Last revision: 6/20/2006

At A Glance

Tuesday, June 20:	Capitol Hill Day & COMAO Evening Check-in
Wednesday, June 21:	Capitol Hill Day & COMAO Meeting Evening Registration for the Annual Meeting
Thursday, June 22:	BOD Retreat Begins First day of Council Meetings Keynote Address: Federal Policy and the Future of Medical Education Diversity & Class Size Challenge Resolution Sessions Visit the National Aquarium
Friday, June 23:	BOD Retreat Resumes Last day of Council Meetings Educational Sessions
Saturday, June 24:	Educational Sessions BOD Meeting NBOME Update

NEW: Councils meet two half days to allow more time for cross-planning.

All events occur at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore, unless otherwise specified. Event Locations are in [Brackets].
The Map of the event space will be published in your programs

evening

7-10pm Capitol Hill Day Check-in & Annual Meeting Registration for COMAO [Main Lobby - 1st floor]

Wednesday, June 21, 2006: Capitol Hill Day & COMAO

early morning	5:30-6am Capitol Hill Day Early Morning Check-in [Main Entrance]
breakfast	6-7:30am Capitol Hill Day Breakfast Briefing [Federal Hill]	8-9am COMAO Breakfast [Homeland]
morning	7:45am Capitol Hill Day Meet Bus to Washington DC [Main Entrance]	9am-5pm COMAO Meeting (Incl Lunch) [Homeland]
afternoon	10am-4:30 pm Capitol Hill Day Appointments (Lunch Provided) [Washington DC: Congressional Offices]
	5pm Capitol Hill Day Meet Bus to Renaissance Harborplace Baltimore [1st & Independance Ave NW]
evening	7-9pm Hill Day Reception [Rooftop Garden - 7th Floor] [Maryland AE (if rain)]		7-10pm Late Night Registration for the AACOM Annual Meeting [Foyer - 5th Floor]

Capitol Hill Day ¬ 6am-5pm
(You must have been pre-registerred to attend this event)

Capitol Hill Day Early Morning Check-in ¬ 5:30-6am

Breakfast Briefing ¬ 6-7:30am
> Stephen C. Shannon, DO, MPH • AACOM
> Michael J. Dyer, JD • AACOM

Bus (To DC) ¬ 7:45am

Capitol Hill Day Appointments (Lunch Provided)¬ 10am-4:30pm

Bus (To Baltimore) ¬ 5pm

Reception ¬ 7-9pm

Wednesday AACOM Council meeting ¬ 9am-5pm

Council of Osteopathic Medical Admissions Officers (COMAO)
> Chaired by: John D. Schriner, PhD • OU-COM

Thursday, June 22, 2006: Council Meetings, BOD Retreat, Keynote, Challenge Sessions & Aquarium Tour

breakfast	7-8am Continental breakfast ($15 per guest) [Foyer - 5th Floor]			7am-noon Exhibit & Poster Setup [Foyer - 5th Floor]	7am-5:30pm Annual Meeting Registration [Foyer - 5th Floor]
morning	8-11:30am Council Meetings: CIT – Agenda [Suite #7059] COOL – Agenda [Suite #8029] COSGP (Executive Councils) [Gibson] COMSSO – Agenda [Homeland] Dev / Alum – Agenda [Pride of Baltimore] SOME – Agenda [Maryland AE]		8-11:15am BOD Retreat [Federal Hill]
	11:30-11:40am Welcome & Announcements [Maryland B]
	11:40am-12:45pm Osteopathic Medical Education: The OME Summit, & OME Study Update [Maryland B]
lunch	12:45-2:15pm Lunch with Keynote Address: Federal Policy and the Future of Medical Education [Baltimore Ballroom]
afternoon	2:30-4:15pm Challenge Resolution Session: Diversity [Maryland AE]	2:30-4:15pm Challenge Resolution Session: Class Size [Maryland B]	2:30-4:15pm Dev / Alum Meeting Resumes [Pride of Baltimore]	2-5:30pm Exhibits Open [Foyer - 5th Floor]
tea time	4:20-5:30pm Poster Session [Foyer - 5th Floor]
evening	6-9pm Private Visit to the National Aquarium on the Inner Harbor Reception in the Dolphin Building (Bring your family for $35/guest) [National Aquarium]		8-9:30pm Dinner Meeting: 2007 Annual Meeting Planning Committee (By invitation) [Fells Point]

First Day of Board of Deans Retreat (BOD) ¬ 8-11:15am
> Chaired by: Silvia M. Ferretti, DO • LECOM

First Day of AACOM Council Meetings ¬ 8-11:30am
Click on the council name to view the official council profile. Council meetings are open to registrants.

Council for Information and Technology (CIT)
> Chaired by: Robert F. Nimocks • UNTHSC/TCOM
CIT Agenda

Council of Osteopathic Librarians (COOL)
> Chaired by: Craig S. Elam, MLS, AHIP • UNTHSC/TCOM
COOL Agenda

Council of Osteopathic Medical Student Services Officers (COMSSO)
> Chaired by: Ross J. Kosinski, PhD • AZCOM
COMSSO Agenda

Council of Osteopathic Student Government Presidents – Current & New Executive Boards Only (COSGP)
> Chaired by: Susan Benz • AZCOM

Council of Development and Alumni Relations Professionals (Dev - Alum)
> Chaired by: Dean A. Micciche, MPA • UMDNJ-SOM
Dev - Alum Agenda

Society of Osteopathic Medical Educators (SOME)
> Chaired by: Paul M. Krueger, DO • UMDNJ-SOM
SOME Agenda

Welcome & Announcements ¬ 11:30.-11:40 am
> Michael Adelman, DO, JD • Program Co-chair • WVSOM
> Stephen C. Shannon, DO, MPH • AACOM

Report from the OME Summit, & Update on the OME Study ¬ 11:40-12:45pm

Report from the OME Summit
> D. Keith Watson, DO • OUCOM
Update on the OME Study
> Howard S. Teitelbaum, DO, PhD, MPH • NYCOM

Lunch & Keynote Address: Federal Policy and the Future of Medical Education ¬ 12:45-2:30 pm
> Elizabeth M. Duke, PhD • Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Challenge Resolution ¬ 2:30-4:15pm
New this year…two issues that impact osteopathic medical education across all levels of the continuum will be presented in separate sessions. Attendees will select one of the two sessions to attend during the registration process.

Diversity ¬ 2:30-4:15pm
Perspectives from Panelists ¬ 2:30-3:15pm
> Facilitated by: Michael Adelman, DO, JD • WVSOM
> Paula Watkins, MAS • UMDNJ-SOM
> Robert Foster, DO • WVSOM
> James Nemitz, PhD • WVSOM
> Carolyn Beverly, MD, MPH • DMUCOM
> Mary Pat Wohlford-Wessels, PhD • DMUCOM
Group Discussion ¬ 3:15-4:15pm

Class Size ¬ 2:30-4:15pm
Perspectives from Panelists ¬ 2:30-3:15pm
> Facilitated by: Donald Sefcik, DO, MBA • CCOM
> Tana N. Drefcinski • CCOM
> Peg Lechner, MS, RN • CCOM
> Chellepa Kumar • NYCOM / NYIT
> Jill Harman • OUCOM
> John Schriner • OUCOM
> Robert Ruiz • University of Michigan
Group Discussion ¬ 3:15-4:15pm

Poster Session ¬ 4:20-5:30 pm
Peruse selected posters and meet their authors.

Private Visit to the National Aquarium on the Inner Harbor and Reception in the Dolphin Building ¬ 6-9:30 pm
There is no additional charge for this event, it is part of your registration fee for the meeting. (You may buy tickets for friends and family members at $35)
From 6-7 pm, spend time enjoying some of the aquarium's magnificent exhibits. You will not have to compete with tourists as the aquarium will be open privately for us.
From 7-9:30, the osteopathic community will meet jointly with your favorite fish for a reception in the dolphin building.

Dinner Meeting: 2007 Annual Meeting Planning Committee ¬ 8-9:30pm
(By invitation)

Friday, June 23, 2006: Educational Sessions, and Conclusion of Council Meetings

breakfast	7-8am Continental breakfast [Foyer - 5th Floor]		7am-5pm Exhibits Open [Foyer - 5th Floor]	7-1:30 pm Annual Meeting Registration [Foyer - 5th Floor]
morning	8am-noon Council Meetings: COMSSO (2nd day) [Maryland A] SOME (2nd day) [Maryland B] COOL & CIT (Joint Meeting) [Suite #8029] COR – Agenda [Suite #8059] Dev-Alum (2nd day) [Maryland E]	8am-noon BOD Retreat Resumes [Federal Hill]
lunch	noon-1pm Lunch, With reports from the Challenge Resolution Sessions [Baltimore Ballroom]
early afternoon	1:30-3pm Session 1: Challenges and Opportunities in Medical Education Research [Maryland A] Session 2: Teaching and Learning Styles [Maryland B] Session 3: Friday Briefs [Maryland E] Session 4: Strategies for Educating Students on Financial Literacy [Federal Hill]
tea time	3-3:30pm Break [Foyer - 5th Floor]
late afternoon	3:30-5pm Session 5: Collaborative Roles in Promoting Lifelong Learning [Maryland B] Session 6: Integrating Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Across Osteopathic Medical Education [Maryland A] Session 7: Faculty Development for Community Primary Care Preceptors [Maryland E] Session 8: Standardized Patient Programs Challenges and Solutions-Three Schools' Perspectives [Baltimore B]
dinner	7-8:30pm Council Leadership Dinner (By Invitation) [Federal Hill]

Conclusion of Board of Deans Retreat (BOD) ¬ 8am-noon

Conclusion of AACOM Council Meetings ¬ 8am-noon
(See previous day for details)

Council of Researchers (COR)
> Chaired by: John T. Heard, PhD • ATSU / KCOM
COR Agenda

Early Afternoon Sessions ¬ 1:30-3pm

1. Challenges and Opportunities in Medical Education Research
   Sponsors: Council of Researchers/Society for Osteopathic Medical Educators
   
   The panel will focus on designing, conducting and supporting medical education research, featuring a variety of perspectives. Small group interaction among attendees will be used to learn about the insights, skills and research interests of colleagues at other medical education programs and to generate ideas for collaborative research projects among institutions.
   
   > William Cairney, PhD, • Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation Center for Osteopathic Education and Research
   > Robert DiTomasso, PhD, ABPP • PCOM
   > Paul Krueger, DO, FACOOG • UMDNJ-SOM
   > David Yens, PhD • NYCOM

2. Teaching and Learning Styles
   Sponsor: Society of Osteopathic Medical Educators

   This highly interactive session will introduce and review some of the seminal work in the areas of teaching and learning styles. It will also provide examples of “best practices” focusing on developing an effective synergy between teaching and learning styles. We invite any osteopathic medical education program, including continuing medical education to submit examples of best practices that a representative would be willing to share as part of this program. Attendees will also be asked to generate additional ways in which the concepts discussed can be used to maximize medical student learning outcomes. (The Costin Institute helps physicians and health care professionals become better educators)

   > Fran Daly, PhD • Costin Institute
   > Stan Cohen, EdD • NSUCOM
   > Mark A.W. Andrews, PhD, • LECOM

3. Friday Brief Presentations
   > Facilitated by: Brian Hill, PhD, • VCOM
   

   Using the Human Patient Simulator to Enhance the Learning Process in the Problem-based Curriculum at WVSOM
   > Gail Swarm, DO • WVSOM

   Performance Improvement: Baseline Metrics and Benchmark Targets
   > Mary Pat Wohlford-Wessels, PhD • DMUCOM
   > Diane Hills, PhD • DMUCOM

   The Longitudinal Student Assessment Project: Developing a Data Warehouse to Support Medical Education Research and Outcomes Improvement
   > Mary Pat Wohlford-Wessels, PhD • DMUCOM
   > Diane Hills, PhD • DMUCOM
   
   Looking at the Logs: Fine Tuning the use of Video Archives of Lectures
   > Chellepa Kumar, PhD • NYCOM / NYIT

   Curricula in a Rapidly Changing World: How to Provide Time-Sensitive Information in a Meaningful Way
   > Robin McFee, DO, MPH • Long Island Poison Information Center, Winthrop University Hospital

4. Strategies for Educating Students on Financial Literacy
   Sponsor: Council of Student Financial Aid Administrators
   > George Covino • Debt Manager USA Funds Services 

   Financial literacy for graduate and professional students, and medical students in particular, is becoming an even more important issue today. Most medical students need assistance with such subjects as personal finance, budgeting, student loans and repayment and other critical life skills. This session will review the data supporting the need for this help and clearly identify resources and strategies that are available to assist eligible schools and borrowers meet these needs now.

   George Covino is a senior level management from USAFunds Lifeskills Projects (see http://www.usafunds.org/ ) Leadership from the Council of Student Financial Aid Administrators will facilitate audience interaction about options for implementation of these available learning resources.

Late Afternoon Sessions ¬ 3:30-5pm

5. Collaborative Roles in Promoting Lifelong Learning, from Student to Physician
   Sponsors: Council of Osteopathic Librarians/Council for Information and Technology
   > Richard Kriebel, PhD • PCOM
   > Cathy Pepper, MLIS, MPH • UNTHSC / TCOM
   > Susan Caldwell, MS • UNDNJ-SOM
   > Simon Schrick-Senasac, OMSIII • UNTHSC / TCOM

   The panel will consist of a medical librarian actively involved in instructing and providing research assistance to students and faculty; a COM faculty member who is an active researcher and has a strong background in utilizing technology in teaching; and a third- or fourth-year COM student who is an experienced researcher and an expert in the successful use and application of technology and information resources; and an information technology officer who can provide perspective on technological innovations and infrastructure implications.

6. Integrating Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Across Osteopathic Medical Education
   Sponsors: Educational Council on Osteopathic Principles/ Society of Osteopathic Medical Educators
   > David Mason, DO • UMDNJ-SOM
   > Paul Krueger, DO • UMDNJ-SOM

7. Faculty Development for Community Primary Care Preceptors
   > Caryl Heaton, DO • UMDNJ-SOM
   > Charles Henley, DO • University of Oklahoma
   > Helen Baker, PhD • WVSOM
   > Neil Mitnick, DO • University of Albany School Of Medicine

8. Standardized Patient Programs Challenges and Solutions-Three Schools' Perspectives
   > Cee Harelson • TUCOM-California
   > Dena Higbee • ATSU-KCOM
   > Stephanie Schuler • WVSOM

Saturday, June 24, 2006: BOD Meeting & Educational Sessions

breakfast	7-8am Continental breakfast [Foyer - 5th Floor]		7 am-noon Exhibits Open [Foyer - 5th Floor]
morning	8-9:30am Session 9: Integrating Multicultural Medicine into Your Medical School Culture [Gibson] Session 10: The State-of-the-Art Clinical Skills Simulation Center [Baltimore B] Session 11: Saturday Early Morning Briefs [Maryland D]	8am-5pm BOD Meeting [Baltimore A]
	9:30-11am Session 12: An Overview of Various Human Patient Simulator Programs [Gibson] Session 13: Assessing Competencies from Day One [Maryland D] Session 14: Saturday Mid Morning Briefs [Baltimore B]
lunch	11am-1pm National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME) Update Light lunch provided by NBOME [Maryland AE]
afternoon			12:30pm-completion Teardown Exhibits & Posters [Foyer - 5th Floor]

Early Morning Sessions ¬ 8-9:30am

9. Integrating Multicultural Medicine into Your Medical School Culture
   > Harold Thompson, DO • OUCOM
   > Patricia Burnett, PhD • OUCOM
   > Ann Brieck, MA • OUCOM
   > Nicole Wadsworth, DO • OUCOM

10. The State-of-the-Art Clinical Skills Simulation Center: Everything You Need to Know
    > Tony Errichetti, PhD • NYCOM
    > Thomas Scandalis, DO • NYCOM
    > Patty Myers, BSMT • NYCOM

11. Saturday Early Morning Brief Presentations
    > Facilitated by: Sally Sprafka, PhD, • UNECOM
    

    Impact of Vignettes on National Board Scores
    > Michael Oglesby, PhD • UNTHSC-TCOM

    No Medical Student Left Behind: A Proactive Counseling Approach to Enhance Student Performance
    > Jerry Alexander, PhD • UNTHSC-TCOM

    Medical Spanish for Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine
    > Yvonne Hoogland, MD • LECOM

    Online Student Academic Forum
    > Steve Fogoros • UNTHSC-TCOM

    An Innovative Program to Teach First and Second-Year Medical Students about the Impact of Chronic Illness on Patients and Families
    > Sharon Mueller, RN, MA • DMUCOM

Mid-Morning Sessions ¬ 9:30-11am

12. An Overview of Various Human Patient Simulator Programs
    > Julia McNabb, DO • ATSU-KCOM
    > Dena Higbee • ATSU-KCOM
    > David Patterson • ATSU-KCOM
    > Lucia Beck Weiss, MS • UMDNJ-SOM
    > Claudia Switala, MEd • UMDNJ-SOM

13. Assessing Competencies from Day One
    > Machelle Davison • OSUCOM

14. Satuday Mid Morning Brief Presentations
    > Facilitated by: Mark A.W. Andrews, PhD, • LECOM
    

    An Interdisciplinary Bioterrorism/All Hazards Curriculum
    > Leonard Levy, DPM, MPH • NSUCOM
    > Judith R. Farrar, PhD • NSUCOM

    The Merits of a Formalized Training Program to Develop Academic Physicians
    > David Elkowitz, DO • NYCOM

    AAMC's Careers in Medicine Program: First Year Experiences at a College of Osteopathic Medicine
    > Donald Sefcik, DO, MBA • CCOM
    > Tana Drefcinski • CCOM

    Attitudes for Effective Teaching
    > Daniel Shaw, PhD • NSUCOM

    Academic Support in Medical School
    > Gretchen D. Lovett, PhD • WVSOM

National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME) Update ¬ 11am-1pm

Light lunch provided by NBOME

Information for the 2006 Annual Meeting:

Annual Meeting Homepage

1. 2006 Powerpoints, Posters and Materials
2. Agenda
3. 2006 Capitol Hill Day
4. Renaissance Harborplace Hotel (Conference Hotel)
5. Destination: Baltimore, Maryland
6. Sponsorship Opportunities
7. Registration has ended (see policies)
8. Call for Presentations and Posters
   • Requirements and Evaluation Criteria
   • Thanks to reviewers who have volunteered
   • Guidelines for Posters
   • Thank you to all contributors who submitted content