UW School of Medicine Online News 10-19-07

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University of Washington School of Medicine

Online News

Vol. 11, No. 41
Oct. 19, 2007
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This week’s news:

* Educators suggest guidelines for incorporating complementary and alternative medicine into health-care educational programs

* Third-year medical student Gene Corson receives top student poster award from American Academy of Family Physicians for research on Wyoming primary care physician shortage

* Affiliate faculty member Leroy Hood joins elite group in all three National Academies

* Students in Graduate Program in Neurobiology and Behavior recognized by national neuroscience group for community outreach

* Commemoration of the late Bruce Gilliland, longtime medical educator, physician, and administrator, will be held Friday, Oct. 26


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EDUCATORS SUGGEST GUIDELINES FOR INCORPORATING COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE INTO CURRICULUM

In the October issue of the journal Academic Medicine, UW faculty and their colleagues lay out suggestions on how to incorporate content on complementary and alternative medicine in health-care educational programs. The article was co-authored by Barak Gaster, UW associate professor of medicine, Ronald Schneeweiss, professor of family medicine, and two of their colleagues from Tufts University and the University of California-San Francisco.

The article, What Should Students Learn About Complementary and Alternative Medicine? outlines key principles that educators can use when developing coursework in this area. It also suggests which aspects of complementary and alternative medicine are most important for students to learn.

The guidelines were developed in consultation with 15 institutions around the country, including 12 medical schools, that have created complementary and alternative medicine educational programs for health-care students. The guidelines emphasize how to help students find reliable, evidence-based resources about complementary medicine.

The article is available as a free download this month at the Web site for Academic Medicine:
http://www.academicmedicine.org


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MEDICAL STUDENT RECEIVES TOP RESEARCH POSTER AWARD FROM FAMILY PHYSICIAN GROUP

Third-year medical student D. Gene Corson, a student in the UW School of Medicine and the Wyoming WWAMI program, has been recognized for the top student poster at the American Academy of Family Physicians scientific assembly, held earlier this month in Chicago. Corson was senior exhibitor for the project Quantifying Wyoming's Primary Care Physician Shortage.

Corson completed his project in order to meet the School of Medicine's student research requirement. In quantifying the shortage of primary care doctors in Wyoming, he contacted all of the primary care practices in the state and compared the availability of primary care in Wyoming with the national availability. His study indicated that Wyoming has a shortage of more than 400 primary care physicians.

The recognition includes a $700 award. The AAFP recognizes the top two research posters by medical residents and the top two by medical students at each year's scientific assembly.

Corson may be reached at gcorson@u.washington.edu


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LEROY HOOD JOINS ELITE GROUP IN ALL THREE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

Leroy Hood, UW affiliate professor of genome sciences, immunology, and bioengineering, has joined an elite group of people who have been elected to all three National Academies, the societies recognizing the nation's scientists, physicians, researchers, and engineers. Hood, president of Seattle's Institute for Systems Biology, was inducted to the National Academy of Engineering last month. He had previously been elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine.

Hood is one of only seven people in the country currently elected to all three of the National Academies. The three societies have a combined membership of about 6,000 people. Members advise and counsel the nation on issues of science, medicine, and technology.

Three other faculty in the UW Department of Bioengineering, a joint venture of the College of Engineering and School of Medicine, have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering in recent years: James Bassingthwaighte, professor of bioengineering, who was elected in 2000; Buddy Ratner, professor of bioengineering and chemical engineering, elected in 2002; and Allan Hoffman, professor of bioengineering and chemical engineering, elected in 2005.


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NEUROBIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR GRADUATE STUDENTS RECOGNIZED FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Three students in the UW's Graduate Program in Neurobiology and Behavior have been recognized by the Society for Neuroscience for their community outreach. Jonathan Ting, Hirofumi Watari, and Bryan White will receive the Next Generation Award at the society's annual meeting next month in San Diego.

The students are studying in the interdisciplinary Neurobiology and Behavior program, a joint venture of the School of Medicine and the College of Arts and Sciences. The neurosciences program includes faculty, students, research, and coursework in several departments around campus.

Ting, Watari, and White were recognized for their work establishing Neurobiology and Behavior Community Outreach, a project that boosts interactions between neuroscientists and the Puget Sound community. It includes several activities aimed at promoting neuroscience knowledge in primary- and secondary-school teachers and students. The project includes classroom presentations about the brain, development of educational materials for teachers, and the UW's Brain Awareness Week, an open house with interactive neuroscience exhibits for elementary and junior-high students.

For more information about the Neurobiology and Behavior Community Outreach program, visit:
http://students.washington.edu/watari/about/nboutreach.html


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COMMEMORATION OF BRUCE GILLILAND SCHEDULED FOR OCT. 26

The UW School of Medicine will commemorate the life and career of Bruce Gilliland, a leading rheumatologist and longtime teacher, physician, and administrator, at a special ceremony at 3:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 26, in Hogness Auditorium, Room A-420 of the UW Health Sciences Center. The event is free and all are welcome, including the UW community and the general public. A reception will follow the ceremony. Free parking is available to attendees in parking area E-12, near Husky Stadium. Attendees should notify parking staff that they are going to the commemoration.

Gilliland, who served in several leadership positions in the UW School of Medicine, including as acting dean, died in February at age 75 after a prolonged battle with cancer. He served on the UW faculty for nearly 40 years, including several years as associate dean for clinical affairs, where he oversaw all graduate medical education for the medical school.

Gilliland made significant contributions to the field of rheumatology, and was recognized many times as an outstanding medical teacher. He was known for his professionalism in clinical care and medical education, and was well-regarded for his work in building bridges between the medical field and the larger community.


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Justin Reedy, editor:
206-685-0382, jreedy@u.washington.edu

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