Projects
Since starting my work at WVSOM as the Medical Director of
the Clincical Evaluation Center (CEC, the Medical Simulation Center
for the medical school) I've overseen many continuing projects and
helped institute many others.
The following are a few of the programs I oversee:
- 2nd Year Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)
- 3rd Year OSCE
- The OSCE re-education program for 2nd and 3rd Year Medical Students
- Provide the medical content expectations in an "OSCE Orientation
Presentation" which I provided regionally to each WVSOM Statewide
Campus site (six total)
- Inter-Professional Events involving
2nd Year Medical Students and Advanced Nursing Students from
Bluefield State College
3rd Year Medical Students, PharmD Students, and Nursing
Students from the University of Charleston
- PE Prep Course - a recurring program to provide intense preparation for
the biomedical/biomechanical and humanistic foundations of the
COMLEX 2-PE national board examination.
- Resident Simulation and Skills Days for local and regional Medical
Residents
- Advanced creative simulation experiences for the Rural Health Initiative
students at WVSOM. This included the first-ever medical
simulation at one of the US Federal Academies, the National Mine
Health and Safety Academy in Beckley, WV.
- Assisted with the accreditation of the CEC at WVSOM - now one of only 44
such accredited medical simulation centers in the world (Society for
Simulation in Healthcare).
- Conducted Faculty Development programs to advance high quality
debriefing of students.
- Present programs to improve consistency in student reviews
provided to WVSOM's Statewide Campus Assistant Deans.
- Assisted in the expansion of the simulation center from an 19,000
Sq Ft facility to nearly double the size to 37,000 Sq Ft.
- Provided an expectation of standard quality from simulation
participants by providing a formal introduction to the "ground rules
of simulation", including the widely accepted "Basic Assumption",
the Fictional Contract, and the Safe Environment for Simulation
Learning.
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
WVSOM is one of 30 accredited Osteopathic Medical Schools in the US
and one of the 171 Medical Schools that educates the physician
work force today.
The Osteopathic Medical profession currently represents 12% of the
US physician work force. By far, most current growth in US
Medical Schools is provided by the growth in Osteopathic Medical
Schools. By 2020, 25% of all medical students in the US will
be Osteopathic Medical Doctors by the time they graduate.
Osteopathic Physicians provide the largest percentage of primary
care physicians (Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, or Pediatrics).
Currently, 20% of all US Military Physicians are Osteopathic Medical
School graduates.
WVSOM represent the No. 1 Primary Care medical school in the
country. We graduate more primary care physicians than any
other school.