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Caduceus
Newsletter: Fall 2009.08, Week of
October 12.
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Don’t
forget! Halloween Day Lunchtime
Benefit Concert for LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center and Faculty/Staff
Costume Contest in the Alfonso Dining Hall, Friday, October 30, starting at
12 noon:
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Table of Contents: 1. Events this week. |
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1. Events this week. |
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Tuesday,
October 13, 2009:
Neuroscience Seminar Series at UTHSC, starting at 12 noon -- Lorin Milescu,
Ph.D., Neurobiology, Harvard University, Exploring
Neuronal Function of Ion Channels with Dynamic Clamp, Host - Dr.
Reese Scroggs
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Thursday,
October 15, 2009 –
University of Memphis
Department of Biology, 4:00 p.m. Ellington Hall Auditorium, Dr. Howard
Berg (host, Dr. Coons), Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, “TMV viral replication complexes: what microscopy is revealing of
their dynamics and ultrastructure". ·
Thursday,
October 15, 2009 – Next ACS meeting. (See article #2) |
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2. Minutes of
the most recent ACS meeting (from Ting Wong). |
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Hey everyone,
***AFTER FALL BREAK***
***COMING EVENTS****
_______________________________________________ acs mailing list acs@lists.cbu.edu |
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3. Where
Physicians Stand Now on the Healthcare Debate: An Expert Interview With Robert J. Blendon,
ScD. From Medscape Medical News,
September 29, 2009. |
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From Medscape Medical News > Policy PerspectivesWhere Physicians Stand Now on the Healthcare Debate: An Expert Interview
With Robert J. Blendon, ScD
Medscape: In August, the American Medical Association (AMA) was among the first groups to support the combined House healthcare reform bill, which, among many other things, includes a public plan option and a provision to reform the sustainable growth rate (SGR), the complex and controversial formula the federal government uses each year to adjust Medicare rates for physician services. Was the promised SGR fix, as some have suggested, the very costly price of gaining the association's support? Dr. Blendon: I never suggest motives for what people do. But the House [Tri-Committee] bill is one of the larger, more comprehensive versions of reform now being discussed, and the fact that the AMA is on record supporting it — with as much federal government intervention in healthcare as it contains — is really a first for the association. Medscape: In a national survey of physicians published in September in the New England Journal of Medicine, more than three quarters of respondents agreed that they "have a professional obligation to address societal health policy issues." Does that finding square with your own understanding of physicians' beliefs? Dr. Blendon: My view of that finding is much narrower than the authors'. In responding to the statement about their professional obligation, doctors were indicating their willingness to take part in something that affects their jobs, their hospital, and the future of their profession. So of course they should be involved. I didn't take doctors' response in the survey as a commitment to society to step back and do anything different from what they're already doing every day of their lives. Medscape: The survey also found that surgeons, procedural specialists, and those in nonclinical specialties were less enthusiastic than primary care providers about some of the more controversial aspects of reform, including expanding access by reducing reimbursement for expensive drugs and procedures. Did this finding surprise you? Dr. Blendon: No. When you talk about what a group supports or doesn't, you really have to be much more specific. Many physicians believe that the uninsured should be covered, that the administrative burden imposed by insurance companies is overwhelming, that malpractice is a serious problem in their lives, that there is a lot of duplication of procedures, and that there are other things that go on that should be fixed. But when you get down to diminishing their ability to make clinical decisions, diminishing their professional discretion, or lowering their incomes, they are not at all supportive. Medscape: How will these divisions affect physician support as the reform debate moves forward in Congress? Dr. Blendon: There may be some shift in physician support, especially if the final congressional bills end up dealing with some tough issues. For instance, some people in the Senate are saying that the government can't afford to fix the SGR — it's just too expensive and we have to cut back to something we can afford. Well, what happens to physician support if the bill that emerges from the Senate doesn't include a SGR fix? Medscape: In his address before a joint session of Congress earlier this month, President Obama talked about addressing medical liability reform, although not in a way that many in the GOP and many physicians favor. Reflecting the President's position, the Baucus bill as it now stands would simply encourage the Senate to urge Congress to establish "a state demonstration program to evaluate alternatives to the current civil litigation system." How big a role will liability reform play going forward? Dr. Blendon: That depends. If to reach the 60 votes they need, Democrats must win over members for whom a stronger malpractice provision is really important, Democrats may actually shift where they now stand on the issue. But if these [sought after] members make some other issue a higher priority, malpractice reform may not move beyond the President's commitment to do some state experimentation. Medscape: Do you have a hunch one way or another? Dr. Blendon: I have no idea whether some members will in the end place a priority on malpractice reform. But, even if they do, we could still end up with a bill with just very general language about state experiments, because historically liability reform has not been a high priority for the Democratic leadership in either House. Authors and DisclosuresJournalistWayne GuglielmoWayne Guglielmo is a freelance writer for Medscape. Medscape Medical News © 2009 Medscape,
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4. The
recipient of the Physics Ig Noble 2009 award explains why pregnant woman
don’t tip over. |
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It’s simple physics, Watson:
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5. Applications available now for
the Tennessee Institutes for Pre-Professionals (TIP). |
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Applications Available Now !!!! Please
apply online at www.utmem.edu/tip. Hello, I am writing to inform that the Tennessee
Institutes for Pre-Professionals (TIP) applications are now available at www.utmem.edu/tip (click the ‘Apply Now’
star). The applications must be completed, printed, and mailed to: Tennessee Institutes for Pre-Professionals (TIP) 8 S. Dunlap, BB9 Memphis, TN 38163 It would be a great help to us if you could inform any
underrepresented students of our online application. Please forward to
all students who would benefit from our program. Tennessee Institutes for Pre-Professionals (TIP) is a
program hosted by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
UTHSC recognizes the need diversify its student population by increasing the
pool of underrepresented groups in its health profession programs. Tennessee
Institutes for Pre-Professionals is a response to this need. TIP provides a
unique structured opportunity for underrepresented Tennesseans to be equipped
for successful matriculation into one of the health profession programs in
medicine, dentistry, or pharmacy at UTHSC. TIP's ultimate goal is to increase
the representation and active participation of underrepresented groups in the
health professions training and practice. TIP General Eligibility Criteria
For further information about TIP, Please visit our website at www.utmem.edu/tip or contact our staff at
901-448-8772 or 800-998-8654. Respectfully, Terrika Thornton Tennessee Institutes for Pre-Professionals (TIP) Summer Science Institute (SSI) Administrative Assistant 901-448-2627 |
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6. Received this week. |
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·
Yale
University School of Nursing Viewbook (on bookshelf in BBB/PHP Lounge)
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7. The University
of Michigan Genetic Counseling Graduate Training Program will be hosting
an open house on Friday, October 23, 2009, from 3-5 p.m. |
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The University of Michigan Genetic Counseling Graduate
Training Program will be hosting an open house on October 23, 2009 from 3-5
pm. This event will occur in Ann Arbor at our offices in the University of
Michigan Medical School, 4917 Buhl Building. Please help us identify students
at your institutions who are considering a career in genetic counseling.
Attendees will have the chance to meet with faculty and students in the
Genetic Counseling Program, learn about the Michigan training experience and
talk about the actual admissions process. http://www.hg.med.umich.edu/GCWeb/index.html If you have any questions, please
contact either Beverly Yashar, Program Director (Yashar@umich.edu) or Monica Marvin,
Assistant Program Director (monicama@umich.edu). ***************************************************************** Mariella Mecozzi Senior Assistant Director of Pre-Professional Services The Career Center--University of Michigan 3200 Student Activities Building 515 E. Jefferson Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1316 Ph: 734-764-7460 Fax: 734-763-9268 http://www.careercenter.umich.edu ************************************************************************ Follow The Career Center
on: |
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8. The University of
Tennessee College of Dentistry is offering a 1-day externship, November
6, 2009. |
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This is a
one-day program sponsored by the American Student Dental Association. It will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at 2:00
p.m. The day will consist of a tour of
the school, demonstrations on the Dental Simulators, attend lectures and
labs, and lunch with students. Due to
the great student turnout in the past, we must limit the program to Junior
and Senior students.
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9. New Volunteer
Opportunities at LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center. (Thanks to Ting Wong for forwarding this
to me.) |
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From: Dalene Wilson <wilsodal@lebonheur.org> |
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10. The American Association of Colleges of
Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM)
is pleased to announce the launching of its Facebook page. |
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The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) is pleased to announce that we have launched AACOM's Facebook page, now available at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chevy-Chase-Village-MD/AACOM-The-American-Association-of-Colleges-of-Osteopathic-Medicine/49933236324 We'll be adding to the page over time, so please let your interested students know of this resource available to them. I would encourage you to tell your students about the series of recruitment events we are doing around the country at campuses with many Pre-Health Advisors: http://www.aacom.org/events/calendar/recruiting/Pages/default.aspx Currently, I am in Alabama attending the Alabama Connection recruitment week. Next week, Washington State at a series of campus events. Idaho, Memphis, TN, New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA all following...so hope to see many of you and your students. Many of our medical school admission officers will be attending, so your students will have a great opportunity to meet them one-on-one at these events. Hope to see many of you! Gina M. Moses, M.Ed. Associate Director of Application Services American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine 5550 Friendship Blvd., Suite 310 Chevy Chase, MD 20815-7231
Tel: 301-968-4184 Fax: 301-968-4101 gmoses@aacom.org www.aacom.org <http://www.aacom.org/> |
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11. The University of
Memphis will be hosting its annual Pre-Health Sciences Day on Thursday,
November 5, 2009. |
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12. Marginalia: Let me get this straight – you’d like
to insult someone, but you just can’t find the right words? |
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Then let me refer you to the Shakespearean Insults Generator website, http://www.william-shakespeare.org.uk/a1-shakespearean-insults-generator.htm,
as a WONDERFUL source of insults to hurl at those whom you feel deserve it: |
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Dr. Stan Eisen,
650
E-mail: seisen@cbu.edu
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/
Caduceus Newsletter Archives: http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/Caduceus.html