July 3, 2009

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July 16: Annual Chang Lecture on Art and Medicine, 'What the arts can teach us about health, illness, and medical practice'
The University of Michigan Department of Urology invites all members of the University community and general public to attend a lecture entitled, "What the arts can teach us about health, illness, and medical practice." Joel Howell, M.D., Ph.D., the Victor Vaughan Professor of the History of Medicine, University of Michigan, will give the Chang Lecture on Art and Medicine from 5 - 6 p.m. Thursday, July 16, in Ford Auditorium,.

In this talk, Howell will use examples from the visual, musical, poetic and dramatic arts to explain how the arts can help physicians and other caregivers deliver better health care. Some examples will show how art can express the basic elements of human existence in ways that can enhance patient care. The central message of this talk is that art can help physicians better understand their patients and also make them better physicians.

July 16: Free innovation curriculum
Learn the "Art and Science" of innovation -- identifying and commercializing medical innovation ideas -- through structured discussion sessions facilitated by Ann Arbor-based innovation consulting firm, Inovo Institute and featuring the Medical Innovation Center fellows. Participants are asked to view an on-line training module before joining in these interactive discussions at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays, beginning July 16, at the Medical Innovation Center Dominos Farms, Lobby M, Suite 2600. For more information, call 734-998-6994.

Teaching and Technology Collaborative Workshops
The University of Michigan Teaching and Technology Collaborative will be offering the following workshops:

Introducing Camtasia: Show me!
9 - 10 a.m. Friday, July 17
This class is an overview of Camtasia, a screen recording program. The presenter will discuss Camtasia's workflow and share experience with best practices, including some free upload versions of CTools and Screencast. A quick recording with upload/share will be demonstrated. Time permitting, the presenter will briefly show Jing, Camtasia's "younger sister." This session will be presented in a lecture/demonstration format; it is not a hands-on session.

Creating simple surveys with Surveymonkey
3 - 4 p.m. Thursday, July 23
In this session, the presenter will give an overview of the program Surveymonkey, discuss its features, and demonstrate creating a simple survey. If time permits, participants will have an opportunity to create an account and a simple three - four question survey.

Introduction to MERLOT
9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 31
This workshop will provide an introduction to the MERLOT, Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching. MERLOT is a peer-reviewed repository of online resources freely available for use in teaching. Workshop participants will learn how to search for materials, create their own account and create their own collection. The instructor will focus on selections for nurse educators as examples. Followup individual sessions to target your interest are available by appointment.

For more information on these or other workshops and to register, visit the Web site.

Aug. 12: Save the Date! Health System Ice Cream Social
You've worked hard all year. You deserve a treat! Please save the date for Wednesday, Aug. 12, for the UMHS Ice Cream Social. This event is for all UMHS employees - hospital, medical school, or health centers.

What do you have to look forward to? Two locations means twice the fun. At both the University Hospital Courtyard and Medical School Circle Drive, you'll find:

• Ice cream sundaes
• Karaoke fun
• Strolling entertainment
• Face painting, balloon artists, magicians, clowns and more
• Festival games - is it skill or luck? Try to win and see
• Department and vendor tables providing information and giveaways

What if you work offsite or can't attend due to patient care? The UMHS Employee Recognition Committee will be following up with those areas to work on transferring funds for recognition events or arranging drop-off/pickup of treats! For more information, call Jaime Palmby, UMHS recognition chairperson at 734-647-1896 or e-mail at jmtache@med.umich.edu. We hope to see you there.

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Seminars, lectures, colloquia and events for next week

Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Noon. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series. Michael Aviram, D.Sc., Bernice R and Joseph Tanenbaum chair, Preventive Medicine, head, Lipid Research Laboratory, director, Department of Laboratory Medicine and director, Legacy Heritage Clinical Research Institute at Rambam, will present, "HDL - Associated Paraoxonase1 Protection against Cardiovascular Diseases," in the Cardiovascular Center Danto Auditorium.

4 p.m. Health Informatics Grand Rounds. Dennis P. Wall, Ph.D., director, Computational Biology Initiative, Center for Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, will present "Comparative network analysis of neurological disorders focuses the genome-wide search for Autism gene candidates," in Palmer Commons Forum Hall. If you cannot attend, watch remotely using Adobe Connect.

Thursday, July 9, 2009
Noon. Gifts of Art. Brazilian and latin jazz by Edie Herrold with Red Shoes, University Hospital Courtyard. Rain location, UH Main Lobby, floor 1.