Des Moines UniversityBeta Chapter

Orlando, FloridaOctober 18, 2015

• 2015-2016 Executive Board Officers: President: Megan Kittleson Vice President: Andrew Schroeder Treasurer: Luke Botting Secretary: Jesicah Ruffin Community Liaison: Zaheer Akhtar

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Noreen O’Shea, DO

• Two Membership Drives 1) Top 25% of Class – Spring 2015 (22) 2) Top 50% of Class – Fall 2015 (32)

• Membership is weighted equally on academic ranking and extracurricular activities.

• Internship/Residency Forum• Cancer Conference• Specialty Forum

• Internship & Residency Forumo Held in October/November annuallyo Traditionally consists of a panel of interns and residents

from the Des Moines area (also DMU alumni)o Typically represented specialties: OB/GYN, Surgery, Family

Practice, Internal Medicine, and Pediatricso Historically: discussion, dinner and Q&A concluded the

eveningo Additions this year: begins with a “roadmap to residency

success” talk during dinner followed by three break-out sessions to meet with students’ top specialty choices. This will allow for deeper conversations and relationship-building. The evening will conclude with a mix and mingle to allow students to further converse with residents, physicians, and fellow students.

• Cancer Conferenceo The Cancer Conference has been an annual event at DMU

for the past 23 years. o A patient panel of cancer survivors are invited to participate

and share their story about their battle with cancer, some of whom are still engaged in the battle.

o Prior to the panel discussion, a lecture is often given by a physician to discuss the specific type of cancer that the conference is based on.

o Committee members are responsible for organizing all aspects of the event, making programs, publicizing the event, and contacting prospective panel members, and work with the CEU team at DMU to plan a great event.

o Last year, the SSP members merged the Fall and Spring Cancer Conferences, so there is now one conference in the Spring, usually held at the end of April.

• Medical Specialties Forumo Annually in Aprilo Specialties included in the past: Anesthesiology,

Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery, Ob/Gyn, Pediatrics, Emergency Med, Plastic Surgery, General Surgery, Dermatology

o Requirements, length of time, and work ethic of each specialty were discussed with both 1st and 2nd year D.O. Students.

• Winter Warmth Clothing Drive• Adopt-A-School Program• Community Medicine

o House of Mercyo Senior Health Fair

• “Winter Warmth” Clothing driveo Clothing collection begins mid-November each

year throughout campus.o Donations go to St. Mary’s Family Center of Des

Moines, Iowa or DMU Homeless Camp Outreach Club

o Last year several bags full of clothing and blankets were collected and donated.

• Adopt-A-School• Throughout the year, students go to Hoyt Middle School in

Des Moines on Tuesdays and Thursdays to tutor middle school students in classes they struggle with, primarily in Math and Science courses.

• This is also an opportunity to build mentorships with students that come from a more diverse or economically-challenged home environment.

• Senior Health Fair: committee organized students to help with senior registration the morning of the event

• House of Mercy – this is a program to offer community service and educational resources to the House of Mercy Women’s Shelter and Resource Center.

• Noontime Case Studies• Betty Chu Award• Kelly Wifler Fund• Class Gift • Peer Tutor Groups

• Fall Semester (2014): Dr. Tom Benzoni, DO, a new DMU faculty and an ER doctor, presented a case from his many years in the ER

• Spring Semester (2015): Dr. George Clavenna, DO, presented a few cases related to sports medicine

• This coming Fall (2015): Dr. Andrew Nish, MD, a local interventional radiologist, will be presenting a case study from his practice

• Peer Tutoring Program• SSP members host an exam review for the 1st

year DO students before each of their tests in the Fall term

• A PowerPoint is prepared for each review with questions similar to what was experienced during the previous year on each test to help 1st years start to organize their lecture information and see different ways the material can be tested

• Fund-raising Committeeo White Coat Ceremony Flower Sales

• Awards Committee

• Class of 2007: 47• Class of 2008: 56• Class of 2009: 51• Class of 2010: 50• Class of 2011: 51• Class of 2012: 50• Class of 2013: 49• Class of 2014: 51• Class of 2015: 52• Class of 2016: 50• Class of 2017: 48• Class of 2018: 54

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