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Caduceus
Newsletter: Spring 2011.12, Week of
March 28
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As you may surmise,
the differences between girls and boys are STATISTICALLY HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT!!
For a clarification
of this startling epiphany, please go to Marginalia. |
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Table of
Contents: 1. Events coming up. |
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1. Events coming up. |
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·
Monday,
March 28: The Quotidian Life of a Medical Examiner: Dr. Karen Chancellor, Shelby County Medical
Examiner, Monday, March 28. ·
Saturday,
April 9: Meet the Deans, at the Southeastern
Association of Advisors for the Health Professions meeting in Nashville. For more information, see article
#8. ·
Thursday, April 28: The
Neuroscience Institute of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center
announces a brain trauma symposium, “Sports Concussions: The Hidden Risks”. |
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2. The
question to the HLTHPROF listserv was whether there were programs
available for students to pursue a career in genetic counseling. |
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Here’s the initial inquiry: Hello! I have a student
who is interested in genetic counseling. To be honest, this is a new one for
me. Does anyone have any sites they would recommend to get a crash course in
pursuing this career? Any particular programs you would recommend to your
students? Anything in particular a student would need in order to pursue this
career? Any information
about genetic counseling would be appreciated! Thanks! Lisa S.,
Pre-Health Professions Academic Advisor Here
are some replies: 1.
Hi all, in my previous life, I practiced genetic counseling. I am still a member of the NSGC, which is the best professional resource for the field (and mentioned earlier, NSGC.org). I'd be happy to answer any specific questions if your students would like to contact me. Jill C. Rogers Prehealth Advisor Wabash College 765-361-6171 ************************ 2. Lisa, Check the following sites: http://www.gradschools.com/search-programs/genetic-counseling http://www.abgc.net/ABGC/AmericanBoardofGeneticCounselors.asp http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/medicine/genecounseling.shtml Ron G: Michigan Tech University **************************** |
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3. The
University of Medicine and Health Sciences – St. Kitts (UMHS) offers an
alternative pathway to the M.D. degree.
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University
of Medicine and Health Sciences - St. Kitts UMHS 460
West 34th Street, 12th Floor New
York, NY 10001 Dear Student Advisor/Counselor:
We know that this can be a
stressful time for students who have applied for medical schools and are
awaiting final decisions regarding admission. We know from past
experience that many will be disappointed and discouraged when they find out
they did not receive an offer from the schools of their choice. We want to introduce you to a
wonderful alternative available through the University of Medicine and Health
Sciences in St. Kitts. I have enclosed information regarding our medical
school. We hope that you find the information informative and
pertinent, and if you or any of your students have any questions regarding
the medical program offered through UMHS, please feel free to call us toll
free at (866) 686-0380. Within the next two weeks you will receive a copy of
this letter along with UMHS promotional materials. Please affix the posters
to your bulletin board and distribute catalogues and other materials directly
to interested students. If you would like to arrange a campus visit by one of
our Admissions Representatives, we will schedule the visit when we are next
in your region. We welcome the opportunity to speak first hand to you,
the pre-med students, and to members of the pre-med club. University of Medicine and
Health Sciences (UMHS) ·
50 million dollar campus that compares favorably to the best medical school
campuses in the United States ·
Highly credentialed and experienced faculty members that are recruited
primarily from the United States and Canada ·
Modern 24-bed simulation laboratory equipped with the newest computerized
simulators including I-Stan ·
11,000 square foot anatomy laboratory that is a model for medical schools
throughout the United States ·
Low student to faculty ratio ·
Small classes that ensure a significant amount of individual attention ·
A rigorous medical program taught at the highest academic standards Academic Program ·
UMHS offers a traditional Basic and Clinical Science Program. The first
four semesters are completed at our campus in St. Kitts. Students then
return back to the United States to complete the clinical program. Clinical Program ·
UMHS offers its 5th semester – the Introduction to Clinical Medicine II and
the Biologic Basis of Clinical Medicine at its Portland Maine campus.
Following successful completion of this program and upon receiving a passing
score on the USMLE, students complete 48 weeks of core clinical clerkships
and 30 weeks of elective clinical clerkships at our affiliated teaching
hospitals in New York, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Georgia and
Puerto Rico. Financial Aid ·
Financial aid and scholarships available for those who quality Admissions ·
UMHS has three entry dates per year (January, May, and September). ·
Applications and entrance requirements can be obtained by visiting our
website at: I personally welcome the opportunity
to speak with you if you have any questions about our program and/or with
specific students who are interested in exploring the opportunities offered
through UMHS. Kind regards, Bill G. Clutter, Ph.D. Director of Admissions (305) 761 0101 WHAT?? You don’t
know where St. Kitts Island is? Thanks
to GoogleEarth.com, it’s, like, over 3.3 million meters! |
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4.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing
(Baltimore, MD) is sponsoring an Open House, Saturday, April 2. |
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OPEN HOUSE – University
of Maryland School of Nursing - Saturday, April 2, at 9:30 a.m. 655 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 The University of Maryland School of Nursing offers
two academic paths for entering the nursing profession: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) • For students who want to complete the last two years of their undergraduate degree in nursing • For people with a bachelor’s degree in a field other than nursing • Offered at the Baltimore campus and at the Universities at Shady Grove in Rockville Master of Science – Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) • For people with a bachelor’s degree in a field other than nursing • Offered at the Baltimore campus only RSVP at: openhouse@son.umaryland.edu or
by phone at 410-706-0501 (select option #2). Kevin Nies, M.Ed. Associate Director of Admissions University of Maryland School of Nursing 655 West Lombard Street Baltimore, MD 21201 T: 410-706-1281 F: 410-706-7238 |
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5. An
interesting insight into who is using Facebook,
from a Diplomate of the American Board of General
Dentistry. |
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Thanks to Barbara
Huntington, PHP Director at SDSU, for sending me this: I know you already know this, but here is some
statistics to back up common sense: |
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6. Jefferson
Medical College (Philadelphia, PA) announces an Informational meeting
about its rural Physician Shortage Area Program (PSAP) on Friday, May 13,
2011. |
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Physician Shortage Area Program (PSAP) Informational meeting on Friday, May 13,
2011 for interested pre-medical students from rural areas or small towns planning to practice in similar areas
Please share this information with your students – and
encourage any students who fit the PSAP goals and want to learn more about
the program to join us in May.
Additional information about During this day, students will be provided with more specific information regarding the PSAP and the admissions process – and will have an opportunity to meet with faculty and students involved in the program. Lunch will be provided, and a campus tour will be offered after the meeting for those who are interested. Interested students can sign up for the program, or obtain additional information, by contacting contact Lisa Michaluk, MSEd, Education Coordinator, via email at Lisa.Michaluk@jefferson.edu (or by phone at 215-955-2362). (There is limited space, so please advise students to RSVP early.) |
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7. Marginalia: The results of the Dinstuhl’s Chocolate Survey are IN! |
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Every year, the CBU
community is invited to participate in BIOL 103’s Dinstuhl’s
Chocolate Tasting
Session, in which everyone gets a chance to learn how to savor the AROMA, the
SOUND, and finally the FLAVOR
of gourmet chocolate, and to indicate your preference. Here are the results of
this year’s survey:
You may say, “Well OK,
there seems to be a distinct difference in preference profiles, in which
females tend towards white and milk chocolate, while males prefer dark
chocolate.” But are these differences
in these results statistically
different? To answer this question, we
must use a Chi-square Goodness-of-fit test, which measures just how different
these two distributions are, to determine what is the likelihood of coming up
with these results if there is NO difference whatsoever. Here are the calculations,
in which “Chi-square” is a measure of how similar, or different, these
distributions are:
By consulting a Chi-square table,
under 2 degrees of freedom (3 classes of chocolate – 1 = 2 df, BTW), we find that the probability of coming up with
these results, assuming the null hypothesis that there are NO differences in
the two distributions, is CONSIDERABLY less than .001, or 1 in a thousand.
Our conclusion, therefore,
is QUITE profound:
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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