In this edition of the Digital Digest, you'll find...
Celebrating Women's History Month; Match Day Photos and List; OCF Partners with UNM Health Professions Symposium April 9: Panelists Needed!; LEO Report; Virtual Visits with OCF and UNM SOM; SOM Town Hall Links; Call for Stories "Cuentos de Encanto"; Continuity Clinic Preceptors Needed; Announcements and Staff Updates; Advances in Primary Care Conference
UNM HSC Celebrates Women's History Month
UNM Celebrates Women's History Month. Visit the HSC Women's History Month webpage to learn about the various events and celebrations scheduled and to download your own "UNM Celebrates Women's History Month" Zoom background.
2022 Match Photos and List
Panelists and Presenters Needed: Health Professions Symposium
With the growing number of pre-health students at the University of New Mexico and the surrounding universities, student pre-health organizations at the University of New Mexico wished to strengthen student resources and came together to establish the annual Health Professions Symposium to recruit, inspire, and educate their community’s future health professionals.
Since 2017, HPS has given high-school and undergraduate students access to a vast amount of information in the form of nearly 90 workshops, panels, and seminars, presented by local health professionals from a wide variety of fields dedicated to the betterment of their communities. In doing this, HPS has become one of the largest conferences in the southwest with a capacity of 1000 attendees and volunteers, all the while helping students make informed decisions on possible careers in healthcare.
This year, the Office for Community Faculty at the School of Medicine is partnering with the UNM HPS to get our Community Faculty involved.
On April 9, 2022 you are invited to serve on a panel of interdisciplinary professionals to share your experiences and provide students with relevant insight into working in your healthcare profession.
If you are interested in joining the SOM OCF Panel, please email [email protected].
Help bring Rural Students to the Health Professions Symposium
OCF is looking for community faculty in rural New Mexico who are interested in helping students from across the state access the Health Professions Symposium in 2022. If you or your practice/clinic location are interested providing space for virtual participation and/or in providing transportation for students in your areas to attend, please contact Ashley Salazar at [email protected].
LEO Quarterly Report
In June of 2019 the Learning Environment Office (LEO) was created to improve learning environments for students by the UNM School of Medicine. This office works to prevent, reduce, and address mistreatment in the classroom. It is this effort that brings us the LEO quarterly report. This report includes aggregated data that encompasses students experiences in the classroom.
Community Faculty Invited to Schedule a Virtual Visit with the Office for Community Faculty for 2022
As always, we want to visit with your specific clinic, practice location, or region in 2022. The COVID surge makes meeting in person risky, so we are offering the chance for you to schedule virtual visits in 2022. Use the form attached to tell us when and how you want to meet, and we will work to plan a virtual meeting that suits your needs.
"Cuentos de Encanto": Stories of Community Faculty in the Land of Enchantment
Are you a community faculty member with an enchanting story to tell about your passion for care in New Mexico? We want to write about you and share it with the world! Email [email protected]
SOM Town Halls with Interim Dean Dr. Mike Richards
Dr. Richards is keeping the UNM School of Medicine Community informed about the COVID surge and other important news, updates, and interesting news from across the School of Medicine during periodic town hall meetings. Watch a recent recording and don't miss the next town hall. Link to recordings of all past town halls.
November 4
Interim Dean Priorities; Crisis Standards of Care; Leadership Updates; Recognition
Continuity Clinic: Preceptors Needed
The Continuity Clinic experiences provide integrated activities that focus on sequential skill-building opportunities that include the biological, population and behavioral perspectives. Continuity experiences allow students to work with physicians who have long-term relationships with patients, families, multidisciplinary health care teams and mentors.
If you are a community faculty member in the UNMH system or local Albuquerque area interested in precepting for a student in Continuity Clinic, reach out to Erin Bouquin, MD at [email protected].
Continuity Clinic Highlights
Continuity Clinic (CC).
During the CC experience, students complete 10 half-day clinic sessions over a one-year period from March 2022-March 2023. The goal is to practice history-taking and physical exam skills. Students complete a note and one learning issue for each session.
Announcements and Team Updates
We've got some amazing people working with us.
Ashley Hatcher
Ashley Hatcher, "Ash," has taken on a new role for the OCF and Advancement team.
As the Operations Specialist, Ash will begin to coordinate the office's efforts for Community Faculty engagement as well as oversee the affiliation agreement process.Congratulations on your new role, Ash!
Destiny Onnen
Advancement and External Relations Administrative Assistant
The Office for Community Faculty is excited to announce our newest team member, Destiny Onnen.Destiny began her role as the Advancement and External Relations Administrative Assistant in March of 2022. Destiny will provide customer service support to the volunteer Community Faculty of the UNM School of Medicine.
Donna Sigl, MD, MS
Interim Senior Associate Dean for the Office for Faculty Affairs & Career Development (OFACD) as of December 1, 2021.
The Office for Community Faculty works closely with OFACD in our support of Community Faculty. Welcome and congratulations, Dr. Sigl.
Registration is open for this year’s
Advances in Primary Care Conference.
This conference is open to physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses and other healthcare professionals who want to enhance or develop their knowledge of current trends in primary care
Registration Open!
See the linked brochure for details and registration information.