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
>>
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