THE QUARTERLY PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC PEDIATRICIANS
Summer 2016 Issue
Lots of Achievements So Far in 2016!
By Carl Backes, DO, FACOP, FAAP
ACOP President
WOW, WOW, WOW— Best description for our 2016 Spring Conference in Phoenix, April 14-17, 2016!
Another outstanding James M. Watson memorial
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Pediatric Grammer
You're right; there ain't no such thing. (Yes, ain't IS in the dictionary.) But certain words and phrases seem to occur more frequently - often used incorrectly - in pediatric writing (and speaking). What mistake is the most egredious one? Failure to observe the rules of agreement: If a pronoun takes the place of an antecedent singular noun, Read More...
Work-Life Balance:
The Power and Misnomer of Words
By Robert G. Locke, DO, MPH, FACOP
Work-Life Balance – It doesn’t have to be that way.
Words are powerful and can falsely frame a situation, creating a lose-lose situation from what in reality is a “win-win” or at least “better-win-than-most.” For new graduates and residents in training, there is no stronger example of this than “work-life” balance. Automatically juxtaposing
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What is It?
How Can We Succeed at It?
What does it mean to advocate? A good place to start is the dictionary. Advocate comes from Latin ad + vocare meaning to call. The root vocare is also from the Latin vox - to speak. So, when we advocate - we speak for children. We argue their causes, promote their interests, champion their needs. Despite taking Latin in high school, I checked the
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Tales from Adolescent Medicine
Don't Ignore Bad Behavior
By Jessica Shannon Castonguay, DO, MPH
I grew up in a hockey town, high school hockey that is. Most kids learn to skate as soon as they can walk there. In high school, I attended every game against our archrival. Then, before medical school, I taught biology and chemistry at that rival school and cheered against my alma mater. Hey, the rival was paying my bills! That said, I have continued to follow high school hockey from my home state regardless of where medicine has taken me.Zika Update: Zika Virus Will
Land on U.S. Soil This Summer
Award Winners!
2016 Harold H. Finkel, DO and Arnold Melnick, DO Community Pediatrician of the Year
Career Achievement Award
Poster Awards
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Congratulations are in Order!
Robert Locke, DO, MPH, and colleagues. “Time Series
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Children’s Literature – Recommendations
PULSE is starting a new series with children’s literature book recommendations. These books may be of interest to you, to your patients, or to your students. I recommend books that have been well-received by the American Library Association and when possible, written by authors with a direct connection to the issue at hand. This month, I’m recommending three books with autistic characters though I believe they’d appeal to readers with
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Pediatrics Trivia Crossword Puzzle Challenge!
By Neha Mahajan, OMS-III
PULSE Student Editor
New ACOP Members
PULSE Welcomes Their
First Student Editor
By Robert G. Locke, DO, MPH, FACOP
The PULSE welcomes, Neha Mahajan, OMS-III, as our new – and first! – Student Editor. The ACOP is dedicated to creating a home for all osteopathic physicians. We look forward to hearing your comments and suggestions. If you wish to submit an article and share your Barriers to Injury Reporting
Among Adolescent Athletes
By Guillermo Alfonso, OMS-I
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine – Carolinas
Michael Rovito, PhD
University of Central Florida
Effective and efficient communication with adolescent patients is an essential skill that pediatric physicians must develop in order to become truly successful in the field. Specifically for young male athletes, injury concealment has implications for both short- and long-term health outcomes. This is one of
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My First Patient Funeral
By Christine Beeson, OM-IV
KCOM-ATSU
My first patient funeral was for a two-month-old baby boy. He had a severe congenital heart defect that would be fatal if it went untreated, and the surgery required to fix it was also very risky. His parents opted for the surgery, and after a long attempt at recovery post-operatively, he passed peacefully in his
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A Physician’s Role In Child Neglect
The thought of children being removed from their home is sad, but the reality of child neglect by parents is even worse. It wasn’t until my inpatient pediatric rotation that I realized the importance of a physician’s medical judgment for Department of Children and Families Services’ (DCFS) cases. How Can I NOT Afford to Become a Pediatrician?
By Kevin McLendon, OMS-III
LMU-DCOM
There are many issues facing healthcare today. There are some challenges that are universal across all medical specialty fields, such as the mounting debt of new graduates, the increase in patient flow and the increased expectations placed on physicians. An advisor I had in my undergraduate studies once told me after I Finding the “Care” in Healthcare
By Stephanie Prudencio, OMS-I
Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine
“Why don’t we read it out loud?” my classmate suggested.
She had a good point. The articles we were assigned to read on neuromuscular disorders were dense. At a quick glance, the names of the antibodies, receptors and signaling pathways could arguably pass as a foreign language. Talking through the articles 2016 ACOP Student Club of the Year
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine - Carolinas Campus
By Christine Beeson, OMS-IV
and Erin Thornley, OMS-III
VCOM-CC
Des Moines University Pediatrics Club Update
By Michelle Brenner, OMS-I
Des Moines University,
Pediatrics Club President
From the ACOP National Liaison
VCOM-Auburn Updates
By Tamer Abuaita, OMS-I
VCOM-Auburn
From the ACOP Student Trustees
Student Clubs Updates
By Erin Thornley, OMS-III
and Christine Beeson, OMS-IV
ACOP Student Trustees
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September 16-19, 2016
Anaheim Convention Center
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