08/06/13 Student Committee Meeting at 8pm EDT
1. Attendance Summary
Meeting Date / Meeting DurationAugust 6, 2013 7:54 PM EDT / 66 minutes
Name
Denise Frances
Matt Holder
Nikita Jambulingam
Sarah Usher
Stephanie Straka
2. Introduction – Sarah Usher
3. Current Opportunities
· Letters to the Editor Campaign: Dehumanizing Language
o Needed: Students to review language in medical literature articles and write short letters to the editor challenging it
THIS COUNTS AS AN ORIGINAL PUBLICATION TO ADD TO YOUR CV!!
o Contact: Dr. Clarissa Kripke:
§ Univ. California San Francisco
· Transcribe AADMD Webinars
o Healthy Communities – Special Olympics
o Needed: Students to transcribe & translate AAADMD webinars in preparation for translation into other languages.
§ Languages: Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, French, Arabic
o Contact: John Hood:
o Participants: Beverly Zidor*, Sarah Wolfson, Vineela Redla
4. Build membership
· Networking at conferences
§ Is anyone attending or planning on attending any conferences?
· Speaker
· Poster presentation
ACTION: Conferences advertised to the AADMD board. Students may have an opportunity to attend. (Matt Holder)
· Special Olympics (SO) College
o POC: Haylie Bernacki
§ Update will be provided: SO chapters that have medical and dental schools on their campuses
§ Developed an AADMD information document that was available at the Special Olympics N. America Conference – July 2013. Informed SO state leaders the benefits of having an AADMD local chapter involved.
o “Project Unify” K-12 à “SO College” undergraduate à “AADMD” professional school
· AADMD Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AADMD?fref=ts
o Send us photos from your local chapter
ACTION: Photo contest for submitted photos.
· AADMD “Linked-In”: http://www.linkedin.com/company/aadmd?trk=hb_tab_compy_id_3136386
5. 2014 “End the R Word” Champaign
· Dr. Seth Keller
o Review “R-word” Champaign letter that may be used for healthcare practitioners
ACTION: Introduce this letter to students and community healthcare leaders to increase awareness and influence behavior changes with regards to dehumanizing language
· What is it?
o Spread the Word to End the Word was created to raise awareness of the derogatory use of the R-word (retard or retarded) and its negative effects on people with intellectual disabilities, as well as their families and friends.
· Official day: First Wednesday of March
ACTION: Get into contact with Karl Hejlik (Special Olympics POC) and Larry Clausen(Developmental Disabilities Planning Council-AZ)
· Lets coordinate activities/rallies within all local chapters!!
o Ideas:
§ Rally on Campus
· Booth with Information
· Stickers, Ribbons – “End the R-Word”
· “End the Word” – T-shirt raffle
§ Invite Special Olympic participants to campus to participate in a lunch talk for students, faculty, staff about the effects of the “R-word”
§ Collaborate with local community groups ie: YMCA
§ Collaborate with college, minor and major league sports teams and participate in a half time event to promote “Spread the Word to End the Word”
§ Write articles for campus and local publications to highlight your event and increase awareness to the public
ACTION: Present at next meeting. Add to newsletter.
6. 2014 AADMD Annual Meeting – Students Wanted
AADMD Annual Meeting June 2014, New Jersey
a. Annual Planning Committee
i. Student input wanted for planning on all subcommittees
1. Executive Planning Committee
2. Educational Content (Speakers, mentors etc.)
3. Local Participation (Healthy Athletes, Coordinating local Medical & Dental Schools in region-marketing/PR)
ii. Students will participate in conference events including Special Olympics USA Games activities (Healthy Athlete/Special Smiles volunteers)
iii. Possible funding for students to attend conference
iv. Students: ??
ACTION: Present at next meeting. Add to newsletter. Recruit students to participate.
7. We Want to Highlight You and Your Local Chapter
· National AADMD Student/Resident Committee will choose a local chapter to highlight. Get ready to learn more about other chapter happenings and the leaders behind the action.
· Tell us why you and your chapter want to take the spot light!!
ACTION: Present at next meeting. Add to newsletter.
8. Student Resident Newsletter
· Stay Up To Date!
Now you can find news updates from the Student/Resident Committee in our Update Newsletter.
o Info Blasts
o Facebook
o Student/Resident Webpage.
9. AADMD Student Chapter Updates
· Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health School of Osteopathic Medicine
o First academic year meeting Aug 5, 2013.
§ Faculty Advisors
· Dr. Tim Lukavsky
· Mrs. Karen Fallone
§ Executive Committee
· Medical Chair – Kenny Hirschi (DO candidate)
· Dental Chair – Sarah Usher (DMD Candidate)
· Director of Membership - Justin Jones (DMD Candidate)
· Director of Programs – Nezahet Mutlu (DMD Candidate)
· Director of Public Relations – Sarah Wheeler (DMD Candidate)
· Secretary – Maryam Mahmood (DMD Candidate)
§ Events
· Day For Special Smiles (fall)
· End the “R” Word Champaign (spring)
· Recruitment Events (1 per semester)
· Awareness Events (1 per semester)
· Harvard School of Dental Medicine – Sydnee Chavis
- No new updates
· University of Louisville School of Dentistry – Dr. Linel Holwager & Shane Vaughn
- No new updates
- Dr. Holder will get into contact with this local chapter
· University of Rochester – Drs. DeLucia Sulks: faculty, Dr. Cynthia Wong & Dr. Abra Caroci: pediatric dental residents
- Increasing student membership
- Special Smiles Event – Friday August 9, 2013
- Initiate DFSS planning
o Ann Costello
· University of British Columbia (Nancy Vertel)
- No new updates
· Georgetown University Ms. Marisa Brown, Dr. Kim Bullock (advisor)
o No new updates
· College of Oral Health Sciences University of Technology in Jamaica (Laurian Lue Yen)
- International Voluntary Project August 2013
o International dental students participating
o AADMD information available & presented
o International Association of Dental Students (IADS)
§ Awaiting response from Laurian
· University of Pittsburgh (Greg Sencak)
- Student AADMD Logo
o Variations of current design requested (Dr. Holder)?
§ Keep current ‘AADMD’ logo
§ Incorporate unique image
§ Incorporate individual AADMD student chapter name
· Baylor College of Medicine
- Paperwork complete and sent to Sarah via USPS
o Faculty Advisor: Dr. Peacock
o Student Leader: John Berens & Ameila(?)______
o Medical Resident: Michelle Cornacchia
- Leadership meeting in August to discuss recruitment and events
· University of Arizona College of Medicine
- Hannah Loebl & Sarah Peer student leaders
- Working to get local chapter started
· University of the Pacific in CA (Michael Suh – Dr. Allen Wong)
o Nurse from local school requesting AADMD volunteers for tutoring and working with developmentally disabled children in the classroom
10. Future:
· University of Michigan
o Student: Nikita Jambulingam ()
o In contact with Matt Holder
· University of Kansas Medical Center & School of Medicine AND University of Missouri Kansas City School of Dentistry: Dual Chapter
o Contact: Louann Rinner
o LEND Program at KU
o Applying for Special Hope Foundation Grant
o Request 2 applications (depending on faculty advisors)
· Western University School of dental Medicine – Pomona, CA
o Dr. Timothy Martinez ()
ACTION: Sarah will contact in August to discuss local chapter!!
· University of Southern California (Dr. Holder)
o Possible Faculty Advisors
§ Richard Paul Mungo
§ Dr. Rose Ann Mulligan (USC - Director of Special Needs Clinic)
· (Sarah) Inform these faculty that the SO National Games 2015 will be in Los Angeles. Student in an AADMD local chapter can help!!
o Need students
· UNDERGRADUATE Chapters
o University of Wisconsin-Madison
§ Students: Nathan Brooks () & Erika Gundlach ()
§ Need faculty
· Possible: Dr. M. Clark (emergency health, medical director SO Wisconsin)
o Drs. Holder/Keller
11. Next student committee meeting: Sept. 10th at 8pm EST (second Tuesday of every month)