News in brief Premeds: Pick a med student’s brain during National Osteopathic Night Out On Nov. 30, osteopathic med students across the country will meet informally with premed students to answer questions about the DO path. Nov. 22, 2016Tuesday The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Topics premed Osteopathic medical students across the country are gearing up for National Osteopathic Night Out (#NONO2016), an event that pairs medical student volunteers with premed students who are considering osteopathic medicine. The event takes place Nov. 30 and the deadline for premed students to register online is Nov. 28. The cost for the event is $5, with all proceeds going to Covenant House, a charity that helps homeless youth. Locations Event locations include: Auburn, Alabama Dothan, Alabama Mesa, Arizona Tempe, Arizona Tucson, Arizona Visalia, California Washington, D.C. Bradenton, Florida Orlando, Florida Kathleen, Georgia Des Moines, Iowa Westmont, Illinois Downers Grove, Illinois Tinley Park, Illinois Indianapolis, Indiana Pikeville, Kentucky Biddeford, Maine Kirksville, Missouri Piscataway, New Jersey Cherry Hill, New Jersey Neptune, New Jersey Jersey City, New Jersey Basking Ridge, New Jersey Henderson, Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada Brooklyn, New York Harlem, New York Warrensville Heights, Ohio Willoughby, Ohio Athens, Ohio Lyndhurst, Ohio Tulsa, Oklahoma Erie, Pennsylvania York, Pennsylvania Sumter, South Carolina Cumberland Gap, Tennessee Temple, Texas Blacksburg, Virginia Midlothian, Virginia Christiansburg, Virginia Yakima, Washington Lewisburg, West Virginia For more information, contact the Pre-Student Osteopathic Medical Association (Pre-SOMA) at preSOMA@studentdo.org. More in Newsbriefs TouroCOM opens new school in Great Falls, Montana The new campus is Touro University’s third college of osteopathic medicine and the first nonprofit medical school in Montana. “Operation Nightingale” fraud scheme alert: Bogus nursing credentials sold to thousands of aspiring nurses It was recently discovered that a scheme, nicknamed “Operation Nightingale,” offered aspiring nurses the opportunity to purchase fake nursing degree diplomas and transcripts. Previous articleProposed rule would let residents work up to 28 hours in a row Next articleDon't screen adults for asymptomatic thyroid cancer, USPSTF says
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