2008 Annual Meeting Program & Presentations 

Download the Complete Program Schedule (Tuesday - Sunday, 12 pages, PDF )

Note: All materials we have received and have been authorized to post are listed below. If you presented at the meeting and would like to update or complete the information, please contact Beth Martino, bmartino@aacom.org, 301-968-4189.

• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday
• Saturday

Tuesday, April 8

Pre-Conference Workshops

Pandemic Preparedness: The Plan for the Profession, a School Template for Planning, and a Toolkit for Action

• USMLE Response to Pandemic influenza
  Leonard Levy, DPM, MPH
   Presentation (pdf, 27 pgs, 88 kb)

Development of Administrators as Academic Leaders:  Enhancing Institutional Performance through Effective Talent Management:  Identifying and  Mentoring for Leadership
Mary Pat Wohlford-Wessels, PhD
Maria Cole, PhD
Ann Karty, MD, FAAFP
Presentation (pdf, 57 pgs, 250 kb)

Wednesday, April 9

Plenary Session

The Education of a Physician
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Sessions

How Do the Basic Sciences Fit into the Vision of Medical Education of the Future?
E. Pat Finnerty, PhD
Luke H. Mortensen, PhD
Mark A. W. Andrews, PhD, MS
Matthew K. Henry, PhD 
 Presentation (pdf, 22 slides, 322 kb)

The Art and Science of OMM; Why It's Difficult to Standardize the Teaching Program
John M. Jones III, DO, MEd
 Presentation (pdf, 35 slides, 558 kb)

Incorporation of Simulation Across the Spectrum of Medical Education
Roberta A. Wattleworth, DO, MHA, MPH
 Presentation (pdf, 13 slides, 111 kb)

Building Research Mentors

• Train the Trainers in Research for Hospital Physicians
  Grace Brannan, PhD
   Presentation (pdf,13 slides, 53 kb)
• Building Research Mentors
  William J. Cairney, PhD
   Presentation (pdf, 14 slides, 69 kb)
• Academic Medicine/Research Tracks: Pathways of Distinction
  Theodore W. Rooney. DO and Bryan Larsen, PhD
   Presentation (pdf, 20 slides, 216 kb)

DME Update: Challenges and Opportunities

• The Importance of Outside Influences in the Everyday Life of the DME
  Joyce Obradovic
   Presentation (pdf, 37 slides, 1 mb)

The What, Where and How of the "Value Added" Additional Degrees to the DO
Becky J. Whittemore, MPH
Holly Korda, PhD
 Presentation (pdf, 26 slides, 641 kb)

Geriatric Curricula Guidelines for Undergraduate Medical Education in Osteopathic Medical Schools

• Introduction, Project Hx & Outcomes
  Marilyn R. Gugliucci, PhD
   Presentation (pdf, 27 slides, 479 kb)
   At-A-Glance Curriculum (pdf, 1 slide, 89 kb)
• Geriatrics and Osteopathic Practices
  Bruce P. Bates, DO
   Presentation (pdf, 23 slides, 204 kb)
• Geriatric Curricula Guidelines for Undergraduate Osteopathic Medical Education
  Janice A. Knebl, DO, MBA, FACOI, FACP, CMD
   Presentation (pdf, 12 slides, 84 kb)
• AHEC and Osteopathic Geriatric Training
  Shirley A. Weaver, PhD
   Presentation (pdf, 21 slides, 114 kb)

Education Technology in Medical Education

• Students' Use of Technology
  Stephen S. Davis, PhD
   Presentation (pdf, 9 slides, 563 kb)

Plenary Session

The New (and Longer) Road to Adulthood: Implications for Medical Education
Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, PhD
 Presentation (pdf, 30 slides, 2.9 mb)

Generational Issues Across the OME Continuum
Machelle Davison, EdD
Ray Stowers, DO
John Gimpel, DO, MEd
Jill Harman, MEd
Shawn Martin
 Presentation (pdf, 13 slides, 1.41 mb)

AACOM Awards Luncheon

2008 AACOM Excellence in Communication Awards
 Presentation (pdf, 22 slides, 1 mb)

Friday, April 11

Sessions

Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Across the Continuum

• Community Organized Faculty Development Workshop Modules
  Sherman Gorbis, DO, FAAO
   Presentation (pdf,12 slides, 66 kb)
• OU-COM and COPPC
  Stevan A. Walkowski, DO
   Presentation (pdf, 26 slides, 1.02 mb)

The Accreditation Process

• COCA: Clinical Education
  Konrad C. Miskowicz-Retz, PhD, CAE
   Presentation (pdf, 30 slides, 292 kb)

National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME) Update
John R. Gimpel, DO, MEd
Joseph Smoley, PhD
Presentation (pdf, 44 slides, 753 kb)
COMLEX Bulletin of Information (pdf, 32 pgs, 228 kb)

Brief Presentations

Using Standardized Patient Encounters for Classwide Assessment and Remediation of Osteopathic Medical student (OMS-1) Clinical and Professional Skills
Michelle R. Colen, MD
Neil J. Sargentini, PhD
Dena Higbee, MS
 Presentation (pdf, 25 slides, 171 kb)

Changing Needs Result in New Approaches: Integration of Mental Health, Cultural Competency and Palliative Care Training Into a Family Medicine Residency Program
Lucia Beck Weiss, MS
Frank A. Filipetto, DO, FACOFP
 Presentation (pdf, 28 slides, 246 kb)