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Caduceus Newsletter: Fall 2010.02, Week of August 30

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Dr. Stan Eisen, Director Preprofessional Health Programs Christian Brothers University 650 East Parkway South Memphis, TN 38104 Home page: http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/ Caduceus Newsletter Archives: http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/Caduceus.html

The fine art of Gyotaku (gyo=fish, taku=rubbing), or creating fish prints:

For more information, please go to Marginalia.

Table of Contents:

1. Events coming up. (This feature is updated as I get new information.)
2. U.S. News and World Report Rankings Highlight Osteopathic Medical Education’s Contributions to Primary Care: From the April/May 2010 issue of Inside OME.
3. National University of Health Science (St. Petersburg, FL campus) is hosting a Campus Visit Day to learn more about their Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine degree, Saturday, September 25.
4. The University of Michigan College of Pharmacy is consistently ranked as one of the top Colleges of Pharmacy in the United States. BTW, roughly 40% of its students are from out-of-state.
5. Palliative Care Extends Life, Study Finds: From the August 20, 2010 issue of Science in the News, the daily science digest from Sigma Xi.

6. Marginalia: SO, little grasshopper, you wish to know what fish printing is?

1. Events coming up. (This feature is updated as I get new information.)

· Thursday, September 2, 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.: Initial meeting for Biology majors and students interested in clinical health-related programs, in AH153;

· Sunday, September 19: International Talk Like a Pirate Day. For more information, go to http://www.talklikeapirate.com .

· Tuesday, October 26, 12 noon to 1 p.m.: Annual Lunchtime Benefit Concert and Costume Contest for LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center, featuring Death Warmed Over;

· Wednesday, November 10, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.: Introduction to Ross University’s School of Veterinary Medicine and School of Medicine. Montesi Room of Buckman Hall;

· Thursday, November 11, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Annual Health Career Opportunities Fair, Sabbatini Lounge. The event is anchored by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and other clinical health-related graduate programs and scholarship programs will be represented.

· Thursday, November 11, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.: Introduction to West Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine, J-10.

2. U.S. News and World Report Rankings Highlight Osteopathic Medical Education’s Contributions to Primary Care: From the April/May 2010 issue of Inside OME.

April/May 2010 - Vol. 4, No. 4/5 

U.S. News and World Report Rankings Highlight Osteopathic Medical Education’s Contributions to Primary Care  

U.S. News and World Report recently released this year’s best medical school rankings, and the nation’s 26 colleges of osteopathic medicine are well-represented among the 147 schools that received the magazine’s survey. Seven out of the top ten (including all of the top three) medical schools listed in answer to the question, “Which schools turn out the most primary care residents?” are osteopathic medical schools. The three schools topping the list include Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, and the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth/Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine.  Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine, the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine – California also made the top ten list of primary care resident producers, with Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine coming in 11^th.

The magazine ranks colleges in research and in primary care. Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine ranks 7^th in the primary care category. The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth/Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine ranks 19th in this category.

In its rural medicine specialty rankings, the magazine ranks West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine 10^th; the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine 17^th; and the North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth/Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine 22^nd.

In family medicine, the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth/Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine and the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine tied for the 11^th ranking; and Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine ranked 22^nd.

Finally, in geriatrics, the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth/Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine ranks 15^th, and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine and the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine tied for the 20^th ranking.

To view the Best Medical Schools report on line, visit http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools.  

3. National University of Health Science (St. Petersburg, FL campus) is hosting a Campus Visit Day to learn more about their Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine degree, Saturday, September 25.

Fall is a great time to look for graduate schools! Send your students who are interested in science and health care to Campus Visit Day at our new Florida campus.

National University of Health Sciences’ Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine degree is now offered on the campus of St. Petersburg College through its University Partnership Center.  We prepare students for practice as first-contact primary care chiropractic physicians.

NUHS is hosting a Campus Visit Day where your students can hear about our new program, tour our facilities, learn about admissions criteria, and meet with students currently enrolled in the DC Program.

What:   NUHS Campus Visit Day – DC Program

When:  Saturday, September 25th, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Where:  St. Petersburg College
              Caruth Health Education Center
              7200 66th Street N. in Pinellas Park

Student groups and clubs are also welcome! Fall is a great time to visit NUHS as we’re currently accepting applications for new classes starting in January and May. Students attending Campus Visit Day will receive a $500 tuition credit for their first trimester in the DC program.

Students may call 1-800-826-6285 to register or to receive more information.

4. The University of Michigan College of Pharmacy is consistently ranked as one of the top Colleges of Pharmacy in the United States. BTW, roughly 40% of its students are from out-of-state.

5. Palliative Care Extends Life, Study Finds: From the August 20, 2010 issue of Science in the News, the daily science digest from Sigma Xi.

Palliative Care Extends Life, Study Finds

from the New York Times (Registration Required)

In a study that sheds new light on the effects of end-of-life care, doctors have found that patients with terminal lung cancer who began receiving palliative care immediately upon diagnosis not only were happier, more mobile and in less pain as the end neared--but they also lived nearly three months longer.

The findings, published online Wednesday by The New England Journal of Medicine, confirmed what palliative care specialists had long suspected. The study also, experts said, cast doubt on the decision to strike end-of-life provisions from the health care overhaul passed last year.

"It shows that palliative care is the opposite of all that rhetoric about 'death panels,'" said Dr. Diane E. Meier, director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and co-author of an editorial in the journal accompanying the study. "It's not about killing Granny; it's about keeping Granny alive as long as possible--with the best quality of life."

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6. Marginalia: SO, little grasshopper, you wish to know what fish printing is?

First, a brief history, from: http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3436/

Gyotaku (gyo=fish, taku=rubbing) was invented in the early 1800's in Japan by the fishermen to record their catch. This was their livelihood (not sport fishing as we have today) and they could document the size and types of fish caught and still take it back to be sold or eaten. Also, certain fish in Japan are revered and they would take rubbings of these fish and then place them back in the water. Japanese fishermen took newsprint, ink and brush out to sea with them. On occasion, old newspapers printed with water-soluble ink were also used as the ink would bleed with the moisture from the fish and record its shape (a print) on the newspaper. Prints were brought back and displayed in the homes of the fishermen either on walls or in journals to be used as conversation pieces and to relate proud and heroic stories of the catch. Japanese fishing magazines still hold contests where the judging is done from Gyotaku's. It has also developed into an art form; many created prints for their beauty, and added artistic elements.

Now, you are ready to create your own fish print.

Step one is to select a fish. Conceptually, this step is VERY easy, but in fact, it takes MUCH concentration:

Then, apply ink to one side:

Make sure ink is applied to entire surface that will be exposed to paper:

Then, you press Japanese rice paper against it to make an imprint:

Finally, carefully peel paper away from fish, and TA-DA!!

Repainting the same fish, and pressing the fish onto different locations of paper creates an interesting effect:

Many people can get involved in this:

Dr. Stan Eisen, Director
Preprofessional Health Programs
Biology Department
Christian Brothers University
650 East Parkway South
Memphis, TN 38104
E-mail: seisen@cbu.edu
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/
Caduceus Newsletter Archives: http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/Caduceus.html