Yesterday the SMHS held its 44th annual Frank Low Research Day. Named in honor of the former SMHS professor of anatomy who came to UND in the 1960s and pioneered a series of new techniques using the electron microscope, Frank Low Research Day is the culminating event of the academic year for many area researchers […]
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From the Dean: From budget season to Commencement
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Congratulations – and thanks! – to our physician colleagues in celebration of National Doctors’ Day that took place this past Saturday, March 30. All of us are grateful for the dedicated, caring, thoughtful care that physicians and the entire cadre of other healthcare professionals provide to all of us. I’m reminded of the days during […]
From the Dean: Humans and machines in medicine
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Last week I attended the annual meeting of the Council of Deans, sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). More than two-thirds of all North American medical school deans attended the meeting, and there was a general consensus that it was a quite successful meeting. Enough time was allowed for us to network […]
From the Dean: Remembering Judy DeMers
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It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of Judy DeMers. Judy retired from the School in 2010 after spending 27 years as the associate dean for student affairs and admissions at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences. In addition, she devoted years to serving as a legislator in both […]
From the Dean: Exercise is medicine
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By virtue of my administrative and academic positions at UND and at your School of Medicine and Health Sciences, along with my clinical role as a cardiologist, I have the opportunity to talk with a wide spectrum of individuals, including potential and current students, residents-in-training, physicians and other health professionals engaged in clinical practice, researchers, […]
Dr. Wynne to discuss leadership at UND’s 18:83 speaker series on March 13
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Dr. Joshua Wynne, dean of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) and vice president for health affairs at UND, will be UND’s 18:83 Speaker Series presenter on Wednesday, March 13. Dr. Wynne is a senior physician executive with strong leadership, academic, and administrative skills, and extensive experience in multiple aspects of academic […]
From the Dean: Evaluating our performance
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Each year around this time, supervisors are expected to do a performance evaluation on most UND employees (both faculty and staff members). This is a requirement of the North Dakota University System as well as UND (and a best business practice, by the way). A slightly different evaluation rubric is followed for faculty, relative to […]
In follow-up to last week’s column where I discussed work/life balance and whether a career in healthcare delivery is a calling or a job (I posited that it’s both), last Saturday’s SMHS Medical Student Awards Gala, sponsored by the medical student classes of 2026 and 2027, reinforced the concept that tomorrow’s doctors certainly see part […]
As I consider my transition later this year out of my administrative roles as Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of the UND SMHS, I’ve been thinking a lot about balance – that is, what is the right mix of various activities, professional and otherwise, to maximize one’s sense of accomplishment and satisfaction? In […]
From the Dean: Forever UND
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Continuing the philanthropy theme from last week’s column, I’m currently at the winter meeting of the UND Alumni Association & Foundation (AAF) Board of Directors, along with the senior leadership teams from UND and the Foundation. We’ve been meeting since yesterday morning and the meeting is scheduled to finish late this afternoon. The major theme […]
From the Dean: Reducing debt and increasing gifts
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I had a most fulfilling experience recently as I read some of the thank you notes that students at the UND SMHS sent to donors who provided scholarship and other financial support to the students for their studies here. As you may know, the cost of higher education has skyrocketed in general and has placed […]
From the Dean: The evolution of patient care
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Susan and I recently attended a continuing medical education (CME) course in cardiology sponsored by the Mayo Clinic. As you probably know, CME credits are required for physicians and other healthcare providers to maintain their state licenses to practice and deliver clinical care. We’ve been to prior Mayo Clinic CME courses and – editorial comment […]
The UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Faculty Assembly has been set for 3 p.m. (CST) on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. At the Assembly, Dr. Joshua Wynne, UND’s vice president for Health Affairs and dean of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, will present the “State of the School Address.” Dr. Donald Jurivich, […]
From the Dean: Finalizing our strategic plan
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As we welcome 2024 and students return to their studies, I thought it might be productive to outline some of the School’s priorities and areas of focus in this new year. Recall that UND, like most academic institutions, operates on an academic and fiscal year that runs from July to June, in contrast to the […]
A just-published article in the highly regarded journal Annals of Internal Medicine raises an important issue related to health science student education. I hesitate somewhat to bring it up because the report relates to the treatment of COVID, and we all are suffering from COVID fatigue and are tired talking (and hearing) about it. That […]