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** The Weekly Links email will not be sent for the weeks of December 22nd or 29th. **
Education Program Related Events:
“Beary” Happy Holiday Tree
PLACE: Women's Health Center of Excellence lobby, PP II, First floor
DATES: Monday, 12/1 through Friday, 12/19, 8:30-5 pm
Our tree is spreading hope this holiday season!! Due to an overwhelming response to the Project Night Night Drive, we have an abundance of Beanie Babies and other cuddly critters. Make a donation and take a friend home! All proceeds will be donated to the Family Shelter to help provide a Happy Holiday for displaced women and children in Forsyth County.
 Event Audience: Open
Lunch with Wonderful Women Series [brown bag]
Starts January 12, 12-1. Comprehensive Cancer Center, Rooms 2 A&B
Chronic Pain & Emotions: Implications for Women Trying to Cope, Jeffrey Feldman, PhD, Neuropsychology
Cosponsored by the WHCOE and ActionHealth. Snacks & water provided.
To RSVP, call ActionHealth at 713-8001. Session open to first 40 respondents.
For the full schedule visit our education page.
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IN THE NEWS:
Faculty Research Awards in Women’s Health
The WHCoE Faculty Research Awards in Women’s Health are designed to reward and encourage the continued pursuit of excellence in women’s health research at Wake Forest University Health Sciences (WFUHS).
Award Criteria
Two awards will be given to eligible faculty applicants.
1. New Investigator award will be presented to a faculty member who is early in his or her career and is conducting women’s health research in basic or clinical science at WFUHS for at least the past 3 years. “New Investigator” is defined as a faculty member at the assistant professor level, regardless of time in rank.
2. Mid-Career Investigator award will be presented to a faculty member who is independently conducting women’s health research in basic or clinical science at WFUHS for at least the past 3 years. “Mid-career Investigator” is defined as faculty at the associate professor level, regardless of time in rank.
For more information, please review the attached flier.
AAMC issued six principles to help guide reform of the nation's health care system. The U.S. health care system faces a crisis of access, cost, and quality, the AAMC document calls for U.S. medical schools and major teaching hospitals to play "a pivotal role in improving health and health care and in achieving positive changes in the health care system," given their significant roles as health care providers, educators of future physicians, and discoverers of new scientific knowledge. Such reform must improve both health care delivery and financing, while preserving the greatest strengths of the current system. The goal of the new AAMC principles is to guide this process. Information: http://www.aamc.org/newsroom/pressrel/2008/081028.htm
A ‘Practical Guide’ to the Academic Portfolio
It’s not a new thing for professors to document their teaching, research and service. That’s how people get hired and earn tenure and promotions. But many more colleges are adopting a portfolio system in which professors create more of a full portfolio than a series of lists and dates. This movement is changing both the way individuals are evaluated and the way institutions assess themselves. A new book, The Academic Portfolio: A Practical Guide to Documenting Teaching, Research and Service (Jossey-Bass), explores this trend, provides a specific portfolio model, and includes 18 portfolios based in different disciplines.
A new report by the AAMC Center for Workforce Studies projects future supply and demand for physicians and concludes that a national shortage is likely. Driven by such factors as U.S. population growth, aging population and doctors, and increased physician visits, the demand for doctors will outstrip the supply through at least 2025. If physician supply and use patterns stay the same, the United States will experience a shortage of 124,000 full-time physicians by 2025. US medical schools are increasing their enrollment as recommended by the AAMC. The report concludes that while this increase is necessary, it will not be sufficient to meet future patient needs and demand. Actions beyond increasing the supply of physicians will be needed. Complex changes such as improving efficiency, reconfiguring health care delivery, and making better use of both physicians and other health care professionals will also be necessary.
https://services.aamc.org/Publications/index.cfm?fuseaction=Product.displayForm&prd_id=244&prv_id=299
CCL’s Leading Effectively November 2008: Articles include “Becoming a Strategic Leader,” “Leading Schools” and the results of a CCL study showing that being a committed parent can enhance managerial ability! http://www.ccl.org/leadership/enewsletter/current.aspx?pageId=303
Mentoring Magic How to be an effective mentor: tips from two highly successful principal investigators. From The Scientist, December 2008
Call for Nominations: The Office for Human Research Protections is requesting nominations to fill two positions for voting members on the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections. The two positions will become vacant in June of 2009. Nominations of potential candidates for consideration are being sought from a wide array of fields, including, but not limited to: public health and medicine, behavioral and social sciences, health administration, and biomedical ethics. Nominations are due no later than January 23, 2009. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-27851.htm
Position Announcements from ELAM
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