5k Registration Again Today

We will be taking early registration for the 5k starting Wednesday, April 14th and will continue through April 21st in the lobby during the lunch hour from 11:20 to 12:30.  A reminder that the race is April 24th starting at 9:00 a.m.  It is a race/walk to benefit Adventure Amputee Camp.  Cost is $20 for DCOM students.  We will have a slide show going on a computer so you can see how much these kids truly enjoy the activities.  If you are off campus and would like to register, please send the registration filled out along with a check for $20 to:

5k registration

There will be door prizes from many of our sponsors.  The top female and the top male finisher will each receive a $25 gift certificate to Runner’s Market in Knoxville.  Please register early so we can get an idea of how many T-shirts we need to print.

DCOM Gala 2010 Information

time
friday may 7,  2010
doors open at 6
dinner at 7
cash bar 6 – 12
casino 9 – 11:30

raffle drawing at 12 for sweet prizes
like a trip to florida or a new tv

money
$35 tickets for students/dates (includes dinner)
$50 tickets for faculty/staff (includes dinner)
$95 for 2 full beds
$105 for 1 queen bed
bring cash for the bar

mention DCOM for a room discount
last day to buy tickets is may 3rd

location
Crowne Plaza
401 W. Summit Hill Dr.
Knoxville, TN 37902
ph. (865) 522- 2600

near the Old City

free coach provided to and from GALA.
sign up when you buy your tickets.

awards presented
- LMU-DCOM student of the year
- Clinical and Basic Science Professor
- Superlative awards presented to
students and faculty

for questions about this
elegant formal evening or donations
for raffle prizes contact
Chelsea.Nickolson@lmunet.edu

check your email for updates

GI Path Review Q’s in Word Doc

Hey all, here is all of the path questions dumped into word document format for easy use.

GI-Path Review Qs

TOMA CONVENTION 2010!

Who loves TOMA? Who loves Gatlinburg?  Well- good news for you…the 112^th Annual TOMA Convention this year is going to be held in Gatlinburg, TN from May 19^th- 23^rd!  There is one day within the convention dates that is specifically focused towards the students of LMU-DCOM.  That day is Friday, May 21^st.  There will be several of our incredible faculty who are giving presentations and participating in the convention this year.  In addition, there will be representatives from some of TN’s awesome Residency programs, and there will be a presentation on succeeding in clinical rotations and Residency.

If you are considering attending the TOMA Convention on Friday, May 21^st, please shoot me an email to let me know! It’s not binding by any means…but it’s just to get an idea of the interest as of now.  There will be more info coming soon once the final details are worked out re: transportation, times, etc.

If you have ANY questions, you let me know!

LMU-DCOM Classic 5k: AAC Edition

Who wants a running Abe T-shirt?

The LMU-DCOM Health Equity Club is sponsoring the second annual LMU-DCOM 5k Classic: AAC Edition on Saturday, April 24th at 9:00 am. Registration begins at 8:00 am. We will be taking registration forms the week before the race in the lobby. To guarantee yourself a T-shirt, please preregister then. The profits all go to benefit Adventure Amputee Camp. Last year the camp was almost cancelled due to lack of funds. The camp is free for amputee children throughout the southeast and usually has around forty to fifty children. They participate in a ropes course, go white water rafting, waterskiing, and many other activities. Please feel free to make donations if you won’t be in town or really hate running like I do.  The race is $20.

There will be door prizes given out after the race and the top male and female finishers will receive gift certificates. Attached is the flyer for the race if you wish to post it at a spouse’s office, church, or any other location you deem fit.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact patrick.matt@lmunet.edu or christopher.craig@lmunet.edu

Flyer

5k registration

Online Neuro Anatomy Atlas from Columbia University in NYC

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/hs/medical/neuroanatomy/neuroanat/

Use the menu at the top to navigate to different sections, and then click on the left side menu bar to place the image in the center of the screen, a lot of cool flash stuff.



Haemotology Books for sale?

Is anyone looking to sell their Heme book from last fall? Please let me know..Would like to purchase.

thanks

Greg Miller–803.260.1033 or gregory.miller@lmu.edu

DCOM IM Basketball Tournament

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.

LMU Soccer Tourney (@ Tex Turner)

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.

Health Equity Speaker – Dr. Mary Headrick – Wed. March 10th

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 D.O. of the Month (March)

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!

Pediatrics Club Meeting and Elections

We will have our new officer elections this Wednesday, February 24th in Room 105 at 4:30pm.  Feel free to email me, Courtney Walsh, Heather Stooksbury, or Tyler McCurry with any questions on our job responsibilities.  Please have some evidence on why you’d like to be an officer, and have some ideas for the future of the club! Let’s keep the LMU-DCOM Peds Club going strong!

Interesting article about loans and debt

http://finance.yahoo.com/college-education/article/108846/the-555000-student-loan-burden?mod=edu-continuing_education

Club Activities Pics

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!:)

Oncology Club Meeting and Elections!

The Oncology Club will be having a meeting this TUESDAY (Feb. 9) at NOON in Room 105.  We will be having elections, so if you are interested in a position, email me at cassandra.edwards@lmunet.edu.  Thanks!

RED FOR WOMEN!

Alright ladies and gentlemen, as promised – Women’s Health brings to you:

Go Red for Women week!

Starting tomorrow, WHMS will be selling t-shirts for only $5! We will also be selling the Go Red for Women “Red Dress” pins for $1! The sale ends Wednesday, so be sure to look for us at lunch or find me wandering around and I’ll get you hooked up!

Now, the t-shirts are the same as last year, so the 100% of the money raised from them will go to the American Heart Association! Sizes vary, and we’ll be selling them first come first serve. Make sure to get yours soon or your size may be sold out!

You’re probably saying to yourself, why do I need another t-shirt? I have plenty! You have 2 options:

Option 1:

It’s only $5, it’s for a good cause, AND you can wear it Friday (Feb 12) for DRESS DOWN DAY! Dr. Leo has graciously allowed us to dress down on Friday if you wear this t-shirt!

Option 2:

Dr. Leo has also graciously agreed to let you dress down Friday if you wear RED and make a donation! So, I will be outside the lecture halls before both the OMS-I and OMS-II lectures begin. If you don’t want to buy another t-shirt but want to dress down, choose this option!!

For you second years that already have a shirt, I hope that you would make a donation if you choose to wear your shirt or wear red to dress down on Friday.

Get good karma people!

Hello dear classmates!! SGA elections are up next week (yay!) so I wanted to make sure I received all the MINUTES from each club secretary and updated the pages on Blackboard before the new SGA secretary comes into office and has a panic attack Some clubs are FANTASTIC about getting minutes to me, and some of you crazies…well I know it’s been a long semester! Please get them to me asap, even retroactive ones. Also, please send attendance sheets to D. Feaker!Remember, in order to remain active and all that good stuff, you must take attendance and submit minutes for each meeting! I have a list so don’t try to be sneaky! Thank you ALL for all your hard work!!! We are almost there! YAY!

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

Dr. Leo Paper Publishing!

CampusLinc mentioned our very own Dr. Leo had a paper published this week in Psychological Medicine. It is titled “A systematic review of the effects of antipsychotic drugs on brain volume,” coauthored with J. Moncrieff of the Department of Mental Health Sciences at University College, London. Congrats Dr. Leo!