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The DCOM Intramural Basketball Tournament will be Thursday, March 11th starting at 6:10p.m. at Mary Mars Gym (behind the softball field). The competition has been excellent this year and the tournament should be fun to watch. Come out and show support for your favorite team. Here is a preview of what you might see.
DCOM put together a men’s soccer team to play in the LMU tournament on Sunday. They play at 10:40, 12:20, 1:55, and 3:30. Stop by and show your support if you have time. Games are 20 minutes.
There will be a suture clinic on March 11 at 7pm in the anatomy lab. This is presented by SOSA but OPEN TO EVERYONE!!!
Joe Sullivan, a current 3rd year, will be discussing rotations and setting up electives, pimp questions, and showing new suturing techniques. You’ll need to bring your own suture kits- the sutures and tongues will be provided. If you haven’t RSVP’d already, please do so by Sunday, March 7. You can RSVP by emailing me at niki.myers@lmunet.edu and letting me know you want to attend.
Again, this is open to everyone not just SOSA members!
We look forward to seeing you there.
Student Doctors and Faculty,
The Health Equity Club will be hosting Dr. Mary Headrick on Wednesday, March 10th at 5pm in Rm 102. Dr. Headrick is an internal medicine doctor with the Cumberland Medical group in Crossville, TN. She was also the first medical director of the Interfaith Medical Clinic in Knoxville. She will be discussing barriers in health and health inequities for the local region. Moreover, she is Patrick Matt’s mother and a pretty big deal.
Link to the Interfaith Medical Clinic — http://www.interfaithhealthclinic.org/
We will also be holding elections for the Health Equity Club at this meeting. We will be having food for the talk so please email me at christopher.craig@lmunet.edu if you plan to attend. If you would like more infomation about the Health Equity Club and our mission please sign up for our blackboard site or email me to gain access. If you would like more information about health inequities please view the attached CDC document “Promoting Health Equity”.
Promoting Health Equity (link to document)
Thanks, Patrick Craig
Student doctors & Faculty,
I am proud to announce that our first “Student D.O. of the Month” is Doug Schiller, OMS-II.
Doug has gone above and beyond as a student, colleague and friend here at LMU-DCOM. He is the president of the Emergency Medicine club and a member of Sigma Sigma Phi, CMDA, and SOMA. Doug served as an instructor for the basic life support (BLS) and advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) courses. Moreover, he participates in many intramural sports and is a member of the LMU-DCOM basketball team. He also participated in Relay for Life and the March of Dimes. Doug is great but we must not forget that Allison, his wife and a second year student, keeps him in line.
Doug has raised the bar for what is expected of students at LMU-DCOM. Please congratulate him when you get a chance.
There is a parking space labeled “Student DO of the Month” near the entrance to DCOM. Please be respectful and leave the space open for Doug and future recipients at all times during weekdays. If you decide to park your car in this space during the week you may find your car behind the BP station.
***If you would like to nominate a fellow student for Student DO of the Month please email LMUDCOM.SGA@gmail.com or contact a SGA officer.
Hi everyone!
I hope you are enjoying the weekend! It just started so yay!
VERY IMPORTANT TO SURVIVAL OF YOUR CLUB:
MINUTES are required of each club/organization. You must hold 3 meetings a semester and all three meetings must have minutes. Here are a few FAQ:
1) We had a movie viewing at our meeting and that was all we did. What do I do?
ANSWER: You should always take attendance. When you take your minutes please state that: attendance was taken, a movie (state title and what it was about) was viewed, and anything else you might have gone over or will discuss at next meeting (i.e we will be discussing the fundraiser that will rock everyone socks off at next meeting, or speaker set up for next EM meeting is Dina’s awesome husband Webb, etc).
2) We had a speaker at out last meeting and that was all. What do we do?
ANSWER: Please see above. State attendance taken, speaker’s name and what they spoke about. You could even include question and answers, etc for those who were not present! That would be very nice of you!
3) What is the format?
ANSWER: It can be whatever you want it to be provided it’s professional. This is an official document of your club and will be posted online. Please put title of club, date and state attendance was taken and when the meeting adjourned. Minutes typically include any recent events you discuss, any issues, finances, fundraisers, future events, conventions, etc.
4) Why do you need these minutes?
ANSWER: Minutes are required for several reasons, the most important being if a member is absent from the meeting, they can just check up on what they missed so they can be aware of deadlines, results of elections, etc. Also, it’s in our SGA bylaws so you need to have them, it’s a way to check your club is doing activities, remaining active and being all around awesome.
5) We have new officers what do we do?
ANSWER: Most clubs haven’t submitted minutes from the entire year, I need all minutes up until now, so even if you are a new secretary, the old secretary needs to send all three minutes from last semester. I am sure, unless you haven’t had a meeting since last semester, you should have a copy of this semester’s as well.
6) What if we got a new secretary in the middle of the year?
ANSWER: Please see above. The old secretary should have the minutes!
When is the DUE DATE???
DUE DATE FOR ALL MINUTES FROM LAST SEMSTER AND THIS SEMESTER UP until NOW are DUE TUESDAY 02MAR10 @ 5PM.
What happens if slips our mind and we forget??
If your club does not submit minutes, you will have to come to SGA with an explanation AND you risk having your funds pulled.
Secretaries: please email me the minutes and YOUR contact info (if it’s not outlook) so I can pass these along to the lovely new SGA secretary Nicole.
We are in the process of re-doing the website, so that’s why your minutes, for those of you awesome people who have sent them, are not up yet.
Also required by Tuesday are meeting attendance sheets to David Feaker!
THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING!
HAVE A FABULOUSLY glorious weekend!
Hey guys! I hope your weekend was spectacular!
I have gotten quite a few emails this year re: end of year newsletters and all of that good stuff. I thought I had emailed everyone (but then again I can’t be quite sure) that since Amy Drittler does a PHENOMENAL JOB with our official LMU-DCOM publication, press, etc., there wouldn’t be a point in doing a newsletter to sum up the year or semester. She provides pictures and detailed descriptions of any club or individual activity she can get a hold of.
If you or your club does anything in the community, overseas (i.e the Ryan Rose awesome Peds adventure) please send it to her!
As far as newsletters go, SOMA does a great and really comprehensive one (go Amanda!) monthly, but as far as Class Officers or SGA goes we will wait until the implentation of new officers!
Thanks again and please don’t hesitate to send Amy all the fabulous things you do!:)
Check out the new page on the left.
Email me events I’ve missed, email me pictures, email me things to put on this page that you would’ve loved to see before you came to school.
What does DCOM represent, etc?
Email: support@dcomdo.com
The most common questions I’m getting are regarding how to handle the Adobe/Macromedia Flash and Connect Pro software and general Microsoft glitches without shipping our laptops back to LMU and how to optimize Mediasite settings for low bandwidth or choppy networks. The attached documents are my attempt to assist with both. They do not necessarily reflect the opinion or advice of LMU-DCOM staff or other students. Please use at your own risk.
Alex Phillips, OMSIII
If y’all are interested in going to Nashville to talk to legislators about osteopathic medicine, please contact me!! We’ve got some open dates coming up, and it would be an incredible opportunity! Contact me (Melanie McClain) for more info!
Please post anything to do with COMLEX Steps in the COMLEX Aids category. You can see it on the left side. Or here http://www.dcomdo.com/category/comlex/
Student Doctors,
We are implementing a new program that recognizes students for their hard work and dedication to serving others during their years spent in medical school. Please read.
TOUCH – Translating Osteopathic Understanding into Community Health
TOUCH is a national program developed by the Council of Osteopathic Student Government Presidents (COSGP) to encourage medical students to preserve one of the basic tenets of osteopathic philosophy: a commitment to improving the health of our communities through service.
All osteopathic students who volunteer at least 50 hours of community service during the academic year are awarded the TOUCH pin in recognition of their commitment and a letter of commendation will be sent to Dean Stowers.
We will document LMU-DCOM’s annual effort to community service and public health. Nationally, the school demonstrating the most participation by students, faculty, and staff, the most significant impact on the community and the greatest creativity in its programming will be presented with the national TOUCH award.
“This is a noble effort that can shape the way medicine is practiced and your commitment has the potential to transform the health of your communities, our country, and the world.” – Dr. Richard Carmona, Former Surgeon General of the United States.
If you are interested, please contact the Student Government Association (SGA) leadership at LMUDCOM.SGA@gmail.com or Patrick Craig, Christopher.craig@lmunet.edu, and commit to giving 50 hours this year. Anyone can TOUCH lives! If you see a need in the community please let the SGA know. Ideas include health fairs and education programs, blood drives, charity runs, OMT at sports events, medical mission trips, educational materials for physicians in other countries, etc.
We will be holding a meeting in the near future to discuss all of the details of TOUCH.
Thanks, SGA
**There has been many recent emails on registering on Blackboard. Please follow Patrick Craigs instructions below to be able to register for any club. This was originally posted over the summer on July 6th**
Please re-enroll into your clubs of interest to view the organization pages. Please keep in mind that some club leaders may require you to pay dues in order to be an official club member.
Directions: Under the main Blackboard page, click “DCOM organizations”. Then click “Browse Organization Catalog”. Type “DCOM” in the box and click “GO”. It will give you a list of all of the active clubs at DCOM. Click “enroll”. All of the organizations that you are enrolled in will appear under “My organizations”.
Please email me at christopher.craig@lmunet.edu if you have any questions or concerns.
Thanks, Patrick Craig
If you didn’t know, there are classifieds on DCOMDO! Just check on the left side under pages and click on Classifieds. Many students are selling many things. Some current things being sold are an iPod Touch, some snorkling gear, and a couple books.
For the those of you who are new, the recycle at school and the apartments is run by the students. Anyone or any club that would like to volunteer for a month or the entire semester is welcome to do so. Please email me at patrick.matt@lmunet.edu if you would like to volunteer. Also, we only recycle aluminum cans and plastic bottles. Please do not put soup cans or any other trash in the bins as it makes more work for your peers. Please rinse out milk jugs and other containers that might sour.
Thank you and welcome
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