Dean's Grand Rounds: Fall 2012
Join us for another great series of
Dean's Grand Rounds for our
Fall 2012 Semester at
UMHS St. Kitts:
Beginnning on
Thursday, September 20th at
12:30pm in the
Auditorium come, listen, and ask questions:
A Visiting Professor of Pathology will be presenting on:
"How to Apply for a Residency in the US."
Then on Thursday, October 11th at 12:00pm in the Auditorium
Joel Amidon, Med4 Student will be presenting on:
"How Well is St. Kitts and Nevis Handling Epidemiologic Transition."
Next on
Thursday, November 1st at
12:30pm in the
Auditorium there will be panel discussion moderated by
Dr. Girish Kotwal on:
"The Impact of the United States Presidential Election on the Medical Profession"
Keep watching on this blog for updates as new topics are scheduled.
Labels: Dean Camacho, Grand Rounds, medical residency programs, presentations, residency match, UMHS events, UMHS-SK, UMHS-SK Lecture Series
Dr Mary Jo Cannon, a professor at the
University of Medicine & Health Sciences /
International University of Nursing, had an interesting article published last week in the
"Health" section of our local
SKN Vibes (St. Kitts news) which examines the question
"Is Alcoholism a disease?"
Have you every considered the people you know in your life who always seem to be '
under the influence' as actually
'patients' who are suffering from a terrible disease?
Dr. Cannon states,"Alcoholism meets the standard definition of a disease better than multiple sclerosis or schizophrenia, two diseases for which the pathophysiology is far less clearly understood.Yet people with these diseases are recognized as qualifying to be ‘patients."
I challenge you to read this article and think about this issue as it does effect you, and those around you, in many more ways than you may realize. As for our nursing and medicine students, being vigilant and cognizant with regards to alcoholism and other possible addictions when serving your patients, will result in a more satisfatory health outcome. Three simple screening tests to help you identify patients with an alcohol problem are available on the
NIAAA website (The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism).
Labels: addictions medicine, alcohol consumption, alcoholism, Dr. Mary Jo Cannon, IUON, mental disorders, mental health, NIAAA, UMHS-SK
Dean's Grand Rounds
Following on the success of last semester,
The Deans' Grand Rounds for our Spring 2012 semester should also prove to be very interesting and informative. The schedule so far is as follows:
- May 17: "Embracing the Future of Health Care" with Dr. Mountasser Kaadrie.
- June 7: "The History of Medicine: Part 1" with Dr Michael Doherty, Professor of Neuroscience.
- June 14: "The History of Medicine: Part 2" with Dr Michael Doherty.
- June 26: "Technological Advances in Varicose Vein Treatment." with Dr. Kathryn Bohn, Dr Thomas Neilsen, and Illinois Vein Specialist Staff.
- July 19: "The US ~ Canadian Health Care Debate" with students Dyman Shepherd (US corner) and Rafal Szymczuk (Canadian corner).
- August 2: "Recipe for Longevity" with Dr Girish Kotwal, Professor of Microbiology.
Please join us in the
Auditorium at
12:30 pm and bring your lunch! Labels: Caribbean medical education, extracurricular activities, Grand Rounds, UMHS-SK, University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Take your searching skills to the next level with MeSH! What is MeSH? MeSH simply means
Medical
Subject
Headings and is a taxonomy of medical subject terms compiled and maintained by the National Library of Medicine. Searching the medical journal literature via our
EBSCOHost platform utilizing specific medical subject heading terms rather than keywords, can result in a more efficient, productive, and successful search. Please invest a few minutes of your time viewing this tutorial and then do a practice search or two in our full text EBSCO databases. UMHS / IUON subscribes to these online resources with full text for the benefit of our students and faculty.
Raising your level of expertise in essential information searching skills will serve you well throughout your medical career. Remember ~ dynamic evidence-based medical practice depends first on
finding the
current best evidence!Labels: database searching, information literacy, IUON, journal databases, keyword searching, medical information search, MeSH, searching skills, subject searching, UMHS-SK
The New York Times Well Magazine has a great monthly series with Yale School of Medicine physician,
Dr. Lisa Sanders [author of the book
"Every Patient Tells a Story" ] where readers can join in and test out their medical diagnostic skills. The series is called
"Think Like a Doctor" .
"Every month, the Diagnosis column of The New York Times Magazine asks Well readers to sift through a difficult case and solve a diagnostic riddle."
Are you up for the challenge?
The latest
'medical mystery' to solve with Dr. Sanders is called
"More than Meets the Eye", and the solution is already posted, but test your skills before you read the follow up article ~
"Eye Exam Solved" . At the bottom of the article are links to previous cases, so have fun!
And for more fun, don't forget our great new online library resource called
fmCASES from
MedU, were all you UMHS-SK medical students are invited to work through over 30 typical family medicine case and keep honing those diagnostic skills!
Labels: Diagnosis, diagnostic skills, fmCASES, medical cases, medical mysteries, MedU, New York Times, UMHS-SK
MEDLINE® Complete is Here!
MEDLINE® Complete , the latest product offering from
EBSCO and described as
"an unprecedented full-text collection of the most sought-after medical journals", is now available to our faculty and students! "This exceptional database provides
full text for the most prominent journals used in the field of medical research.
MEDLINE Complete is the largest full-text companion to the MEDLINE index, containing full text for more than 2,060 journals." This upgrade to our EBSCO subscription provides access to an additional 500 medical journals.
Check it out on your computer or mobile devise utilizing your EBSCO login. Please pop in to see me in the library for further instruction on how to search this, or any of our other great library resource databases.
Labels: Anne Ross Library, EBSCO, International University of Nursing, IUON, journal database, Medline Complete, new library resources, UMHS-SK, University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Dean's Grand Rounds
Dean Camacho announces the
Grand Rounds Lecture Series schedule for the Winter Semester 2012. Join us at 12:00 in the Auditorium on the following Thursdays:
- January 26 ~ Dr Robert Fogel on Death and Dying
- February 09 ~ Dr Elizabeth Morgan on Wounds and Healing
- February 23 ~ Dr Steven Lewis on Surviving Deadly Illnesses: A Patient’s Perspective
- March 22 ~ Dr Edwin Purcell on Psychoneuroimmunology
Labels: Dean Camacho, Grand Rounds, UMHS-SK, UMHS-SK Lecture Series, University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Enjoy Your Summer Semester Break!
As another semester draws to a close, the
Library Staff would like to say
'good-bye' and
'all the best' to those students who are moving onward and upward! It has been a sincere pleasure serving you all over this past semester, and we look forward to hearing of your continued success!
With the semester end, also comes
the time to return all your checked out items to the library and settle your accounts. We very much appreciate your full and prompt cooperation.
Every semester, both students and faculty generously donate materials to the library. Please accept our gratitude and thanks!
All donations are very much appreciated!
During the semester break the Library will be
CLOSED from
Saturday August 20th until Monday August 29.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
We will reopen
Monday August 29 until
Friday September 2 between the hours of
8am~6pm, and CLOSED Saturday & Sunday ~ Sept 3 & 4. Normal library hours will resume
Monday September 5th.
Labels: Anne Ross Library, International University of Nursing, IUON, library hours, library materials, semester break, UMHS-SK, University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Pathology Professor Generously Donates to the University's Library
The
Anne Ross Library wishes to sincerely thank
Dr. Robert Fogel , Chair of Pathology, for the generous donation of more than 60 medical reference books. You will notice as you come into the library, we have relocated the
Reference Collection to the shelves next to the
'Course Notes' in order to accommodate this valuable donation. The anatomical models have moved into the old reference shelves.
From all of us at the Library, we wish to say,
"Enjoy your retirement Dr. Fogel!"
You will be sincerely missed by all on campus!
Labels: Anne Ross Library, Caribbean Medical School, donation, Dr. Robert Fogel, medical reference books, UMHS-SK, University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Lunch & Learn: Sickle Cell Disease
All students and faculty are invited to join us for this special
"Lunch & Learn" event! Our guest speaker is a renowned
Hematologist and expert on Sickle Cell Disease.
Dr. Adebayo Olujohungbe, whose current work is in cancer research, has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in the field of Hematology, a book on Sickle Cell Disease, as well as research articles on Multiple Myeloma.
Bring your lunch, learn and ask questions about the pathophysiology and manifestations of this disease.See you all Wednesday August 3 at 12:00 (NOON)
in the Auditorium! 
Labels: Caribbean Medical School, Dr. Adebayo Olujohungbe, guest lecture, hematology, lunch event, pathophysiology, sickle cell disease, UMHS-SK, UMHS-SK Guest Lecture, University of Medicine and Health Sciences
The Library Addition is now OPEN!
The new study room addition to the
Anne Ross Library is now open to students with 32 private study carrels!
Your cooperation is needed to maintain this space, along with the rest of the library, as a
SUPER QUIET & FOOD FREE ZONE! We are also making a
special request that you all take great care to
not allow the furniture to get wet! 
In addition, take note that any items
left unattended are
left at your own risk , and may be moved if the carrel is wanted by another student!
The power bars need to remain
'ON' at all times.
The hours for the
Library Annex are the same as for the rest of the library:
Mon~Fri: 7:00am~10:00pm Sat/Sun: 9:00am~9:00pm
The Library Staff extends its thanks to
President Warren Ross for approving this welcome addition to campus
& to
Dan Vitalo and the
Facilities Crew for a job well done!
Labels: Anne Ross Library, Caribbean Medical School, International University of Nursing, IUON, library addition, study carrels, study space, UMHS-SK, University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Now when you login to our
EBSCOhost databases you will notice a new button to access a mobile friendly version of the search interface!
So now you should all be good to go! You have mobile access to our
Library Catalogue,
DynaMed and now all the other EBSCO journal databases such as
Medline & CINAHL with Full Text!
Check out the
Toolkits as well for links to information on
mobile 'Apps' for medicine and nursing.
Labels: Caribbean medical education, database searching, hand-held computer applications, IUON, mobile access, mobile applications, mobile medicine, UMHS-SK, University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Now you can browse the holdings of the
Anne Ross Library on your mobile device with the added feature of a new
mobile-friendly interface!
Library World has added this new interface option to give you the flexibilty of browsing the physical and electronic resources of our library from wherever you happen to be.
To login:1) Click on the post title.
2) Enter our Library's name ~
AnneRoss Library ~ [
no space between Anne and Ross].
3) No password is required so leave it blank!
NOTE: Online materials that have been added to the catalogue include seamless linking to the full text ~ just click on the field
'Electronic Location and Access' in the item record.
Labels: Anne Ross Library, Caribbean Medical School, International University of Nursing, IUON, mobile access, mobile devices, OPAC, UMHS-SK, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, web catalogue
AMSA Skill Builder Suture Clinic Lecture
Date:
February 12th Time:
4-6 pmVenue:
Auditorium, UMHS Campus
Note: A
Suture Clinic Lab is scheduled for
February 24th @ 4-6 pm in the Sim Lab.
You must attend both sessions. Please RSVP EeeLN Buckarma (ebuckarma@umhs-sk.net ) if interested, first come first serve.
ASMA members:Free, Non Members: $20 EC.Labels: AMSA, Caribbean Medical School, skills lab., skills lecture, suture clinic, UMHS-SK, University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Guest Lecturer on Campus
Dr. Cal Robinson, a medical psychologist, will present a
Brown Bag Lecture on
Thursday, FEBRUARY 11 at 12:40PM in the
Eastern Classroom. The subject of his lecture is:
Primary Care, Behavioral Medicine and Chronic Pain:
An Ideal Marriage!
Dr. Robinson hails from Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he worked as a Medical/Health Psycologist at the The NeuroMedical Center.
You are invited to attend and bring your lunch! Labels: behavioral medicine, Caribbean Medical School, chronic pain, Dr. Cal Robinson, guest lecture, lunch event, medical psychology, primary care, UMHS-SK, University of Medicine and Health Sciences
The Scientist 2009 Video Awards, an annual international competition of the life sciences magazine
The Scientist, has honored the videomicrography work of
Arjumond Khan (currently studying medicine at
UMHS-SK) and
Benjamin Woodhouse.
The two students conducted their work in videomicrography as part of their senior research project at Western Connecticut State University. Their video captures the
microscopic time-lapse progression of the life cycle of the slime mold species Dictyostelium discoideum.The video was named one of three runners-up in the competition's Individual Category division.
Labels: awards, Caribbean medical student, Dictyostelium discoideum, life sciences, The Scientist, UMHS-SK, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, videomicrography
Smita Prasad MPH, first year UMHS-SK medical student, has published her research findings along with co-author
Raymond Hill DrPH MPA.
"The objective of this study was to determine the cost-efficiency of vaccinating against Human Papillomavirus (HPV) in Medicaid enrolled females of the Appalachian region of Kentucky (n=49,411 females) aged 12 to 25 years, versus paying for the treament of cervical cancer cases (n=643 cases) within this population later in life." The study demonstrated that such a prevention plan is cost-efficient and that over time, as the vaccinated population ages, an actual cost saving will be recognized.
Prasda SR, Hill R. A cost-benefit analsis on the HPV vaccine in Medicaid-enrolled females of the Appalachian region of Kentucky.
Kentucky Med Assoc J.June 2008;106:271-276.
Full text of the article is available in the library.Click for most information on
Cervical Cancer ,
Statistics Facts Sheet &
CDC 2007 National Immunization Survey Data.
Labels: cancer prevention, cancer research, Caribbean medical student, CDC, cost-benefit analysis, health care costs, HPV, human papillomavirus, public health, UMHS-SK, vaccination, womens health
Join us in St. Kitts on February 13 ~ 15, 2009, for the
1st Interdisciplinary Clinical Simulation Symposium. Hosted by the
University of Medicine & Health Sciences ~ St. Kitts and the
International University of Nursing, this symposium will hold workshops designed for nurses, physicians and medical faculty.
Check out the ICSS website for further details and online registration. Labels: clinical simulation, interdisciplinary healthcare, iSTAN, IUON, medical conference, medical education, nursing education, SimMan, St. Kitts, UMHS-SK, University of Medicine and Health Sciences
If you would like to access the
DynaMed point-of-care database on your PDA's or SmartPhones,
please come and see us in the Library to obtain you serial number login!Labels: Anne Ross Library, Caribbean Medical School, DynaMed, library resources, mobile applications, mobile medicine, PDA's, smart phones, UMHS-SK, University of Medicine and Health Sciences
