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Aug. 2: White Coat Ceremony
James O. Woolliscroft, M.D., dean of the Medical School, and Richard J. Simons, M.D., president of the Medical Center Alumni Society, cordially invite you to the Sunday, Aug. 2, White Coat Ceremony at 3 p.m. at the Power Center for the Performing Arts. Our new medical students gather in the presence of their families and guests, as well as faculty members and leaders of the Medical School, to formally receive the cloak of their future profession: the white coat.
New policy: assistants in the operating room Assistants in the Operating Room - Policy 02-02-005. This policy establishes guidelines for who is eligible to assist attending surgeons in the operating room during a surgical procedure on a living patient. The Credentials Committee, advisory to the Executive Committee on Clinical Affairs, has the authority for approving job descriptions, scope of services and/or privileges for individuals that will assist with surgical procedures. The attending surgeon remains responsible for assuring that the surgical assistant is not practicing outside of his or her scope of practice.
Try the new, easy way to get Joint Commission updates and free CEU's
The Joint Commission Satellite Network has been replaced with a new Joint Commission Resources Quality and Safety Network. The JCR-QSN provides free, online educational programs on various, critical topics related to Joint Commission accreditation, including:
Hospital acquired conditions
Disruptive behavior
Medication safety
Health information technology
Influencing patient care
Staff well-being through healthy design, etc.
It's easy to access. Simply open up a personal account the first time you sign on. This gives you access to all of the available online programs. This one-stop-shopping resource makes learning and obtaining continuing education units easy. For more detailed information on accessing programs, visit JCR-QSN.
Sept. 14: Workshop will help you recruit research participants
Please join the Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research Engage team at a workshop designed to show you how to increase your recruitment of research participants. In this workshop, you'll learn how post new studies or edit your existing studies that need participants and how to utilize the Engage volunteer registry to find potential research volunteers. The workshop will take place from 3 - 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14, in the Taubman Medical Library. For more information or to register, visit the Web site.
Volunteers needed for UMHS Ice Cream Social
The UMHS Recognition Committee is seeking volunteers to help with the events at our Second Annual UMHS Ice Cream Social on Wednesday, Aug. 12.
This is a great opportunity for co-workers to get out of their work spaces and volunteer together. Please make sure you have your manager's approval for the volunteer time -- for one hour shifts.
Volunteers are needed for:
Ice cream stations: scooping ice cream, keeping an eye on the toppings station or assisting with the station's line control, either at the University Hospital courtyard or Medical School Circle Drive sites
Ice cream pickup volunteers: helping at the freezer to get orders ready for pickup by hospital units that can't attend the Ice Cream Social due to patient care responsibilities
Festival game volunteers: assisting with running one of the games for employees
If you are interested in volunteering, e-mail Laura Shakarjian at lashak@med.umich.edu by Friday, Aug. 7.
U-M
Makes the News! M-News Now! is a Web page with timely information about members of the UMHS
community who are in the news. See who is being interviewed or where their
comments are being published at M-News
Now! July 23
--Lisa Newman, M.D., M.P.H., to be on CNN's Black in America
July 22
--Tune in and watch our experts LIVE today
--New morgue grabs headlines
July 21
--Richard C. Boothman, chief risk officer talks medical malpractice on MSNBC, CNN and in the Associated Press
July 19
--CVC nurse acknowledged for compassion in Detroit Free Press column
News
Releases and Health Minute
For medical press releases and the details behind the
headlines, visit www.med.umich.edu/news
Medical School FAQs
You can find answers to many of your questions pertaining to the U-M Medical School in one place. The FAQ page links to a variety of resources including information and support, educational programs, research and policy information. The site also lists useful U-M resources.
Weekly
Joint Commission Quizlette This week's step toward continuous readiness: Test your knowledge of UMHHC's Spill Clean-Up procedures - Part 1.
1. Environmental Services is responsible for cleaning up minor spills of the materials that Departments work with.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
2. A minor spill is defined as a spill that is no larger than:
A. A letter size piece of paper (11" by 8 1/2")
B. One square foot (12" by 12")
C. A standard size dinner plate
D. The single largest container that the material is stored in
Seminars,
lectures, colloquia and events for next week
Tuesday,
July 28, 2009 5 pm. Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology Special Lecture Series. Warren Winkelstein, Jr., M.D., professor, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, will present "The Remarkable Archie (Archie Cochrane)," in the School of Public Health Crossroads Lane Family Auditorium.
Wednesday,
July 29, 2009
5 p.m. Leonard M. Schuman Lecture. Sharon Kardia, Ph.D., professor and chair, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, will present "Epidemiology in the 21st Century," in the School of Public Health Crossroads Lane Family Auditorium
Thursday,
July 30, 2009 Noon. Gifts of Art. Folk rock trio by Souls Alike, University Hospital Courtyard. Rain location - UH Main Lobby, floor 1.
