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Caduceus
Newsletter: Fall 2009.10, Week of
October 26
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THIS FRIDAY!
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Table of Contents: 1. Events coming up. |
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Events coming up.
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Tuesday, October 27: Information
Session on Osteopathic Medicine and Osteopathic Colleges of Medicine, AH 153,
12 p.m. to 2 p.m. (See article #2.) ·
Wednesday, October 28: Memphis
community-wide presentation and panel discussion on Osteopathic Medicine, AH
153, 5 to 8 p.m. Smoothies will be served 5 to 6 p.m. in the Auditorium lobby. (See
article #2) ·
Thursday, October 29: Annual
Health Career Opportunities Fair, Sabbatini Lounge, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. So far, the following institutions will be
attending: American Association of Colleges of
Osteopathic Medicine & Member Colleges: · A.T. Still University–Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU/KCOM) · A.T. Still University–School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (ATSU/SOMA) · Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine (DMU-COM) · Georgia Campus–Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (GA-PCOM) · Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) · Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) Erie · Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Bradenton Campus (LECOM-Bradenton) · Lincoln Memorial University–DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine (LMU-DCOM) · West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) Bethel University (McKenzie, TN) PA Program (Ms. Sandy Atwill) Scholl School of Podiatric Medicine Southern College of Optometry University of Memphis Lowenburg School of Nursing University of Tennessee Health Science Center ·
College
of Allied Health ·
College
of Dentistry ·
College
of Graduate Health Sciences ·
College
of Medicine ·
College
of Nursing ·
College
of Pharmacy U.S. Navy Medical Scholarship Program |
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2.
Thinking of Osteopathic Medicine? Information Sessions are scheduled at CBU,
Rhodes College and the University of Memphis Tuesday, October 27 through
Thursday, October 29. |
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Assisi Hall 153 (This is a change) |
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3.
AAMC STAT:
News from the Association of American Medical Colleges, October
19, 2009 edition. |
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AAMC
expresses supports for new Medicare payment legislation On Oct. 15, AAMC
President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., sent a letter of support for a new
bill that repeals Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) methodology. The
Senate is expected to take up the bill, which was introduced last Wednesday
by Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), this week. In the letter, Kirch called the
bill an “important first step toward achieving a more rational, consistent
update methodology that appropriately reimburses physicians for their
services.” Information:
Go to www.aamc.org/advocacy/library/teachphys/corres/2009/101509.pdf
(letter) Medical
journals adopt standards on conflict of interest reporting Several medical
journal editors announced last week that all journals published by members of
the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) will now
use a unified method for reporting conflicts of interest. As a
signatory to the ICMJE guidelines, Academic Medicine will use this disclosure
form, and beginning in January will also publish a disclosure statement at
the end of each article. In total, at least 12 publications, including the
New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, and the Journal of the American
Medical Association, have agreed to use the standardized form, which requires
researchers to not only disclose financial conflicts of interest, but other
conflicts that could potentially interfere with research, including religious
or political affiliations. Information: Go to www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf AspiringDocs.org
launches second video contest The AspiringDocs.org
Video Contest launched Oct. 15 with a focus on the student role in increasing
diversity in the medical field. The online contest is a feature of the
AAMC’s AspiringDocs.org campaign, a Web site and outreach effort designed to
increase diversity in medicine and provide college students with the
information and tools to pursue careers as doctors. Students are asked
to record a short video in response to the contest question—“What motivates
you to increase diversity in medicine?” Ten winners will be
selected. Each will receive $500 toward medical school application
costs and a suite of AAMC publications. Information:
Go to www.aspiringdocs.org/onlinecommunity/videocontest
(registration form) and www.youtube.com/aamcvideo Finance
Committee passes reform bill The Senate Finance
Committee Oct. 13 approved its health care reform legislation, the America’s
Healthy Future Act. Shortly after the vote, key lawmakers and senior White
House officials began negotiating a merger of the health care reform bills
passed by the Finance Committee and the House Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions Committee. On Oct. 8, the AAMC sent a letter urging Senate
leadership to drop or significantly modify an amendment that would change
current law with respect to payment for certain molecular laboratory
tests. Specifically, the provision would allow a select group of
independent laboratories to bill Medicare directly within the 14 day of a
patient’s discharge. Hospital-based laboratories, medical schools, and
teaching hospitals would not qualify for the provision, even if they were
performing the very same tests or a less costly but equally effective
alternative. Information:
Go to http://finance.senate.gov/sitepages/legislation.htm
(Senate bill information), or CBO:
tort reform would reduce federal deficits Information: Go to www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/106xx/doc10641/10-09-Tort_Reform.pdf
(CBO report) Information:
Go to http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/302/14/1565?rss=1 First
NIAMS director dies Lawrence E.
Shulman, M.D., Ph.D., the first director of the National Institute of
Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) at the National
Institutes of Health, passed away this weekend at age 90. Shulman
served as NIAMS director from 1986 until his retirement in 1994, when he was
named director emeritus of the institute. M. Kenton King,
M.D., dean of the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
for nearly 25 years, died Oct. 15 at age 84. King was appointed the
medical school's first full-time dean in 1965. On
the Move |
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4. Marginalia: According to Roto-Rooter’s October 2009
Pipeline Newsletter, millions of
pounds of pumpkin pulp are scraped from pumpkins throughout the Halloween
season, resulting in yummy pies, creative jack-o’-lanterns…and plumbing nightmares!! (AARGH!!) |
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Dr. Stan Eisen,
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E-mail: seisen@cbu.edu
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/
Caduceus Newsletter Archives: http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/Caduceus.html