Open Source Medicine

Research

written by Allison Zarbo on May 16th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

Congratulations to Michael Ostach on becoming the new Research Coordinator for a pilot clinical trial this summer!

The study will involve teams of students from Wayne State University’s School of Medicine, College of Pharmacy, and School of Social Work working with the elderly population around metro-Detroit. Rising M2s will measure blood pressure, BMI, pulse ox, and smoking status and use My Health Report to compile a personalized patient health report.

Are you a rising M2 who wants to get involved in research this summer? Will you be in Detroit June 15th-July 15th? Contact us to get involved!

Lecture Halls without Lectures — A Proposal for Medical Education

written by Sean Mutchnick on May 4th, 2012 § Comments Off § permalink

An interesting perspective on medical education reform is offered this week in the New England Journal of Medicine by Charles G. Prober, M.D., and Chip Heath, Ph.D. Excerpt is below, please see the NEJM website for full text.

The last substantive reform in medical student education followed the Flexner Report, which was written in 1910. In the ensuing 100 years, the volume of medical knowledge has exploded, the complexity of the health care system has grown, pedagogical methods have evolved, and unprecedented opportunities for technological support of learners have become available. Yet students are being taught roughly the same way they were taught when the Wright brothers were tinkering at Kitty Hawk.

It’s time to change the way we educate doctors. Since the hours available in a day have not increased to accommodate the expanded medical canon, we . . .

Click here for the full article at NEJM
(WSUSOM students: click here to sign in through Shiffman’s proxy)

Charles G. Prober, M.D., and Chip Heath, Ph.D.
N Engl J Med 2012; 366:1657-1659May 3, 2012

Sunglasses for the Summer

written by Allison Zarbo on May 1st, 2012 § Comments Off § permalink

Open Source Medicine is selling sunglasses for the summer! With UVA and UVB protection, we’re ending the year keeping the class cool and safe. You can support Open Source Medicine and get involved this summer by contributing to:

Order your sunglasses here.

Dean Parisi mentions OSM in Oakwood Hospital Interview

written by Sean Mutchnick on April 30th, 2012 § Comments Off § permalink

Dean Parisi mentioned Open Source Medicine and its efforts in a new video shot by Oakwood Hospital now airing on public access cable channels throughout southeast Michigan. Check it out!

Second-Look Day, 2012

written by Sean Mutchnick on April 13th, 2012 § Comments Off § permalink

Open Source Medicine students were excited to meet prospective medical students at this year’s ‘Second Look Day’ lunch-hour student organization fair. We sported our very stylish, new poster designed by OSM member Mike Ostach. Hopefully we helped make up a few minds about WSUSOM, showing that it really is the BEST.

What other medical school lets its students completely re-design its streaming media system so that they can stream to their mobile devices? Or, work on innovated ways to make course notes completely digital? Or, purchase equipment to facilitate use of student-written software at community health events to provide patient education material? No other medical school.

Project Healthy Living kickoff 2012

written by Sean Mutchnick on March 23rd, 2012 § Comments Off § permalink

Open Source Medicine was very excited to participate in Project Healthy Living’s 2012 kickoff event held at Baker College on March 23. Three ‘My Health Report’ (MHR) stations were deployed using new printers courtesy of the Wayne State University School of Medicine Alumni Fund and new laptops thanks to a generous donation by our new co-President, Enea Gjoka.