Holiday Office Closure: Eastern Campus Student Services will be closed on Thursday/Friday, Nov. 25 and 26, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. We hope you all enjoy this special time with your family and friends!

Hours are Monday – Friday from 8:00am - 5:00pm. Please stop by to enjoy a cup of coffee/tea or just to say Hi! Don’t forget that your Student Lounge and Study areas here at the HSC Building are open for you to enjoy all hours with your badge access. Please enjoy the Keurig, Ping Pong, Foosball and much more. Please wear a mask and ensure proper hand sanitizing when utilizing the activities.

For information on COVID-19 updates: https://medicine.hsc.wvu.edu/coronavirus

Flu Shot reminder for Students - Deadline December 1. You can do this through your insurance at any local pharmacy, your PCP’s office, or our local student health provider, Dr Karen Miller’s office.

Sharps injury reminder for students – Should you experience an actual, possible, or “just not sure” blood or body fluid exposure, report it immediately to OR staff in the room, go to OR Charge Nurse for assistance. You will report to the ER for immediate follow-up. Must address within 2 hrs! When registering, do not give insurance card, register as “WVU Student Health Guarantor Account” so it does not get charged to your insurance. Be sure to notify one of the campus Deans or Student Services Staff. The full needlestick policy is in the WVU MD Degree Handbook on SOLE.

Peds Grand Rounds

https://medicine.hsc.wvu.edu/pediatrics/students/pediatric-grand-rounds/schedule-2021/

Above is the link that has the schedule of speakers and topics.

The zoom link for Grand Rounds every week is https://wvumdtv.zoom.us/j/6781887494

If you need to call in, the number is 646-558-8656 and then it will ask you to enter the meeting ID 678 188 7494#.

Volunteer/Community Service Opportunities

Community Service Hours – As part of your graduation requirement, you must complete 100 hours of community service. Please remember to document what you have already completed, and plan to start early on completing any additional hours needed, since opportunities are limited due to COVID-19 restrictions.

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 sign up through the website at goodsamaritanfreeclinic.org or for additional information: Karen Newell at karenlnewell@goodsamaritanfreeclinic.org

Holiday Community Meal – Tuesday, December 21 @ Charles Town Baptist Church. A healthy meal will be cooked for 50-75 people that are in need. They will talk with them about healthy eating, do blood pressure & sugar screenings. Meal is served 5:30pm sharp. Cooking will start around 2-3p. Feel free to come by anytime you are able. Email Dr. Maddie Humerick (madison.humerick@hsc.wvu.edu) to volunteer or to get additional details.

ACS (American Cancer Society) –Website is www.relayforlife.org/berkeleywv

Looking for Relay for Life teams. Information contact Penny Horner 607-423-4311 penny.horner@cancer.org

Relay for Life of Berkeley County - Saturday, June 4, 2022 @ Martinsburg High School

Important Dates:

LCME ISA (Independent Student Analysis) Informational Session – Tuesday, November 30, 2021. This will be a Cross Campus Zoom informational session for MS3/MS4 students in the clinical phase of curriculum and all students are strongly encouraged to attend.

Flu Shot time! – Get your flu shot at your convenience and save your documentation. Flu shot documentation will be due in Castlebranch by Wednesday, December 1st. See email from Christa for more details.

LCME ISA (Independent Student Analysis) Kickoff Session – Monday, January 3, 2022, 12n-2p. This will be a Cross Campus zoom for MS3/MS4 students in the clinical phase of curriculum and all students are strongly encouraged to attend. The survey will open on January 3^rd and Lunch may be provided but tentative at this point due to classroom food restrictions. More information to follow.

1. Development and Research Weekend – Friday, April 1^st and Saturday April 2^nd, 2022. All WVU medical students, residents and faculty (not just Eastern Campus) are invited to submit their scholarly work to our annual Research and Development Weekend Poster Contest. All abstracts will be peer- reviewed and not all are accepted for presentation. Items of interest may include: 1. Case report studies (unusual presentations of common diagnoses or usual presentation of uncommon diagnoses) which have a learning component for others 2. Original research in the community arena of medical issues a. new educational formats and outcomes b. new ways of doing a techniques/procedures or outcomes of community involvement and education c. clinical practice innovations and outcomes 3. Quality improvement projects (e.g. chart reviews done to discover areas of possible improvement in clinical practice - a. uncover the percentage of heart failure patents are on ACE’s inhibitors in a practice, and if less than standard of care- what can be done to improve care b. the percentage of new mom’s breast feeding and what can be done to improve that number c. post-op complications due to catheter infections – what can be done to reduce that number Abstracts will be due by February 1st, 2022 If you are doing a project, the bulk of the research should be done by then to allow for a description of the outcomes in your abstract. There are cash awards for the top place winners, beginning with $500 for first place, and top winners are invited to explain their posters to the attendees as part of the Saturday conference Be thinking now of what you may want to put on your poster- and more than one person may be on the poster (several students; faculty and student; resident and student etc.) it may depend on number of charts reviewed or data analyzed. Our research assistants – Carla Toolan and Nathan Fiore- are also available by appointment to help you. Dr. Eggleston met with the class to explore their initial ideas in August- so contact the Eastern campus Student Services Deans if you have an idea and they will help refer you to an interested member who may share your passion. Specifics on how to submit your abstract etc. will be provided as we get closer to the spring date.

MS4 Class of 2022

MS3 Class of 2023

V-Scans – Eastern Campus has been loaned 8 ultrasound V-Scan portable machines for student use during your rotations – 2 scanners each for Family Med, Internal Med, Pediatrics, and Surgery. The units are available for checkout in the Student Services office. Please contact Christa (christa.schwoerer.m@wvumedicine.org) or Michelle (alderm@wvumedicine.org) to sign out a unit for use on rotation.

SHELF EXAM SCHEDULE

December 8, 8:30am-12:00pm: Pediatrics Shelf Exam – Jacques

December 8, 8:30am-12:00pm: Surgery Shelf Exam – Nau

December 13, 8:30am-12:00pm: OB/GYN Shelf Exam – Jacques

December 13, 8:30am-12:00pm: Psychiatry Shelf Exam – Nau

December 16, 8:30am-12:00pm: Family Med Shelf Exam – Jacques

December 16, 8:30am-12:00pm: Internal Med Shelf Exam – Nau

*End-of-semester luncheon with Deans and Clerkship Directors on Thursday, Dec. 16^th, 12:00-1:30pm, in the Mountaineer Room after exams. Please RSVP to Michelle by Dec. 13.

REMINDERS:

1. Please remember to update your case logs in E-Value regularly. All case logs MUST be complete prior to taking the final NBME clerkship exams as part of the course requirement.

2. Make sure you are filing your required number of graded H&P’s for each clerkship in the Eastern Student Services office files that are assigned to you. If you need assistance following up with a preceptor for an H&P, please contact Michelle Alder (alderm@wvumedicine.org).