Mid-July
2009, Volume 7.6
Student Financial Aid Update
On
June 23, 2009 the Delaware Academy of Medicine approved $80,000 in loans for 16
Delaware students studying medicine and dentistry.
The
Academy’s Student Financial Aid program was established in 1961 to help
encourage Delaware students to study medicine and dentistry. Since that time,
nearly a thousand students have received close to $2 million in loans. Today
the Academy administers more than $400,000 in loans to 59 Delaware medical and
dental students.
According
to Tim Gibbs, Executive Director of the Delaware Academy of Medicine, “The
Student Financial Aid Program of the Delaware Academy of Medicine is one of the
most enduring ways in which we support the dental and medical healthcare
professionals, by providing low interest loans to Delaware residents. It is our
hope that in supporting the education of our Delaware talent we start the
process of retaining their intellect and capability in the First State.”
The
program is self sustaining in that the loans are given based on the amount of
money collected annually from the students after they graduate. Most
medical/dental students come out of school with more than $100,000 in
debt. To relieve some of the debt burden, repayment doesn’t begin until
after the students graduate and in 2008 we began offering students the choice
of a 5 year repayment plan with low interest or a 10 year repayment plan with
high interest.
Students
who are interested in applying for a loan can submit applications to the
Academy by May 15th of each year. To be eligible, students must be
Delaware residents who are studying medicine or dentistry at an accredited
graduate school.
These
funds are made available through endowments established by doctors, dentists,
and other benefactors who support excellence in medical and dental education.
To date, the Delaware Academy of Medicine has 6 separate funds specifically for
the purpose of issuing student loans.
New
Residents' Membership category
New
Resident’s Reception sponsored by Christiana Care Health System
Physician
Relations Department at Deerfield County Club
Letter
to the incoming residents at all Delaware Hospitals:
Since
1930, the Delaware Academy of Medicine has served the professional and lay
communities through educational programs, library services, database and
e-resource access, maintenance of the history of medicine and dentistry in
Delaware, student financial aid, and many other programs.
As
we enter into our 80th year of operation, we acknowledge that
budgets already stretched to the limit will not support most of you joining the
Delaware Academy of Medicine. So we have created a new class of membership
in the Academy at no cost to you – Resident Membership
Membership
in the Academy is as valuable as you decide it will be, and here are a couple
of the services available to you that we hope you will take advantage of….
1) In conjunction with
the access you get from Christiana Care, you have additional access to
electronic resources via our DelMIRA program. You have a brochure on this
program in your materials and will be receiving an email with your username and
password. Robb Mackes is the person responsible for this program and he can be
reached at 733-3989 or at his email, rmackes@delamed.org
2)
We are located on the lower level of the John H. Ammon Medical Education Center
and have a conference room that seats up to 12 people comfortably. There is
wireless and wired internet access in the room, as well as availability of an
LCD projector. You have access to this space on a first come – first served
basis. Just call Liz Lenz at 733-3952 to reserve space, or email her at elenz@delamed.org
3)
The Academy is committed to understanding and acting upon the needs of the
professional community. One of the ways we accomplish this task is through the
periodic formation of special interest groups (SIGs) that may meet only once,
or have an ongoing existence. If you have a topic or need to be
addressed, contact Tim Gibbs at 733-3919 or tgibbs@delamed.org and we’ll make every
effort to convene a group.
4)
Throughout the year the Academy directly provides and underwrites educational
conferences and symposia. Attendance at these events is discounted (in most
cases) for members of the Academy.
All
that we ask is that you please consider, as a part of your residency,
developing involvement in the professional organizations that have served those
who came before you and will support you as you begin your career.
Sincerely,
Dr.
Barry S. Kayne,
President
Tim
Gibbs,
Executive Director
LLuminari
donates 500 Health Planners and guides to healthier eating to the Delaware
Academy of Medicine Consumer Health programs.
LLuminari, the
parent company of the new virtual social network, BeWell.com was happy to
donate some of our most popular consumer products including the LLuminari Health Planner, a convenient and
portable tracking and storage system for basic health records
and our common sense healthy living guides, with quotes from our prestigious
network of experts. A Wilmington based health media company founded by Dr.
Nancy Snyderman, chief medical editor for NBC News, Dr. Susan Love,
renowned breast cancer surgeon and author, and Elizabeth Browning, Chief
Executive Officer, LLuminari has an impressive group of health and wellness
experts including Dr. Miriam Nelson, director of the John Hancock Center for
Physical Activity and Nutrition at Tufts University; Dr. Alice Domar, executive
director of the Domar Center for Mind/Body Health; and Dr. Janet Taylor,
clinical instructor of psychiatry at the Columbia University-Harlem Hospital
Center, along with others across disciplines.
About the
Health Planners:
Leading doctors and health advocates from LLuminari--share their experience and
wisdom about taking charge of your health. Portable family tracking and storage
system keeps basic health records easily accessible for emergencies, for
planning effective doctor visits, and for efficient claims filing. Includes two
sets of filing folders.
CD contains
various health forms and records management tips to create health profiles,
track vital medical information, and improve your family's basic health
planning. Your personal Day Journal on Health lets you capture important
information--body, mind, and spirit--on your daily journey towards healthier
living.
A Body Mass
Calculator helps track personal fitness as a guide to planning nutrition and
exercise.
About the
Healthier Eating Guides: In the second title in the series, 10 Simple Steps
for Healthier Eating, America's leading health experts share ten tips for
healthier eating. Miriam E. Nelson, Ph.D., suggests foods to eat for building
strong bones; Mehmet C. Oz, M.D., F.A.C.S. ,gives advice for feeding your
brain; Hope A. Ricciotti, M.D., shares recipes for a healthier pregnancy; and
Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D., makes suggestions for boosting your memory. Other
health professionals offer cutting-edge information for heart and breast health
and for balancing your diet.
Collection
of antique feeding bottles from Dr. Margaret Handy donated by
Dr. Kitty Esterly to the Academy Archives and History Collection
These are just
a few of the items in the collection
Which
will be on display in the Ammon Center display
cases
during the month of August.
You
can visit http://www.delamed.org/history_collection_main.shtm
to read more about some of our collections acquired over the years. While we
are limited in our capacity to take on new items into the collection, we do
encourage you to contact
us if you have items you would like to donate.
To
Dr. Kitty Esterly, we extend our sincere thanks for this important
contribution to our collection.
Update
on DelMIRA – Funding maintained by State of Delaware!
Robert T.
Mackes, MLS, AHIP, DelMIRA Project Manager was presented with the 2009 Thomson
Reuters/Frank Bradway Rogers Information Advancement Award at the Medical
Library Association Annual meeting in May. This award “recognizes
outstanding contributions in the application of technology to the delivery of
health sciences information, to the science of information, or to the
facilitation of the delivery of health sciences information.” DelMIRA is
a statewide consortium that is a joint effort among local hospitals and the
Delaware Department of Health and Social Services. By providing 24/7 access
throughout the state to many leading electronic resources, it has improved patient
quality-of-care outcomes and provider productivity. The alliance has over
10,000 users and impacts over 1,300 acute care beds.
On a
related note – we are pleased to announce that funding from the State of
Delaware for both DelMIRA, and the Delaware Health Source Consumer Health
Librarian programs was retained in the 2010 State budget.
Update
on Delaware Health Source
On
June 17th, Susan LaValley, Consumer Health Librarian at the Bear
Public Library, lead a parents and children training on healthy food choices.
Fruit
and Veggie Bingo, and “Make your own healthy snack” were popular activities,
and all attendees were familiarized with the resources available at the library
on healthy eating and lifestyles.
As
noted in the DelMIRA article, funding was maintained in the State of Delaware
2010 budget for the Consumer Health Library program, and plans are already in
motion to work even more closely with the Division of Public Health to leverage
these community resources to improve the reach of public health programs, and
improve the health and wellbeing of all Delawareans.
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