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DOMUS
Fall MMXVII
Issue 10
DOCTRINARUM
IN THIS ISSUE:
PAGE 2:
Faculty Spotligh t: Dr. Sam
Bord en
PAGE 3 :
Lib rarian C apston e Adv ice
PAGE 4 :
Thank s-Advice-Giving Recap
PAGE 5 :
Free Clinics and LCs
Pets o f the Learning
Communities!
PAGE 6 :
Blackston e
PAGE 7 :
Brigh twood
PAGE 8 :
Burn coat
PAGE 9 :
Kelley
Welcome Class of 2021!
On September 15, 2017, the Class of 2021 received their white
PAGE 10 : coats on the Campus Green .
Quinsig amond
PAGE 11 :
Tatnuck
PAGE 12 :
LCxB Th anks You!
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FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: DR. SAM BORDEN
Meet out new LC mentor and head of Brightwood, Dr. Samuel
Borden!
Why did you pick Med-Peds for your career?
I started medical school thinking I wanted to be a pediatrician. When I
reached third year, I was surprised that I also loved caring for older
patients. Med-Peds gave me the ability to specialize in both fields and
the disciplines complement each other wonderfully. Though one hates
to stereotype, there is a personality type that chooses med-peds and I
particularly enjoy working with my fellow med-peds colleagues.
What is your favorite part of your job?
While I enjoy direct patient care, I most appreciate the opportunity to
precept learners at the Mason Square Neighborhood Health Center, one
of Baystate’s three community health centers.
What do you like best about being a mentor?
I appreciate the opportunity to help individuals navigate medical
school and beyond. When I was in school, I had to seek out these
resources, so I applaud UMMS for instituting and supporting the
Learning Communities.
What advice do you have for students interested in
medical education?
One of the best pieces of advice I ever received was that
‘anyone can be happy doing something for five or even ten
years, but what is going to make you curious and excited to
go to work in the second and third decades of your
career’. For some, this is research or administration. For
me, this is medical education. However, just because
doctors are smart doesn’t mean that they are skilled
educators. In addition to expanding your medical
knowledge, focus on expanding your teaching skills
throughout your career. Foster a culture of safe
continuous feedback.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
This time of year, I love to go skiing, and in warmer weather, I can be found fishing on a stream. Both force me
to get away from phones, pagers and computers. My family and I also enjoy hiking and spending time with our
three dogs (two yellow labs, and a Bernese Mountain dog).
What do you like best about Baystate?
The culture. I appreciate the shared commitment to excellence in teaching and a strong dedication to the care of
the underserved. I also value the collegiality and relative downplaying of medical hierarchy found at Baystate.
What would you like the UMass community to know about Baystate Medical Center and PURCH?
I know I am speaking for all of my Baystate colleagues when I say how excited and enthusiastic the Baystate
community is to participate in teaching the PURCH students. This enthusiasm extends to our extended
community of patients and community leaders, many of whom have participated in teaching sessions with the
PURCH students.
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HOUSE LIBRARIANS AND CAPSTONE PROJECTS
Capstone is always a mystery to most UMass students, especially during the preclinical years.
Librarians Penny Glassman and Victoria Rossetti shared with us ways the library can help you get
ahead of the curve!
Librarians can help you throughout your medical school years. We encourage you to contact your House
Librarian early and often to help with your literature searches, tips on using PubMed, using citation managers,
and helping you narrow the focus of the Capstone Project. You don’t have to wait until the 3rd year FCE work
with your House Librarian, we are available anytime.
Please refer to the graphic below for your House Librarian assignments.
A useful tool is the Research and Scientific Writing: Capstone Resources Research Guide:
https://libraryguides.umassmed.edu/scientific-writing.
The sections of the guide are:
- Capstone Resources
- Literature Searches
- Parts of the Paper
- Tracking and Citing Resources
- Books of Effective Writing
- Where to Publish
We understand it isn’t easy to focus on your
Capstone Project during your first year. You have so
many things going on. However, we encourage you
to start thinking and planning by performing
literature searches on some of your areas of interest.
Work with your advisor during you first year to
narrow down your ideas. You can also start working
with your House Librarian, even on other
assignments or projects.
As you go through your first and second years, your
House Librarian can provide you with some tips
about searching PubMed and refining the focus of
your research, and hopefully save you some time.
We can explain how to access the full text of
resources available through the library and show you
what apps are available to you to for your phones or
tablets. Also, we can explain how to save searches
and receive email updates on a daily, monthly, or
weekly basis, and save the results of your search.
As you move forward with your research, we can
introduce you to various Citation Managers, such as
EndNote, Refworks, Mendeley, Zotero, etc. We can
also recommend some books on effective writing.
During your third year many students select a FCE that includes working with both your project advisor and
librarian. This usually involved a short (< 1 hour) meeting with the librarian to review where you are in your
literature search and answer any follow-up questions.
Your House Librarian is interested in helping you succeed, so if you’re ever in the library (even just for the
free coffee on exam night or the free food you heard about from our Twitter) drop by and say hi! Getting to
know us and the library now will help you in the future.
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8TH ANNUAL THANKS-ADVICE-GIVING
On November 15, 2017, the Learning Communities hosted the 8th
Annual Thanks-Advice-Giving in November.
LCXB MENTORSHIP
RESPRESENTIVE:
ARNAV CHANDRA
Arnav Chandra is an MS2
famous for his one liners and
quick-witted humor. As the
LCxB Mentorship
Representative, he played a
pivotal role in the planning of
the 8th Annual Thanks-Advice-
Giving!
Over 100 students and faculty came together to share advice and eat
This year, Arnav is working to delicious Thanksgiving food prepared by the house executive boards.
integrate our mentors, specialty Throughout the night the Faculty Conference Room was full of smiles and
advisors, and internal medicine by the end there were no leftovers – a sure sign of success!
firms into the Learning
Communities in a meaningful Thanks-Advice-Giving embodies all that the Learning Communities strive
way. He is also working on to achieve: interaction amongst classes that allows students to learn from
projects to integrate UMMS with each other, just as they will in their future medical careers. It is rare to get
other Massachusetts Medical students from all four years in the same place at the same time, and we are
Schools. We would be lost so happy that Thanks-Advice-Giving could make that happen.
without him!
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UMASS CARES: LC S AND FREE CLINIC INVOLVEMENT
The Worcester Free Clinic Coalition is comprised of
five clinics in Worcester and Shrewsbury. Overseen
by licensed physicians, these clinics offer MS1 and
MS2 students the opportunity to practice taking
histories, complete physical exams, and present to
attending physicians. MS1 students are offered the
unique opportunity to volunteer at any of the clinics
throughout the semester, and may train as Case
Managers who help patients enroll in health insurance.
For the first time, there were over 20 Case Managers
in the Class of 2021, allowing the clinics to have
available Case Management at each clinic! MS2
students apply to serve as clinic leaders and coalition
members to operate the clinics on a weekly basis. The
Worcester Free Clinic Coalition wants to thank
students in all houses for their help with making the
free clinics as successful as they are!
PETS OF THE LEARNING COMMUNITIES!
Miss Clementine is a Mia lived on the streets of Anders, the bitey tuxedo Gordon is a 3-month old
calico kitten who lives Puerto Rico before being angel, is the sassy fur baby Goldendoodle who spends
with LCxB senior co-chair, adopted by LCxB junior co- of Burncoat co-chair Vicki most of his time eating or
Brittany Berk. When she chair Danielle Kerrigan. Podsiadlo. He knows he's sleeping with his dad, Grant
isn’t busy cuddling her Despite her island roots, she handsome, and he will use it Lewandrowski, co-chair of
mommy after a long day loves frolicking in (and to get extra treats (especially Kelley. He occasionally
on the wards, you can find eating) the snow. After a green beans!). It's hard to takes breaks from sleeping to
her trying to solve the long day of playing, you can look attractive next to this chew on his stuffed duck and
ever-mysterious laser. catch her snoring on her handsome little devil, but alligator. He also has
mom's lap. momma will keep trying! discovered he enjoys burying
his head in snow banks.
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BLACKSTONE
BLACKSTONE SEMESTER HIGHLIGHTS
v Hosted First Annual School Supply
Drive and donated 1000+ items to the
New Citizen School
v Sponsored a Specialty Advisor Dinner
with Kelley and Brightwood Houses
v Developed the First Annual House
Cup Football Tournament
v Participated in the Boys and Girls
Club Adopt-A-Family for the Holiday
season
CARDIAC HEALTH OUTREACH
PROGRAM (CHOP)
Hands Only CPR is a program hosted through
the American Heart Association (AHA) that
aims to teach techniques of Hands Only CPR to
members of local communities. In 2015,
Blackstone, in conjunction with mentor Dr.
Cynthia Ennis, partnered with the AHA to
establish an initiative in the Worcester
MEET THE CHAIRS: ANDREW GUSEV
community. Since then, Blackstone has AND KEVIN O’CONNOR
volunteered at various local sporting events and
has even taught UMMS faculty and staff in the Kevin O’Connor is an MS2 from Westwood, MA. He
ASC! They have since developed CHOP, a attended Bowdoin College, where he played football and
student group dedicated to promoting cardiac participated on the track team. After graduating, Kevin
health throughout the Worcester community. worked at Dana Farber Cancer Institute and completed a
They have recently gotten involved at the local Master’s degree from Boston University. Kevin also has
free clinics to continue teaching these vital skills. many hidden talents, including an ability to binge Netflix
religiously, and foul out of basketball games.
Andrew Gusev was born in St. Petersburg, Russia and
grew up in Wayland, MA. He participated in competitive
swimming during his undergraduate studies at the
University of Chicago. While there, he also conducted
research studying the molecular mechanisms of
osteoporosis. Upon graduating, he worked as an
Implementation Consultant with Epic Systems until he
matriculated at UMass.
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BRIGHTWOOD
BRIGHTWOOD SEMESTER
HIGHLIGHTS
v Organized a field trip
to the Big E in West
Springfield
v Sponsored a Specialty
Advisor Dinner with
Blackstone and Kelley
Houses
v Hosted a Secret Santa
with faculty at Baystate
Health Center in
Springfield
ALL ABOUT PURCH MEET THE BOARD: PRITH
The Population-based Urban and Rural ROYCHOWDHURY AND
Community Health (PURCH) track is the newest
addition to UMass. This track allows students to KATHRYN NORMAN
learn primary and sub-specialty care of patients
within a population health framework. PURCH Prith Roychowdhury is an MS1
students have their all clinical experiences, medical student. His favorite thing
including LPP and DCS, at Baystate Health about UMass so far is undoubtedly the
Center in Springfield. The PURCH curriculum convivial community of learners and
prepares students to practice medicine in diverse faculty both within the PURCH
urban and rural communities, with a focus on program and the medical school overall!
underserved populations. In his spare time he enjoys tasting
coffee roasts, craft beers, and hot
sauces. He also enjoys reading non-
fiction and shooting some basketball
outside the school.
Kathryn Norman is an MS1. While
she spends most of her free time talking
to anyone who will listen about why
PURCH is the greatest thing in the
history of the world, she also enjoys
playing violin in the UMass orchestra,
hanging out with her cat, and being
outdoors.
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BURNCOAT
BURNCOAT SEMESTER
HIGHLIGHTS
v Assembled the Annual
Time Capsule for first
year students
v Hosted a study break
for students with pizza
and coloring books
v Attended the annual
Burncoat Cookie Swap
with faculty
v Developed a new legacy
project: Burncoat Baby
Boxes
MEET THE CHAIRS: VICKI PODSIADLO
BURNCOAT BABY
AND BLAKE FOSTER
BOXES: BURNCOAT
Vicki Podsiadlo was born and raised in Chicopee, which
COMMUNITY is right outside of Springfield, Massachusetts. After
INVOLVEMENT graduating from UMass Amherst in 2014, she was a
nursing assistant in a nursing home and did some
Burncoat is proud to soon be scheduling for the radiology department at Baystate
working alongside the Hospital in Springfield. Burncoat is ready to turn up the
Worcester Healthy Baby heat this year, and Vicki is excited to be a part of it!
Collaborative in their efforts to
bring baby boxes to Worcester Blake Foster grew up in Newton, MA. He knew from the
as their new legacy project!
day he was born that he was meant to be in Burncoat.
These baby boxes will contain
After attending UMass Amherst he matriculated to
supplies and informational
UMass Medical School, where he has proudly earned the
materials for new mothers in
Worcester while also doubling title of Burncoat co-chair. When he’s not studying, Blake
as a temporary bed. As this is can be found rock climbing, skiing, riding his motor
still in its preliminary phases, cycle, and playing ping pong in the student lounge.
Burncoat is determining how to
best assist this project in the
future. They are excited to
support the baby boxes for
many years to come!
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KELLEY
KELLEY SEMESTER
HIGHLIGHTS
KELLEY GIVES BACK: KELLEY BACKPACKS
Kelley Backpacks is a
v Hosted a very successful community service program run
Kelley Pizza and Puppy by students at UMass Medical
Therapy Night School. Kelley Backpacks
v Sponsored a Specialty provides a backpack packed with
Advisor Dinner with essentials to each pediatric patient
Kelley and Brightwood going directly into foster care or
House DCF Custody from the UMass
v Had Annual Kelley Memorial Medical Center
House Bowling Night Emergency Department, Pediatric
v Working on Kelley Unit, or Foster Care Evaluation
House Calendar Clinic. Recently, Kelley
Backpacks has garnered support
from several other companies and Donations include swaddles
received some wonderful from Milk Barn Kids and safe
donations. rattles from Chewheads.
MEET THE CHAIRS: AILISH
HANLY AND GRANT
LEWANDROWSKI
Ailish Hanly truly BLEEDS GREEN - you may
even know her as the MS2 who wore a kangaroo
costume for the entirety of MOE 2017. She went to
Cornell University where she studied Human
Development and was captain of the track team.
After graduating, she worked at the MGH Center
for Addiction Medicine. She has recently taken up
golfing in her spare time.
Grant Lewandrowski is an MS2 from Lexington,
MA. He attended Washington and Lee University,
then worked in neuro- oncology genetics research
for three years, and completed a Master's degree at
the Tufts University. His career interests involve
expanding Veteran's healthcare in the private sector
and pursuing military medicine in Army Reserve.
His proudest achievement to date is being a part of
Kelley's 2017 House Cup championship.
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QUINSIGAMOND
QUINSIGAMOND SEMESTER
HIGHLIGHTS
v Hosted a tie-dye party where
students made t-shirts to wear at
all future house events
v Painted canvases for the dialysis
unit with Community Canvases
and children from WRAP
v Challenged the children in WRAP
in a volleyball tournament
v Organized a Halloween costume
drive and a Christmas toy drive to
benefit WRAP
MEET THE CHAIRS: BRIAN
TASHJIAN AND DAVID PETERS
Brian Tashjian is from San Jose, CA, and yes,
the winters here are unbearable for a California
KELLEY GIVES BACK: boy like him. He is a tennis player by training,
but he loves to play all different kinds of
WRAP: QUINSIGAMOND sports. Despite the cold weather, he absolutely
loves it here at UMass. His favorite part about
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT UMass is how the faculty make the students feel
important and value feedback.
Worcester Refugee Assistance Project
(WRAP) provides mentoring, advocacy, and David Peters is from Gloucester, MA and went
material support to Burmese refugees in to Boston College for undergrad. He loves
Worcester to help them achieve spending time at the beach and staying active by
independence and self-reliance. playing sports, especially basketball. His
Quinsigamond supports WRAP by collecting favorite part of medical school is learning
costumes for Halloween and toys for pathology, and his favorite part about UMass is
Christmas for the children. This year, the compassion of everyone in the community.
Quinsigamond also hosted them at UMass
for a night of pizza and painting canvases for
the dialysis unit, and for a volleyball game.
Page | 10TATNUCK
TATNUCK SEMESTER
HIGHLIGHTS
TATNUCK FLU SHOT CLINIC INITITATIVE
The Flu Clinics
v Hosted pick-up
volleyball events with a
in Worcester
picnic in summer, and Public Schools
with fall snacks and promote the
apple cider in the fall health of the
v Had student-led Worcester
mindfulness and community and
meditation session prevent disease
v Trained all first year among
students to give flu Worcester’s
shots to elementary youth by leading
school children
groups of interprofessional volunteers. This year, all Tatnuck
MS1s were injection trained, and many lead clinics on their
own. As team leaders, students are responsible for
transporting materials to and from schools, setting up
vaccination stations, overseeing screening for parental
consent, administering shots, and more.
MEET THE CHAIRS: PAWAN
MATHEW AND RACHEL SILVERMAN
Pawan Mathew is an MS2 from Winchester, MA.
He attended Duke University for his undergraduate
studies, where he majored in neuroscience. After
graduation, he worked in a neuroscience lab at the
NIH in Maryland. He has always been excited about
school community and knew that he wanted to be a
Tatnuck co-chair from the moment he was placed in
Tatnuck. He is also involved in research at UMass.
Rachel Silverman is an MS2 from Marlborough,
MA and went to Saint Anselm College. After
graduating, she spent time as a live-in volunteer at a
shelter for women and children refugees in Houston,
TX and then taught high school Spanish in Franklin,
MA. Ever since applying to UMass, she was excited
about the community that the LCs foster and knew
that she wanted to be involved.
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The Learning Communities Executive Board
would like to thank the student body for
outstanding participation in each one of this
semester’s LC-wide events and charities. From
Thanks-Advice-Giving to the various charity
drives, your enthusiasm has been
unprecedented. This semester alone the
Learning Communities have managed to collect
over 1500 donations for the New Citizens
Center School for refugee children. We also
had a record-breaking year with the Department
of Family Medicine’s Holiday Basket Toiletry
Drive benefiting mothers in homeless shelters
and community health centers.
We appreciate your passion and can’t wait to
see where it takes us. Have a happy and healthy
new year!
MEET THE PUBLICIST: YOUR LEARNING
UKPONG UTTEH COMMUITIES
Meet Ukpong Etteh, our publicist. EXECUTIVE BOARD
If you haven’t spotted her in a dark
lipstick around the library with a Brittany Berk • Senior Co-Chair
coffee and BRS book in hand, Danielle Kerrigan • Junior Co-Chair
you’ve probably seen her on social Jason Yang • Treasurer
media promoting LC events. She Christine Motzkus • Leadership
runs the UMass Learning Development
Communities Instagram account Ukpong Utteh • Publicity
and is currently working on
Max Hoffman • House Cup Chair
updating the Learning
Arnav Chandra • Mentorship
Communities website. She loves
event planning and instagramming
her way through each event of
course!
Website: https://www.umassmed.edu/learningcommunities/
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Facebook:Story Headline
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