March 6th 2018 - #18-10

SoM Community News and Happenings

STUDENT ORGANIZATION HAPPENINGS:  RSVP accordingly!

INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION WEEK Check out the list of activities for IPE Week March 19-23rd.

WOMEN IN MEDICINE SCHOLARSHIPS are open for application. Four, $5,000 LGBTQ Leadership Scholarships for female medical students M1-M3. Deadline for application is April 1, 2018. The scholarship will be presented at the National WIM meeting in Napa, California on August 5-August 9th. For more information visit Women In Medicine.

Events

http://medicine.hsc.wvu.edu/calendar/?filter=medical-education#Upcoming
CLASS OF 2018- Match Day:  March 16, 2018
CLASS OF 2020 White Coat: March 17, 2018 – Metropolitan Theatre; Reception at Alumni Center
STUDENT AWARDS CONVOCATION: May 10, 2018 - Fukushima Auditorium @ 5 pm
CLASS OF 2018 GRADUATION: May 11, 2018 @ 6 pm– Creative Arts Center 

What’s Happening – Morgantown

This link contains the details of the Organization activities, listed here by date. 

PROJECT REACH March 3 @ 7am; Chestnut Ridge Church 

MUSIC AT THE PYLONS Several of our MD students will be performing on Thursday, March 12 at noon.

HOUSING FOR INCOMING STUDENTS:  If you have an open room or would like to share information about your apartment building please complete this form: Questions?  Aly Carpenter or Chrissi Baker

ANNUAL TALENT SHOW is March 20th, 6:00pm in Okey Patteson Auditorium. All proceeds go to WVU Children’s Hospital. Tickets may be purchased in the School of Medicine Student Services Office from Kim for $5 or at the door for $7.

MS4 Class of 2018

GQ response rate is up to 52%! If your class gets 100% compliance, we will also include some special graduation activities on top of our special plans to celebrate your success!!

MATCH DAY will be held at Lakeview Resort on Friday, March 16th beginning at 10:30am. You and up to 3 guests are invited to attend as we celebrate your successes together! RSVP for Morgantown Match Day Celebration by March 9th

GRADUATION is Friday, May 11 at 6:00 pm in the Creative Arts Center. Additional details of the weekend’s event have been posted on the MD Commencement Information page.

STUDENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for White Coat Ceremony held on March 17th from 7:30am-1pm. Email Amy if interested and for more details.

MS3 Class of 2019

CAMC Rural Health Partners Scholarship is accepting applications until March 30th. The Rural Health Partners Scholarship Program wants to collaborate with 3rd year students who are interested in matching into a CAMC residency program.  Scholarship recipients will receive mentoring during their 4th year in preparation for the residency program; experience a one-month rural health rotation at one of the participating rural sites; complete a required research project; and will then receive a $10,000 scholarship when they successfully graduate from medical school and match into one of the participating CAMC residency programs. 

WVU-CHARLESTON FAMILY MEDICINE RURAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM application deadline will be MARCH 31, 2018. Interviews will be scheduled in early April, 2018. Questions? Contact Telista Snyder, 304-388-4630, or Dr Bors

STUDENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for White Coat Ceremony held on March 17th from 7:30am-1pm. Email Amy if interested and for more details.

MS2 Class of 2020

MS2 CHARLESTON DINNER Student Services will be hosting its annual MSII dinner/meeting on Monday March 19, 2018 at 5:00PM at the Waterfront Marriott in Morgantown. All MSII Charleston Campus students are expected to attend. If you are married or have a significant other that will be moving to Charleston with you, please RSVP and bring them as well. We will be bringing with us current MSIII and MSIV students to provide information on clerkships, housing, Charleston life, tips for success and other nuggets of wisdom. You have been sent the following evite:  http://evite.me/Wu8SYD6ehb.   Please RSVP!

WHITE COAT MEETING Monday, March 12th at 12 pm in 1909.

WHITE COAT REHEARSAL – Friday, March 16th at 3:30 at the Metropolitan Theatre downtown

STEP 1 Applications are due to the Student Services Office by March 15.

ELECTIVE FORM REQUESTS are due March 15. You can find the information and forms about M3 Electives on the handbook.

SAVE THE DATE: GTR 1 your first introduction to the Getting to Residency Program will be held April 20th

M3 BOOTCAMP: The week of June 25th. Details to come.

MS1 Class of 2021

SUMMER REGISTRATION needs to be completed by March 15th. Check your email for the CRN’s needed for the Summer Courses. Contact Kim or Amy with questions.

STUDENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for White Coat Ceremony held on March 17th from 7:30am-1pm. Email Amy if interested and for more details.

CULINARY & LIFESTYLE MEDICINE Are you interested in applying for our new Culinary and Lifestyle Medicine Track?  Please see details about the track and the application here. The deadline for applications is March 15th for current first year students, because there is an externship attached to the track for the summer after first year. Acceptances will be determined by April 1, 2018 to allow students time to make decisions and plans. (FYI: Students cannot be enrolled in more than 2 tracks at WVUSOM at one time - to allow for enough time to complete the duties of each track.) 

SUMMER WORKSHOP IN NARRATIVE MEDICINE June 11-22 In conjunction with the WVU Department of Multidisciplinary Studies and the WVU Department of Emergency Medicine. Learn more and contact Dr. Rosanna Sikora if interested.

What’s Happening – Charleston

GHHS WEEK Gold Humanism Honor Society Solidarity Week and the Charleston Campus GHHS Chapter wanted to let you what we are doing to encourage humanism in medicine. Our chapter designed posters that are displayed in the main lobby and throughout the waiting areas of CAMC Memorial, General and Women & Children’s Hospitals. The purpose is to thank our lovely patients and their families for allowing us to “be their medical students”. We recognize that without the support of our patients and their families, we could not be where we are today. In addition, we will be hosting the GHHS Annual Summit on Thursday, April 5, 2018 entitled, “The Invisible Minority: Healthcare Disparities in Appalachia” and will continue to keep you informed on the exciting day of lectures ahead! 

HARM REDUCTION CLINIC:  Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10-3:30.  Kanawha Charleston Health Dept. Please sign up at least 1 week in advance! Sign up here

MS4 Class of 2018

GQ WEEK March 5-9th 4th year students who complete the GQ questionnaire will be entered every day this week for a small prize! You must send your GQ to me by 4:00 PM every day to be entered!(AAMC completion notice is your entry ticket for the drawings; email here or present to Student Services.)**You only have to send me your GQ confirmation one time.  You will be re-entered everyday automatically. 

GRADUATION is Friday, May 11 at 6:00 pm in the Creative Arts Center. Additional details of the weekend’s event have been posted on the MD Commencement Information page. 

MS3 Class of 2019

CAMC Rural Health Partners Scholarship is accepting applications until March 30th. The Rural Health Partners Scholarship Program wants to collaborate with 3rd year students who are interested in matching into a CAMC residency program.  Scholarship recipients will receive mentoring during their 4th year in preparation for the residency program; experience a one-month rural health rotation at one of the participating rural sites; complete a required research project; and will then receive a $10,000 scholarship when they successfully graduate from medical school and match into one of the participating CAMC residency programs.

WVU-CHARLESTON FAMILY MEDICINE RURAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM application deadline will be MARCH 31, 2018. Interviews will be scheduled in early April, 2018. Questions? Contact Telista Snyder, 304-388-4630, or Dr Bors

MS2 Class of 2020

MS2 DINNER Charleston Student Services will be hosting its annual MSII dinner/meeting on Monday March 19, 2018 at 5:00PM at the Waterfront Marriott in Morgantown. All MSII Charleston Campus students are expected to attend. If you are married or have a significant other that will be moving to Charleston with you, please RSVP and bring them as well. We will be bringing with us current MSIII and MSIV students to provide information on clerkships, housing, Charleston life, tips for success and other nuggets of wisdom. You have been sent the following evite:  http://evite.me/Wu8SYD6ehb.  Please RSVP!

What’s Happening – Eastern

 Tumor Board - Every Thursday, 8th Floor Classroom, 12:00-1:00pm. Mar. 8th Topic: “Anal Carcinoma” presented by Dr. Eric Bonnem (Hem/Onc) and Dr. Ryan Livengood (Pathology).  Lunch provided. 

PEDS Grand Rounds is broadcast from Morgantown every Wednesday 8-9 am. The first Wednesday is at the board room on the 8th floor of BMC.  Remaining sessions held at the ED conference room in ED of BMC.  If you are on a Pediatrics Week, please plan to attend. 

COMMUNITY MINI-MED SCHOOL– Tues., March 20th, in Eastern HSC Auditorium.  Lectures: 6:30pm, “Eastern Pylons History of Hippocrates: Embryologist” presented by Dr. James Brown; 7:00pm, “Is My Brain Aging Normally? Signs of Dementia and Current Treatments” presented by Dr. Hasib Sana and Dr. Constance Beckom. 

GRAND ROUNDS – Mon., Mar. 19th, 12-1pm in BMC 8th Floor Classroom.  Topic: TBA 

EPMS – None in February. Next meeting: Wed., Mar. 14th, at Holiday Inn-Martinsburg.  Topic “West Virginia Medicaid Providers: Where are we and Where are we going?” presented by Dr. James Becker, Vice Dean for Government Affairs, Health Care Policy and External Affairs-Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University and Medical Director of Bureau for Medical Services at WV DHHR.  Lecture: 6:00pm; Dinner: 7:00pm.  RSVP: Carol Joseph, 304-671-3837.

MEDICAL M & M – Thur., Mar. 15th, 7:30am, in BMC 8th Floor Classroom.  Topic TBA.
Evidence-Based Medicine Review - Wed. Mar. 28th, 12-1pm, in BMC 8th Floor Classroom and via VIDYO in JMC Classroom A.  Topic/Speakers TBA 
OB Journal Club –Mon. Apr. 16th, 7:30am, in BMC 8th Floor Classroom.  Topics/speakers TBA.
OB M & M Conference – TBA 

SURGICAL M & M – Fri., Mar. 9th, 7:30am, in BMC 8th Floor Classroom.  Topic: “High Pressure Injection Injuries” presented by MSIII Tina Nguyen, MSIII Jessica Baker, and Dr. Jessica Johnson. 

Volunteer/Community Service Opportunities

VOLUNTEER SPEAKING OPPORTUNITY Prostate Cancer Support Group is looking for students to speak on various prostate cancer topics for 15-20 minutes, with a potential Q&A session.  Meetings held 6:30-8:30pm on second Thursday of each month, 2nd floor of Dorothy McCormack Building.  Contact Dr. Paul Kradel, 304-267-2520, if interested. 

STEPPING STONES/GOOD SMARITAN FREE CLINIC Volunteers needed every Wednesday at 5pm and first Tuesday of each month at 5pm.  New location: 601 S. Raleigh Street, Martinsburg.  Women’s health and pediatrics to be added soon on an alternate evening.  To volunteer or for additional information: MS3 Ayita Verna

FUN Volunteer Opportunity – Jefferson County Community Ministries Food Pantry, 238 W. Washington Street, Charles Town.  3rd Saturday of each month, beginning at 10am.  Volunteers will work with Dr. Maddie Humerick, Chef Scott, and others to assist the food pantry patrons to improve their nutrition status with monthly cooking demonstrations. Help needed with setup, tear-down, cooking process, and interacting with patrons.  For additional information, contact: Audreanna James, OMS-III.  Sign up Sheet.

MS4 Class of 2018

GQ WEEK – Mar. 12th-16th!  All students who complete the Graduate Medical Education Questionnaire are eligible for a door prize.  To enter, please send the last page of the questionnaire indicating you have completed it to Jane Horst Drawing will be held on Wed., Mar. 14th.

Mural Painting Night – Wed., Mar. 14th, 5-6:30pm, in Eastern HSC Mountaineer Room.  This is an opportunity for the Class of 2018 to paint a mural that will be displayed at the Eastern Campus.  Dinner and all painting supplies will be provided.  RSVP to Jane Horst if you plan to attend, or if you have ideas for the mural. 

MATCH DAY – Mar. 16th, 2018, at Purple Iris.  Mark your calendars.  Additional details TBA. 

FINANCIAL AID WORKSHOP – Thurs., Mar. 14th, 10am-4pm, in Eastern HSC Mountaineer Room.  “Preparing Financially for Residency” seminar with representatives from the Financial Aid office in Morgantown.  Individual appointments held in Room 1025 after group presentation.  Lunch will be provided.  To RSVP and schedule appointment, contact Jane Horst by Mar. 12th.

GRADUATION is Friday, May 11 at 6:00 pm in the Creative Arts Center. Additional details of the weekend’s event have been posted on the MD Commencement Information page.

MS3 Class of 2019

CAMC Rural Health Partners Scholarship is accepting applications until March 30th. The Rural Health Partners Scholarship Program wants to collaborate with 3rd year students who are interested in matching into a CAMC residency program.  Scholarship recipients will receive mentoring during their 4th year in preparation for the residency program; experience a one-month rural health rotation at one of the participating rural sites; complete a required research project; and will then receive a $10,000 scholarship when they successfully graduate from medical school and match into one of the participating CAMC residency programs. 

WVU-CHARLESTON FAMILY MEDICINE RURAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM application deadline will be MARCH 31, 2018. Interviews will be scheduled in early April, 2018. Questions? Contact Telista Snyder, 304-388-4630, or Dr Bors

Mid-term Exams:

OB/Gyn: Mar. 9th, 9-10:30am (SOLE)
IM Quiz 1: Mar. 9th, 9-10am (Paper)
FM Quiz Review: Mar. 16th, 1:30-3pm
PEDs: Mar. 23rd, 8:30-10:15am (SOLE)
Surg: Mar. 23rd, 8:30-10am (SOLE) 

Mid-Semester Conferences – All scheduled for Friday, Mar. 30th:

IM: 12-1pm
OB/Gyn: 12-1pm
Surg/Psych: 1-3pm (alternating)
PEDs/FM: 1-3pm (alternating) 

Jefferson Medical Center- Attending Physicians:

Mar. 1-4: Dr. Humerick
Mar. 5-11: Dr. Baltierra
Mar. 12-18: Dr. Cherry
Mar. 19-25: Dr. Cucuzzella
Mar. 26-31: Dr. Feaga