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.

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.

Eastern Student Health Provider Reminders:

Primary Care - tell the scheduler you are a medical student. If ANY trouble getting scheduled, call Tonya in our office and she can facilitate. You do NOT need to tell her what you need to be seen for:

Jefferson County - Bill Lewis, MD

Harpers Ferry Family Medicine Phone: 304-535-6343

https://doctors.wvumedicine.org/?FindADoc%5Bquery%5D=William%20Lewis

Berkeley County - Karen Miller, MD

Family Medicine, Primary Care - 5047 Gerrardstown Road, Inwood Phone:304-229-6343/Fax:304-821-1470

https://doctors.wvumedicine.org/?FindADoc%5Bquery%5D=Karen%20Miller

Mental Health Services

University Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry - 2004 Professional Court Martinsburg Phone: 304-596-5780

Clinical Psychologist- Dr. Brian Creasy, PhD

Carruth Center Resources for Emergencies: https://mentalhealth.wvu.edu/

WVU Crisis Text Line: Text WVU to 741741 https://www.crisistextline.org/faq

Crisis/Urgent situations call 304-293-4431

Talkspace is an online therapy service that connects users across campuses to a dedicated, licensed therapist via private messaging and live video from a secure, HIPAA-compliant digital platform: https://carruth.wvu.edu/resources/talkspace

Important Dates:

Flu Shot reminder for Students – Just a friendly reminder that the Flu kickoff Season starts October 3. Please get your vaccine through your insurance at any local pharmacy, your PCP’s office, or our local student health provider, Dr Karen Miller’s office. Deadline for students to have uploaded will be Tuesday, November 19, 2024

MS4 Class of 2025

Interviewing Time: It's that time of year for scheduling your Virtual Interviews. Eastern Student Services is offering the PEP rooms here at the HSC to you all for a quiet space for your interviews if you choose. Please contact Annette Jamison Annette.jamison@wvumedicine.org  to schedule a space/time or feel free to stop by Student Services. Space is limited!

MS3 Class of 2026

MIDBLOCK FEEDBACK:

Friday, October 25, 8:00am-9:00am: FM/Peds

MIDTERM SCHEDULE:

Friday, October 4, 9:00am-11:00am: IM Quiz #2

Friday, October 11, 9:00am-10:30pm: Peds Midterm

Friday, October 11, 10:30am-12:00pm: FM Calibrate Assessment #2

SHELF EXAM SCHEDULE:

Friday, October 11, 9:00am-1:00pm: Psych and IM

Friday, December 6, 9:00am-1:00pm: Peds

Friday, December 13, 9:00am-1:00pm: FM

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.

3. Please remember to return your Textbooks to Student Services when you come to take your exams.

Peds Grand Rounds

https://medicine.hsc.wvu.edu/pediatrics/students/pediatric-grand-rounds/schedule-2022/

Above is the link that has the schedule of speakers/topics. Call in number is 646-558-8656 and then it will ask you to enter the meeting ID 678 188 7494#. Zoom link https://wvumdtv.zoom.us/j/6781887494

Volunteer/Community Service Opportunities: 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.

Health Fair - Asbury United Methodist Church Shepherdstown along with WVU Medicine Cancer Institute is holding a health fair on Saturday, October 5, 2024. We will be offering a full blood screening from 8-10am with the health fair starting at 9am. There will be speakers from WVU Medicine, Jefferson County Health Dept and Apple Valley Family Medicine. The Strollin’ Colon will also be there and Community Markets will be handing out bags of food. Refreshments will be served. Staff is needed to perform blood pressure screening.

Contact Dana DeJarnett dana.dejarnett@wvumedicine.org If you are able to help any time between 8am-2pm.

Freedoms Run is Oct 12 and includes a marathon, ½ marathon, 10k, 5k and kids 1 mile. WVU Medicine is a sponsor and has 20 free spots for employees/students only. The first 20 employees/students to register can get a free spot. If registering more than 1 person, please sign-up others separately. See link and code below.

THXWVU24 https://www.freedomsrun.org/

Ready Set Glow Run WVU Medicine is sponsoring and hosted by the Spring Mills Satellite Rotary Club on Oct 12. Proceeds benefit Martinsburg-Berkeley County Parks and Recreation.

Apple Trample on Oct 19 is looking for volunteers for the first aid station at Martinsburg High School from about 10am-12noon. Contact Dana DeJarnett dana.dejarnett@wvumedicine.org

Lace up your shoes and join us for a fun community event all ages can enjoy! Start the race at WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center, winding through the streets of downtown Martinsburg and cross the finish line at Martinsburg High School. It's one of the highlight events of the Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival you won't want to miss! Register at https://runsignup.com/Race/WV/Martinsburg/AppleTrample5k

ACS (American Cancer Society) –Looking for a Relay for Life team www.relayforlife.org/berkeleywv contact Penny Horner 607-423-4311 penny.horner@cancer.org

Community Meal – The next meal will be on the 3rd Tuesday in December at Charles Town Baptist Church 222 South Mildred Street, Charles Town, WV. Contact Dr. Humerick if interested in helping madison.humerick@hsc.wvu.edu Community Meal - prep and serve for 60-70 people. Food preparation starts around 3:30 and they can use some extra hands; serving begins at 5:30pm. (There is a large parking lot across from the cemetery - turn into the parking lot and there are some white columns and double doors that lead into the back of the church.) Call Dr. Humerick at 240-405-4426 if you get lost

HSTA- The Health Sciences and Technology Academy’s vision was founded in 1994 on the faith, resilience, spirit and commitment of individuals, communities, and universities throughout the state. HSTA is a 9th-12th grade STEM enrichment program built in West Virginia, by West Virginians, for West Virginians which encourage aspirations, opens doors, and empowers minority and underrepresented students and communities. The program focuses on increasing the number of underrepresented students who pursue degrees in Health Sciences and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields, with the long-term goal of increasing the number of health practitioners & advocates in the medical field locally. www.wv-hsta.org/ Contact Aaron Ruffner HSTA Field Site Coordinator, Eastern Panhandle 540-818-0224 email: aaron.ruffner@hsc.wvu.edu

Stepping Stones/Good Samaritan Free Clinic –601 S. Raleigh Street, Martinsburg 304-264-4049. Volunteers needed every Wednesday at 5pm and first Tuesday of each month at 5pm. Volunteer sign up at https://www.goodsamaritanfreeclinic.org/ or Karen Newell karenlnewell@goodsamaritanfreeclinic.org

Project Linus - Eastern Panhandle Chapter provides handmade blankets to children in the Martinsburg area. Blanket Days once a month on Saturdays to collect/label blankets. Help needed w/delivering blankets to different organizations in Martinsburg. Everyone is happy to teach you how to make blankets if you are interested. Contact Sara Novotny sanovotny@mix.wvu.edu with questions or if interested in volunteering.