Faculty Development: A Collaboration with General Internal Medicine – Drs. Cynthia Ledford, Principal Investigator, and Holly Cronau, Co-Principal Investigator, are presently working on a two-year, $245,155 grant project awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services entitled, "Physician Development in Primary Care-Family Medicine and General Internal Medicine." The purpose of this project is to support and develop teaching skills of our community-based faculty and to strengthen the communication links from the underserved community sites to the Medical Center and College. A reference booklet with time-efficient teaching tips has been developed along with web-based teaching modules. Unique topics such as domestic violence, cultural competency, and geriatric issues along with core teaching strategy modules have been developed.
Teaching to the CORE – Drs. Doug Knutson, Principal Investigator and Holly Cronau, Co-Principal Investigator, are actively pursuing a three-year, $654,970 grant project awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "Teaching to the CORE: Using Core Competencies without Losing Core Values." The purpose of this project is to enhance the current medical school curriculum at Ohio State, focusing on core competencies identified by the ACGME, while creating a medical school environment that allows students to retrain the values of altruism and service – values drawing students to primary care. This project includes initiatives that will enhance curriculum throughout all four years of medical school. Dr. Larry Gabel is overseeing the administration of this project.
Curriculum on Bioterrorism Preparedness – Drs. Fred Miser, Principal Investigator, and Leon McDougle, Co-Principal Investigator, assisted by other departmental faculty members, Drs. Larry Gabel, Doug Knutson, Pat Fahey, and Kate Balturshot, are completing a multidisciplinary curriculum resulting from their 2-year, $844,625, grant project from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "The Ohio Center of Excellence in Education for Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response." This collaborative project, consisting of educators in the fields of medicine, nursing, allied health, and public health from The Ohio State Medical Center, Ohio University, the University of Cincinnati, NEOUCOM, and the Ohio Department of Health, developed a PowerPoint presentation titled, "An Introduction to the Threat of Bioterrorism – What Every Health Care Provider Should Know." This presentation is now available on the web, http://medicine.osu.edu/bioterrorism. In addition, they developed small-group case discussions dealing with anthrax, smallpox, botulism, sarin, tularemia, dirty bombs, and post-traumatic stress disorder following a homicide bombing attack.
Diversity Issues in Higher Education – Dr. Leon McDougle is Principal Investigator of three projects designed to investigate issues related to underrepresented minority students: