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1430 Tulane Avenue, SL-6
New Orleans, LA 70112 The OME newsletter provides ongoing information and resources for medical students in the
Tel 504-988-6600 areas of:
Fax 504-988-6601 • Test taking strategies
ome@tulane.edu • Study skills
www.som.tulane.edu/ome • Updates on Peer Tutoring
• Web-based Course Evaluation
• Development of Professionalism
• Careers in Medicine
MISSION
The ultimate goal of this resource is to support students as they matriculate through the
WE CONTRIBUTE medical program at Tulane University School of Medicine. The OME has updated its
TO THE MEDICAL website to include a Students’ Resource page that provides information on Careers in
STUDENTS’ Medicine, Peer Tutoring, seminars, and general resources. Web address:
EDUCATION BY
http://www.som.tulane.edu/ome/student_resources
PROVIDING
FACULTY
DEVELOPMENT,
EDUCATIONAL Upcoming Events:
SUPPORT AND
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Education Excellence Week
January 12-16, 2009
Career Day
March 7, 2009
The owl club has been highly involved in course and - UPCOMING MEETINGS:
curriculum issues at Tulane SOM. We have recently Research Group: December 15th at 4:00 pm, Room
completed elections for the class of 2012 officers, and 1558
have familiarized them with the Office of Medical Research Group: January 20th at 4:00 pm, Room
Education. We are in the process of preparing 1558
summaries of the first 2-4 blocks of data from clinical Journal Club: January 26th at 4:00 pm, Room 1558
clerkship student evaluations. Owl Club is representing
the student body on the Evaluation Subcommittee of the Education Excellence Week
Curriculum Committee. January 12th - 16th, 2009
(All events will take place at 1430 Tulane Avenue):
We have also been making recommendations to the
Curriculum Committee for the student thesis project. 1. Monday, Jan 12: “USMLE Step 1 Preparation:
Biostatistics”- Jeff Wiese, MD,
We currently have a member of each class dedicated to 4PM, Rm. 6065.
working with Kornelija Juskaite in the OME to 2. Tuesday, Jan 13: “@ The Library”
disseminate information about career services and - Philip Walker, 4PM, Rm. 6065.
tutoring to the students. 3. Wednesday, Jan 14: “Life Long Learning:
Developing Professional Skills” - John Pelley,
Finally, we are happy to have two groups of students PhD, 4-6 PM, Rm. 6065.
submitting proposals for presentations at the 2009 SGEA 4. Thursday, Jan 15: “Life Long Learning:
conference to be hosted by Tulane April 2-4. Developing Professional Skills” (continued) -
John Pelley, 12:00 PM, Rm. 6065. Lunch served.
5. Friday, Jan 16: “USMLE Today and Tomorrow”
Resources & Events - Donald Melnick, MD,
11:30 AM, Rm. 6065. Lunch provided.
from OWL Club Rep, Pooja Sethi, T2
Careers in Medicine (CiM) Program
The Office of Medical Education (OME) is a valuable
- Want to find out what you're going to be when
resource that we are urged to take advantage of. The
you grow up? Take quizzes, learn more about the
OME provides a series of lectures, workshops, seminars,
specialties.
and skills development activities not to mention it has a
- Email Kornelija <kjuskait@tulane.edu> to get
vast supply of literature and online references for future
your unique ID and you're good to go!
career planning and advice. A calendar with all of the
upcoming OME events is made available to us online at
Career Day
http://tulane.edu/som/ome/ - please use this for reference
- March 7, 2009
for any of the activities listed below that you may be
- Residency directors and chief residents from the
interested in.
most specialty programs in the area will be there.
- 4th year student panel on the how-to's of
Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Program
residency applying and interviewing.
http://www2.som.tulane.edu/ome/peer_tutoring/index.ht
- Lunch provided :)
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- You are able to directly (and confidentially) contact
Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA)
tutors in the subject you need help with, at NO COST.
2009 Regional Conference
- All tutoring sessions must be approved by the course
- Sponsored by the AAMC, Tulane is hosting for
director or the OME.
the first time in 10 years.
- A wonderful opportunity for people working on
Research Group & Journal Club
papers and abstracts to present their work.
- Monthly round table discussions about current
- Emphasis on educational research but all
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submissions are welcome. institution, including our own. Within the Southern
- SUBMISSION DUE DATE: December 5, 2008 Region, students asked these questions:
- CONFERENCE: April 2-4, 2009
o How do schools provide research time and
Society of Health Sciences Teaching Scholars funding for students?
Education Day o How is complementary/alternative medicine
- Students working on abstracts and papers are (CAM) worked into the curriculum?
welcome to present. o How is faculty mentorship and/or advising
- Emphasis on educational research but all handled?
submissions are welcome. o How is teaching of the “business” of
- SUBMISSION DUE DATE: January 16, 2009 medicine incorporated into the curriculum?
- EVENT: May 7, 2009 (JBJ Atrium and o How are public health and epidemiological
Classroom 111A). principles taught in the curriculum?
o What kind of Step 1 board preparation is
OME Library available?
- USMLE prep books and subject-specific references. o Will stricter policies regarding journal clubs,
- Education Specialists in OME office can provide research presentations, etc cause conflicts of
individualized study tips and techniques. interest which affect continuing medical
- Can help guide you to other OME services. education (CME)?
***Stay tuned for upcoming emails from your OWL One of the highlights of the weekend was gathering
Club reps with more event information, including firsthand information about the creative programs
the STEP 1 PANEL on JANUARY 8, 2009*** current medical students are coming up with to
strengthen their curriculum in the face of the
Once again, the OME is here for us. Please use this challenges which come with producing doctors
wonderful supply of resources (because unfortunately it equipped for the future of medicine. Included in the
doesn't get much better than this after we graduate!) student programming showcase:
Please call the office (988-6600) or email Kornelija
<kjuskait@tulane.edu> with any questions or if you need o Co-Curricular Credit Program (Wayne
additional information. State University SOM): elective credit and
formal recognition given for community
service oriented projects
From AAMC Student Representatives, o 3rd Year Curriculum at Bassett Hospital
Drew Updike, T3 & David Aamodt, T3 (Albany MC): a combined inpatient (12
wks), longitudinal (32 wks), and family
medicine capstone (4 wks) experience that
It was our pleasure and privilege to be student educates and explores continuity of medical
participants in the AAMC Annual Meeting in San care
Antonio, TX a couple weeks ago. Our purpose for o Innovation and Expansion at Well
attending was to involve ourselves at the student level, in Established Student-run Clinics (Miami
the Organization of Student Representatives, and share Miller SOM): an in depth look at how
ideas regarding medical education, student affairs, current students’ role in local continuity clinics can
legislation, and community and diversity within our teach participants about service, health care
medical schools. access and impart clinical skills
o Human Context in Health Care (Uniformed
From big ideas like, “How should our medical institution Services University): with 95% class
model professional behaviors?” to more specific themes attendance without being mandatory, this is a
such as, “What is the best way to incorporate teaching course that for over 20 years has been
evidence based medicine (EBM) in our curriculum?” our focused on hosting sessions requiring self-
discussion topics tended to follow a common thread: exploration of feelings and emotions which
these are real questions that should be asked at any impact implementation of patient care
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The initiative taken by fellow students, here at Tulane Every $1 provided in federal WIC benefits to
and across the country, to incite positive growth and pregnant women saves approximately $3 in Medicaid
change is truly amazing. As students, the greatest and other health costs.
obstacle that we face is time. In a very short amount of
time, we will be graduated and moving on. So in order to
see our efforts here – whether they be directed towards
curricular improvement, community service, or
Student Research Projects
Recent creative endeavors by Tulane medical
enlivening the student body – come to fruition, we ought
students have included:
to use our resources as effectively as possible. The
greatest source of ideas we have is our fellow students.
¾ A presentation by Montu Patel (T3)
With your continued input, feedback, and suggestions, we
highlighted the importance of regular screening for
can work together to enhance the future of medical
depression in male patients, and pointed out the
education at Tulane and across the country. Let’s learn
gender disparity in diagnosing and treating this
from each other, and help each other. Please contact us so
disease. Patel’s review of the literature indicated
we can discuss ideas about our future education.
that, although the reported incidence of clinical
depression is increasing dramatically among men,
Drew Updike (jupdike@tulane.edu)
most say they are too embarrassed to bring up the
David Aamodt (daamodt@tulane.edu)
subject with their physicians--but would be willing to
Tulane OSR Representatives
discuss the topic if the physician raised it. However,
most of the EJGH Residents that Patel surveyed said
that they did not routinely screen male patients for
SNMA Service Project depression; and did not search for likely causes in
Bahiyyih Khelgati, T2 those patients who were depressed, but simply treated
the symptoms. Important food for thought!
Nearly 28% of New Orleanians live in poverty. To help ¾ An illustrated slide show produced by Kevin
address the basic needs of these members of our Motamedi (T3) described the benefits of treating
community, Tulane SNMA representatives recently disease with food as a first line defense, rather than
collected canned food donations for Second Harvest (now using expensive medications that can have negative
called, Feeding America), a national organization that side-effects. Stemming from his motivation to
provides food to the needy. All donations were empower patients to improve their own health,
distributed locally for Thanksgiving. THANK YOU to all Motamedi’s program described the LDL-lowering
who helped with this effort! potential and other health benefits of seven foods:
soy, oats, beans, yogurt, salmon, nuts, and tea. The
FYI: SOME FACTS ON FOOD INSECURITY reported health claims were supported by data from
Louisiana is one of the top ten states for food insecurity nationally recognized, authoritative sources.
and hunger. Food insecurity is "limited or uncertain
availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or ¾ Patient education was paired creatively with
uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially entertainment in a project by Glenn Fernandez (T3)
acceptable ways." who developed an animated cartoon to inform
patients about hypertension, diabetes & stroke risk
The maximum monthly food stamp benefit in 2008-9 for while they sit in physicians’ waiting rooms. France
a family of four was $588 or $1.58 per person per meal. Fung (T3) was the voice talent for the video and John
The average per-person monthly benefit was $176 or 1.89 Nanfro (T3) helped burn the DVD's. Fernandez
cents per meal. pointed out that patients typically spend an average
of 55 minutes in the waiting room and 17 minutes in
A household may not participate in the Food Stamp the exam room. This time can be used to educate
Program if it has more than $2,000 in savings or other patients effectively in an engaging format.
assets ($3,000 for households with elderly or disabled
members).
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the best answers for the questions that were posed about
specific cases scenarios. Dr. Dise has found that students
What Else is New?
become so involved in the group problem-solving process Kevin Krane, MD
that they tend to stay past the end of class to continue Vice Dean for Academic Affairs
Tulane University School of Medicine
their discussions. While the TBL approach holds much
promise for improved learning outcomes such as
effective teaming in health care provision and enhanced Plans are actively underway for the next large
experiences for patients, the process of learning to use learning facility on the 2nd floor of the Murphy
this tool effectively (both for faculty and students) Building. This facility will be large enough for 180
remains a challenge. Following this initial trial of TBL in learners and will provide an ideal setting for Team-
her nutrition course, Dr. Dise has decided to revise some Based Learning as well as traditional lectures, and
instructional procedures for the next block. In spite of small group teaching. The room will be enhanced
the need for ongoing adaptation to meet the needs of the with a new sound system and multiple large
students, Dr. Dise’s experience with TBL has encouraged projection screens. The room can also be sub-divided
her to continue its use in the classroom. for smaller groups of learners. Scheduled to open in
early 2009, this new facility will be an exciting
educational space for the newest generation of
learners.
MOD &Team Based Learning
Ross Klingsberg, MD
Associate Professor of Pulmonary Diseases and
Internal Medicine
Tulane University School of Medicine Evidence Based Medicine . . .
Library Resources and Services
Reported by Deborah Larimer (OME staff)
Philip Walker
Dr. Klingsberg, is another faculty member currently Library Services, Rudolph Matas Library
giving TBL a try--in his Fall 2008 Mechanisms of Tulane University School of Medicine
Disease/Pulmonology course. He reports that the course
has gone well overall using this approach, and that it has The amount of biomedical information is staggering
been productive to get the students working together. and may be impossible to navigate without adequate
skills or assistance. The Reference Librarians at the
Some concerns that Dr. Klingsberg identified include: Matas Library can perform a variety of functions
using the TBL case-testing format requires additional test regarding the EBM resources available within the
taking time for students due to the complexity of the library. First and foremost, we can direct you towards
cases; development of time-management skills will be those EBM resources that already have Systematic
important for students when using this learning method Reviews compiled for you, such as the Cochrane
(and in medical practice as well); and it would be Database of Systematic Reviews, ACP Journal Club,
preferable to have a multi-disciplinary team review the or PubMed’s Clinical Queries. Secondly, there are
test cases and questions to make sure that they accurately several Point-of-Care resources available through our
reflect the course objectives. website with explanations of the evidence used in
their conclusions, such as UpToDate and STAT!Ref.
Dr. Klingsberg felt it was beneficial to give students the Lastly, if the EBM search is unsuccessful, we can
learning objectives in advance, so that they could orient recommend databases, search terms, and strategies
their efforts toward achieving the course objectives that will enable you to build your own evidence. Feel
efficiently. In addition, he concluded that TBL was free to contact us for individual assistance or to
particularly useful for helping students develop the schedule a workshop for students, residents, faculty,
interactive approach to health care that they will need in or staff at medref@tulane.edu or 504-988-5155.
future practice settings.
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Career Day
S ATURDAY, MARCH 7TH, 2009
10:30 am – 11:00 amQ & A Session – Bowers Auditorium, 1555 Poydras Street
12:40 pm – 2:00 pm General Panel Discussion with Lunch and Q & A Session –
Lobby/Bowers Auditorium, 1555 Poydras Street
Education Day will begin with a ceremony for the Teaching Scholar
Award and a luncheon. Following the luncheon, faculty, staff,
residents, and students will present their innovative education
approaches and projects (including creative uses of technology) as
well as educational research. Three formats will be used: brief oral
presentations, posters, and student round table research discussions.