Apologies, listserv. The AMSA listserv had been accidentally included as a CC in Jill's email. Won't happen again. (: On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Cori Russell <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hey Jill, > > I'm actually the Co-President of Cardiovascular Disease Interest Group as > well as AMSA. Who did you email that isn't writing you back? I'll crush > some skulls for you. (: > > We're definitely interested in cosponsoring, and I had actually just talked > to Noah (EMIG president) about this today. It looks like you're also > meeting with Dr. Watson with us about this and the resuscitation workshop > we're putting on in February. > > Do you have a date in mind for this event? Since there are three separate > student groups collaborating (plus student council), we can get a Student > Services Fee grant pretty easily if we have time to apply. > > Let's chat some more. This sounds great! > > Cori > > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Jill Crosby <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Hi Cori! >> >> It's Jill, one of the MS1s you met at the AMSA speed friending event. I >> just became the MS1 OSR representative in our student council and I wanted >> to ask you about co-sponsoring a lunch lecture. I have been working with >> Dr. Reardon, head of HCMC's emergency department ultrasound fellowship, to >> try to get bedside ultrasound training incorporated into our school's >> curriculum. We both believe ultrasound imaging is the way of the future and >> it is essential for our school to be teaching it. There is a lot of >> evidence that it improves the physical exam and is better at diagnosing and >> detecting many human pathologies than historical methods of percussion and >> palpation, etc. If you would like more information I would be happy to send >> you some links. >> My classmates and some other student council members are really excited >> about working on this and we want to get the word out there. We have been >> writing letters to the administration and are planning to form a committee >> for ultrasound curriculum development. >> Dr. Reardon and a sonographer from HCMC's resident training program would >> like to speak about why ultrasound is such an important skill for medical >> schools to be teaching, how it improves patient care, and how it is applied >> in clinical practice. He can show some video images and talk about >> ultrasound guided procedures, give a comparison with other imaging methods >> such as xray and ct, and hopefully give some useful pointers to med students >> going into 3rd and 4th year rotations. They may also be able to bring in >> ultrasound machines for a demonstration. My hope is to invite >> administrative faculty and course directors along with students to attend >> Dr. Reardon's presentation. The Emergency Medicine Interest Group is going >> to be co-sponsoring and I am waiting to hear back from the Cardiology >> interest group too. If you would be interested in helping out let me know >> and we can work out the details. >> >> Thanks a lot, >> >> Jill >> > >