February 20th 2018 - #18-08
SoM Community News and Happenings
STUDENT ORGANIZATION HAPPENINGS: RSVP accordingly!
CONGRATULATIONS to Jeff Cannon the newly-elected President of GHHS!
STUDENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for White Coat Ceremony held on March 17th from 7:30am-1pm. Email Amy if interested and for more details. Only M1, M3, and M4 students can serve as volunteers for this event.
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, 6:00 pm 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.
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.
MEDSPANISH Feb 12 @ 12pm
MUSHROOM Feb 12 @12pm; Okey Patteson
GHHS WEEK Feb 12 @12pm; 1909 – Navigating Disabilities in Healthcare
PAIG/PIG Feb 13 @12pm; 2094
GHHS WEEK Feb 13@12pm; 1909 – Insight on Global Health
MS4 Class of 2018
GQ Week is this week! February, 19th – February 23rd. While your responses remain anonymous, please bring your confirmation email that you have completed the GQ to Student Services to enter your name in for the chance to win a gift card! If your class gets 100% compliance, we will also include some special graduation activities on top of our special plans to celebrate your success!!
RANK LIST FOR MATCH: You must certify your rank list by Feb 21st from NRMP. If you change anything in your rank list, you must re-certify your new list. Contact your campus dean with questions.
GRADUATION APPLICATION due March 2nd for May graduates. Find the link for applying with the University through MD Commencement Information page. This must be completed whether or not you choose to participate in the graduation ceremony.
FINANCIAL AID SEMINAR: Preparing Financially for Residency presented by the Financial Aid office and sponsored by Student Services will be held Monday, March 5 from 9-12:30 in Okey Patteson. RSVP required by March 1. Additionally, individual appointments are available on March 5th and March 6th. Visit the SOLE module entitled, Financial Management to sign up for ½ hour timeslot.
RSVP for Morgantown Match Day Celebration by March 9th. 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!
GRADUATION is Friday, May 11 at 6:00 pm in the Creative Arts Center. Visit the MD Commencement Information page for details, deadlines and more.
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.)
What’s Happening – Charleston
WVU FESTIVAL OF IDEAS Tuesday, Feb 20th in the Charleston Civic Center Little Theater panel discussion on “Understanding the Opioid Epidemic” co-sponsored by The Charleston Gazette-Mail. Panelists include Jon Deskins, Dr. Micael Brumage, Dr. Sally Hodder, Dr. Ali Rezai, Fankie Tack and Eric Eyre – moderated by Dr. Clay Marsh.
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
RANK LIST FOR MATCH: You must certify your rank list by Feb 21st from NRMP. If you change anything in your rank list, you must re-certify your new list. Contact your campus dean with questions.
GRADUATION APPLICATION due March 2nd for May graduates. Find the link for applying with the University through MD Commencement Information page. This must be completed whether or not you choose to participate in the graduation ceremony.
GRADUATION is Friday, May 11 at 6:00 pm in the Creative Arts Center. Visit the MD Commencement Information page for details, deadlines and more.
MS3 Class of 2019
SHELF Exams Friday, February 23, 2018. The Shelf Exam will be in the Library Computer Lab(First Floor WVU Building). You will have Desktop Computers, NO NEED FOR MAC BOOKS!!! Please arrive by 8:00am so we can check you in by 8:15am and begin at 8:30am.
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
IMPORTANT DATES:
SPRING RESEARCH Symposium Poster Abstracts – Submission deadline extended to Mar. 1st. Must contact Dr. Lewis directly to request extension.
Tumor Board - Every Thursday, 8th Floor Classroom, 12:00-1:00 pm Feb. 22nd: Topic TBA. 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., Feb. 20th, in Eastern HSC Auditorium. Lectures: 6:30pm, “Eastern Pylons History of Hippocrates: Father of Modern Medicine” presented by Dr. Willam Ramsey; 7:00pm, “A Heart to Heart About Women and Heart Disease” presented by Dr. Cathy Funk, in conjunction with Cardiologists Dr. Don Mishra and Dr. Farrukh Jalisi.
GRAND ROUNDS – Mon., Mar. 19th, 12-1pm in BMC 8th Floor Classroom and via VIDYO in JMC Classroom A. Topic: “
EPMS – None in February. Next meeting: Wed., Mar. 14th, at Holiday Inn-Martinsburg. Topic TBA. Dinner provided following lecture. RSVP: Carol Joseph, 304-671-3837.
MEDICAL M & M – Thur., Mar. 15th, 7:30am, in BMC 8th Floor Classroom. Topic TBA.
BMC Faculty Development – Wed., Feb. 21st, 12:30-2pm, in BMC Conference Room. Topic: “The Ins and Outs of Hepatitis C Treatment” presented by Dr. Matthew Simmons (Infectious Disease/Internal Medicine
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., Feb. 19th, and 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: TBA. Student presenters: Tina Nguyen and Jessica Rude.
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. Feb. 17th: Chicken 3 Meals – 3 Ways. 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 Link to sign-up sheet.
MS4 Class of 2018
RANK LIST FOR MATCH: You must certify your rank list by Feb 21st from NRMP. If you change anything in your rank list, you must re-certify your new list. Contact your campus dean with questions.
GRADUATION APPLICATION due March 2nd for May graduates. Find the link for applying with the University through MD Commencement Information page. This must be completed whether or not you choose to participate in the graduation ceremony.
MATCH DAY – Mar. 16th, 2018, at Purple Iris. Mark your calendars. Additional details TBA.
FINANCIAL AID WORKSHOP – Thurs., Mar. 22nd, 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. 20th.
GRADUATION is Friday, May 11 at 6:00 pm in the Creative Arts Center. Visit the MD Commencement Information page for details, deadlines and more.
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)
Jefferson Medical Center- Attending Physicians:
Feb. 19-25: Dr. Feaga
Feb. 26-28: Dr. Humerick