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UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY

SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE

STUDENT COUNCIL

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Student Council Minutes

Meeting Date: October 22, 2009

Location: Top Doc’s Cafe

Next Meeting: Thursday, November 19, 2009; 7:00 pm

Location: Top Doc’s Cafe

I. Call to Order and Attendees:

(A) The meeting was called to order at 7:11 pm

(B) Attendees:

Council

STUCO E-board: Kimberly Young, Kay Yoon-Flannery, Katherine Cannon, Jaclyn Taupier, Karandeep Jagpal, Kirin Syed, Birju Ringwala

Class of 2010: Erin Toller, Danielle Mercurio, Bethany Cottingham, EJ Getting, Brett Elo

Class of 2011: Tom Nappe, Elizabeth Jasolosky, Jodie Bachman, Patty Ambrosio

Class of 2012: Amina Moghul, Ingrid Edshteyn, Nidhi Shah, Aileen Chen, Matthew J. Ingrassia, Sarah Campeas, Farhad Modarai

Class of 2103: Wade Ng, Neiman Ramjattan, Pavli Demian, Jennifer Ocbo, Zachary Hernandez, Natalie Hyppolite, Anna Grushevsky

Guests

Dean Cavalieri, Dean Lambert

(D) Unexcused:

II. Approval of Minutes

(A) The revised September 2009 meeting minutes were unanimously approved.

III. Special Business

(A) Dean Lambert

There was an email sent earlier today from Dr. Krueger, please make sure you read it. It’s a reminder from the Newark administration about UMDNJ’s influenza vaccine policy. The influenza vaccine is required of all students and staff. The H1N1 vaccine is also required, so long as the vaccines are available through UMDNJ. Regarding the seasonal influenza vaccine, student health ran out, but received more vaccines this week and will be vaccinating 3rd and 4th years. There’s a shortage in south Jersey due to manufacturers concentrating on producing the H1N1 vaccine. More seasonal flu vaccines have been ordered and should be received in November. We vaccinate for the seasonal flu from September – February because flu season extends into March. The influenza vaccine is only 70% effective. There were 1st year students who got sick, even though they had been vaccinated. There seems to be some concern over the safety of the H1N1 vaccine. It has the same risks as the seasonal flu vaccine. The seasonal flu contains 4 strains of the virus. The H1N1 is a vaccine containing different specific strains. H1N1 should be even more effective than seasonal influenza. When we get more shipments in, we will get everyone vaccinated. According to UMDNJ’s policy, a student has the potential to be disenrolled if the flu vaccines are available, but they don’t get vaccinated.

(B) Dean Cavalieri

--Two new department head positions have been filled. On January 4, 2010, the new chair of the Ob-gyn department, Dr. Keith Williams, will start. Dr. Ayers stepped down from his position, but remains as faculty. Dr. Williams comes to us from Yale, and he’s a maternal fetal medicine specialist. He will be a great addition to our school. SOM wants to develop a maternal fetal medicine fellowship, and Dr. Williams is going to help us start this program. Also joining SOM is Dr. Alex Kansas. He is the new chair of surgery, and he begins February 1, 2010. He comes to us from Baltimore’s Sinai-Hopkins. He is a robotic & bariatric surgeon.

--Dr. Krueger is stepping down in July as associate dean of academic affairs. He will be a huge loss, but he will still be involved at our school. A search committee has been formed to find a replacement for him. Dr. Tim Dombrowski is heading this search committee. Kim (STUCO President) will serve on the search committee too. It’s a national search. It may take a while to fill his position.

-- It was announced that the Cooper/Rowan medical school will commence in 2012. It’s a long way from being a reality, as its going to require lots of funding and LCME approval. This new medical school does not pose a serious threat to us in terms of recruiting faculty or GME slots. SOM will be proactive and plan.

--By 2020, NJ will be short 2500 physicians, half of these in the field of primary care. SOM has been approved for 150 new students. Currently, an evaluation is taking place to see if we accept 150 for the class of 2014 or keep it at 135. We want to make sure there’s adequate space and faculty. Dr Krueger is working on an assessment on improving needs like increased study space.

--There’s a need to look into increasing GME opportunities at SOM, Kennedy, Lourdes and elsewhere. We are working on 2 new programs right now. Dr. Barone is thinking of starting a neurology residency. Dr German is working on a PM&R program. Ob-gyn is considering starting a repro-endo fellowship.

--We’re trying to recruit the AOA president and NBOME presidents here as guest speakers to address students.

--The Neuromusculoskeletal Institute was just dedicated by Dr. German. It’s OMM, orthopedics, a pain center, and physical therapy all in one.

IV. Executive Committee Reports:

(A) President:

o Get your Flu Vaccine!

o Following the previous STUCO meeting, there was a vote via e-mail concerning the status of several UMDNJ-SOM Organizations. I am pleased to announce that all 3 organizations were elevated to active status: IFMSA, SOHOA, and Pathology Club.

o The 25th Annual University Day Celebration took place on September 16, 2009 where 12 new members were inducted into the Stuart D. Cook, MD, Master Educators’ Guild. Our very own professor David C. Mason, DO, Acting Chair of the Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine at UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine was inducted as a new member.

o National Day of Compassion in Medicine: Monday, October 19th, 2009. SOM commemorated the 2004 crash of Flight #5966, which caused the deaths of 13 passengers, 8 of whom were members of the osteopathic community.

o COSGP Meeting: From October 30th through November 1st, Katherine Cannon (2nd VP) and I will represent SOM at the Council of Osteopathic Student Government Presidents (COSGP) meeting in New Orleans, LA. This year, SOM is on the Research Committee.

o NJAOPS House of Delegates Meeting: On Sunday, October 25th, NJAOPS will be holding its semiannual meeting at its office in Monmouth Junction. I will be attending this meeting and presenting my report on SOM student life to the delegates.

o I am working with Dean Cavalieri to invite several speakers to our campus. Some of the ideas that we discussed this week included: AOA President, Larry Wickless, DO; NBOME President, John R. Gimpel, D.O., and Tyler Cymet, DO; Associate Vice President for Medical Education for AACOM and adviser to COSGP.

(B) First Vice President:

The club disbursements have now been made and everything is going well with clubs. One change in the procedure is that now we are to go through Karen Miklosey for all reservations. Also of note are the SOSA fall festival and the Diwali festival this month, which were very successful! There’s a University-wide knitting project to support AIDS in South Africa.

Annual Day of Compassion: On Monday, October 19, we held a memorial service to recognize Annual Day of Compassion at the brick on the Osetopath. We are so grateful that Dean Cavalieri, Dean Lambert, and Dean Kruger could join us for a few words in honor of the day.

Medicine Ball: I met with Debbie Murray on Friday at the Mansion to discuss options for the event this year. She provided me with the invoice and menu from 2008. We currently have February 20th on hold should we decide to make the reservation. They also have availability for February 13th, March 6th and 13th. I made sure to raise issues and concerns Karen had communicated regarding the event in the past; Debbie was very receptive and reassured us that we could be accommodated. We’re still looking at other places.

COSGP/AOA: Looking forward to the conference in New Orleans next week!

(D) Treasurer:

The disbursement figures have been established and sent out to the clubs. The last five remaining participants in the annual book sale have been cut a check for their reimbursement, which they should receive by the end of the month. I am happy these issues have been settled by the third meeting. Financially speaking, STUCO is proceeding as expected.

(E) Secretary:

--A revision was made to the 9/17 meeting minutes. Regarding H1N1: if you are sick or have a fever of 100.5 degrees or higher, don’t go to the hospital or doctor’s office. Stay home so that you don’t infect the rest of the community. Get a doctor’s note for missed school days. Stay home until you are afebrile for 24 hours.

--If you cannot attend the STUCO meeting, please submit a report anyway. I will read your report at the meeting in your absence

--The next STUCO meeting is on 11/19. Agenda items and funding requests must be in by 11/15 at noon, unless an extension has been granted.

(F) Campus Relations:

No news to report.

(G) Alumni Affairs:

Overall it has been a busy month. Some of the highlights are as follows:

MS Ride:

Two SOM students participated along with faculty/alumni at SOM for this year's MS150 bike ride. The students received a customized cycling jersey, compliments of the Alumni Association Board. The cycling jersey is now on sale at the School Spirit store at a cost of $80.

Golf outing:

The 12th Annual UMDNJ-SOM Golf Classic was held on Sunday, October 4th at the Vineyard Golf Course at Renault Winery. The outing attracted 76 enthusiastic golfers, including students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the School. The event featured giveaways, on-course contests, team prizes, raffle prizes and a buffet dinner. Golf awards were given to our first, second, third and last place teams. This event raised an estimated $7,000 for the Alumni Association’s Student Scholarship fund.

3rd Annual Fall Festival

The festival was a successful event co-sponsored by SOSA/Alumni affairs. The theme was Halloween. Fifteen clubs participated in the event and presented games and activities including pie tossing and sumo wrestling. SOSA managed to collect 20 gifts from local vendors. There were around a 100 students and faculty members present, with and without children, including Dr. Mason, Dr. Surmay, Dr. Cavalieri and several others. The attendance was slightly less than expected most likely because the event was held on a Friday evening instead of a weekday as per usual. This was due to scheduling conflicts.Dr. Carsia was awarded the SOMA's Mentor of the Year award.

ACOI Conference

The Alumni Association held a reception for alumni at the internal medicine conference last week in Tuscon, AZ. About 45 alumni, house staff, faculty and friends attended the event.
Alumni Phone-a-thon

5 students attended (one of the lowest turnouts). We managed toraise $4,000 in pledges. Two more phone-a-thon events are planned for the spring

Alumni Scholarships

This week, award letters went out to 16 students for the $1250 Alumni Association Scholarships. These students were selected among the participants from last year's phone-a-thons.

AOA/ Alumni Reunion

The office of alumni affairs is gearing up for activities at the AOA on November 2nd and also for its biennial Alumni Reunion Dinner, scheduled for November 14th.

V. Class Reports:

(A) 2010:

Over the past month, the class has been continuing with rotations, receiving interviews, and going on interviews. The class has also formed and held two meetings for the yearbook. Students are still able to join and help out even if they missed the first two meetings. This year the yearbook committee has 3 tri-chairs, Bobbie Daniels, Christina Garcia, and Erin Toller.

We also had an addition to the class on September 24, 2009. Sue Young-Novellino gave birth to a baby girl, Evren Han-Byul Novellino. She was born at 4:51am and weighed 5lb. 11oz. Sue and the baby are both home and doing well. Congratulations to the Novellino Family!

(B) 2011:

Track leaders meeting regularly and Fatmata has scheduled to meet with us next month to help start planning 4th year.

COMLEX II – Cannot schedule CK yet, but can register. Third-years are encouraged to schedule the PE ASAP.

We opted out of partaking in SOSA’s Fall Festival, but many attended to support it

Get your flu shot.

Our class finished the first module for cardio, took the exam, and also recently had SP exams for Patient Dynamics and OMM. We have SP exams coming up in Physical Diagnosis and are halfway done with our pulmonary module. The class council also had fun running the pie-throwing fundraiser at the Fall Festival and is on track to host the SOM Halloween party with the first year class council on November 5th at Stone Grille.

(D) PBL 2012:

PBL has begun the Cardio/Renal/Pulm module. We are currently being facilitated by Dr. Krueger.

(E) 2013:

The class has finished all three fundamentals modules and has started cardiology, the first systems module. We also started anatomy lab earlier this month, focusing on the thoracic cavity. The curriculum committee passed a motion to make our grades year long, rather than by semester. Students were also assigned preceptors this month. We held our class meeting with Dr. Krueger on October 14th.

(F) PBL 2013:

First year PBL students are currently studying the cardiovascular and renal systems. We have been experiencing different facilitators throughout this module. We have supplemental anatomy sessions with Eli Levine and are making progress with our cadaver. We also attend OMM and Professionalism courses.