Transcript SOMA/AOA Conference Orlando 2012

SOMA/AOA
Conference
Orlando 2012
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House of Delegates
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Region 4 Service Project- 3 Square Food Bank in Las Vegas
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Dec 28, 2011
Alicia [email protected]
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Voting on new logo
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SOMA Insurance
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ATSU scholarships
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Guaranteed
Premium: $1300-2100/yr
Monthly- Great for rotations
Somainsurance.com
4th year students especially
http://www.atsu.edu/financial_aid/KCOMscholarshipsawards.htm
GL Advisor
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Medical School loans
Consolidate after July 2012 to benefit from Obama’s new plan
Resolutions
S Reconsider amendment author requirements (to any number of
authors, not 5)
S Approved
S Language to change the unity campaign task force director position
title to the unity campaign director
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S BLS & first aid training in colleges of Osteopathic medicine
S Recommends that all OMSI’s complete BLS as soon as possible in the
beginning of the year
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S Childhood and teenage sexual education
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Resolutions
Language to add the website director position to the SOMA constitution
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Approved
S National convention meeting attendance by SOMA chapters
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Every chapter is required to send at least ONE representative
Failure will result in penalties by the BOT
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S Promotion of Fellowship….
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Approving the changes to these EDITS
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S Revision of the nomination committee
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S Reconsider resolution author requirements
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Approved
House of Delegates
S Amendments
S AOA Bureau of Osteopathic Hx & Identity
S $5000/3000/2000
S President Levin, AOA
S Everypersoncounts website to write to Senator to fight cuts
S DO Day on the Hill
House of Delegates
John Gimpel, CEO of NBOME
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2012: Hi-lite & Strike-out Feature!
Expanding seats
Expanding National Center for Clinical Skills
Working on electronic SOAP notes
Pass rates 2011-2012
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Level 1: 92.6% pass 1st time
Level 2: 90% pass 1st time
COMSAE- Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Self-Assessment Exam
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$50
Good indicator
House of Delegates
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Frederick P Ognibene, Director of Clinical Research Training Program, NIH
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Summer research opportunities at NIH Clinical Center & other Institutes
Research Scholars Program
Mentored basic, clinical or transitional research project
Emphasis tailored
OMS 2-4
www.cc.nih.gov
BOT
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Check out OMT section
Email Yvetter Wang Conference topics
Elections
S President: Samuel Rabor, Jr.
S VP & Speaker of House: Tracey Bastiaans
S Treasurer: Jennifer Luo
S Foundation Chairperson: Erin Murphy
S Foundation Director: Michael Favara
S Membership Coordinator: Brittany Grady
S Region 4 Trustee
S Region 1: Robert Gesumaria
S Region 2: Hope Harris
S Region 3: Jonathan Wong
S Region 4: Ian Schlieder
Region Meeting
S Funding for Conferences
S Next 3 Conferences on West Coast
S Hurricane Katrina Rebuilding Service Projects
S December 27-30, 2011
S Fully paid by AOF
Mentor program
S Director: Lizzy Hart
S Similar to Match.com/ match database
S Over 6000 practicing D.O. mentor
S Twitter info
S Also accept creative youtube (academic or non-academic) from
student submission
S Scholarship foundation
NIH training opportunities
S Continuum from basic science, clinical research to public
health policies
S Some 2010 projects include
S Genotype all patients
S Gene therapy/stem cell therapy
S 3rd or 4th year medical students may apply
S Tip: good clinical skills first and foremost, solid preclinical
studies
NIH training opportunities-II
S Components
S NIH campus
S NIH clinical center
S NIH hospital
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240 beds, 2256 clinical staff, 1255 doctors, 1500 active protocols
S You will learn a lot in the 1 year research internship
S Things you won’t learn else where
S Set up and resources allow long term, high risk studies
S You will practice patient care, further your training, and
advance science!
NIH training opportunities-III
S Pioneered in many medical advances
S Chemotherapy for Hodgkin's
S Understanding of AIDS
S 1st gene therapy for ADA deficiency (SCID)
S Research type
S Interventional 47%
S History 47%
S Screening 5%
S Training 1%
NIH training opportunities-IV
S To apply
S Complete 90% of clinical rotations (although do consider
outstanding 3rd years)
NIH most
training
opportunities-III
S Personal statement
important
S Stipend covers housing/living during intern year
S Application cycle
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October opens
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Mid January closes
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Early march interview
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Mid July/August start intern year
DO Care International
S 4-week international clerkship in Guatemala
S Year round presence at the site, not just sporadic
S Recently established permanent staff, taking DO student
volunteers year round!
S Spanish speaking or Spanish-speaking peer required
S Clinical exposure and give back
S 15-20 other mission sites per year all over the world
S http://www.docareintl.org/
Third year
S Rotations
S COMLEX 2
S Choose specialty
S Plan applying for residency
S Special rotations
S Institution specific
S International/Research/Policy
S Letters of Recommendation
S 4-5 strong letters, confidential
S Get letters early
Fourth Year
S Elective rotations
S audition rotations, acting/sub-internships
S Do early
S 6 months in advance
S Contact programs/websites
S $50-250 per application
Residency Application
S ERAS – Electronic Residency Application Service
S Do curriculum vitae (CV)
S 2nd year
S COMLEX & USMLE
S Take back to back, weeks or months apart – decide
S Option: take USMLE first, study OMM then take COMLEX
Residency
S Selection factors:
S Education – who is teaching, see year’s schedule
S Stability – hospitals close, do research, financial situation
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How long program director there, people quit
S Graduates – people lost jobs? First time pass rate on boards
S Opposed vs. unopposed residencies
S unopposed: are the only residents in hospital, more reliance on
residents
S opposed: everything progressing toward this
Parties
Disney World
We’ll See you in Washington
D.C. on March 8, 2012!