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| MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN |
Earlier this week a team from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) completed its review of the medical educational programs at WVU School of Medicine. At this point, all signs indicate that the site visit went well. However, I would like to stress, that it will be several months before we receive any "official" documentation from the LCME.
Preparation for this site visit was a School wide effort that involved many individuals including students, faculty, and staff. For those that participated in this process, I would like to thank each of you for your contributions. I especially would like to thank Dr. Jamie Shumway and his staff for the outstanding work they did in preparing our school for this visit. I believe our site visitors were pleasantly surprised by our high caliber faculty, students and staff.
The LCME did share with me some of their initial findings listed below:
Areas of strength: our strategic plan; offices of Medical Education and Student Services; highly engaged deans and faculty at all of our campuses; outstanding community service programs; unique rural health programs that promote cultural competency; the "dean-on-call" program; and the new Library/Learning Center.
Areas of partial or substantial noncompliance (meaning we must address these now and in the future): lack of documentation of the full integration of some of our educational competency areas within the curriculum; lack of documentation of the evaluation of some of the student learning objectives within the curriculum; affiliation agreement with WVUH; and the School of Medicine heavy reliance on clinical income (due to the lack of support from other sources) may not be sustainable.
Areas in transition (meaning these should be closely monitored): upcoming reorganization of the curriculum; the rising debt level of graduating students; the future availability of faculty to carry out the education mission; and the impact of the strategic research plan on the traditional departmental organization of the school.
Obviously, the LCME team did recognize many, but not all of our strengths. I am confident that we will effectively address the areas of noncompliance as well as continue to closely monitored and evaluate the areas in transition.
Again, my thanks to all of you for making the WVU School of Medicine a wonderful learning institution, where we continue to cultivate a tradition of excellence in education, research, patient care and service.
-John
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 David H. Wilks, M.D., a specialist in the use of simulation in the education of medical students, has been appointed chair of the Department of Anesthesiology in the West Virginia University School of Medicine by John E. Prescott, M.D., Dean. The first SAFE clinic was canceled due to the February snow, but the next one is scheduled for March 14, at 5:30pm. The goal is to have the clinic twice a month so students and physicians put this on your calendar! Contact Matt Thomas at 292-8234 ext. 126 or mthomas7@mix.wvu.edu for more information.
 The WVU Rural Family Medicine Residency Program (part of the Eastern Division) has been selected as one of only 14 Family Medicine residency programs in the country (out of over 400 Family Medicine residency programs) to participate in the national P4 Program.
The depth of the programs at the WVU School of Medicine continues to grow. Personal support of the School of Medicine can occur in several ways like making a contribution to the WVU foundation, an IRA, or employment-related tax-deferred account. The support allows the School of Medicine to have more scholarships, program enhancement, support for the faculty, more library resources. For more information please contact the Development Office (304-293-7086).
On April 23rd from 5pm-6pm in the HSC auditorium the Dean’s Excellence Awards will be given out. There will be a reception following the awards ceremony. Please put this date on your calendars.
Community Service Opportunity:
MS2’s are collecting the recycling bins in the HSC on Tuesdays contact Elliot Palmer epalmer1@mix.wvu.edu for more information.
Help is needed at the WVU Cancer Center exhibit during the WVU Kids Fair at the Morgantown Mall on April 14 from 10am-5pm. Contact Sherry Stoneking at 293-4599 or at sstoneking@hsc.wvu.edu for more information. There is a summer opportunity for MSI students to do research in a field of specialty. Each student will be paired with a faculty member in the School of Medicine and do research for 6-8 weeks. Students may talk to faculty members and see if they are interested in working on this research project over the summer. Students get a stipend for their work on the research.
Contact Fred Minnear at fminnear@hsc.wvu.edu or Barbara Allen at ballen@hsc.wvu.edu for more details.
Robert Keefover, MD, recently joined as an Associate Professor in the Behavioral Medicine department and joined the staff at William R. Sharpe Hospital in Weston.
Angela Oglesby, MD, family medicine physician with OB/GYN fellowship training, recently joined the School of Medicine staff, the WVU Maternity and Women’s Center in Ranson and the medical staff at Jefferson Memorial Hospital.
Joel Vogt, MD, recently joined as an Assistant Professor for the School of Medicine in the Behavioral Medicine department and joined the staff at Fairmont General Hospital. |
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Grand Rounds
March 19th at noon in the HSC Auditorium Bill Chameides, Ph.D, chief scientist in the Health Program and Climate and Air Program of Environmental Defense will be speaking at HSC Grand Rounds. A reception is scheduled to follow.
March 30th from 8-9 in the HSC Main Auditorium for the Department of Medicine Robert K. Minkes, MD, Ph.D. who is from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center is giving a presentation called “Hurricane Katrina. Sometimes it takes a flood.”
Here are the schedules for some departments grand rounds:
March 12-16th
Match Week for MS4’s
March 16th
The 11th annual John W. Traubert White Coat Ceremony for the MS2’s is being held at the Metropolitan Theatre at 6pm. Dr. Peter M. Murray from the class of 1985 will be speaking this year and a reception will follow the ceremony at the Waterfront Place Hotel. For information about the white coat history click here! The AOA induction banquet of the West Virginia Alpha chapter will be held at the Pines Country Club at 6pm. AOA faculty, alumni, and student members and their guest can attend this induction. |
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The Orthopedic Surgery Program earned full accreditation by the ACGME recently. There next site visit will be in January 2011. Sandy Emery, MD is the Chair and Program Director and Cindy Thompson is the Program Coordinator.
For the second year in a row there has been a 100% passing rate on the USMLE step 2 CS exam. Dr. Fisher a Professor of Medicine and International Health Program has co-edited a book called “Global Health and Medicine” and it will be available in June of 2007. Contact Dr. Fisher at 293-3306 or at mfisher@hsc.wvu.edu for more information about this book. Congratulations to the departments of ENT, Family Medicine, Medicine, and Ophthalmology who exceeded the baseline measurements for the month of January in the “Clinical Transformation” initiatives. |
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 Drs. Julian E. Bailes and Vincent J. Miele are featured in Neurosurgery magazine in an article about boxing fatalities. Read More
 Ralph Utzman, PT, MPH from the Physical Therapy division of the SOM received the Judith C. Kandzari Award as the outstanding campus faculty member participating in the Rural Health Education Partnership program. Becky Miller is the winner of the 2007 Faculty/Staff Idol contest. She is an administrative assistant in the WVU Department of Medicine (Infectious Diseases Section). Congratulations!
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That it was the “Pop Tax” that funded the construction of the medical center and teaching hospital in Morgantown.
That the Charleston Division of the WVU School of Medicine is the nation’s first regional medical education center. |
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In the month of February, the following websites were redesigned and/or implemented.
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Dean Prescott hosts the MS2’s for dinner and has lunches with the MS4’s through out the academic year. Dr. Ferrari hosts the MS1’s for dinner during the second half of their first year.
* Click images to Enlarge. 
MS4’s will find out where they will be doing their residency on March 15th. Good Luck!
MS3’s in Charleston have been working with the Charleston Division of the Multiple Sclerosis Society to generate awareness by passing out flyers and putting up posters for their upcoming Walkathon; they have also been serving meals at the Ronald McDonald House.
MS2’s are working on the recycling project and trying to find a street to adopt. They also raised $1,300 from their Ipod raffle for the HIV camp. Thank you to all who participated in this raffle. |
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