Way to Study for Medical School Exams? How Medical Students’ Personal and Academic Habits Affect Their Exam Performance” by Cathy Ulman, MSIII;
  • “Evaluating Student Perceptions of Clinical Quality and Safety: an Interdisciplinary and International Study” by Lakshman Swamy, MSIV*, Colleen McCormick, MSIV, Arvind Suguness, MSIV, Jake McKeegan, MSIV, Karen Kirkham, M.D., Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Nicole Borges, Ph.D., Professor, Community Health; and
  • “Extending Healer’s Art:  Developing a Finding Meaning in Medicine Group for 3rd and 4th Year Medical Students” by Meaghan Ebetino, MSIV, Sonya Hovsepian, MSIV*, Colleen McCormick, MSIV, Evangline Andarsio, M.D., Miami Valley Hospital, Karen Kirkham, M.D., Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Mike Rabow, University of California- San Francisco.

Dinner will be provided on March 7. Please RSVP to Adam Deardorff (deardorff.2@wright.edu) if you plan to attend.

The Research Learning Community (RLC) is an evolving collaboration  among medical students, faculty, and the Office of Research Affairs at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine. The RLC promotes research opportunities and seeks to build a supportive learning environment for medical student research.

See the RLC Lecture schedule for 2012-2013.

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Call for Posters: 2013 Medical Student Research Symposium

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Mark Willis

RLC (Research Learning Community) logoWSU medical students are invited to present scientific posters on their recent research at the 5th annual Medical Student Research Symposium on Thursday, April 4,  6:00-8:00 p.m., in the White Hall atrium. The symposium is sponsored by the Medical Student Research Club and the BSOM Office of Research Affairs.

Eligibility: To be eligible for a poster presentation, medical students must meet one of the following requirements:

  1. Have engaged in medically-related research (basic science, translational, clinical, educational, or public health research, including case presentations) at Wright State University as a medical student.
  2. Have engaged in medically-related research at Wright State University as an undergraduate/graduate student during the previous academic year.
  3. Have engaged in medically-related research at another university while a BSOM student.
  4. Have continued to contribute to a previous medically-related research project done at another university (ex: presenting at national meeting) while a BSOM student.

If you have questions about eligibility, contact Adam Deardorff (deardorff.2@wright.edu).

Poster Submission: Submit your poster abstract using the online form at http://www.med.wright.edu/ra/rlc/msrs_2013_cfp. Be sure to complete ALL fields and verify that you have reviewed the submission with your faculty mentor. If you are submitting an abstract for a case study, contact Adam Deardorff (deardorff.2@wright.edu) for instructions about alternate abstract categories. Incomplete submissions will not be accepted. The poster submission deadline is 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 15.

Poster Requirements: We will provide an easel and 4′x6′ foam-core board for mounting your poster. Be sure to bring your own push pins for mounting. Posters can be set up between 5:00-6:00 p.m.on April 4. Posters must be taken down before 8:30 p.m. on the same day.

Proceedings: Abstracts will be published in the Symposium Proceedings and archived online in the WSU Libraries’ CORE repository. See symposium proceedings: 2010 | 2011 | 2012.

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CDC Sponsors Epidemiology Elective Program

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Mark Willis

Are you a 3rd-year medical student interested in gaining public health, preventive medicine and applied epidemiology experience from CDC experts during your 4th year? If so, check out the CDC Epidemiology Elective Program!

During their time at CDC, Epidemiology Elective students have the opportunity to assist in epidemiologic investigations in areas such as infectious diseases, cancer, congenital malformations, environmental and occupational diseases, injuries, chronic diseases, and reproductive health. Students work on diverse projects; some have become co-authors on publications of major health importance, and others have participated in the investigation of public health problems.

Most assignments are based at CDC headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. However, other assignments can be arranged, such as the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in Cincinnati, Ohio, Morgantown, West Virginia, or Anchorage, Alaska; the Indian Health Service in Albuquerque, New Mexico; the Division of Vector-borne Infectious Diseases in Fort Collins, Colorado; or the Arctic Investigations Program in Anchorage, Alaska.

 For students who wish to rotate in the fall semester of their 4th year, the application deadline and date that supporting materials must be postmarked by is March 30 of the applicant’s 3rd year. These students will be notified by mid-July, or as soon as selections have been made.

 For students who wish to rotate in the spring semester of their 4th year, the application deadline and date that supporting materials must be postmarked by is May 30 of the applicant’s 3rd year. These students will be notified by mid-September, or as soon as selections have been made.

For more information and to apply online, visit us at http://www.cdc.gov/EpiElective.

Questions? Ask us at EpiElective@cdc.gov.

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