Campus Tidbits Current Digital Health Track (DHT) students are building an eight-module continuing medical education curriculum on the foundations of Digital Health in partnership with DiME (https://www.dimesociety.org/) and American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP). This unique DHT student-driven curriculum will be publicly released in early 2022 from ACOFP, so keep your eyes open to learn more!
A retirement reception was held for Dr. Dwight Hertz on October 18th. In 2012, Dr. Hertz joined RVU as Professor of Pathology from the American University of the Caribbean.
Catherine Lewis Saenz, Communications Coordinator, and Jerry Duncan were married on October 16, 2021 at The Pines at Genesee in Golden, Colorado. They met on the school bus in 2006 and reconnected nine years later. They’ll be traveling to Alaska next summer for their honeymoon.
His excellence in teaching and mentorship at RVU was profound and he was awarded the RVUCOM William Osler Award for Excellence in Teaching three times. He also served as advisor to multiple clubs, including the Dermatology/Pathology Club, the Integrative Medicine Club, and the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Club. He was honored outside the University as a Fellow of the College of American Pathologists, a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, and as a member of the International Association of Medical Science Educators. During his time at RVUCOM, he has earned admiration, respect, and appreciation from his colleagues and students. He had passion and dedication when teaching RVU students, not to mention being a true friend and mentor to many faculty and staff.
The Primary Care Podcast is the creation of Ross Tanick, OMS IV. The most recent episode of the Primary Care Podcast features Coleen Maher, DO '21, and Michal Klepadlo, DO '21. Find it on any podcast platform and be sure to subscribe! Zach Rumlow, OMS IV, helped develop a podcast, Peds Cases, which takes a look at relevant anatomy, basic definitions, and most common presentations of periorbital and orbital cellulitis, as well as red flags of severe disease and effective therapies. Alexandra Moody, OMS II, provided anatomical illustrations for the script. Kevin Seely, OMS II, was published in The DO Magazine and KevinMD for his article titled, "Doing good in the world as a medical student." In it, he outlines different ways that medical students can meaningfully contribute to their communities.
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Thank you to all who came to the event and to those who organized it. He will be dearly missed! Submitted by Terri McNair
On October 13th, Track or Treat was held on both campuses. This is an annual event, hosted by the Department of Tracks and Special Programs, which introduces first-year students to the many tracks available at RVU. This year, there were over 400 sign-ups by students for the various tracks, some of whom showed interest in more than one track.
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