March 27th 2018 - #18-13

SoM Community News and Happenings

STUDENT ORGANIZATION HAPPENINGS:  RSVP accordingly!

MORGANTOWN STUDENT SERVICES OFFICE MOVES A series of office moves and renovations will be taking place for Student Services. Student Services offices including the following staff (Amy Drvar, Christina Politte, Sheri Frankenberry and Cheryl Williams) will be temporarily relocated beginning Wednesday, March 21 through Monday, April 2^nd to 2235-S for renovations. The new space is on the 2^nd floor of HSC South, instead of turning left to go to the IT help desk, follow the signs to go straight through the open doorway. There will be signs to help direct you. Dr. Ferrari, Jason Hedrick and Kim Helmick have moved down to the former Dentistry Dean Suite beside the WV Room.  

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 9^th. For more information visit Women In Medicine.

HSC/WVU MEDICINE ART SHOW The Health Sciences Library is planning an art show for work by faculty and staff, including all HSC schools and WVU Medicine. Please see the link for details and deadlines. 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR SECOND LOOK WEEKEND:  The Admissions Office is looking for volunteers to help with the annual Second Look Weekend. Volunteers are needed to greet incoming students from 8-8:45am (breakfast included) and for dinner/socializing with incoming students from 5:30-8:00pm on Friday, April 20th.  SPECIAL NEED OF ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS FOR THE MORNING! If you would like to volunteer or have questions, email Aly Carpenter.

Events

http://medicine.hsc.wvu.edu/calendar/?filter=medical-education#Upcoming
STUDENT AWARDS CONVOCATION: May 10, 2018 - Fukushima Auditorium @ 5 pm
CLASS OF 2018 GRADUATION: May 11, 2018 @ 6 pm– Creative Arts Center
M3 BOOTCAMP:  June 25^th – 28^th 

What’s Happening – Morgantown

This link contains the details of the Organization activities, listed here by date. 
MS2 OCSE PREP March 29 @4pm; STEPS
CMIG & PAIG April 3 @12pm; 1909 

TOWN HALL: Health in West Virginia, the next 150 years.  Join Clay March, Albert Wright and E. Gordon Gee for a town hall Wednesday, March 28^th at 12pm in Okey Patteson Auditorium. The session will be available online for those who cannot attend in person. You can submit a question in advance of the Town Hall through this form. 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for Community Day at Clay-Battelle Community Health Center. They would like Med Sctudents to volunteer in offering blood pressure screenings during the open house on Saturday, April 28^th from 9:00am-1:00pm. 

MINDFUL STEPS TO STRESS LESS A free 6 week series for all students, faculty, staff and employees at HSC at the Wellness Studio (G-28 South) near the market. The course will begin March 26^th from 12-1m and run every Monday through April 30^th.  If interested contact Carrie Jones, of HealthNet. 

Sign up for Ultrafest 2018! A friendly Ultrasound competition at WVU STEPS on 4/21/18. $10 signup fee buys you breakfast, lunch and a t-shirt. Sign up here.  

MS4 Class of 2018

GRADUATION REGALIA IS IN!
Our office was contacted by the bookstore today that the regalia shipment has been delivered to the HSC Bookstore.
If you elected to pick up your regalia, you may do so at any time.  Payment will be expected at time of pick-up.

• If you elected to have your regalia shipped to you, please contact the Bookstore at 304-293-4849 to provide payment.
• If you are borrowing your gown/tam, you still need to purchase a hood. You can call the bookstore at 304-293-4849 to pay for the hood.

Hoods will be given to you at the ceremony. You will not receive your hood through pickup or shipment from the bookstore.

GQ response rate is up to 83%! If your class gets 100% compliance, we will also include some special graduation activities on top of our special plans to celebrate your success!!

GRADUATION is Friday, May 11 at 6:00 pm in the Creative Arts Center. Graduation requirements and 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 30^th. 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 May Commencement to be held Friday, May 11^th at the Creative Arts Center. Volunteer shifts expected to begin around 4pm. Contact Amy if interested in helping out! 

WVU FAMILY MEDICINE RURAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM ACCEPTING 2^ND ROUND OF APPLICATIONS - The WVU Department of Family Medicine is pleased to announce that we are now accepting a 2^nd round of applications for the Rural Scholars Program. This program is designed for students committed to making rural/small town Family Medicine in West Virginia a career.  Qualified MS III’s are eligible for a $10,000 stipend for their fourth year and facilitated admission to WVU’s Morgantown Family Medicine Residency.  The Rural Scholars Program allows for an enhanced primary care experience in the 4^th year curriculum as well as early integration into the residency experience. Deadline for application is May 1, 2018 with notification date of May 31, 2018.  Please contact Holly Maroon at maroonh@wvumedicine.org if you would like information on how to apply. 

MS2 Class of 2020

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

STUDENT VOLUNTEERS needed for May Commencement to be held Friday, May 11^th at the Creative Arts Center. Volunteer shifts expected to begin around 4pm. Contact Amy if interested in helping out!

M3 BOOTCAMP: The week of June 25^th for Morgantown campus. Details to come.

MS1 Class of 2021

STUDENT VOLUNTEERS needed for May Commencement to be held Friday, May 11^th at the Creative Arts Center. Volunteer shifts expected to begin around 4pm. Contact Amy if interested in helping out! 

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

GRADUATION REGALIA IS IN!

Our office was contacted by the bookstore today that the regalia shipment has been delivered to the HSC Bookstore.

• If you elected to pick up your regalia, you may do so at any time.  Payment will be expected at time of pick-up.
• If you elected to have your regalia shipped to you, please contact the Bookstore at 304-293-4849 to provide payment.
• If you are borrowing your gown/tam, you still need to purchase a hood. You can call the bookstore at 304-293-4849 to pay for the hood.

Hoods will be given to you at the ceremony. You will not receive your hood through pickup or shipment from the bookstore. 

GQ response rate is up to 83%! If your class gets 100% compliance, we will also include some special graduation activities on top of our special plans to celebrate your success!!

GRADUATION is Friday, May 11 at 6:00 pm in the Creative Arts Center. Graduation requirements and 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 30^th. 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 May Commencement in Morgantown to be held Friday, May 11^th at the Creative Arts Center. Volunteer shifts expected to begin around 4pm. Contact Amy if interested in helping out! 

What’s Happening – Eastern

IMPORTANT DATES: 

Tumor Board - Every Thursday, 8^th Floor Classroom, 12:00-1:00pm. Mar. 30^th: Topic/Speakers TBA 

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., April 17^th, in Eastern HSC Auditorium. Topic: MedCHEFS Cooking Demonstrations presented by Eastern MSIII students.  Additional info TBA. 

Grand Rounds – Mon., Apr. 16^th, 12-1pm, in BMC 8^th Floor Classroom.  Topic: TBA 

EPMS – Wed., Apr. 11^th, at Purple Iris.  Topic: “Update: Strategies in the Arena of Interventional Cardiology Treatments” presented by Dr. Ajay Virmani, Cardiologist, WVU Medicine/Berkeley Medical Center  Lecture: 6:00pm; Dinner: 7:00pm.  RSVP: Carol Joseph, 304-671-3837. 

Medical M & M – Thur., Apr. 19^th, 7:30am, in BMC 8^th Floor Classroom.  Topic: TBA 

Evidence-Based Medicine Review – Wed. Mar. 28^th, 12-1pm, in BMC 8^th Floor Classroom.  Topic: “Vertebral Osteomyelitis” presented by Dr. Matthew Simmons and Dr. John Caruso. 

OB Journal Club – Mon., Apr. 16^th, 7:30am, in BMC 8^th Floor Classroom.  Topic: “Post-Partum Hemorrhage” presented by MSIII Michael Niemann and MSIII Andy Abrahamian. 

OB M & M Conference – TBA 

Surgical M & M – Fri., Apr. 13^th, 7:30am, in BMC 8^th Floor Classroom.  Topic: “Colorectal Anastomotic Leaks” presented by OMS-III Kourosh Shargani, MS-III Alec James, OMS-III Audreanna James, 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, 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: MS3 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 2018

GRADUATION REGALIA IS IN!
Our office was contacted by the bookstore today that the regalia shipment has been delivered to the HSC Bookstore.

• If you elected to pick up your regalia, you may do so at any time.  Payment will be expected at time of pick-up.
• If you elected to have your regalia shipped to you, please contact the Bookstore at 304-293-4849 to provide payment.
• If you are borrowing your gown/tam, you still need to purchase a hood. You can call the bookstore at 304-293-4849 to pay for the hood.

Hoods will be given to you at the ceremony. You will not receive your hood through pickup or shipment from the bookstore.

Class of 2018 Graduation Weekend – May 11-13, 2018.  Mark your calendars.  Additional details TBA. 

MS3 Class of 2019

Mid-Semester Conferences, Mar. 30^th (updated schedule):

IM: 12-1pm (Welch)
OB/Gyn: 12-1pm (Janoo)
Surg: 1-3pm (Kletter)
FM: 1-3pm (Cucuzzella) 

*NOTE: Peds mid-semester conferences re-scheduled to April 6^th, 2-3pm, with Dr. Vascik.  Psych mid-semester conferences will be scheduled individually with Dr. Ryu at her office based on her availability. 

Jefferson Medical Center- Attending Physicians:
Mar. 26-31: Dr. Feaga