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• Dean Prescott would like to invite any faculty, who published recent books, to send a copy to his office so it can be placed in our display case.
• Dr. Steve Wetmore, Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology, will lead the search committee for the selection of the next chair of the Department of Surgery. Other search committee members include: Myra Beach, RN, director of perioperative services, WVUH; Dr. Robert Beto, cardiology; Dr. Judie Charlton, ophthalmology; Bruce McClymonds, president, WVUH; Dr. Lakshmikumar Pillai, vascular surgery; Dr. E. Phillips Polack, governor of the WV Chapter of the American College of Surgeons; Dr. Tom Saba, associate dean for research; and Dr. Alison Wilson, trauma surgery. We have engaged the nationally known search firm Witt/Kieffer to assist the committee in identifying candidates and to accelerate the search.
• Construction work has begun on a 45,000 square-foot expansion to the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center on the campus of West Virginia University. The new facility will include a clinic twice the size of the existing one, additional exam rooms, larger, more comfortable waiting areas and easier access to hospital services.
• Valet parking is now available for patients visiting the Health Sciences Center, Monday through Friday from 7AM to 4PM.
New Faculty:
• Dr. Holly Hartman-Adams, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine & Student Health Services. |
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January 9th & 11th
WVU, College of Business and Economics will hold info sessions on the spring Health Care MBA Essentials Program and the Executive MBA program at Ruby Memorial Hospital Cafeteria on January 9th & February 6th , and at the HSC Cafeteria on January 11th & February 13th from 11 to 1:30.
January 29th
Faculty Development Presents: Increasing Diversity Among Health Care Professional Students
Speaker - Ann M. Chester, PhD, Monday, January 29, 12PM (noon) at the John E. Jones Banquet Room. Faculty Development sessions are open to ALL WVU faculty. All faculty are invited to contact Trisha at the Faculty Development office at 293-1979 or phussing@hsc.wvu.edu to register. LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED ONLY TO THOSE WHO PREREGISTER. |
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• The Children’s Vision Rehabilitation Project (CVRP) of the West Virginia University Eye Institute received a $60,000 grant from the Lions’ Club International Foundation and the St. Lucia Lions Club.
• West Virginia University’s Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center is participating in an expanded access program through GlaxoSmithKline on a new investigational drug that might benefit patients with breast cancer.
• The WVU School of Medicine’s Biochemistry NBME subject exam scores ranged from 810 to 300, with mean of 545 (70th percentile) and we had 7 scores above 700, which is greater than the 98th percentile! Congratulations to our faculty and students.
• The photomicrograph that was featured on one of the covers of Journal of Neuroscience in December, was from an article published by Dr. Janet Cyr.
• West Virginia University Hospitals has been designated as a “Center of Excellence” by NeuroSource, Inc., a national consulting firm that assists hospitals in evaluating and improving their neurology and neurosurgery programs. |
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Participants Wanted:
FOR BACK PAIN STUDY: FINAL CHANCE
Oh, my aching back! If that is how you often feel, a research study funded by the National Institutes of Health and in WVUs Community Medicine Department is looking for you.
The goal of the study is to compare the relative effectiveness of yoga therapy and standard medical care in alleviating chronic low back pain. To be eligible, you must have recently had lower back pain that comes and goes over a three month or longer period.
People who are chosen will be randomly placed into either a group that continues to receive standard medical care or a yoga therapy group that attends yoga classes twice a week for 24 weeks. Nonyoga group members who follow the study’s rules will be eligible for free yoga therapy classes once the study is over.
If you are insured by PEIA, The Health Plan (WVUH and UHA only), Mountain State Blue Cross/Blue Shield, or as an employee of Monongalia Health Systems and suffer from chronic lower back pain, call us now at 293BACK (2225) to find out if you qualify to join this free study. No previous experience with yoga is necessary and both groups can continue to receive standard medical care.
Making it work:
Making it work – that’s an everyday responsibility for the Health Sciences’ faculty, administrators and staff. Collectively, we appreciate the benefit which everyone’s labors provide to those who seek out the services provided here.
As a team, much is accomplished. As team members, we can find additional ways to extend the benefits. One option is to consider including a gift provision in your will or revocable trust when the time is right for estate planning.
The provision should be worded “to the West Virginia University Foundation for the benefit of the School of Medicine, Department of _____” to carry out your dream. You can specify that the gift fund will be endowed to last forever and provide annual income or can be used on an expendable basis to meet the greatest needs at that time.
Many support options are available, and the Development Office (304-293-7086) can assist you to make it work.
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 WVU Receives $1.3 Million NIH Grant
The Office of Medical Education has completed the required Medical Education Database, and has sent copies to the LCME Secretariat and the LCME Accreditation Survey Team. Along with the database, copies of the following were also submitted: WVU School of Medicine Institutional Self-Study Summary, Independent Student Survey Report, and AAMC 2006 Medical School Graduation Questionnaire Report.
Briefly, the Institutional Self-Study
highlighted the following strengths:
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growth of the institution and infrastructure,
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a dynamic and collaborative leadership
aimed at developing excellence and national recognition,
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leading-edge educational technology and a strong IT infrastructure,
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a culture of continuous educational
improvement, and
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national award-winning community service initiatives.
The four primary concerns identified by the Self-Study Task Force were:
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financial strains due to lack of growth of state dollars, lower than needed hospital support for GME, and excessive dependence on clinical revenues;
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faculty issues such as replacement of retiring basic science faculty, a clinical workload that decreases time available for teaching, compensation disparities, and few women in leadership positions;
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student issues such as high costs of medical education and high debt load, few under-represented minorities, a decrease in female medical students; and
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facility issues such as the need for quiet study space, inadequate planning for
renovation of older classrooms, and a continuing shortage of office and laboratory space. Copies of the Medical Education Database, the Institutional Self-Study, Task Force Reports, and Independent Student Survey Report are available on our SoM LCME website at: http://intranet.hsc.wvu.edu/lcme.
Members of the survey team are:
• Deborah E Powell, MD (team chair)
Dean of the Medical School and Assistant Vice President for Clinical Sciences
University of Minnesota School of Medicine
• Louise M Arnold, PhD (team secretary)
Associate Dean for Medical Education
University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine
• Michael J Reichgott, MD
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Graduate Medical Education
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Mark A Penn, MD, MBA
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Executive Associate Dean
Northeast Ohio Universities College of Medicine
• Lynn Bickley, MD (faculty fellow)
Associate Dean for Curriculum
Texas Tech University School of Medicine |
MED Stay
MED Stay is a program originated by members of the Class of 2009 that is designed to have current students host applicants to medical school in their homes for an evening at the time of their interviews for the MD degree program. Grant Clark, Aaron Moos, and Evan Daugherty have taken the lead in developing this program. Applicants have appreciated the hospitality and personal insight our students provide them, which often includes a simple meal and a quick tour of the campus including the recreation center.
From September to December 2006, our medical students hosted 23 candidates from nine states: CA, CO, NC, UT, OH, PA, WA, NY, WV. There are 12 more candidates scheduled for January and February but we expect this number to increase. |
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Camtasia Studio 4 now used to record lectures:
After a successful pilot, students expressed interest in having recorded lectures available online. This interest has sparked a strategic plan to integrate recorded lectures for all of our MSI & II courses this semester.
PowerPoint, Camtasia Flash, MP3 Download, and SOLEcasts will be available via SOLE (Secure OnLine Environment).
Featured Link:
Since June 2005, MUSHROOM
has been serving the medical and social needs of homeless clients in Morgantown. This program was conceived, developed, and continues to be directed by WVU School of Medicine students.
Friends & family of the WVU School of Medicine recently donated 182 items for homeless outreach. Interested in helping MUSHROOM? Click here for more information.
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