VCOM - Carolinas 2017 Yearbook

CAROLINAS STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

CARDIO Cardiac Interest Club, a Special Interest Subgroup of SOIMA This year, ID hosted an Ebola and Zika virus update with VCOM faculty member Jillian Bradley, PhD, who presented on both topics followed by a question and answer session. During National Osteopathic Medicine week, the Infectious Disease organization displayed posters discussing the effects of osteopathic medicine on infectious diseases ID Infectious Disease, a Special Interest Subgroup of SOIMA The Infectious Disease (ID) Special Interest Group is a subgroup of the Student Osteopathic Internal Medicine Association (SOIMA) and provides opportunities for students who share an interest in the field of infectious disease. ID gives students opportunities to learn more about the field of infectious disease and share their passion with other students and community members. Infectious disease is applicable to almost all medical specialties, and the organization strives to reach out to the student body as a whole to integrate these overlapping facets.

Jaimie Seawell, Chair

throughout history and provided mini hand sanitizers for students. The organization hosted a booth at the annual VCOM Pediatric Wellness Fair to teach proper hand hygiene for children. Members made hand washing into a game involving black lights to display glowing germs on the children’s hands before teaching them how to adequately wash to remove the germs.

Members of this group share a passion for the field of cardiology and work towards building their knowledge in EKG interpretation, physiology and pharmacology, as well as tutoring individuals in advanced cardiac life support courses. The organization supports knowledge-based learning to help students excel in the field of cardiology and emphasizes the importance of physical fitness for cardiac health. Members have organized EKG and ACLS workshops, and have participated in 5k races to promote physical fitness and the value of cardiovascular health for the patients they will serve.

Alexander Olson, Chair

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