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IN THE NEWS:
The Macy’s Shop for a Cause Event has partnered with the Women’s Health Center of Excellence for Research, Leadership, Education’s Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative and other non-profit organizations nationwide to raise more than $28 million for their ongoing charitable efforts. This is your chance to be part of this monumental event on Saturday, October 17, 2009, by purchasing your $5 Shopping Pass. For more information review the flier.
For more information or to order a shopping pass, contact Diana Cornelison at dcorneli@wfubmc.edu or 713-4222. Help us spread the word, please print and post the flier.
SELAM Educational program "Ask For It: Women and the Power of Negotiation" Featuring Sara Laschever. Saturday November 7, 2009, Hynes Convention Center - Sheraton Boston - Marriott Copley Place Boston, MA. Register online today by clicking here! Pre-registration is encouraged.
The AAMC has posted a new "Analysis in Brief" concerning projections of future medical school enrollment. The brief summarizes a recent survey of medical school deans, as well as a survey of osteopathic school deans. In 2006, the AAMC called for a 30 percent increase in medical school enrollments by 2015. The survey data shows that enrollment is likely to reach the target by 2017 or 2018. http://www.aamc.org/data/aib/aibissues/aibvol9_no3.pdf
A new report by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, is titled, "Academic Medical Centers: The Tipping Point." The report "shares recent research about the pressures facing each element of Academic Medical Centers’ tripartite mission – pressures that are being compounded by the unprecedented effects of health cost containment, health reform and the recession." http://tinyurl.com/nd6o4p
A new "Trendwatch" publication from the American Hospital Association focuses on teaching hospitals and their impact on patients and the future health care workforce.
http://www.aha.org/aha/trendwatch/2009/twsept2009teaching.pdf
Career Coach: Women and Work Style: Mama PhD. In a recent article in The Chronicle , Mary Ann Mason discusses ways the deck is stacked against ambitious women. http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/mama_phd/career_coach_women_and_work_styles
Position Announcements from ELAM
Chief Primary Care Officer, WellStar Physicians Group, Marietta, GA |