September 2010 Student DO of the Month

CONGRATS TO JOSEPH BREWER for his selection as Student D.O. of the Month!!

Everyone knows that half of the struggle of the first year of medical school is adjusting to a new lifestyle and for many, a completely new (and very rural!) area and culture. Student doctor Brewer has stepped up and showed his accommodating and compassionate side to his fellow classmates by allowing not 1, but 2 of his colleagues to reside in his home alongside his family. Physicians hold the privileged responsibility of helping those in need and this gesture by Joseph exemplifies this attitude. Thank you to Joseph Brewer for supporting your classmates in an altruistic manner! We are proud to have you as one of our own and hope you enjoy your VIP parking for the month! (nominated by Sean Huff)

Student DO of the Month for August 2010

The August Student D.O. of the Month is MEMORY KASHUMBA!! Memory is a member of the Class of 2013 and was nominated by 2 of her peers!  Included below are excerpts from the nominations submitted in her favor.  Please be respectful and leave the SDOM VIP parking space available for Memory’s use this month.

“Many of our classmates are friendly and extremely helpful, but Memory really stands out… She has composed a web site dedicated to our courses, which contains several multiple choice questions for each lecture. She willingly shares these with all who ask. This summer, while pursuing her own time consuming interests, she found time to assist several of us who opted to retake some courses.” – Anonymous

“[Memory] is always driven, motivated, and all smiles, but what amazes me is how humble she remains. Prior to entering DCOM in July 2009 to join the class of 2013, Memory worked as a registered nurse in the state of Florida. She often speaks of times where she worked two full-time nursing jobs to support herself. A medical student, a pianist, and fluent in multiple languages, Memory is an extremely talented woman. One of 28 students chosen to embark upon the 4-year DO/MBA dual degree journey, Student Dr. Kashumba worked diligently throughout a summer with no vacation time to relax or see family, while tutoring daily for Molecular Fundamentals of Medicine II, completing her MBA assignments, punctual to group meetings, and also having to study her MFMII tutoring material for her group, sometimes until 4:00am. Erupting in excitement upon receiving the news that all of her classmates passed showed how much she cares about their well-being and success. … Driven by the epidemic taking place in her native country of Zimbabwe, Memory aspires to be a towering force against infectious disease.  Memory is very deserving of school-wide recognition of her character, drive, determination, and spirit.” – Elton Taylor, III

WE ARE DCOM!

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

DO/MD Degree Discussion on AOA Blog

Apparently KCUMB recently considered becoming LCME (M.D.) accredited and to give out a dual MD/DO degree.  From what I read that idea has been squashed but the argument that ensues in the comments of the AOA direct John Crosby’s blog were quite interesting to read.  There are many issues about the AOA, COCA, and the state of the osteopathic profession that are discussed.

http://blogs.do-online.org/dailyreport.php?itemid=37001&catid=6

Clubs get a grant for your Events!

The AOF Student Initiatives Grant program provides funding to support osteopathic student administered community projects that focus on promoting osteopathic medicine within the community. The goal of this grant is to inspire student organizations to keep abreast of issues and trends in osteopathic medicine and encourage them to promote osteopathic medicine within the community.

To qualify for a grant, the recipient shall be an osteopathic student leadership organization or club at an AOA accredited college of osteopathic medicine. The project/program must focus on one of the following:

• Back to Basics (promoting the tenets of osteopathic medicine)
• Fit for Life (achieving a high level of wellness by focusing on health education, injury prevention, and disease prevention)
• Patient Centered Quality Care (treating the whole patient and not just the symptoms)
• Pride in the Profession (promoting the distinctiveness of osteopathic medicine)

For FY2010, the AOF Board of Directors approved $30,000 for the Student Initiative Grants. Grants up to $1,000 are available to fund projects at AOA accredited colleges of osteopathic medicine that meet the eligibility criteria.

Web Advisor Added to Links

At the top of the page a link to web advisor has been added.  It is titled “Grades” and is located on every page of the blog.

DCOMDO Update

DCOMDO underwent an attack this morning.  I have restored most of the functions but will take a few days to restore the classifieds.  There was an error in the WordPress code that allowed hackers to get in and insert an iframe.

If you visited DCOMDO from 10 am – 10:30 am this morning, I advise you to run a virus scan on your computer just to be sure.

Thank you.

Omicron Delta Kappa

The LMU undergraduate campus is bringing in an Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society.  The class officers and student government have been approached about DCOM being involved in this society.  We’d like to ask the class at large whether you would be in favor or opposed to DCOM becoming involved in Omicron Delta Kappa.  Please see ODK for more information about ODK.

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Volleyball Championship

Sunday, Oct 4th is the DCOM IM Vball championship at the DCOM apartments.  I’ve attached the schedule.  It will run from 12:30 to 7 ish.  With the championship game starting at 6:30, be there or be square.

Volleyball tournament

Volleyball Championship!

The DCOM IM volleyball tournament will be this Sunday at 1:30 at the DCOM apartments.  Here is what the bracket will look like.  We’ll play 9 games from 1:30 on!

Football IM

Football IM will be after Volleyball.  We’ll plan on starting Saturday October 10th.  The games will be 7 on 7 and it will be flag football.

Welcome the PA Students!

PA Students, you now have a home on www.dcomdo.com!   Please register with your @lmunet.edu address on the left and then direct yourself to the “PA” category on the left hand side.

Look forward to playing some of you in some IM Sports!

Week’s Events

There are numerous things going down this week:

Tuesday

4:30 – Health Equity club meeting where “Children of the Mountain” (documentary by 20/20) will be viewed and FREE PIZZA.  Room 105.

5 oclock – SOSA (Student Surgical Association) Club General Meeting.  Come learn about one of the biggest clubs on campus and get some FREE CHINESE FOOD in Room 101.

Wednesday:

12 oclock – AOA Convention Interest Meeting. The 2009 American Osteopathic Association (AOA) Convention will be held in New Orleans November 1^st-3^rd (Sun-Tues).  If you plan to attend the convention there is a MANDATORY interest meeting this Wednesday (8/26/09) at noon in room 105.  We are working hard to get a headcount to accurately book hotel rooms.

5 oclock –  Candlelight Vigil.  Held right outside of the rear entrance of DCOM (facing the undergrad campus).  This is to remember those who have given their body so that we may study.

INTRAMURAL Sports Captains meeting.  The first sport will be volleyball.  If you would like to get together a volleyball team (4,5,6,7+ people, only 4 will play at a time) use this Sign Up sheet and have your captain bring it to the meeting Wednesday.  It will be upstairs in the 2nd floor lounge at 4:40.  Spouses or Significant Others are allowed provided they sign a waiver before playing.

Thursday

5 oclock – SAACOFP invites people to learn about the family medicine club at 5 oclock in room 105.  Free Heavy’s BBQ for members and those signing up ($10 membership fee).

Club officers email me if your club has something going on.

Testing weekend!

Good luck first years on your first test and fellow second years on the beast of a system we call heme.

Study hard and start off with a great grade!

Classifieds

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.

Weekend Events

August 7th:

Osteoblast – directly outside of DCOM in the parking lot is a social gathering set up by SOMA.  First and Second years are invited (Third years if you’re in the area).  There will be a dunk tank, relay races, and other games as well as a club fair.  This is a family friendly event.  There will be face painting and other activities that kids can partake in.

Food will be from Heavy’s BBQ and will be $7 for students and $5 for kids.

Come and dunk the Dr.’s into some freezing water!

Osteoblast

Osteoblast is this Friday starting at 4PM right here at the school parking lot aThere will be a dunk tank, relay races, and other games as well as a club fair.  This is a family friendly event.  There will be face painting and other activities that kids can partake in.  And we are selling T-shirts Monday at lunch outside the auditoriums.  You have to order your shirts tomorrow in order to receive them on Friday, so remember to bring your money or check books.

Food- purchased on Friday

Adults $7,  Children (15 and under) $5

PLEASE ANSWER THE POLL SO WE CAN GET AN APPROXIMATE HEADCOUNT

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Class of 2013 – Register for DCOMDO.com!

Class of 2013,

This is YOUR website now as well.  Once you receive your new email addresses, please register for DCOMDO.com by clicking “Register” on the left side.  Make your username in the form of firstname.lastname.  Once registered, test out the website as much as you would like.  Spread the word, help other people understand and use the blog.  Most of all, help each other out with useful links or great documents, and also post up events that may be going on around campus or at the Apartments.

You will love anatomy, and you will love your time here.  Let me as well as the rest of SGA and the Class of 2012, Welcome you to DCOM.

Check back to DCOMDO for daily campus news!

Class of 2013 – Mentor Program

UPDATE: as of now, 134 people have been assigned mentors.  If you do not have a mentor and want one, please please fill it out by the end of next week.  At that date we will take down the application.

We’ve received over 90 mentee applications.  We’ve worked to set you up with the mentor that is most like you so that your questions about DCOM can be answered by a person just like yourself.  If you know anyone that hasn’t done the application (on the left side under Student Mentor Program) PLEASE tell them to sign up.

Once again thanks alot for signing up if you have already and get your fellow classmates to do the same.

DCOMDO Upgrade

DCOMDO was recently moved to a much faster server.  Fortunately the transition was smooth and everything was transferred easily.  If there are any problems that arise please let me know by emailing me at daniel.carr@lmunet.edu.  Also I will be taking some suggestions on what to add here to DCOMDO with a poll that will be added below later tonight.

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