No. 366, March 2004
Editor:
Gregory Vercellotti, M.D., verce001@umn.edu
Editorial
Assistant: Allison Campbell, aac@umn.edu
LCME
and ACGME site visits, March 28-April 1
After nearly two years of preparation by faculty, staff, and
students, the University of Minnesota Medical School will be visited by
accreditation teams from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and the
Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education at the end of this month.
From March 28 to April 1, our curriculum, courses, and clerkships, our faculty,
students, and staff, and our finances, facilities, and affiliates will be
subjected to intense scrutiny by site visitors from these accrediting agencies.
From concrete facts like uncluttered hallways to intangibles
like professional attitudes, every aspect of our
Assessing our school in person, the site visitors will talk
with more than 125 faculty and administrators, converse with students, visit
both the
We believe that we have depicted an accurate picture of our
school in the self-study database and executive summary for the LCME and the
Institutional Review Document for the ACGME. We have demonstrated the progress
that we have made over the last several years in improving our programs. Those
who are scheduled to meet the site visitors may want to review these documents
in order to prepare for the visits. To access the LCME
database and self-study summary, go to a password-protected section of our Web
site http://meded1.ahc.umn.edu/LCME_CD/. To logon, username = guest and the password = sitevisit.
The Institutional Review Document is slated to be posted online later this
month; for information, contact Lisa Swanson in the GME office, skoug001@umn.edu, 612-625-8285.
In addition, mock site visits to allow members of the Twin
Cities community to practice are being set up by Deborah Zorn. Those scheduled
to meet with the site visitors will be contacted separately by Zorn, who can be
reached at schre038@umn.edu.
In
Much has changed and improved since our last LCME
accreditation visit. Along with a renewed focus on education, the
A traditional blessing ceremony performed by Phoebe Iron
Necklace of the Powderhorn/Phillips Cultural Wellness Center kicked off an open
house last month for new
Share the
healing arts at Harambe, March 13
The second annual Harambe show, a
celebration of culture and the arts in community and in medicine, takes place
Saturday evening March 13, at Coffman Union. Sponsored by the Student National
Medical Association, Harambe brings diversity, reality, empowerment, and
relaxation into students' lives; for the community, Harambe aims to make more
human popular images of medical students and physicians. The art gallery opens
at 5 p.m., and at 7 p.m., the show begins at Coffman's theater. For
information, contact pham0079@umn.edu.
Join in the celebration of student researchers Monday, March
15, when more than 20 medical students will present during Alfred Michael Student
Research Day. Students' research posters will be displayed from 2:30 to 4:30
p.m. in the second-floor corridor of the
Student
Bioethics Paper Competition
Bioethical dilemmas are the
subject for the 2004 Student
Committee on Bioethics Paper Competition. Deadline is April 1, 2004, for
students from the
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The Bio-Medical Library and the
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and follow the link that says "Click here to log on to UpToDate
online" (ID and Password not required). Due to the terms of the license
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and will not be accessible off-site or from home. Contact the Bio-Medical
Library reference desk at 612-626-3260 or email medref@umn.edu with questions.
Know
anyone considering medical school?
Those wondering what it would be like to go to medical school
can get an introduction on Pre-Med Day, Saturday, April 3, from 8 a.m. to 1
p.m., 2-470
Summer
opportunities ahead for first-year students
Our first-year class enjoys a
nine-week summer break from coursework, which allows them to explore aspects of
medicine such as rural rotations and research. More information is available at
http://www.meded.umn.edu/resopps/summer.htm.
Get
out the calendars: Clerkship lottery begins
Year two students have been randomly assigned to a dozen lottery groups. (For details, see www.meded.umn.edu/year34/course_scheduling/group_definitions.htm) Within the windows set aside for their groups, students will request clerkships for their year three and four schedules. The first two rounds of the clerkship lottery run March 8 through 13; the third round is March 22 to April 3. After that date, students may continue to change their schedules for periods that have not yet passed the deadline. (Electives away must be approved for credit; see the year three/four home page, under Goals, program requirements, planning and procedures.) Once students' schedules have filled, their advisors must approve them online, from April 4 through 9.
Before
the break, an Island Party
In anticipation of Spring Break,
While
Rep. Tim Wilkin seems to be backing off the bill that would cut off funding to
the University if it continues to pursue privately funded embryo stem cell
research, the threat remains. At the