05/20/10

=OHSU Med13 :: officers’ meeting :: 05/20/10=


 * 1.	All-Hill Council report

The All-Hill Council will have elections shortly. Lauren is running for VP. No other updates.


 * 2.	Senators’ report

Brian will be taking over as Senate president and Ricky as treasurer. They recently had their last meeting of the year; next meeting will be in September. The Senate determined the five high school students who will each receive a $500 scholarship. Applicants were from all over the state, from Portland to Bend. They plan to send certificates to the respective schools so that the recipients can be honored at senior award assemblies.


 * 3.	Student Resource Council report

The SRC recently sent out their quarterly report. This year the SRC was going through some reorganization and reports should be available on a more frequent basis. There was a 40% response to the survey regarding an honor statement with very mixed results. They proposed holding a town hall meeting for our class to address what we would like our "class expression of professionalism" to look like. At the meeting they also want to address other concerns over professionalism, including unprofessional remarks in course evaluations which impede improvement of the courses. The town hall will be Wednesday 5/26 at 12:15. The SRC will also be recruiting students to participate in/lead small group sessions for the class of 2014 during orientation.


 * 4.	PCM Representatives’ report

The PCM representatives reiterated the SRC's concerns about course evaluations, adding that it is important to indicate why something is disliked, rather than simply state that it is "bad". In addition, the representatives are open to pre-emptive suggestions to ensure 2nd year of PCM is maximally beneficial. Our class should be aware that many of the topics will be repetitive, but in greater detail. We also will be expected to have findings in the 2nd year, so we can no longer just go through the motions. The representatives are working with the leadership to make it more transparent that absences from personally difficult sessions can be excused. Finally, the meeting to review the year-end evaluations will occur before summer.


 * 5.	Curriculum Committee Representative’s report

Lauren recently attended the National Conference in Austin with the representatives from the other three classes. The National Conference occurs spring and fall every four years. Lauren is now the Western Communications Delegate and will be in charge of developing the regional digest. Some topics at the conference included professionalism, Dos and Don’ts on social networking sites, and the new format for the match in 2012.

Lauren is working with Dr. Grady-Weliky regarding board preparation. They are discussing cutting five days of lecture throughout next year’s curriculum to give us an extra week to study. They are also discussing board review courses, including timing and format. Some resources mentioned are the Mike Wilson materials on the wiki site. Perhaps 3rd and 4th year students can provide tutorials (similar to anatomy lab) for credit. Also in discussion is creating a minimum requirement for “board style” questions on exams for second year courses. Finally, they are considering introducing board style questions throughout lecture using an audience response system.

Other items include: Please give Lauren any feedback on specialty talks as she will be working on the course shortly. SPH course evaluations are underway and will have a meeting to discuss the results before the year-end.


 * 6.	Alumni Representative’s report

The Alumni Banquet was last week. We are interested in finding ways to get the student body involved in the banquet. There is interest in incorporating specialty speed dating into the specialty talks elective. There is a separate proposal to organize alumni advisor dinners. These dinners may be in addition to or in lieu of the Alumni BBQ during orientation, which does not have great attendance. They are also setting up a network of alumni for student to stay with during residency interviews.


 * 7.	Dean’s Advisors’ report

Some current topics of discussion are: More availability to tests, including the possibility of checking them out from TSO. Scrub access beginning in Fall. Access to grade distributions of our class by test, course, and year.


 * 8.    Admissions Report

The SAGE book needs to be updated. Lindsay is looking for people interested in working on it.


 * 9.    AWARE program

This was not addressed due to time.


 * 10.	SOM T-Shirts

We currently have $102. We are still waiting to receive funds from the 3-on-3 basketball tournament. T-shirts sales will begin as soon as possible after the EMIG t-shirt sales end. Vishal and Ali are determining what deals they can get for the screen printing. It was also discussed that selling OHSU SOM gear during orientation and the White Coat ceremony would be great fundraising opportunities.


 * 11.   Student Awards Banquet tonight

This was not addressed in detail due to time. The Banquet was Thursday, May 20.


 * 12.   Follies Fun

It was proposed that we parody the second years in response at the Follies. Perhaps some humorous posters will be made for the event.


 * 13.	Cycle-O-Thon for Haiti
 * 14.   Pub-Crawl
 * 15.	Lecture hall decorations
 * 16.	Interest Groups leaders’ lunch

Were not addressed due to time.


 * 17.   Dr. O Leadership Potluck, this SUN.MAY.23 @ 530pm

This was not addressed in detail due to time. Members of the leadership were urged to attend.


 * 18.   Exchanging suggestions for preceptors

Many people were interested in exchanging recommendations for preceptors among the class. At the minimum we would like to develop a list of students, previous preceptors, and specialties. Ricky is working on developing a document for people to share suggestions for preceptors among the various specialties.


 * 19.   Summer board studying

Perhaps some of the second years would be interested in donating their USMLE First Aid books to the first year class for summer studying. This could begin a tradition. Additionally, it was proposed that the cost of First Aid be added to our financial aid packages.


 * 20.  MS 1 Orientation

Richard will be meeting with Dr. O to discuss our role. Val will be organizing the 2nd year BBQ, which is (partially) funded by the Dean’s Office. As mentioned earlier, the SRC is also organizing small groups.