Children’s Memorial Hospital needs your vote |
Colgate is offering to build a fun room for whichever children's hospital has the most votes by Feb. 29. Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, one of the Medical School’s primary teaching hospitals, is one of the ones in the running.
You can vote once a day, every day, until Feb. 29, at http://www.colgate.com/app/
Colgate/US/Corp/Community
Programs/show-the-love.cvsp
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| February 7, 2008
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AAMC report on school expansion includes Medical School
The Medical School was one of six schools studied for the recently released Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) report, "Medical School Expansion: Challenges and Strategies."
The report found that challenges to increasing class size include “a lack of faculty and financial resources, and classroom and training space-but shows how careful planning can help overcome these challenges.”
The study was done through site visits and interviews and included Boston University School of Medicine; Michigan State University College of Human Medicine; Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine; Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine; and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine.
For more information, see http://www.aamc.org/newsroom/pressrel/2008/080131.htm
-AAMC
Domestic Violence course starts Feb. 13
A blue-book elective series on the topic of domestic violence and the physician’s role is open to all students and faculty, beginning Feb. 13.
The goals of the series are to increase student awareness of the prevalence and clinical consequences of domestic violence through lectures and presentations; have students learn screening, safe planning, and documentation skills; and to facilitate medical student screening for domestic violence and intimate partner violence.
The most recent available statistics from Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services from 2003 showed that 20,946 incidents of domestic violence were reported to the police departments -- equaling 2.4 incidents per hour.
“Physicians do a poor job of screening their patients for issues of violence and very little information on issues of violence and screening for abuse is currently in the curriculum for the medical students and residents at the Medical School,” said Dr. Laura Benjamins, assistant professor of pediatrics and the program’s organizer.
The blue book course schedule includes:
Feb. 13, Domestic Violence – An Introduction, Dr. Laura Benjamins
Feb. 20, Sexual Abuse, Dr. Rebecca Girardet
March 5, Family Protective Services, Dr. Kim Cheung
March 19, Child Physical Abuse, Dr. Christopher Greeley
March 28, Elder Abuse, Dr. Carmel Dyer
All lectures will be held in MSB 1.006 at noon.
Medical School tools available for download
 Medical School-branded PowerPoint templates, e-mail business card signatures, and the school logos are now available for easy download.
Just visit the downloads section of the Office of Communications Web site to find these helpful Medical School tools.
Please contact ms.communications@uth.tmc.edu for questions and suggestions.
Asian Extravaganza
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The Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association celebrated Asian culture at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston Tuesday, February 5. Students and faculty participated in a fashion show featuring traditional clothing. Live performances of song and dance were also featured during 2008 Asian Extravaganza. Lunch was sold with proceeds benefitting the Hepatitis Foundation International.
Photos by Dwight C. Andrews |
