An electronic newsletter from The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix

September 27 , 2005

In this issue…

Articles…

Phoenix campus expansion update

Facility
Construction of the new home of the UA College of Medicine - Phoenix is continuing as planned.  The permits for the adaptive reuse phase of construction have been granted.  Construction of the "cores", which will contain the stairways, elevators and plasma screens, has begun and the concrete for the second floors of both Building 1 and Building 2 are being poured this week.  The project is currently 35% complete. 

To view a virtual tour of the construction site, please visit: http://www.phoenix.medicine.arizona.edu/video/const0605.avi.

Faculty
The recruitment of basic science faculty is also in progress.  Ads have been placed in national publications and more than 1,000 letters have been sent to attract potential faculty members.  Mark Haussler, PhD, regents professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics at the UA College of Medicine is acting head of the proposed Department of Basic Medical Sciences for the new campus and will lead the recruitment efforts.

Funding
As requested by SB1517 which appropriated $7 million for the establishment of a four-year program of the UA College of Medicine in Phoenix, the Arizona Board of Regents submitted a  report detailing the plans for the new campus to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC).  College of Medicine Dean Keith Joiner was recently asked to present the plan to a subcommittee of the JLBC and answer questions.  At the conclusion of this meeting, the subcommittee voted to forward the plan to the full committee.  On September 28, the plan should be presented to the full JLBC for consideration.   Rep. Russell Pearce, from Mesa, is the Chair of the JLBC. 

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National publication names UA College of Medicine among top ten medical schools for Hispanics

The University of Arizona College of Medicine has been named among the top 10 medical schools for Hispanics by Hispanic Business Magazine.  In its September issue, the publication ranked the UA College of Medicine seventh in the nation for Hispanic students.

Methodology for ranking included the number and percentage of Hispanic students; the number and type of programs and services geared toward recruiting and mentoring Hispanic students; the student retention rate; and the school’s standing in U.S. News and World Report rankings.  This year, the magazine also interviewed students and recent graduates.  (Note: the UA’s Rogers College of Law was ranked fourth-best law school in the nation for Hispanics.)

To read the entire article, please go to http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/newsbyid.asp?id=25204&cat=Magazine&more=/magazine/

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New faculty appointed to the UA College of Medicine - Phoenix

The following physicians have been granted faculty appointments to the UA College of Medicine - Phoenix:

Cheryl W. O’Malley, MD, clinical assistant professor of medicine

Rebecca Salness, MD, clinical assistant professor of pediatrics

Michael S. Lavoie, MD, clinical associate professor of pediatrics

Jong M. Rho, MD, associate professor of clinical neurology

For more information about faculty appointments, call Maria Wells at (602) 631-4600 or e-mail wellsm@u.arizona.edu.

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Phoenix Faculty Meeting reminder

A Phoenix Faculty Meeting will be held on Oct. 17, 2005 at 5:15 p.m. at the Phoenix Airport Marriott (44th Street and McDowell).  The agenda will include a College of Medicine update by Dean Keith Joiner, Phoenix campus updates, a curriculum reform update, a faculty search committee update, and information about the LCME.  For further information or to RSVP call (602) 631-4618.  Please RSVP no later than Friday, Oct. 14.

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2005-2006 issue of Harmony now available; submissions for next edition sought

The 2005-2006 issue of Harmony, the annual magazine for the humanities of The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center (AHSC) in Tucson, now is available.  http://humanities.medicine.arizona.edu/pdfs/Harmony_Web05.pdf

Harmony is an outgrowth of the UA College of Medicine’s Medical Humanities Program, which aims to raise awareness of the importance of the humanities in training ethical and humane health care professionals. Harmony presents the different perspectives, insights and experiences of the AHSC community through original works of personal expression. The magazine is a collection of art, essays, ideas, photographs, poetry and prose by students, residents and faculty, presenting a variety of points of view about the art of medicine.

Copies of Harmony are $10. Individual and corporate contributions also are welcomed to help with the production costs. Checks should be made payable to “Harmony/University of Arizona” and mailed to Harmony/University of Arizona Medical Humanities Office, College of Medicine, PO Box 245017, Tucson, AZ 85724-5017.

Submissions are welcome from students, faculty or staff affiliated with the UA Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy or Public Health, University Medical Center or University Physicians Healthcare. In addition to accepting literary and visual art, Harmony seeks editorial opinion pieces about any aspect of the practice of health care.  Deadline for submissions for the 2006-2007 issue of Harmony is Feb. 3, 2006. For more information, contact Katherine Glaser, glaser@email.arizona.edu, or visit the website, http://humanities.medicine.arizona.edu/ .
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Faculty Learning Community to begin at the Phoenix campus

A city-wide Medical Education Faculty Learning Community (FLC) focused on adult learning will be offered this fall at the Phoenix Campus.  The UA College of Medicine would like to recognize and congratulate the 13 faculty who will be participating in this year’s FLC.  They are Ryan Bode, MD, Grace Caputo, MD, Lisa Cobourn, MD, Mary Ellen Dirlam, MD,  Richard Gerkin, MD, Prabodh Hemmady, MD,  Maricela Moffitt, MD, KeriLyn Morgan, MD, John Murphy, PharmD, Cheryl Pagel, MD, Sara Pena, MD, Priya Radhakrishnan, MD, Donna Holland, MD, and Andrea Waxman, MD.

An FLC is a cross-disciplinary faculty group of 8 to 15 engaged in collaborative learning. The curriculum will include seminars and activities on the methods of learning, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and community building between disciplines.

FLCs have been used in higher education for over 20 years but they are a relatively new idea in faculty development for medical education. Meetings will be held monthly in the evening at the UA College of Medicine-Phoenix on dates determined by the group. A complimentary dinner will be provided. Facilitators will be Cheryl O’Malley, MD and Linda Larson Carr, PhD.

This new program comes on the heels of two recent initiatives: 1) the successful launch of a Faculty Learning Community at Banner Good Samaritan’s Internal Medicine Department under the direction of Cheryl O’Malley, MD in 2004-05; and 2) the funding of a proposal for a city-wide 2005-2006 FLC submitted by a core group from Phoenix who attended the New FLC Developers’ Institute in Claremont, California in June. The group included physician educators (Cheryl O’Malley, Maricela Moffitt, Richard Blinkhorn, and Richard Gerkin) and the UA faculty developer (Linda Larson Carr).

For further information, please visit www.phoenix.arizona.edu/programs/olt/flc.

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The renovation efforts for the new campus of the UA College of Medicine in Phoenix continue to move forward at a rapid pace. 

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Input needed for Best Practices series needs assessment

In preparation for planning the 2006 Best Practices series, the Office of Learning and Teaching invite you to submit suggestions for topics, speakers, and programs.  Please find questionnaires at the following sites:

Best Practices for Medical Educators Faculty Interest Questionnaire
www.phoenix.arizona.edu/forms/olt/needssurvey/facultysurvey.aspx

Best Practices for Residents Needs Assessment Questionnaire
www.phoenix.arizona.edu/forms/olt/needssurvey/residentsurvey.aspx

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