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Pre-Medical Student Osteopathic Medical AssociationCreating an Animated Forum Avatar
Posted on November 16, 2008
Filed Under Just For Fun | 2 Comments
By Joe Sisk and Tommy Welling
You’ve donated to SDN, it’s time to add some style to your sidebar. I’m going to walk you through the basics so you’ll feel comfortable creating your very own animated avatar.
Basic Info:
What is an animated avatar?
Animated avatars are image files, typically .gif format, that have multiple frames set to play in a sequence over time. This gives the appearance of motion.
For your avatar to fit on the SDN forums you’ll need to keep a few principles in mind:
-the maximum file size is 195.5 kb
-the larger the dimensions (xxx by xxx) the larger your file size will be
-the more frames your animation has, the larger your file size will be
There are ways to manipulate both the dimensions and animation length without appreciable loss of quality. These will be discussed later. Read more »
Faculty Interview: ATSU-School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona
Posted on November 10, 2008
Filed Under Medical (MD, DO), Medical Students | 28 Comments
This is the second interview in the Student Doctor Network series of “community-based medical education” interviews.
The A. T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona is located in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa. The structure of the school differs from that of other medical schools in having only the first year of medical school in Mesa, and the remaining three years for each student located in one of 11 participating community health centers.
SDN interviewed four members of the A. T. Still University faculty in Mesa.
SDN: Doctor Wendel, as Associate Provost of the A. T. Still University, please give us an overview of your new community-based medical school.
Dr Wendel: Our understanding of the need for a new medical school grew out of a relationship the A. T. Still University had developed with the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC). We realized that there are an estimated 50 million people in the United States with unmet health care needs. Read more »
Competition Provides PharmD Students with Tools Needed to Launch a Business
Posted on November 4, 2008
Filed Under Pharmacy (PharmD) | 1 Comment
by Deleisa Johnson
Plato said, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” But, just having a good idea is not enough. Transitioning an invention from idea to marketable product takes something more—an entrepreneurial spirit, as well as a little confidence.
Three Washington State University PharmD candidates have taken an idea, their entrepreneurial spirit, and the confidence gained from winning the 2006 NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition and launched a much-needed product for pharmacy students.
Flash Forward is a company that produces flash cards of the top 250 drugs. Jason Doss had the idea for the cards in his first year of pharmacy school. “I knew I was going to have to make flash cards for class and I wanted to make it easier by purchasing a set of flash cards instead,” he said. Not finding any for purchase, he realized that there was a need that was not being met. Read more »
Vote
Posted on November 3, 2008
Filed Under Student Doctor Network | 8 Comments
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
If you haven’t already voted, go to the polls today and vote. Be sure to follow these 4 steps:
- Check your voter registration card (or sample ballot) for the location of your designated polling site.
- Bring photo ID and proof of address.
- Get in-line before the polls close. Even if the polls close, as long as you are in-line you cannot be turned-away.
- Vote carefully - review your ballot for accuracy before turning it in.
Single Payer Healthcare
Posted on October 31, 2008
Filed Under Health Care Policy and the Student Doctor | 23 Comments
by Alison Hayward, MD
SDN Staff Writer
In this election season, healthcare has been an increasingly pressing issue for American voters.
In an August 2008 TNS Healthcare survey, nearly 60% of voters age 18-29, and 75% of voters over the age of 65 agreed that healthcare issues would play a major role in their presidential election choice.
The feeling that our current system is a “failure” predominates, and thus healthcare reform is seen by many as a mandate for the new president.
Healthcare professionals must understand the issues involved in the politics of health in order to move towards reform – and that brings us to one of the most contentious issues, that of single payer healthcare. Read more »
Career Spotlight: Nuclear Pharmacy
Posted on October 28, 2008
Filed Under Pharmacy (PharmD) | 6 Comments
by SDN Member SpirivaSunrise
Nuclear pharmacy is a specialized practice area in pharmacy that involves compounding and dispensing radiopharmaceuticals to be used in various nuclear medicine procedures. Unlike radiology, nuclear medicine is a fantastic tool for assessing physiology (function), as opposed to only structure and anatomy.
It is a unique niche within pharmacy and this article will provide an overview of the specialty area, including common radiopharmaceuticals and procedures used in nuclear medicine, as well as the role of a nuclear pharmacist on the healthcare team.
From a business perspective, the industry’s current standing includes nuclear pharmacies which are either institutional (and cater to a single medical center), or commercial. Centralized commercial pharmacies are contracted by hospitals/clinics to provide radiopharmaceuticals.
Today, there are only a few major radiopharmacies: GE (formerly known as Amersham), Covidien (formerly known as Tyco or Mallinckrodt), and Cardinal Health (which bought out Syncor, among others), as well as a few smaller independents. Read more »
Record Enrollment at U.S. Allopathic Medical Schools
Posted on October 22, 2008
Filed Under Medical (MD, DO), Medical Students, News, Premedical Students | 8 Comments
Portions from the AAMC
The American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) reported yesterday that, “First-year enrollment at the nation’s medical schools this year increased nearly 2 percent over 2007, to more than 18,000 students.” This represents the highest allopathic medical school enrollment in U.S. history.
Most of the enrollment increase was due to the three medical schools that have just established branch campuses (Mercer University School of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, and University of Arizona College of Medicine). It does not reflect the anticipated enrollment at new schools expected to open within the next few years.
Notable is the growth in Latino students, with an increase in first-year enrollment by more than 10 percent. Latinos now represent 7.9 percent of the 2008-09 entering medical school class.
Additionally, the number of Native American first-year enrollees increased by more than 5 percent. The number of African American first-year students remained nearly the same as in 2007. Native Americans and African Americans represent 1.0 and 7.2 percent, respectively, of this year’s entering medical school class.
Read more »
SDN Wiki Returns
Posted on October 18, 2008
Filed Under Student Doctor Network | 1 Comment
We’re happy to announce the return of the SDN Wiki.
The SDN Wiki features both a wiki version of Ryan Aycock’s Not So Short Introduction to Getting into Medical School, and the newly added Medical Education FAQ.
We encourage all SDN Members to participate in updating and maintaining this body of knowledge. Available at http://www.studentdoctor.net/wiki/
How to Survive Interview Travels
Posted on October 13, 2008
Filed Under Applications and Admissions | 5 Comments
by Glenn Gregory,
SDN Contributing Writer
You’ve been waiting for what seems like an eternity. You practically snatch the mail from the mail carrier as it is being delivered and frantically search through the stacks of coupons and bills to find some good news; just as you are ready to steel yourself for yet another disappointment, your heart stops.
There it is.
The school’s emblem sits silently above the return address on the envelope, meeting your stare. Hands shaking, you fumble with the envelope and eventually manage to tear it open. Unfolding the letter it contained, you discover that someone out there thinks you are interesting enough to offer you an interview.
After you finish dancing with your neighbors who were minding their own business until that point and get done laminating the letter, you catch your breath and wonder, “How do I proceed now?”
It is possible that you have never been on a plane before, nor traveled out of state. Now you are expected to travel to a city you have never been to, alone, and make a favorable impression upon an admissions committee member-oh, right, and then there’s the issue of paying for the trip as well.
Luckily, on the Student Doctor Network Forums, many students have already been through what you are about to go through and can offer you some valuable advice. If, however, you don’t feel like perusing pages of threads to get the answer to a quick question, this article might be just what you need. Read more »
Pharmaceutical Case Management
Posted on October 8, 2008
Filed Under Pharmacy (PharmD), Pre-Pharmacy | 21 Comments
by Abby Beane, SDN Contributing Writer
Edited by Sean Parrish
Since October is National Pharmacists Month, now is an excellent time to examine the evolving role of pharmacists in the modern health care system. The profession of pharmacy is going through a period of vast development and change. Instead of being tied solely to the product of medications and dispensing, it is diligently recreating its image into an increasingly cognitive practice.
Pharmacists have become such an integral part of the health care team because they have the unique advantage of being among the most accessible health care professionals. As patients come in once a month to refill a prescription, the pharmacist tends to be the professional that they see the most regularly.
Unfortunately, due to the mandates of insurance companies, physician visits are growing shorter and shorter these days.
If a patient presents for an acute condition during a physician visit and that condition is addressed and cared for, there is generally little time left for the management and care of any chronic conditions. It is in the management of such chronic conditions that the cognitive services offered by pharmacists can be useful.
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