VCOM View Vol 11 No 1

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

O n Saturday, April 17, VCOM-Carolinas hosted a Pediatric and Neonatal Bootcamp course for second year medical students. The course was taught by pediatric faculty at VCOM-Carolinas, and was directed by Hanna Sahhar, MD, FAAP, FACOP, discipline chair for pediatrics. The course agenda was designed to prepare students for their third-year rotations. Additional support was provided by Dennis Jurs, MD, the esteemed “Founding Father of Pediatrics” at Spartanburg Regional Hospital, who oversaw well child visits for VCOM-Carolinas Hosts a Pediatric/Neonatal Bootcamp

modules included airways clinical skills and vascular access clinical skills. The bootcamp utilized VCOM-Carolinas’ state-of-the-art educational facilities, including the Simulation Center.

Ten modules were included in the day’s activities, including well child visits for children two months, six months and four years of age and high fidelity simulations of seizure and anaphylaxis. Additional

two-year-olds and a vascular access clinical skills module.

Researcher of the Year Awards Announced

T he 2021 Researcher of the Year awards were announced during the Annual Via Research Recognition Day on the Virginia and Auburn campuses. In order to be selected for this honor, the researcher must maintain an extramurally funded research program, proven scholarly output, successfully leverage REAP funding into extramural awards and actively engage students in research programs.

Blaise Costa, MPharm, PhD, associate professor for pharmacology, received the third annual award for VCOM-Virginia’s

On the VCOM- Auburn campus, Kaelin Young, PhD, MEd, assistant professor for cell biology and physiology, was named

Researcher of the Year for his contributions to the College’s research efforts on February 26.

the winner of the VCOM-Auburn Researcher of the Year award on February 19.

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