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1. Dr.
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3. Medical students gear up for clinical
rotations at Valley hospitals
4. Students applying to medical school now
required to indicate clinical campus of choice
5. AzMEC adds Nelba Chavez, Robert Olsen to
governing board
6. Dean candidate
interviews completed, search committee reviewing for recommendation
7. 'What I Wish I'd Know When I Started Third Year'
meeting slated for July 22
8.
9. Glendale Community College ACE Plus
students to tour AHSC
10. Minority Affairs hosting 'Exploring Health
Careers Day'
11. Students from
12. Dr.
13. The 30th
Health
Safety Net," scheduled for July 21-23 in
14. Inaugural Andrew W. Nichols lecture to focus
on rural and border health, July 21
15. The AHSC
16. UMC
named Elite '
17. New faculty appointments and promotions
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1. DR.
JACQUELINE CHADWICK ONE OF THREE FINALISTS FOR THE BUSINESS JOURNAL'S 'HEALTH CARE HEROES' AWARD
Congratulations to
The Business
Shonda Schilling, from SHADE,
the Curt and Shonda Schilling Melanoma Foundation of America will be the
special guest speaker at the breakfast.
The finalists will also be featured in the Health Care Heroes magazine
to be published in The Business
Dr. Chadwick was nominated
for the award by her staff at the AHSC
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2.
The Arizona Health Sciences
Center
The Stardust Foundation supports
many community organizations and its main commitment is to help the working
poor.
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3. MEDICAL
STUDENTS GEAR UP FOR CLINICAL ROTATIONS AT VALLEY HOSPITALS
On July 3 from
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4. STUDENTS APPLYING TO
For the first time, beginning
with the entering class in 2004, 70 students will be assigned to
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5. AZMEC ADDS NELBA CHAVEZ, ROBERT OLSEN TO GOVERNING
BOARD
The Arizona Medical Education
Consortium (AzMEC) announced two new board members; public health advocate
Nelba Chavez, PhD, and Yuma business executive Robert Olsen, FACHE, have joined
AzMEC's governing board as its new community board members.
AzMEC is a statewide
organization that oversees physician-resident training at all teaching
hospitals throughout the state.
Nelba Chavez served as the
first administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHS) in the Clinton Administration and was the first
Hispanic/Latina to head a public health agency in the 200 year history of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Dr. Chavez was appointed by Governor Janet
Napolitano on
Robert Olsen is president and
chief executive officer of
AzMEC's Governing Board
includes CEO's and Directors of Medical Education from all teaching hospitals
throughout the state and four community members. Susan Goldwater Levine, executive director of
Hospice of the Valley, and James Bruner, executive vice president for National
Bank of
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6. DEAN CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS COMPLETED,
SEARCH COMMITTEE REVIEWING FOR RECOMMENDATION
Four candidates for the Dean
of the UA College of Medicine recently completed extensive interviews in
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7. 'WHAT I WISH I'D KNOW WHEN I STARTED THIRD YEAR'
MEETING SLATED FOR JULY 22
“What I Wish I'd Know When I
Started Third Year” is a panel discussion by fourth-year medical students
presented to third-year students. It is
the first meeting in
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8. KEVEN SIEGERT ELECTED PRESIDENT OF HESCA
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9.
Achieving College Education
(ACE Plus) students from
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10. MINORITY
AFFAIRS HOSTING 'EXPLORING HEALTH CAREERS DAY'
The AHSC
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11. STUDENTS
FROM PHOENIX HIGH SCHOOLS TO PARTICIPATE IN 'HEALTH CAREERS SUMMER CAMP'
The
Maricopa Area Health and
The
camp is designed to provide high school freshman and sophomore participants
with the skills to become the future leaders of their Health Careers Club at
their respective high schools. The four
major components that make up the Health Careers Program are: Peer-leadership training; Community health
leadership; Academic student achievement; and Health careers exploration.
For more information on the
AzAHEC Health Careers Summer Camp contact
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12. DR.
GEORGIA HALL PRESENTED AT INTERNATIONAL CULTURE AND AGING CONFERENCE
Georgia Hall, PhD, MPH, was
invited to present at the “Fourth International Symposium on Culture and Aging”
in
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13. THE
30TH ANNUAL
The conference will feature four tracks: Access to
Care-Programs & Systems; Access to Care-Ensuring an Adequate Workforce;
Collaborative Preparedness & Crisis Response; and Public Health Enemy
#1-Obesity, Diabetes, & Heart Disease. Accreditation is available.
Visit http://www.rho.arizona.edu/rhconference.htm
to download all the conference materials.
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14. INAUGURAL
ANDREW W. NICHOLS LECTURE TO FOCUS ON RURAL AND BORDER HEALTH, JULY 21
The Rural Health Office at
the Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health invites the public
to inaugurate the Andrew W. Nichols, MD, Rural and Border Health Policy Lecture
Series,
The no-cost event kicks off the 30th
For more information about the event go to www.rho.arizona.edu/rhconference.htm or
contact Rebecca Ruiz, (520) 626-7946, ext. 254, or aruiz@rho.arizona.edu.
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15. THE
AHSC
The AHSC
Included in the screening are
the following: Blood Pressure, Total
Cholesterol/HDL, Body Composition, Cardiac Endurance, 3 Minute Step Test, Nutrition,
Fitness and Resiliency Consultation, Follow-up Consultation and Testing.
The full screening including
the Total Cholesterol/HDL testing is free to benefits eligible
The screening takes 45 - 60
minutes. In order to get the most out of
your screening, UA Life & Work Connections recommends the following: Wear
loose, comfortable clothing. Wear walking or other exercise type shoes. Drink
lots of non-caffeine fluid the day before the screening and the day of the
screening. Please do not drink caffeine
as it decreases the accuracy of the body composition testing. Avoid alcohol for
48 hours prior to the screening. Avoid exercising for 48 hours prior to the
screening. This is not a fasting blood work so make sure to eat your breakfast
and lunch.
For questions or to register
for your appointment on Thursday, July 31, call or e-mail
Most participants find that
they are in better health than they realize!
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16. UMC NAMED ELITE '
UMC successfully completed the three-year-long
The Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing Services designation is held
by only 1 percent of all acute-care hospitals in this country.
Magnet hospitals today must meet
stringent quantitative and qualitative standards that define the highest
quality of nursing practice and patient care. Becoming a Magnet hospital means
that the organization must meet more than 65 standards developed by the ANCC.
The standards must be demonstrated in a very extensive written document and
validated by a site visit.
The Magnet designation is a highly prized recruitment tool in this era of
nursing shortages.
The Magnet recognition status
is valid for a four-year period, at which time UMC must reapply.
Last year UMC adopted a 4:1 patient to nurse ratio, the best such ratio among
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17. NEW FACULTY APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS
The
following individuals have been awarded a faculty appointment to the AHSC
John
F. Kerrigan, MD, assistant professor of clinical neurology
Lara
E. Yoblonski, MD, clinical assistant professor of pediatrics
Richard
M. Lee, MD, clinical assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology
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