Student Physicians Interested in Research Experience - SPIRE

19th Annual Research Day at the University of Illinois-Rockford Campus on April 16, 2014.
Faculty, students and researchers from the region and affiliated institutions submit abstracts to this event.
Basic science, clinical science, social science, public health and program activities.

The deadline for submissions is
March 3, 2014, by 3pm.

Complete and send the Abstract Submission Form as an email attachment to the following address: [email protected].

For more information about Research Day or direct IRB/BRC/IBC questions, contact Patrick McIntyre, research support specialist at [email protected].

The abstract submission form and award list is available at the link below. The submission form can be saved using Adobe Reader. You many need to copy and paste the link into your browser address bar.

http://rockford.medicine.uic.edu/Research/19th_annual_research_day/

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Chair of the
Campus Research Committee, Dr. Alesia Hawkins at [email protected] or 815-395-5716.

19th Annual Research Day - University of Illinois College o... Research Day is intended as a forum to highlight research conducted by students (College of Medicine, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, Medical Biotechnology Graduate Program, Summer Medical Research Training Program, SMaRT, and Summer Science Internship Program), faculty at the University of...

2014 Student Research Forum

Tuesday, April 8, 2014
1:00pm - 5:00pm
UIC Forum
725 West Roosevelt
http://www.research.uic.edu/forum

Students must submit a one-page abstract by 9:00AM, Monday, March 24, 2014
http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/ovcr/research/forum/submission.html

2014 Student Research Forum The Student Research Forum represents one of the finest student-run activities at UIC. It is one of the few student activities that is academic in nature and includes the entire student body; undergraduate, graduate and professional. The Forum provides a venue for students at UIC to present their sc...

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We will be posting a number of opportunities for research awards throughout the coming weeks. Start planning for next year...

http://www.aasurg.org/awards/student_award.php

Association for Academic Surgery The 2014 award application process is now closed. Information and application for the 2015 awards will be available here in late spring 2014.

Dr. Thukral ([email protected]) from Rockford GI and Dr. Al Khabbaz ([email protected]) Ob/Gyn from Crusader Clinic are looking for students to work on case reports!!!
YOU would be able to present at Research Day and submit for PUBLICATION. Contact them if interested.
Also, to be eligible to present at Research Day, case reports also need IRB approval.
The process is really BRIEF and basically shows that your clinical report is exempt.
Patrick McIntyre, IRB support coordinator at 395-5942 can help students complete the form!!!
If students are already working on a case report they also need to complete IRB form to be able to present at Research Day.
If you have any further questions, you can also contact me. I would make contact as soon as possible and let me know if one of them do not respond within a few days.

Dr. Hawkins ([email protected])

2013 Call for Abstracts

Submit your abstract for the 2013 conference!
Physicians, Residents, Students, Healthcare Professionals and Non-Healthcare Professionals are invited to submit proposals for the 2nd Annual Family Medicine Midwest Conference,

Friday October 4 - Sunday October 6, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency, Milwaukee, Wis.

Submit an abstract for any of the conference tracks:
* Student
* Resident
* Faculty Development
* Workshop I (introductory level)
* Workshop II (intermediate or advanced level)
* Global Health
* Rural Health
* Urban Health
* Clinical
* Paper presentations
* Research
* Interest Groups
* Poster

All abstract submissions will go through a peer-reviewed process overseen by the FMM Planning Committee.
Notifications will be sent by email to the primary presenters by June 30. Poster presenters will be notified by email by August 31st.

Presenters will be responsible for ALL expenses related to the conference preparation, travel, and
participation (e.g. registration fees, hotel, travel, preparation of presentation materials,
workshop supplies, etc,). Speakers are required to register for the full conference. Family Medicine Midwest is an excellent opportunity for medical professionals at all levels to learn from each other.

This conference not only provides an audience for you, but also a great way to support the other presenters and take advantage of the education and networking opportunities
available to you throughout the weekend.

Online registration will open on April 1, 2013 at
www.iafp.com/fmm

Sincerely,
Janice Benson, MD, and Judith Gravdal, MD, co-chairs, Planning Committee

Dr. Benson, University of Chicago/North Shore University Health System
Dr. Gravdal, Advocate Lutheran General FM Residency/Rosalind Franklin University, Chicago Medical
School

FMM

Looking for research opportunities in Rockford? Check out these websites... they MIGHT help!

http://www.experts.scival.com/uic/default.asp?n=College+of+Medicine+at+Rockford&o_id=34&oe_id=1

http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/ovcr/research/protocolreview/irb/participant/studies.html

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Submit your poster presentation to AAFP National Conference

The AAFP is now accepting applications for poster presentations at the 2013 National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students scheduled for August 1 - 3 in Kansas City.

The poster categories are:
clinical inquiry
community project
educational program
research

The contest is open to AAFP resident and student members enrolled in an ACGME/AOA accredited residency program or LCME/COCA accredited medical schools.
The submission deadline is April 12.
For details about this program, including application forms, visit aafp.org/nc/posters.

For more information contact Ashley Jungles at [email protected]
or (800) 274-2237 ext. 6726.

Poster Presentations -- National Conference -- AAFP Get information about poster presentations at the 2013 AAFP National Conference and 2012 see winners.

2013 Call for Young Investigator Entries

The National Lipid Association invites Young Investigators (in-training students, residents and fellows in practice < 5 years) to compete in the 2013 Abstracts Program during its Scientific Sessions. The top five Young Investigators will each be recognized with a certificate and a cash prize between $1,000-$2,000. Selected Young Investigator lead authors will receive gratis registration to the Scientific Sessions, scheduled for May 30-June 2 at the Red Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. In addition, the first place winner will be selected to present during the NLA’s live Oral Presentation Session and have his or her abstract published in the Lipid Spin.

NLA Fellow/Trainee members will be eligible for Scientific Sessions travel grants. Young Investigators who work in areas related to lipidology are encouraged to apply for complimentary NLA Fellow/Trainee membership at www.lipid.org/join.

This is an excellent professional and academic opportunity for outstanding Young Investigators. Submit by the Abstract Submission Deadline of March 1. To view the abstract program criteria, please see www.lipid.org/abstracts.

Membership in the NLA | National Lipid Association Online The NLA brings together all of the health care professionals involved with lipid management--from physicians and nurses to pharmacists, registered dietitians, nutrition scientists, researchers, exercise physiologists and other professionals in the treatment and prevention of heart disease. The NLA c...

Have you read the current American College of Rheumatology recommendations for osteoarthritis (OA) for the hands, knees and hips?

These are based on:
A systematic review of current evidence and input of an expert panel.
They also take into account the quality of available evidence, and the balance of potential benefits and harms. Uniquely "reported in a manner intended to facilitate shared decision making that factors in the values and judgments of both patients and practitioners."
*"strong" recommendation are those it is believed that most informed patients would choose to pursue for treatment. **"conditional" recommendations are those it is believed a majority of informed patients would choose to pursue, but some would not, based on their preferences.

"For hand OA, nonpharmacologic conditional recommendations are as follows:
• Evaluate the ability to perform activities of daily living;
• Instruct in joint protection techniques;
• Provide assistive devices, as needed, to help patients perform daily living activities;
• Instruct in use of thermal modalities; and
• Provide splints for patients with trapeziometacarpal joint OA.

Pharmacologic conditional recommendations are as follows:
• Use topical capsaicin; topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), including trolamine salicylate; oral NSAIDs, including COX-2 selective inhibitors; and tramadol;

• Do not use intraarticular therapies or opioid analgesics; and
• Use topical rather than oral NSAIDs in patients age 75 years and older. For those younger than 75 years, there is no preference for using topical rather than oral NSAIDs.

For knee OA, cardiovascular (aerobic) and/or resistance land-based or aquatic exercise, as well as weight loss in overweight patients, is strongly recommended.

Conditional recommendations for patients include the following:
• Participate in self-management programs;
• Receive manual therapy in combination with supervised exercise;
• Receive psychosocial interventions;
• Use medially directed patellar taping;
• Wear medially wedged insoles if patients have lateral compartment OA;
• Wear laterally wedged subtalar strapped insoles if patients have medial compartment OA;
• Learn to use thermal agents;
• Receive walking aids, as needed;
• Do tai chi; and
• Receive traditional Chinese acupuncture or be instructed in the use of transcutaneous electrical stimulation only if they are a knee replacement candidate who is unwilling or unable to undergo the procedure.

There are no recommendations for participating in balance exercises, wearing laterally wedged insoles, receiving manual therapy alone, wearing knee braces, or using laterally directed patellar taping.

It is conditionally recommended that patients with knee OA use acetaminophen, oral NSAIDs, topical NSAIDs, tramadol or intra-articular corticosteroid injections; that chondroitin sulfate, glucosamine and topical capsaicin should not be used; and that opioid analgesics should be reserved for patients who have an indication for total joint replacement but are either unwilling to or unable to undergo the procedure.

For hip OA, it is strongly recommended that patients should participate in aerobic and/or resistance exercise, aquatic exercise and lose weight, if overweight.

Self-management programs and patient education and manual therapy in combination with supervised exercise are conditionally recommended.

No recommendations were made for balance exercises, either alone or in combination with strengthening exercises, tai chi or receiving manual therapy alone.

It is conditionally recommended that patients with hip OA use acetaminophen, oral NSAIDs, tramadol or intra-articular corticosteroid injections but not use chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine. Opioid analgesics should be reserved for patients who have an indication for total joint replacement but are either unwilling to undergo or have contraindications to undergoing the procedure.

The update is the first in a decade and includes new recommendations for hand OA."
www.acpinternist.org

http://www.rheumatology.org/practice/clinical/guidelines/PDFs/ACR_OA_Guidelines_FINAL.pdf

http://www.rheumatology.org/practice/clinical/guidelines/PDFs/ACR_OA_Guidelines_FINAL.pdf

To BE a RISK factor, or NOT to be a risk factor...

In medicine, it is our desire to eliminate disease and sickness from people. However, the reality is that the elimination of disease and sickness is virtually impossible. Therefore, a more realistic approach is to REDUCE the RISK of disease and sickness.
From this we must ask ourselves a very important question, ‘when should we, as clinicians, consider something a risk factor?’

Does it depend on the number/quality of clinical trials published showing correlation or causation?
Must it be in a “guideline article(s)”?
Or is the approval of those in the “ivory towers” required?

An interesting current case is that of smoking and type II diabetes. Is smoking a risk factor for developing type II diabetes? Some say that it is NOT… however, many are leaning toward it IS.

Please watch the videos we watched at our meeting this past Friday!

Robotic Partial Nephrectomy - daVinci Partial Nephrectomy for Kidney Cancer Dr. Ketan K. Badani, Director of Robotic Surgery, performs and narrates a robotic partial nephrectomy using the daVinci surgical system.