The Learning Communities at UWSMPH have three guiding principles:

Create a caring community for all learning community members

Help learning community members make sense of their experiences

Empower the community and its members to make transparent and positive decisions

Through these guiding principles, the learning communities will foster community, leadership, professional-ism, well-being and sharing of knowledge in order to develop more intellectually, socially, physically and emo-tionally prepared physicians.

IN THIS ISSUE Another Exciting page for the Match Book...READ MORE

Spring Forward With Your New Student Leaders…READ MORE

Welcome 2016-17 Gold Humanism Honor Society Members…READ MORE

Preceptorship and Packers…READ MORE

House Cup Blood Drive…READ MORE

Volume 2, Issue 9

April 2016

House Calls

Y O U R N E W S F R O M T H E U W S M P H L E A R N I N G C O M M U N I T I E S

InterHouse Council Leaders COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICERS

Saira Khanna: skhanna4@wisc.edu Gundersen

Cassie Schandel: cpiper3@wisc.edu Bamforth

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISONS

Andrew Vegel: avegel@wisc.edu Bardeen

Katie Eszes: eszes@wisc.edu Bardeen

Danny Jones: djones35@wisc.edu Gundersen

Sherry Tang: ytang69@wisc.edu Middleton

Eric Moffet: emoffet@wisc.edu Bamforth

Priya Pathak: prpathak@wisc.edu Bamforth

Taylor Boland: tboland@wisc.edu Bamforth

Rebecca Warwick: rwarwick@wisc.edu McPherson

Anne-Marie Giuca: giuca@wisc.edu McPherson

FINANCE OFFICER

Anatoliy Nechyporenko:nechyporenko@wisc.edu Middleton

SECRETARY

Katey Molinarolo: kmolinarolo@wisc.edu Bardeen

ADMISSIONS AMBASSADORS

Ashley Soppe: ashley.soppe@wisc.edu Bamforth

Cydney Heid: cheid@wisc.edu Bardeen

Maureen Riegert: mbriegert@wisc.edu Bardeen

BIG SIB/LITTLE SIB COORDINATORS

Erik Anderson: eanderson32@wisc.edu Bamforth

Lily Thompson: lathompson3@wisc.edu Bardeen

Clara Ye: yye5@wisc.edu Gundersen

Derek Hoerres: hoerres@wisc.edu McPherson

Stephanie Fricke: sfricke@wisc.edu Middleton

HOUSE CUP COORDINATORS

Courtney Pokrzywa: cpokrzywa@wisc.edu Bamforth

Abby Schuh: aschuh2@wisc.edu McPherson

NOON TALK COORDINATOR

Nikita Shulzhenko: shulzhenko@wisc.edu Bamforth

COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR

Katharine Molinarolo Bardeen

IMPORTANT DATES FOR APRIL

06 1-2PM Wellness & Mindfulness for the Board Exam Preparation Process

11 Deadline to rent academic attire

12-26 Late rental for academic attire (fees apply)

13 Deadline for Dr. Norman Fost Bio- ethics Essay

13 6-7pm Gold Humanism Honor Society Rounds

21 Tentative House Cup Paint Night Double The Fun

25-May 6 Ticket pick-up at WMAA offices for M4 Recognition Ceremony

For the first time, Match Day was held in the Wis-consin Union Theater. The Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association (WMAA) provided a wonderful pre-Match reception overlooking Lake Mendota. M4 Aos Karim created an amazing computer program that did every-thing from announcing the specialty, to sharing pictures, and pinning the Match location on a map. The entire event was live-streamed for those who couldn’t attend in person.

Another Exciting Page for the Match Book

Resources for Students

Student Services studentservices@med.wisc.edu

Gwen McIntosh Assistant Dean for Students 608-263-4920

Christopher Stillwell Director of Student Services 608-262-7543

Jodi Sherman Student Services Coordinator Disability Access & Accommodations

608-263-7135

Terri Dolan Clinical Schedules/OASIS 608-263-4923 Academic Support Sharon Marks Student Academic Support 608-263-8280

Adam Brigham Student Academic Support 608-265-5030 Dual Programs Paul Cook Medical Scientist Training Program 608-262-6321

Dipesh Navsaria MD-MPH Dual Degree Program 608-262-7180

Mindy Schreiner PRIME Coordinator 608-263-2298

Debra Siegenthaler Paths of Distinction Coordinator 608-263-3036 Community Service Programs Kristi Fossum Jones 608-262-4204 Student Ombudsperson Lynn Maki 608-263-2525

Class co-president, Alex Girgis, addresses a

crowd that nearly filled the 1000-seat theater. Some students choose to peek in the

envelope before they go on stage!

Before opening that envelope,

students received individual

congrats on their specialty.

Special photos scrolled as students,

family, and significant others

opened their envelopes and

discovered their Match.

Students trembled, people cried, and entire

families shook their groove thing! Thanks to the map, we all knew the Match location!

The Class of 2016 says that they have the best

Match T-Shirts ever! And the stage fit everyone!

AOS

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Spring is a time of transi-tion for current student leaders and welcoming new leaders into their roles. Continuing Leaders: M4s: Will Jacoby and Mina Alfi are Class of 2017 co-presidents Sa-rah Clark and Kathryn Ritter continue as the 2017 Class Representa-tives. M3s: Laura Lins and Sean Buck are the Class of 2018 co-presidents and Alex Douglas and Jeremy Riekena continue as the 2018 Class Representa-tives. M2 MSA/IHC leadership for the upcoming 2016-17 academic year are:

Spencer Klein-President

Melissa Drezdzon-

Vice President Class Representatives:

Brian Kroll

Donna Ugboaja

Justin Jagodinsky

Katie Lucarelli

Kevin Beene

Admissions:

Mike Kern

Rachel Her

Mark Kelly-EPC

Molly Sygulla-OSR

Class Co-Presidents:

Jessica Chung

Andy Van Pay

Matt Guerrieri-

Treasurer

Arezu Monawer-

Webmaster As the Learning Commu-nities transition with the new curriculum to The Neighborhood, nine

House Officers have been elected: House Officers

Laura Steenberge-

Bamforth

Minbo Bai-Bamforth

Kofi Fosu-Bardeen

Nadia Sweet-

Bardeen

Nicole Altman –

Gundersen

Felicity Harl-

McPherson

Lauren Shuda-

McPherson

Mckenzie Bruce-

Middleton

Sherry Tang-

Middleton In the coming months, we will share more about our House Officers as well as new directions for student leaders and The Neighborhood!

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Spring Forward with Your New Student Leaders

Welcome 2016-17 Gold Humanism Honor Society Members

The current M3s recently nominated members of their class for the Gold Humanism Honor Socie-ty (GHHS). We welcome the following students to membership in this na-tionally-recognized hon-or society:

Bamforth House

Elizabeth Abbs*

Sarah Brown*

Carly Kruse

Abigail Navarro

Jon Scholl

Bardeen House

Christopher Culhane

Sarahmaria Donohue

Dennis Ea

Zoe Harnenz

Kathryn Ritter

Gregory Sovinsky

Gundersen House

Abigail Chilsen

Scott Grogan

James Ircink

William Jacoby

Brock Polnaszek

Kelsey Schmidt

Laura Wittman*

McPherson House

Andrew Beine

Elizabeth Maxwell

Andrew Weber

Middleton House

Joseph Lawton

Saamia Masoom

Ashley Van Galen

*We welcome back Eliz-abeth Abbs, Sarah Brown, and Laura Witt-man who were inducted with the 2015-16 mem-bers and are now return-ing from pursuing dual degrees and research opportunities.

GHHS meetings are held on the second Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:00pm. Meet our new inductees at the next meeting on April 13th. We look forward to the discussions and projects that the 2016-17 GHHS members will plan!

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Electronic Residency Applica-

tion Service

Association of American Medi-

cal Colleges

Careers in Medicine

Fellowship and Residency Elec-

tronic Interactive Database

Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Financial Information, Re-

sources, Services and Tools

Student Financial Aid Amy Whitford amy.whitford@finaid.wisc.edu 608-262-3060

University Health Services After-Hours Mental Health Crisis Services 608-265-5600 (option 9) After-Hours Nurse 608-265-5600 (option 1) Let’s Talk Travis Fox, Psy.D. trfox@uhs.wisc.edu McBurney Disability Resource Center Cathy Trueba cathy.trueba@wisc.edu 608-263-2741

Mario Ademaj, M4 in Bardeen House, recently shared a few words with House Calls about his 4th year preceptorship rotation in Green Bay.

What a great opportunity for students! Part of my rotation for my preceptor-ship includes creating a community-based program or project regarding health. Since I am very interested in Sports Medicine and Primary Care, my project is on sports-related injury prevention. As part of my project, I had the chance to meet with, and learn from, the Packers' physi-cians. Dr. Ebben is on the left of the

picture, Dr. McKenzie is on the right.

Preceptorship and Packers

House Cup Blood Drive Results

Stephanie Fricke (Middleton House) and Cassie Schandel (Bamforth House) were two of many volunteers for the House Cup Blood Drive. The drive netted 49 units of blood from 47 donors, just one unit shy of their goal amount to collect 50 units of blood.

AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN THAT WE’RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN! DOUBLE THE FUN PAINT NIGHT!

Wheelhouse Studios from Memorial Union is bringing Paint Night back to the medical school! The class will tentative-ly be held April 21st in the evening. Up to 120 students can join in on the fun in two separate 9”x12” canvas paintings sessions! And we’ll TRIPLE THE FUN by having “classic” House t-shirts available for a suggested donation of $5. Donations will be added to the House Cup fund and awarded to the community partner of

the House Cup winner!

Please complete Paint Night Sign Up if you are interested in attending. The two most popular canvas painting

ideas will be selected. You may sign up for one class as the date approaches. The cost of participating in the class will be approximately $5.

House Cup Paint Night...Sold Out!

April 11 Deadline to rent academic attire

April 12-26 Late rental for academic attire (fees apply)

April 13 Deadline for Dr. Norman Fost Bioethics Essay

April 25-May 6 Ticket Pick-up at WMAA offices for Recognition Ceremony

Wellness & Mindfulness in the Board Exam Prep Process

Wednesday, April 6 1:00 - 2:00 pm

Mark Your Calendars!

Full House! Fun Friends! Express Yourself!

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CURRENT HOUSE CUP SCORES BAMFORTH 189.782 Retains lead

MCPHERSON 157.878 Retains 2nd BARDEEN 153.995 Jumped 5th to 3rd MIDDLETON 153.327 Dropped 3rd to 4th GUNDERSEN 143.415 Dropped 4th to 5th