Achieving New Heights Highlighting the Accomplishments of Our Faculty, Staff and Physicians in Training
RVU Well-Represented Through Presentations at AACOM Annual Conference
During the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Annual Conference held in April, an impressive number of RVU faculty, staff and physicians in training hosted sessions and poster presentations throughout the four-day event. Presentations included: “The For-Profit Experiment: An Innovative Approach to Medical Education” - Thomas Mohr, D.O., RVUCOM Vice Dean “Small Groups in Large Classes: Teaching to a Participatory Culture” - Frank R. Ames, Ph.D., Chair and Professor, Department of Medical Informatics; Nicole M. Michels, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physiology; and Brian D. Schwartz, M.L.I.S., Assistant Director of Library Services and Assistant Professor of Medical Informatics “Identifying and Supporting At-Risk Students: A Multi-Faceted Approach to Enhancing Student Success” - Michael A. Dewsnap, Director of Student Affairs; Laura A. Mohr, Ph.D., Director of Counseling Services; and Judy Thornton, Director of Educational Support “The CCPD: A Highly Effective Curriculum Committee Model” - Bruce Dubin, D.O., J.D., RVUCOM Dean, and Thomas Mohr, D.O., RVUCOM Vice Dean “Alternative Methods for Funding GME” - Thomas Mohr, D.O., RVUCOM Vice Dean “A Novel Approach to Medical Curriculum Management” - Schoen Kruse, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Phase Director, Year 2; and Cheryl McCormick, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology and Phase Director, Year 1 “OMS II Participants in an Intensive Skills Week Utilizing the Human Work Partial Task Surgical Simulator Show Advanced Technical and Non-Technical Skills upon Entering Third Year Rotation” - Courtney Cage, OMS-II; Miranda Allen, OMS-II; and Anthony LaPorta, M.D., Professor of Clinical Surgery and Course Director of the Military Track “Pilot Program in Obstetrics and Team Training for Rural/Wilderness Medicine Track Medical Students” - Tina Underwood, Assistant Director of Clinical Assessment & Simulation; Rebecca Bowden, Ph.D., Director of Simulation & Clinical Assessment; Camille Bentley, D.O., Chair, Department of Global and Community Medicine and Associate Professor of Family Medicine; Jill Pitcher, D.O., Assistant Professor of Primary Care; David Kanze, D.O., Assistant Professor of OPP and Director of Undergraduate OPP Fellowship; and Thomas Told, D.O., Assistant Dean of Clinical Education and Chair of the Department of Rural and Wilderness Medicine “Andragogy in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Education: Introducing Self-Directed Learning to the Lab Setting” - LeAnn Jons-Cox, D.O., Chair and Assistant Professor of Osteopathic Principles and Practices (OPP) “Utilization of the Nelson-Denny Reading Test as a Predictor of Success in Medical School” - Schoen Kruse, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Phase Director, Year 2; Cheryl McCormick, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology and Phase Director, Year 1; and Judy Thornton, Director of Educational Support
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