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Table of
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1. “The Travelers Summer Research Fellowship Program is
designed to give 25 premedical students deeper insights into the field of
medicine, including issues that greatly affect the health of traditionally
underserved groups.”
2. Philadelphia
College of Osteopathic Medicine Georgia Campus School of Pharmacy (Suwanee,
GA) is hosting an Open House on Friday, December 4, 2009.
3. Des
Moines University (Iowa) offers a Health Professions Advanced Summer Scholars
Program for individuals interested in medical, physician assistant, or
physical therapy school…and it’s free.
4.
Des Moines University offers a variety of
health-related programs at the Master’s and Doctoral level.
5.
Results of a recent Medscape survey among
selected healthcare professionals regarding The Obama administration’s
decision of telling federal prosecutors not to pursue patients who use
medical marijuana in states where it is legal, unless they are using it for
illegal purposes.
6. The
Official Guide to the MCAT Exam is available from the Association of American
Medical Colleges web site.
7. Johns
Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) will be offering its tenth annual summer
course in Human Anatomy for Undergraduates.
8. Marginalia: The study of biology involves more than
just white lab coats, stethoscopes, and micropipettors, you know…
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1. “The
Travelers Summer Research Fellowship Program is designed to give 25
premedical students deeper insights into the field of medicine, including
issues that greatly affect the health of traditionally underserved groups.”
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2. Philadelphia
College of Osteopathic Medicine Georgia Campus School of Pharmacy
(Suwanee, GA) is hosting an Open House on Friday, December 4, 2009.
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Hello Pre-Health Advisor or Future Pharmacy Student(s),
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Georgia Campus School of
Pharmacy will welcome its first Pharmacy Class Fall 2010. We are hosting an
Open House on Friday, December 4, 2009 from 6-8pm on campus. This will give
you and your student a chance to Meet the Dean, other Pharmacy faculty,and
Pharmacy administrators. to RSVP please email PharmDadmissions@pcom.edu. We
look forward to seeing you there!
Sincerely,
Aisha Deberry
Admissions Coordinator/Recruiter
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
School of Pharmacy-Georgia Campus
625 Old Peachtree Road
Suwanee, GA 30024
678-225-7500
"Interested in Pharmacy?" Spend a night with our Dean and
other Pharmacy faculty at GA-PCOM s Pharmacy Open House, Friday, December 4,
2009 from
6-8pm. Please RSVP at PharmDadmissions@pcom.edu
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3. Des
Moines University (Iowa) offers a Health Professions Advanced Summer Scholars
Program for individuals interested in medical, physician assistant, or
physical therapy school…and it’s free.
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4.
Des Moines University offers a variety of
health-related programs at the Master’s and Doctoral level.
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5. Results
of a recent Medscape survey among selected healthcare professionals
regarding The Obama administration’s decision of telling federal prosecutors
not to pursue patients who use medical marijuana in states where it is legal,
unless they are using it for illegal purposes.
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The question was:
The Obama
administration recently told federal prosecutors not to pursue patients who
use medical marijuana in states where it is legal, unless they are using it
for illegal purposes. Do you approve
or disapprove of the policy change?
Here are the results:
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Sampling population
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Strongly approve (%)
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Somewhat approve (%)
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Somewhat disapprove (%)
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Strongly approve (%)
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Uncertain (%)
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All Professions
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64
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15
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4
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11
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4
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Physicians Only
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59
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15
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4
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18
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0
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Nurses Only
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58
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20
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3
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13
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3
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6. The
Official Guide to the MCAT Exam is available from the Association of
American Medical Colleges web site.
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7. Johns
Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) will be offering its tenth annual
summer course in Human Anatomy for Undergraduates.
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HUMAN ANATOMY FOR UNDERGRADUATES
The tenth annual summer course in Human Anatomy for Undergraduates will be
offered by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine this year.
The course will run for four weeks in June, 2010, on the Medical School
campus in Baltimore, and will include both lectures and demonstrations using
human cadavers. Applications will be accepted from all currently
enrolled undergraduates who have completed their sophomore year of
college. Total tuition for the course will be $3800. All course materials,
including the textbook and an atlas, are included in the tuition. Four
(4) academic credits will be awarded upon successful completion of the
course. Accommodations are available on the main undergraduate campus
of Johns Hopkins University. A completed application form, a
non-refundable application fee of $50, and supporting materials (college
transcript, letter of recommendation from an academic advisor) are due by
March 15, 2010. Successful applicants will be notified by April 1, with
full tuition due by May 1. More course details, including a
downloadable application form, can be found on the Internet at:
www.hopkinsmedicine.org/FAE/anatomyinstitute. For further information,
please contact Ms. Arlene Daniel at adaniel@jhmi.edu.
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Christopher Ruff, Ph.D.
Professor and
Director
Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
1830 E. Monument St.
Baltimore, MD 21205
(410) 955-7126
(410) 614-9030 (FAX)
cbruff@jhmi.edu
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8. Marginalia: The study of biology involves more than
just white lab coats, stethoscopes, and micropipettors, you know…
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Views of the field trip taken by students of BIOL 413, Parasitology, to
Shelby Farms, during the week of November 9, to collect bluegill sunfish and
examine them for parasites.
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Huong Tran modeling the latest in
chest wader fashion.
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“Oh, what a beautiful morning –
Oh, what a beautiful day!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp5HCDGJsvM
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Caleb Burrow, Victoria Bujalski,
& Ben Chism bringing in the day’s catch.
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“Follow Me, and I will make you
become fishers of men” (Mark 1:17).
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OK, OK, so field work isn’t for
everybody…
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Sifting through the mud, looking
for snails.
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You find the occasional sunbeam
worshipper there, too.
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And this is what we found in the liver among those fish:
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Posthodiplostomum minimum metacercariae.
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Bothriocephalus sp. plerocercoid larvae (This is a view of the
scolex, the holdfast portion of the worm.)
Scanning electron view of Bothriocephalus sp. scolex and
immature segments.
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Leptorhynchoides thecatus
cystacanth larvae (The larvae reside in the liver of bluegills. This view is the adult, from the small
intestine of a bass.)
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