Newsletter May15,2014 CSRWEBPAGE AlmostSummer UpcomingBirthdays HelloMedicalStudents May17-DavidWang'17 May20-ChrisCarender‘17 May21-MaryEllenLyon‘15 June4-AlexBenedick'17 June8-CodyFlowers'16 June8-BarbaraWilkinson'17 June11-HanaRusso'14 June16-EloraMajumder'16 June26-ReidOldenburg'?? June30-BinduManyam'14 Withtheendoftheacademicyearuponus,itcanbeeasytoloseourselvesinthe madscrambleofprojects,work,andcommitmentsthathavefloodedourlives.Atthe sametime,itisimportanttoreflectonourachievementsoverthispastyear.Whetherit bemovingtoanewcity,findingsuccessinresearch,passingyourexams,ormatching intoaspeciality,therearemanyaccomplishmentsthatyouallcanandshouldbeproud of. DespitetheachievementsthatyourCSRhasmadeoverthepastyear,westillhave muchmoretodo.Wearecurrentlylookingtomakeimprovementstothefourthfloor windowloungebyreplacinglampsandpossiblyfurniture.Ifyouhaveanyideasor commentsastohowwecanmakethewindowloungebetter,pleaseletusknowhere. Addabirthday! Additionally,theadministrationattheSchoolofMedicineislookingatwaysto optimizeourstudyspacesintheSOMbuildingoverthenextcoupleofyearsandthey wouldlovetohaveyourinput.Ifyouwouldliketobeapartofthisprocessand participateinafocusgroupthiscomingSummerand/orFall,pleasefillouttheform here. CSRBoardMembers Iwouldalsoliketotakeamomenttothankourfourthyearsfortheirindelibleimpact onourschoolandontherestofthemedicalstudents.Youradvice,mentorship,and supporthasmadeasignificantimpressiononallofusatthispointinourjourneyto becomingphysiciansandIamsurethatyourimpactwillcontinuetoshapeour experiencesforyearstocome.Pleasekeepintouch,classof2014,andwewishyouall thebestofluck. Events&Announcements May23rd-Block4Party! Celebratetheendofblock4withthefirstyears!PleasebuyyourticketsonPayPalor fromourSocialChairstomorrowfromnoonto1pminfrontofE-301. Studylookingforparticipants AresearcherfromUCSFislookingtorecruitCaseMedstudentstoparticipateina study: "WearerecruitingmedicalstudentstohelpwithahighimpactSecretShopperstudy conductedbyDr.AdamsDudley,ProfessorofMedicineandHealthPolicyatUCSF. Hoursareflexibleandpayisgood.Youwillbepaidforseveralhoursoftraining,tobe followedbyseveralSecretShoppervisitstobeconductedatyourconvenience.If interested,pleasecontactDr.JasonDavies([email protected])forfurther details." IfyouhaveanyannouncementsthatyouwouldliketoincludeinafutureCSR Newsletter,pleasefilloutthisform. Thanks, AlokHarwani CSRPresident Classof2017 President-AlokHarwani VicePresident-NicholasBlack Secretary-StephenLeb Treasurer-JonathonVargo SocialChair-MonaAscha SocialChair-RobinIriele ClassOfficer-NicholasBlack ClassOfficer-AndrewVekstein TechRep-EliGoshorn CommunityServiceRep-NishitaJain SCMEChair-AlokHarwani SCMEBoard: MadhuEluri RichardHelms StephenLeb RebeccaParad CaitlinQuigley JonathonVargo FortheLOLs Amedicalstudent,apsychiatrist,aninternist,a surgeon,andapathologistallgoduckhunting. Themedicalstudentjumpsupfirst,eagerly...points hisshotgunatthesky,says-"Ehh..I'mnotsureif thosearereallyducksornot."Doesn'tpullthe trigger. Thepsychiatristtakesaimnext,thenconsidershow hemightfeelaboutshootingtheducks,letsthem fly. Theinternistlooksattheducks,identifiesthemas genus,species,markings,migrationpattern, geographicaldistribution...doesn'tfireashot. Thesurgeonunloadsfiveshellsintotheair.Several ofthebirdsfall.Hethenturnstothepathologist andsays-"Hey,canyougocheckifthoseareducks forme?" CaseWesternReserveUniversity SchoolofMedicine CommitteeofStudentRepresentatives Cleveland,OH44118 Copyright(C)2014 lists.case.edu