LMU-DCOM E-Newsletter
Fall 2012 Issue
Fall 2012 Issue
www.LMUnet.edu/dcom/
Fall Greetings from LMU-DCOM!
Fall Admissions
Recruitment Recap
As the vibrant colors of
the fall foliage are rapidly fading and the
leaves are slowly succumbing to the winds
and falling one after
another, it is hard to
believe that the fall semester is already winding down and that the holiday season is upon us! As
you are probably all gearing up to soon-upcoming finals week, I hope that the semester has been successful
for all of you and your respective students.
Over the last three months, myself and
other members of our admissions staff
have had the pleasure to travel across
the nation to attend various student
recruitment events and meet a large
number of prospective students as
well as current applicants to our DO
program. Below is a recap of all the
places the LMU-DCOM admissions
team has traveled to:
Tennessee:
 Austin-Peay State University,
Clarksville;
 Carson-Newman College, Jefferson
City;
 Christian Brothers University,
Memphis;
 East Tennessee State University,
Johnson City;
 Fisk University, Nashville;
 Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate;
 Tennessee Tech University,
Cookeville;
 Union University, Jackson;
 University of Tennessee, Knoxville;
 University of Tennessee-Martin,
Martin.
In an effort to keep you up to date with LMU-DCOM,
you will find in this newsletter all the important news
and events that have occurred this fall. If you have any
questions regarding any of the content, please do not
hesitate to contact me. Also, please feel free to share
the information or forward the newsletter on to any of
your students or colleagues who may be interested.
On behalf of the entire LMU-DCOM family, I hope
you’ve all had a joyful Thanksgiving, and I wish you a
wonderful Christmas and all the best for the new year!
Sincerely,
Juliette Egnatz
Admissions Recruiter
juliette.egnatz@lmunet.edu
Kentucky:
 Kentucky State University, Frankfort;
 University of Louisville, Louisville;
 University of Kentucky, Lexington;
 Northern Kentucky University,
Florence.
LMU-DCOM Celebrated Class of
2016 White Coat Ceremony
Virginia:
 Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg;
 University of Virginia, Charlottesville.
North Carolina:
 Duke University, Durham;
 Elon University, Elon;
 North Carolina State University,
Raleigh;
 University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill;
 University of North CarolinaGreensboro, Greensboro;
 Wake Forest University, WinstonSalem.
A month after their arrival on campus for their orientation, the LMU-DCOM DO Class of 2016 finally
walked across the stage to receive their symbolic white
coats during their White Coat Ceremony, held on Saturday, September 29, in LMU’s Tex Turner Arena.
The keynote speaker was Dr. William G. Anderson,
past president of the American Osteopathic Association from 1994 to 1995, and the first African-American
to hold that office.
Other Locations in the Northeast:
 Drexel University, Philadelphia,
PA;
 Duquesne University, Pittsburgh,
PA;
 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA;
 Pre-SOMA event (Pre-Student Osteopathic Medical Association),
Stratford, NJ.
The White Coat Ceremony is a special ceremony
among medical schools across the nation, designed to
mark a student’s entrance into medical school. The
tradition originated at Columbia University’s College
of Physicians and Surgeons, where they held the firstever White Coat Ceremony in 1993.
Other States in the South:
 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL;
 University of AlabamaBirmingham, Birmingham, AL;
 Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL;
 Rollins College, Winter Park, FL;
 University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL;
 Louisiana State University, Baton
Rouge, LA.
The White Coat Ceremony is always a highlyanticipated event and over a thousand people were present to witness this happy occurrence, including students’ family members and friends, and LMU-DCOM
faculty, staff and board members. In order to commemorate this happy occurrence for the Class of 2016 and
their families, members of the Class of 2015 joined
forces to put together a traditional Tennessee barbeque
feast for all approximately one-thousand people to enjoy on the evening prior to the ceremony. The meal
was a great example of the warm and supportive family atmosphere and camaraderie which we all pride ourselves on at LMU-DCOM.
Other Location in the Midwest:
 Marquette University, Milwaukee,
WI;
 University of Wisconsin, Madison,
WI;
 University of WisconsinMilwaukee, Milwaukee, WI.
Other Locations in the West:
 Pre-SOMA event, San Diego, CA;
 San Diego State University, San
Diego, CA;
 University of California-Davis,
Davis, CA;
 University of California-Irvine,
Irvine, CA;
 University of California-San Diego, San Diego, CA;
 University of San Diego, San Diego, CA.
What Have Our D.O. Students
Been Up To This Semester?
Below are brief updates of what each of our current DO
classes have been working on this semester:
Class of 2013:
Students from this class have been out conducting their
second year of the rotations cycle, in hospitals and clinics across the nation. During this time, they have also
been interviewing for the residency placements for
which they applied to in the summer. Residency programs usually conduct candidate interviews throughout
the fall and pick their matches in January and February.
DO students are able to apply to both MD or DO residencies, whereas MD students are only able to apply to
MD residencies.
In addition to attending fairs and giving presentations at the abovementioned institutions we have also
had the pleasure of hosting many
guests on campus for:
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To view information about the residency placements for
our recently-graduated Class of 2012, click here.
Class of 2014:
These students have been out since August completing
their first semester of the two-year rotations cycle. Our
class of 2014 is also spread out across the country in
many different locations from local Appalachia to places as far as Chicago, Maine, Key West, California and
anywhere in between.
This semester, our campus guests have
come from all over the nation and we
have hosted group visits from the University of Virginia-Wise, CarsonNewman College (Jefferson City,
TN) and Union College (Barbourville,
KY).
For a detailed schedule of LMU-DCOM’s rotations cycle, click here.
For a list of our clinical rotation sites, click here.
If you are interested in having a representative from LMU-DCOM attend
any of your pre-health professions
recruitment events or visit your campus for a private information session
about LMU-DCOM with your premed/pre-health clubs, be certain to
contact me at
juliette.egnatz@lmunet.edu
or include me in your mailing list.
Class of 2015:
Aside from following LMU-DCOM’s tradition of welcoming and helping the new first-year students feel at
home, our secondyear students have
been
successfully
progressing
through their tough
4th-semester
curriculum,
which includes the
following:
 7 weeks studying
the Cardiovascular System;
 4 weeks studying the Respiratory System;
 4 weeks studying the Renal
System;
 4 weeks studying Hematology & the Lymph System;
LMU-DCOM’s Fall
Osteopathic Medicine
Awareness Conference
& Open House Event A
Success!
On the beautiful and sunny day of
Saturday, November 10, members of
the LMU-DCOM Admissions Staff,
along with the school’s Interim Dean,
Dr. Michael Wieting, several other
faculty members and current DO students, had the pleasure of hosting 50
guests on our beautiful campus for our
Fall 2012 Osteopathic Medicine
Awareness Conference & Open
House event. The event began at
9:30am and ended with a nice lunch
enjoyed with the gorgeous views of
our scenic campus.
The above are done in combination with:
 15 weeks of the third section of the Osteopathic
Principles and Practice
series (Osteopathic musculoskeletal study); and
 15 weeks of clinical-setting practice with our standardized patients at our on-site standardized clinic.
At the end of this semester, the Class of 2015 students
will complete a Clinical Exam before going on their
two-week Christmas break.
For a detailed view of our DO curriculum, click here.
Class of 2016:
As their first semester in medical school slowly winds
down, below is the curriculum these first-year students
have been following this fall:
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19 weeks of Medical Gross Anatomy;
19 weeks of Molecular Fundamentals of Medicine I;
15 weeks of Foundations of Modern Healthcare I;
15 weeks of the first section of the Osteopathic Principles and Practice series (Osteopathic musculoskeletal study); and
14 weeks of clinical-setting practice with our standardized patients at our on-site standardized clinic.
The Class of 2016 will also conclude their semester with
a Clinical Exam before their Christmas break.
For a detailed view of our DO curriculum, click here.
Individual and group tours, and
Our Fall 2012 Osteopathic Medicine Awareness Conference &
Open House event, which took
place on Saturday, November 10.
These OMAC/Open House events are
hosted four times a year and are open
to prospective students, undergraduate
pre-medical/pre-health advisors and
faculty members, and anyone else
interested in learning more about osteopathic medicine and about the DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
in particular. The events offer a very
complete overview of the osteopathic
medicine profession, of our state-ofthe-art institution and of our first-class
DO program. The agenda for these
vents include:
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Osteoblast 2012
On Wednesday, August 22, the Class of 2015 hosted
the Osteoblast event. This is an annual event organized
by our second-year students, aimed at showcasing to
our newly-arrived first-year students all the clubs and
organizations available at LMU-DCOM. The event
always takes place after the first big exam of the year
and is a great way for students to wind down and enjoy
themselves following long and stressful hours of studying. A total of 22 booths were setup representing the 19
LMU-DCOM clubs as well as the class officers, the
Community Service Committee and Sigma Sigma Phi.
A catered dinner was provided for all to enjoy while
mingling and getting to know each other better. And to
top off this fun and exciting event, this year, our
STORM club (Student Tactical Operational Rescue
Medicine) organized an activity that involved a helicopter landing by the Tennessee Highway Patrol in our
LMU-DCOM parking lot!
For a complete list
of LMU-DCOM’s
clubs and organizations, click here.
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Osteopathic Medicine Overview;
Curriculum Overview (PreClinical and Clinical);
Application Process Overview
and Admissions Policies;
Financial Aid Overview;
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Demonstration;
Tour of the facilities with current
LMU-DCOM students.
Mark your Calendars
for our
next
OMAC &
Open
House
event!!
If you are interested in attending our
next OMAC & Open House event
scheduled for Saturday, March
23, 2013, be sure to pencil down the
date on your calendar! An e-mail invitation will be sent to you in late January. In the meantime, we ask all faculty advisors and students to please
share this information with others who
may also be interested in attending
and we certainly hope to see as many
of you at our next event!
OMED 2012 Conference
Osteoblast
2012
Hospital Day 2012
On Wednesday, October 31, LMU-DCOM hosted its
annual Hospital Day.
This event welcomes representatives from hospitals,
clinics and health systems from across the nation to
present employment, internship and sponsorship opportunities for clinical rotations and residency programs.
The event is a great networking opportunity for our
current students.
This fall, a total of 40 hospitals, clinics and health systems attended our event, coming from as far west as
Oklahoma and as far north as Michigan and New York.
Just like every
year, LMUDCOM had yet
again great
representation
at this year’s
Annual OMED
Medical Conference & Exposition, which took
place in San
Diego, CA, from Sunday, October 7,
through Thursday, October 11. OMED
is an annual event in which DO students, educators and physicians from
across the nation gather for a series of
workshops, meetings, discussions and
other activities including a community
service event. Over 50 members of the
LMU-DCOM family attended this
year’s conference, including students,
alumni, faculty and staff members.
Hospital
Day
2012
Other Student Events, Volunteer Work & Activities
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Mini Med School:
Every year, our students take pride in contributing to the local community in several ways. In
October, our students participated in Mini-Med School, a program in which they visit area
elementary schools and set up different stations for the children to learn a variety of basic
health-related topics and issues.
October Mini
Med School,
Union County,
TN
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Relay For Life:
The annual Harrogate City Relay For Life, held at the Harrogate City Park, is another event
our students always enjoy participating in, and doing their share to contribute to the fight
against a major global disease.
Harrogate City Relay For Life
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Other Fun Activities:
We all know that medical school
is a full-time commitment with
busy course schedules and very
stressful and rigorous studying
requirements. Nonetheless, in
order to maintain sanity and a
healthy mindset, it is important
for students to unwind regularly.
Between the many student clubs available at LMUDCOM, as well as events planned by our student
activities coordinator, our DO students have had the
opportunity to participate in a variety of exciting
and fun activities throughout the fall semester:
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A White Water Rafting trip, on Saturday,
DCOM Flag Football Intramurals
October 22, in Ocoee, TN;
A Haunted Corn Maze trip, on Thursday, October 18, at Oakes Farm, in Corryton, TN;
The inaugural Annual DCOM Ping-Pong Classic as well as shuffle board and dodge ball
tournaments;
Sports intramurals, including softball, volleyball and flag football;
The annual Fall Festival, open to students and their families, and featuring games, a pumpkin
patch, crafts, a prize raffle and delicious food!
The traditional Annual Mr. DCOM Competition, featuring a variety of fun acts put on by
students, as well as a talent show judged by LMU-DCOM faculty members.
2012 Mr. DCOM Competition
About LMU’s DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
The DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine is
located on the campus of Lincoln Memorial
University, in Harrogate, Tenn., a small town nestled
in the beautiful mountains of the Appalachian region,
only a few miles from the Cumberland Gap National
Historical Park. The state-of-the-art college was
founded on August 1, 2007, and opened its doors to
its inaugural class on August 3, 2007.
The region’s rural setting is key to upholding LMU-DCOM’s mission of producing outstanding
and caring osteopathic physicians who will focus on providing health care in underserved communities in Appalachia and across the nation.
In addition to offering the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) program, LMU-DCOM also offers a Physician Assistant (PA) program, as well as a DO-MBA program for students wishing to
complement their education with a business degree.
A Post-baccalaureate Medical Sciences program is also offered for students who need to strengthen
their science knowledge and grade point average before applying to the DO program.
More information about LMU-DCOM can be found at www.LMUnet.edu/dcom/ .