For the March Science Pub we bring together four eminent research-practitioners from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth to help us understand what addiction means, and how practitioners and researchers are working together with communities to address addiction behaviors. The event begins at 6pm on Thursday, March 28 at the Galway Room in the Lebanon Salt hill pub.
Announcements
Anne Schuchat, MD, to Speak at Geisel’s Class Day Ceremony
Anne Schuchat MED ’84, the principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and a retired rear admiral from the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS), will be the featured speaker at Geisel’s 2019 Class Day Ceremony, which will be held Saturday, June 1 at the Hopkins Center’s Spaulding Auditorium.
SYNERGY Informatics Workshop on i2b2 March 22
Have you been wondering if there are enough eligible patients to support your study? Find out using Dartmouth i2b2—the patient cohort discovery tool! SYNERGY Clinical and Translational Science Institute will provide an overview of i2b2 this Friday, March 22 from 9:00 to 10:00 AM in Auditorium H at DHMC (includes a light breakfast).
Part of the SYNERGY Spring Research Informatics Workshop Series, the session will include a basic introduction, sample queries, and how to get an account. To register, go to: https://is.gd/Information_Request.
To see the full schedule of workshops, visit: https://synergy.dartmouth.edu/i2b2-redcap-workshops-spring-2019
Match Day 2019 Video
For medical students, the annual Match Day event is one of the most anticipated and exciting days of their medical education as they discover where they will start their residency training after graduation. Once again, we will be streaming live video of our Match Day event so that friends, family, and colleagues can join in the excitement. Visit dartgo.org/match2019 on Friday, March 15 at 11:45 AM, to watch live video of Geisel’s 2019 Match Day event. **UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who joined us live for Match Day 2019! If you missed this year’s event, you can still watch video from the event here.
Health Care Quality Conference: Tools and Takeaways for Your Journey
Whether your team or organization is just beginning to implement quality improvement projects or you’ve been engaged in such work for years, the Health Care Quality Conference on May 4 at DHMC promises to offer tools and techniques that can be beneficial no matter where you are in your journey to improve quality. Continuing medical education credits are available. Dartmouth employees receive a discounted registration.
Spring Workshop Series by SYNERGY
This spring, SYNERGY Clinical and Translational Science Institute will be running a series of workshops at Dartmouth-Hitchcock (from March 22 through May 31) for two informatics tools: REDCap and i2b2. REDCap is a secure web application for building and managing online surveys and data. Dartmouth i2b2, the patient cohort discovery tool, will allow you to answer questions like: Are there enough eligible patients to support my study? How many patients are taking a certain medication? For how long?
Geisel Students Raise Money for Listen’s Housing Helper Program
A fundraising, student-cooked dinner organized by Geisel’s Alpha Omega Alpha student chapter, raised $4,400 to support Listen’s Housing Helper Program, which supports individuals in the Upper Valley who are struggling with affordable housing—a primary issue facing low-income families.
Geisel School of Medicine Appoints New Associate Deans
Geisel School of Medicine Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education, Greg Ogrinc, MD, MS, announces the appointment of two new associate deans.
Save the Date: MD Program Senior Capstone Course Final Presentations March 12
Please join the Geisel Class of 2019 as they present their final quality improvement projects from their senior capstone course on Tuesday, March 12. Over a dozen student groups are working with teams including over 30 faculty leaders to help improve care to the patients and populations we serve. Projects span the clinical service areas in almost every specialty. The session will occur in the Williamson Building atrium with poster viewing from 5:30 to 6:00 PM, short talks from 6:00 to 7:00 PM, and more time at posters from 7:00 to 7:30 PM. Beverages and appetizers will be served.
Biomedical Libraries’ February Workshops
Please visit https://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/biomed/services/education/calendar.html for additional workshop information and to register.
- Which Reference Manager is Right for Me? February 11, 12:00 – 1:00 PM, Matthews-Fuller DHMC
- Endnote: Managing Citations and Bibliographies, February 21, 12:00 – 1:00 PM, Dana Library 338
- PubMed: Getting Started, February 25, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Matthews-Fuller DHMC


