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ACOFP President

"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."
- Alan Kay

March 12-16, 2008
ACOFP 45th Annual Convention & Exhibition
Hyatt Regency Denver
Denver, Colorado

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By Steven F. Rubin, DO, FACOFP dist.

March 7, 2008

** Please note: Due to the Convention next week, Leading the Osteopathic Way will not be sent on March 11 and 14.  It will resume on March 18.

Thank You and Farewell!
This is my final issue of Leading the Osteopathic Way.  If by creating this vehicle, I did nothing but increase communication for the association then it was an utter success. I cannot believe how the year flew by. Thank you so much for reading Leading the Osteopathic Way and I am happy to say that it will continue to be a resource for members as Dr. Ronnie B. Martin becomes President of ACOFP.

FDA Warning on Use of Tamiflu
Roche and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration informed health care professionals of neuropsychiatric events associated with the use of Tamiflu, in patients with influenza. These symptoms, as described in post marketing reports mostly from Japan, include delirium and abnormal behavior leading to injury, and in some cases resulting in fatal outcomes. These events were reported primarily among pediatric patients and often had an abrupt onset and rapid resolution. Patients with influenza should be closely monitored for signs of abnormal behavior. If neuropsychiatric symptoms occur, the risks and benefits of continuing treatment should be evaluated.

ACOFP’s Fit for Life
CNN’s Accent Health says “Get 8 hours of sleep regularly.”

Register Today for the 2008 ACOFP Convention!
This year’s convention will feature a lecture on Religion, Conscience and Controversial Medical Interventions. The ACOFP Ethics Committee presents this provocative session to examine how individual physicians’ beliefs affect medical decision-making and practice.  The presentation is based upon a survey published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2007 that correlated physicians' demographic factors, religious affiliation and level of religiosity with responses to a series of questions regarding controversial topics in health care.  This program will utilize audience response system (ARS) technology to quantify the results of ACOFP participants' responses to a questionnaire modeled on the one used in the study.  Following review of the ARS graphic results of audience responses, a panel with expertise in legal and ethical aspects of health care will discuss the findings.  Audience participation in the form of comment, critique, questions and answers will be encouraged. Registration Today!

Back to Campus
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine ACOFP Student Chapter President, Christopher Selinsky, sponsored the following programs for fellow OUCOM students:

  1. Robert E. Olexo, DO, Program Director, and Resident Dan Jones, DO of Wheeling Hospital in West Virginia presented a brief program on their Osteopathic Family Practice residency program.  Following the presentation, they gave a lecture on pap smears, including basic procedure, interpreting results, and appropriate follow up.

  2. Jay H.  Shubrook, DO, FACOFP, President of the Ohio ACOFP State Society and two family medicine fellows presented the second installment of "Charting your Course" that focused on rotating during third and fourth year and internships. Dr. Shubrook also talked about appropriate ways to ask for letters of recommendation after each rotation.

  3. Philip A. "Duke" Starr, DO and Resident Dan Jones, DO, presented basic dermatologic procedures that can be performed in a family medicine office. Students learned various suturing techniques and practiced on pigs' feet. Dr. Starr was the guest of honor at the OUCOM Annual Family Medicine Banquet where he spoke about why he chose family medicine and why students should pursue the specialty.

  4. Katherine Clark, DO, Past President of the Ohio ACOFP State Society who is associated with Grandview Hospital in Dayton, Ohio through the Kettering Health Network presented a brief lecture on Women's Health and taught endometrial biopsy techniques to the students in attendance.  

 

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