September 11th 2018 - #18-37

SoM Community News and Happenings

RSVP – HOMECOMING TAILGATE Saturday, October 6^th at the Erickson Alumni Center. RSVP here! Tailgate will begin 3 hours prior to kickoff. Game time will not be announced until closer to the date.

STUDENT SERVICES NEED VOLUNTEERS for the weekend of October 5 and 6th. Let Amy know if you’re available to help! Service to school Hours for Community Service available.

CONSTITUTION DAY COMPETITION! Want to make $50? In 2004, former WV Senator Robert C. Byrd pushed for Congress to establish Constitution Day and require publicly funded schools to provide educational programs to help students better understand the Constitution. Dr. Ferrari is offering $50 to the first student to read the Constitution Day Modules AND receive a 100% on the Exam. The Exam will open at 12 am on Constitution Day. You will have two attempts. The modules are located on the Constitution Day SOLE site and the Exam can be found under Assessments. Or, type “Constitution” into the SOLE search bar. Good luck!

VOLUNTEERS needed for charity 5k – Runnin’ for Research on September 29, which raises money for headache and migraine research. If interested contact the Department of Neurology Chair, Dr. David Watson or Eric Emery.

STUDENT ORGANIZATION HAPPENINGS: RSVP accordingly!

Events

http://medicine.hsc.wvu.edu/calendar/?filter=medical-education#Upcoming

MD ALUMNI TAILGATE: Oct 6
GTR 3: Oct 10 or Oct 22
DEC. COMMENCEMENT: Dec 15 @10am
MAY COMMENCEMENT: May 10 @7pm

What’s Happening – Morgantown

This link contains the details of the Organization activities, listed here by date.
Yoga for HSC Students; Sept 11@3pm; G-278
OncIG; Sept 14@12pm; 1106

COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITY: Earn approx. 2-3 hours Community Service by participating in an educational research study that targets HIV patient education. Please contact Carolyn Kidd for information on how to participate.

FOLEY APPOINTMENTS Dr. Kim Foley, licensed psychologist, will be providing services again this year. You can sign up anonymously for an appointment via the SOLE Site, ‘Dr. Foley Appointments’. Reference the site for the dates/times of her schedule.

ROOM RESERVATIONS can be made here - http://its.hsc.wvu.edu/forms-and-requests/single-dateroom-reservation/ - YOU CAN USE THIS FORM TO REQUEST MULTIPLE DATES. PUT ADDITIONAL DATES IN THE COMMENTS BOX. You should NOT submit one form with only one date on each form if you need five dates for the same event. ie – monthly meeting. If you have any questions contact Cheryl.

MS4 Class of 2019

RSVP for GTR 3, Interviewing Skills, will be offered in 2 sessions. You may choose to attend either October 10^th or October 22^nd. Email Amy if interested in attending.

DECEMBER GRADUATES MD Ceremony will be held Saturday, December 15 @ 10:00am at the Coliseum. The graduation application portal is now open! You MUST apply for graduation via STAR or DegreeWorks. Contact Amy to let Student Services know about your plans for participation in the ceremony and if you have any questions.

MAY COMMENCEMENT DATE has been released! MD Ceremony will be held Friday, May 10 @ 7:00pm at the Creative Arts Center. Contact Amy if you have any questions.

MS3 Class of 2020

SAVE THE DATE. Getting to Residency 0.5 will be held on Wednesday, November 14 at 4:00pm in 1901. This is your first GTR with an introduction to the match process and course scheduling for spring.

EMERGENCY MEDICINE Interested in Emergency Medicine and/or medical education? If so, please consider participating in an EM educational research project, which you can count for community service experience. Contact Amy summers if interested.

MS2 Class of 2021

EMERGENCY MEDICINE Interested in Emergency Medicine and/or medical education? If so, please consider participating in an EM educational research project, which can also be counted for community service experience. Contact Amy summers at if interested.

MS2 volunteers needed to help with a gross anatomy lab which is coordinated by Dr.Klinkhachorn and myself for the undergraduate students in the Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD). The structure of the lab is based on stations highlighting the anatomy of the head, neck, and torso. You will earn community service hours for your time, and Dr. Klinkhachorn can advise you as to the amount of time you can count for this lab experience. The current proposed date for this lab is MONDAY, November 5th from 1:00pm-2:00pm. If you are interested in helping, please contact Dr. Meigh, kmmeigh@mail.wvu.edu

MS1 Class of 2022

What’s Happening – Charleston

SAVE THE DATE: WV State ACP, October 18-20, 2018

MS4 Class of 2019

As a reminder, students may begin applying to ACGME-accredited residency programs on September 5 at 9 a.m. ET. Programs are given access to applications and supporting documents on September 15, 2018 at 9 a.m. ET. All applications submitted September 5-15 will be date-stamped “September 15, 2018” for programs.

GTR 2.0 Counseling Appointments – As soon as you prepare your CV, Personal statement, and counseling document please email Student Services to set up your appointment with Dr. Griffith or Dr. Bors. lflorence@hsc.wvu.edu; cddavis@hsc.wvu.edu

MAY COMMENCEMENT DATE has been released! MD Ceremony will be held Friday, May 10 @ 7:00pm at the Creative Arts Center. Contact Amy if you have any questions.

MS3 Class of 2020

What’s Happening – Eastern

IMPORTANT DATES:

Tumor Board - Every Thursday, 8^th Floor Classroom, 12:00-1:00pm. Sept. 13^th: “Endometrial Cancer” presented by Dr. Terrence Reidy (Hem/Onc) and Dr. Ryan Livengood (Pathology).

JMC Tumor Board – Wed., Sept. 12^th, 12-1pm, in JMC 1^st Floor Conference Room. Topic: “Colon Cancer” presented by Dr. Edward Kiggundu (Rad. Onc.) and Dr. Ryan Livengood (Pathology).

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., Sept. 18^th, in Eastern HSC Auditorium. Lectures: 6:30pm, “Eastern Pylons History of Aristotle-Embryologist” presented by Dr. James Brown; 7:00pm, “Hepatitis A Update” presented by Dr. Matthew Simmons, Infectious Disease-BMC.

Grand Rounds – Mon., Sept. 17^th, 12-1pm, in BMC 8^th Floor Classroom. Topic: “Pediatric Obesity and the WVU Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine” presented by Dr. Sarah Moerschel (Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine – WVU Medicine)

EPMS – Wed., Sept. 12^th, 5:30-8pm, at Holiday Inn-Martinsburg. Topic: “Pancreatic Cancer” presented by Dr. Carl Schmidt, Professor of Surgery-Chief Division of Surgical Oncology, WVU School of Medicine. Dinner provided after lecture. RSVP by Sept. 10^th to Carol Joseph, 304-671-3837.

Literature and Medicine Book Club – Wed., Sept. 19^th, 5:30pm, in BMC 8^th Floor Classroom. Book selection: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. If interested, contact April Reynolds, L&D Nursing Director – areynolds@wvumedicine.org.

Medical M & M – TBA

OB Journal Club – TBA

Surgical M & M – Fri., Sept. 14^th, 7:30am, in BMC 8^th Floor Classroom. Topic: “Complications of Cholecystectomy” presented by Dr. Jason Turner, MSIII Daniel Franey, and OMSIII Paige Harry.

OB M & M – Thur., Oct. 18^th, 5:30-8pm, in Eastern HSC Mountaineer Room. Topic TBA

BMC Faculty Development – TBA

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, 2^nd floor of Dorothy McCormack Building. Contact Dr. Paul Kradel, 304-267-2520, if interested.

Stepping Stones/Good Samaritan Free Clinic – Volunteers needed every Wednesday at 5pm and first Tuesday of each month at 5pm. New location: 601 S. Raleigh Street, Martinsburg. To volunteer or for additional information: Ayita Verna (agverna@mix.wvu.edu).

Fun Volunteer Opportunity – Jefferson County Community Ministries Food Pantry, 238 W. Washington Street, Charles Town. 3^rd 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 (ajames@osteo.wvsom.edu). Link to sign-up sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Oy08qTrHUmH-kuVsJOEJvtsf-K-wHhkgqtYLoiZDs9U/edit#gid=0.

MS4 Class of 2019

MS3 Class of 2020

Mid-term Exams Schedule

Sept. 14^th:

9-10am – Internal Med Quiz #1
9-10:30am – OB/Gyn

Sept. 21^st:

9am-12pm – Family Med

Jefferson Medical Center – Attending Physicians:

Sept .10-17: Ward
Sept. 18-23: Dr. Zavala
Sept. 24-30: Dr. Cherry