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2009 Annual Meeting Program & Presentations 

Download the Complete Program Schedule (Wednesday - Sunday, 11 pgs, 416 kb, pdf)


Presentation Materials

Note: All materials we have received and have been authorized to post are linked 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.


Wednesday, April 15

Pre-Conference Workshops

Assessing Competence in Tomorrow’s Physicians: Developing a Competency-Based Assessment Program for Medical Students  
Erik Langenau, DO
Tony Errichetti, PhD
John R. Gimpel, DO
Gordon Green, MD, FRCP(C)
Elizabeth K. Kachur, PhD
Frederick Schaller, DO
R. Taylor Scott, DO
James Turner, DO

Administrator Development Workshop:  Using Strategic Planning Tools in a Time of Economic Retrenchment
Elaine Soper, PhD
Joshua Mintz

Opening Plenary Session

Developing Global Physicians: What We Can Learn from Project HOPE
John P. Howe, III, MD
Presentation (21 slides, 977k, pdf)

Thursday, April 16

Plenary Sessions

National Health Reform: Perspectives from Washington
Neera Tanden, JD

HRSA in an Era of Health System Reform
Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN

Discussion Forums

What Would Flexner Say? A Conversation About Things We Should Be Doing Now
Chellappa Kumar, PhD
Douglas L. Wood, DO, PhD
Stephen A. Kardos, DO
Facilitator:Joshua Mintz

Best Practices for Increasing Underrepresented Minority Enrollment in Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
Gautam J. Desai, DO, FACOFP
Margaret I. Aguwa, DO, MPH
Karen J. Nichols, DO, MA
Paula Watkins, MAS

Social Media Marketing to the Virtual Generation

Jay Winkler
Presentation

Social Media Marketing to the Virtual Generation
Ravish Amin, MS-IV
Presentation (40 slides, 2.9 mb, pdf)

Brad Landry, OMS-IV
Presentation

Elaine Powers
Presentation (40 slides, 2.12 mb, pdf)

Friday, April 17

Plenary Session

The New Administration and the First 100 Days
Howard Fineman

Development Issues, Strategies and Roles for Deans, Development Officers, and Others
Douglas G. Stewart
Presentation (23 slides,189 kb, pdf)

Concurrent Sessions

A Model for Interprofessional Health Education: Planning, Development and Implementation
Susan E. Mackintosh
Sheree Aston, OD, PhD
Tina Meyer, MA, PA-C

Early Identification of Osteopathic Medical Students at Risk of Failure 
Mark R. Speicher, MSHA
Lori A. Kemper, DO, MS, FACOFP

Brief Presentations 

Multidisciplinary Approach to a Global Health Initiative
Edward Cho, DO, MPH
Handout (4 pgs, 110 kb, pdf)  

Global Network for Health and Environment: A Novel Approach to Education and Diagnostics
H. Dean Sutphin, PhD, MS

Innovative Approach to Addressing Global Health Disparities Through a Global Health Leadership Training Program in Latin America 

H. Dean Sutphin, PhD, MS
Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP

Concurrent Sessions

Fostering Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) Integration During Clinical Training Through Early Experiences of Non-Invasive Physiologic Measurements
Deborah M. Heath, DO

Building Collaboration for Online Testing
Elaine Soper, PhD
Loretta Graham, PhD

Brief Presentations 

Pre-clerkship Educational Journal Clubs (PEJC)
Donald J. Sefcik, DO, MBA
Gillian Bice, PhD, MA

Q-sort Methodology as a Technique for Research and Evaluation in Osteopathic Medical Education 
Machelle Davison, EdD
Matt Vassar, PhD 

Development of a Research Exchange for Osteopathic Students
Alan M. Adelman, MD
John H. George, PhD
Stephen D. Laird, DO, MHPE, FACOS
William L. Sexton, PhD

Brief Presentations

Engaging Distant Learners in Synchronous Education
Kari Hortos, DO
Suzanne Wilson, MSN, RN

How to Create a Wiki
Robert Miller, EdD

Enhancing Geriatrics Rotation Training:  Use of Web CT
Naushira Pandya, MD, CMD
Martha Echols, PhD
Presentation
(24 slides, 271 kb, ppt)

Tapping into the Stimulus Package: A Conversation with Key Funders
Deniel G. Mareck, MD
Jean Slutsky
John Bartrum
Handout (3 pgs, 92 kb, pdf)

Concurrent Sessions

Training the Rater: Improving Faculty Feedback of Student Performance on OSCEs .  
Gautam J. Desai, DO, FACOFP
Laurie Gallagher, DO
Roberta A. Wattleworth, DO, MHA, MPH

Best Practices in Grantsmanship: A 360 Degree Perspective
Gaylah Sublette, MBA
Norine E. Eitel, MBA

    Brief Presentations 

    Creating Sustainable Community Programs in Global Health Education Overseas Programs: Shistosomiasis Project, The Experience of Global Health Program at Touro University
    Eiman Mahmoud, MD

    Using Team Exams to Enhance Learning
    Randal Batchelor, EdD
    Dennis Kiick, PhD
    Presentation (16 slides, 1.3 megs, pdf)
     

    Addressing Communication Competency in Medical Education
    Gretchen Lovett, PhD

    Concurrent Sessions

    Innovations in Biomedical Research Competencies for Medical Students
    Bruce Dubin, DO, JD
    Don Peska, DO, MPH
    des Anges Cruser, PhD, MPA

    Pipeline to the Future: OMM Faculty, Researchers and Mentors
    Michael L. Kuchera, DO, FAAO
    David C. Mason, DO

    Brief Presentations 

    Essentials of the Successful Osteopathic Manipulation Medical Core Clerkship
    Russell G. Gamber, DO, MPH
    Presentation (13 slides, 218 kb, pdf)

    Specialty College Liaison Activities with Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
    James Foy, DO
    Presentation (15 slides, 180 kb, pdf)

    Integrating OPP into Patient Management: A Case-Based Approach to Resident Instruction and Assessment
    Janet Hamstra, EdD
    Barbara Arcos, DO
    Presentation (10 slides, 386 kb, pdf)

    Brief Presentations 

    Teaching Community Health Interventions Through a Traveling Mini-Med School
    Linda Frasca, MD
    Presentation (28 slides, 2.2 mb, pdf)

    Innovations for Rural Track Curricula
    Dana C. Shaffer, DO

    Use of Audience Response Systems Devices as a Tool in Medical School Curriculum
    Tana N. Lucas
    Rita K. Getz, PhD

    Developing a Model to Integrate EBM into a Crowded Curriculum
    John George, PhD
    Stephen Laird, DO
    Presentation (9 slides, 219 kb, pdf)

    Saturday, April 18

    National Academy of Osteopathic Medical Educators (NAOME) Workshop
    Nancy S. Searle, EdD

    Discussion Forums

    Growing Researchers: Preparing Future Evidence-Based Physicians Through Undergraduate Medical Education Research Training

    The CORE OPTI Experience
    Grace Brannan, PhD
    Presentation (6 slides, 157 kb, pdf)

    Why Translational Research (Presentation 1)
    DMU Initiatives to Foster Research for Undergraduate Medical Students (Presentation 2)
    Theodore W. Rooney, DO, FACP
    Presentation1 (10 slides, 58 kb, pdf)
    Presentation2 (4 slides, 94 kb, pdf)

    Improving Patient Safety Through Use of Medical Simulation
    Gregory J. Kolbinger, MPAS, PA-C
    Kyla D. Carney, DO, MS
    William Case
    Presentation (54 slides, 1 mb, pdf)
    Handout (2 pgs, 86 kb, pdf)

    Student Career Decisions: A Forum on Student GME Choices and a Web Resource
    Bruce Dubin, DO, JD
    Skip Moeller, OMS III
    Marguerite Elliott, DO, MS
    Donald J. Sefcik, DO, MBA

    Establishing an International OME Collaborative 
    India Broyles, EdD
    Robyn Phillips-Madson, DO
    Presentation (14 slides, 1.3 mb)
    Eiman Mahmoud, MD
    Terrence Mulligan, DO, MPH, FACOEP
    Jan M. Willcox, DO

     

     
     

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