February 2024 - Issue 19

Kira Zwygart MD, FAAFP

Associate Dean, Student Affairs

Deborah DeWaay MD, FACP

Associate Dean, UME

The 2024/2025 FAFSA is now available!

Please be sure to put it on your to-do list and get it completed as soon as possible.

_________________________________________________________

Research and Education in Nephrology for Undergraduate Medical Student-Florida Summer Program (RENUM-FL)

This opportunity is only available to UF and USF Medical Students so apply if interested!

RENUM-Fl is an 8-week funded summer research and education program to enhance the training of a science and clinical workforce in nephrology to meet the growing healthcare needs of patients afflicted with kidney disease and/or hypertension.

• Applicants must be in good academic standing and progressing to MS2 with no remediation.
• Up to 12 students will be selected.
• Accepted participants will receive a stipend of $3,000 + housing stipend of $1,500 + $750 to attend a meeting.

Application link: https://usf.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6fF2TRAQ2e3Xv38

The deadline to apply is Friday, March 1st at 11:59PM

The 2024/2025 FAFSA is now available!

Please be sure to put it on your to-do list and get it completed as soon as possible.

_________________________________________________________

SELECT Students - Scheduling Advisor Appointments

Reminder to students on the LVHN campus- please do not schedule appointments with your advisor through Archivum. There is a firewall that blocks proper access to Outlook. Instead, send an email to your LVHN advisor to request a meeting. This does not apply to scheduling with a learning skills specialist like Dr. O’Callaghan.

_________________________________________________________

NBME INSIGHTS Now Available for Clerkship Exams

INSIGHTS is an online student dashboard that provides direct access to exam results with enhanced review options. You are likely familiar with INSIGHTS if you’ve taken an NBME Self-Assessment exam (e.g., CBSSA). This tool is now being extended to clerkship subject exams. After your next shelf exam, you will receive your standard reports and will also be able to use the INSIGHTS tool to view your results. INSIGHTS should be available a few business days after you complete each exam and the NBME will email your @usf email address to notify you when they are posted. You can view this video to learn more about the product. 

The AY24-25 Academic Calendar has been updated!

You can always view the Academic Calendar on the MD web site here.

SCP Progress reports due by March 3^rd

Reminder: Research Day happening Friday March 1st 9am-4pm

Click here for more information / details.

Exceptional Educator - February 2024

Dr. Dennis Ledford | Internal Medicine / Allergy and Immunology

Thank you for your nominations. The committee has reviewed your submissions and selected Dr. Ledford for the February Exceptional Educator!

“Dr. Dennis Ledford is the epitome of the type of physician we all inspire to be. He is in the top 1% of physicians worldwide. He consistently demonstrates a passion for teaching everyone he is around. He consistently encourages independent study and fosters understanding of complex concepts. He consistently critiques and coaches clinical reasoning, clinical skills, and presentations to ensure learners are well-trained. His warm, inviting empathy is clearly evident whether he is working with students, residents, coworkers, or patients. He is kind, respectful, and humble. He genuinely cares and places everyone around him above himself. His intelligence is vast and he continues to demonstrate lifelong learning in every endeavor he encounters. He consistently challenges you to be better than you were before and in turn, inspires you to dream bigger than you did before. Dr. Dennis Ledford truly is an inspiration, and I certainly hope to be even a fraction of the type of physician he is.”

-anonymous MD Student

Class of 2027 – Core

3/5       EBCR Final

Class of 2027 – SELECT

3/7       SELECT 1 Formative

Class of 2026 – Core

3/11     Course 7 Test 3 Exam

3/14     Course 7 NBME Exam

Class of 2026 – SELECT

2/27     SELECT 2 Summative

Class of 2025 - Core

2/23     Psychology NBME

2/23     Surgical NBME Exam

2/23     Surgical Gyn (ES) Exam

Class of 2025 - SELECT

2/23     Medicine NBME Exam

2/23     Surgical NBME Exam

2/23     Neurology NBME Exam

2/23     Pediatrics NBME Exam

ASC Podcast - New Episode 

Episode 4 of the ASC Podcast is now available! You can find this in your ASC class of canvas shell on the podcast page. In episode 4, Dr.Ciceron is joined by Shreya for a conversation about gap years, setting family boundaries, and confusion about desired specialties. If you are interested (or willing) to record a podcast episode, or have a suggested topic, please contact Dr. Ciceron. 

Did you know? With Dr. O! 

Did you know that people fail stuff? It isn't something to be proud of, however we don’t want students walking around feeling ashamed. You would be surprised how many amazing Drs I have met, who are Directors, chief of staff, and/or Deans, who secretly admit that they didn’t do so well in medical school. I say this to provide some beginning of the year encouragement to those who have found themselves needing to remediate, repeat, or retake courses or exams. You can still meet your goals! 

Participate in February’s Debt Management Scholarship Program

This month’s topic – filing taxes as a student.

Participation is completely OPTIONAL! Two students from each class, (one CORE, one SELECT), will be randomly selected to win $500 in scholarship funding*. As a reminder, if you participate in at least 4 challenges for the 2023-2024 academic year, one CORE and one SELECT student will win a grand prize of $3,000 to pay directly toward their federal student loan debt. #ReduceYourDebt #MoneyManagement #FinancialLiteracy #DebtManagement 

Congratulations to Galen for their win at the Collegia Olympics!

Welcome the New Collegia Board Members and Chairs

Incoming Collegia board members:

• Carson Bair – President
• Trevor Pharr – Director
• Armen Brotgandel – Events Manager
• Logan Ziegler – Treasurer

Incoming Collegia chairs:

• Anna Kate Hamann – Bourne Collegia
• Chloe Chose – Debakey Collegia
• Thomas Halflants – Farmar Collegia
• Yoana Ivanova – Galen Collegia
• Abby Lantz – Hippocrates Collegia
• Elicia Wang – Koch Collegia
• Esaan Azizi – Lower Collegia
• Veronica Daoud – Osler Collegia
• Michael Luongo – Paracelsus Collegia

February Career Advising Hours

Hippocrates - with Dr. Lynch – 2/16 from 2-5p

Osler - Dr. Navarte – 2/16 from 2-4p

Debakey - Dr. Narayanan – 2/23 from 11a-1p

Farmer - Dr. Champeaux – 2/23 from 12-2p

Galen - Dr. Rodriguez-Waitkus – 2/23 from 2-4p

New Kudos Initiative

Introducing KUDOS!

Kudos will be a longitudinal initiative with the goal of showing each other appreciation for everything we all do. 

What is it?

A program where you can send positive feedback to your peers. As medical students, we are continuously critiquing ourselves, and being critiqued by our preceptors, etc. It is important to also remember how amazing we are all doing!

How do I do it?

Scan the QR code below, and it will bring you to a Google Sheet. The survey will take less than 2 minutes and you can choose to be anonymous or leave your name in the message. These QR codes will soon be available in sticker form around MDD so you can place one on the back of your badge, on your water bottle, laptop or anywhere else to remind yourself to show someone gratitude!

Why should I do it?

Each week your WellCo board will screen and send out Kudos. At the month, everyone who sends a Kudos will be entered in a drawing for some MCOM swag. Each Kudos you send will count as one entry. Periodically, we will also be giving special prizes to the people who have sent the most Kudos!

We hope everyone had fun who attended Hearts & Crafts at MDD!

LV-Campus Snow Sculpting Contest Was a Hit!

A big applause to the winners - Mimi Liu and Irene Nguyen for their snow version of 'Toronto on a Date'

Voice AI Summer School - 6/17/24

5-week in-person program at the intersection of healthcare

and voice artificial intelligence

The Voice AI Summer School provides a 5-week unique and innovative hands-on opportunity for students in health, informatics, data, computer science, and related fields to collaborate and learn about the creation of voice biomarkers using Artificial Intelligence. The curriculum will include processing voice audio, extracting and choosing acoustic and linguistic features, training and testing voice algorithms, as well as the social and ethical implications of working with voice data.

• Interested students should apply under Category 2: Healthcare Trainees and register as a Health Sciences Student.
• Up to 7 students will be accepted per category.
• Accepted participants will receive a $4,000-5,000 stipend based on credentials and experience. 

Click Here to Apply 

The deadline to apply is Thursday, February 29^th

H.O.W. - Hearing the Ovarian Cancer Whisper - Dr. Robert C. Knapp Medical Student Award

H.O.W. is offering an award for students who would like to learn about a career in gynecologic oncology. The student will shadow a gynecologic oncologist during their elective time. 

The following is required for the $3,000 scholarship:

Overview:

• The elective must be for a minimum of four weeks at any year.
• The gynecologic oncologist who serves as preceptor may be a member of the facility or if not, acceptable to the school and meets all legal and academic requirements of the school.
• The CV of both the student and preceptor must be submitted at the time of application.
• The student and preceptor will submit to H.O.W. an outline of the student’s program. This could describe a week’s activity shadowing the preceptor. The program should be broad enough to allow the student to develop an understanding of the requirements for a physician practicing women’s cancer.
• The student should be with the preceptor during outpatient clinic visits, surgery and be involved with the residents during the preceptor’s sessions with them. The preceptor should discuss with the student current research in gynecologic oncology and needs for future research in the field.
• At the completion of the rotation the student will submit to H.O.W. a one page report on his or her experience.
• If any work is published or presented, H.O.W. must receive appropriate acknowledgement. 

Deadlines/Award Period: 

• Deadline: April 1^st  
• Recipients will be notified no later than April 17^th
• Award Period: Week of July 1^st
• Please submit the outline of the program and the CV of the student and preceptor electronically to Jennifer@howflorida.org

Link to Apply

All past issues can now be found at the bottom of the Helpful Links page (that is on you QR Code cards)!