News in Brief ACOM wins international simulation competition in Paris Osteopathic medical students win big at the Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine annual meeting. June 27, 2017Tuesday The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Competing against the best medical student teams in the world, a team of the second-year students from the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine won the International Sim Challenge in Paris at the Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine annual meeting. After winning the national competition during the 2017 American Medical Association (AMSA) annual convention in Washington, DC, the team continued training to strengthen their skills, communication and teamwork. Related This intense preparation helped ensure that the ACOM team was ready to win it all in a wide variety of scenarios among other medical students from around the world. Students from China, France, the Netherlands, Poland and Portugal competed in the international competition. “I think all of us are very proud to not only represent ACOM, but to represent osteopathic medical students on an international scale,” said Daniel Fuchs, OMS III, team captain. “It’s truly been a privilege for us to be able to have the experience we have had with simulation here at ACOM.” ACOM’s winning International Sim Challenge team: Daniel Becak, OMS III Daniel Fuchs, OMS III John Murphy, OMS III Jake Nicholson, OMS III More in Newsbriefs DO to lead Mississippi physician workforce office, DO student co-authors educational children’s book Richard Calderone, DO, MPH, is the new director of the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce, and Brooke Birks, OMS IV, published a children’s book. Free holistic residency application review platform will soon be available for residency programs that use ERAS Cortex, an AI-enabled platform, is designed to provide technology-assisted holistic review by streamlining application screening and review. Previous articleDOs share table with global health experts at Spotlight Health 2017 Next articleControlling the urge to splurge: Car-buying strategies for new DOs
DO to lead Mississippi physician workforce office, DO student co-authors educational children’s book Richard Calderone, DO, MPH, is the new director of the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce, and Brooke Birks, OMS IV, published a children’s book.
Free holistic residency application review platform will soon be available for residency programs that use ERAS Cortex, an AI-enabled platform, is designed to provide technology-assisted holistic review by streamlining application screening and review.