For immediate release: May 23, 2007
Contact: Emily Wofford Cobb
Public Relations Manager
702-671-6455
ecobb@medicine.nevada.edu
School of Medicine to hold annual “Resident Research Day”
Resident poster and oral presentations to be held June 1 in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS, Nev.–Medical residents from the University of Nevada School of Medicine Las Vegas campus will showcase their research prowess when the school holds its annual Resident Research Day in Las Vegas on Friday, June 1. The event, which is open to all those who would like to attend, will be held at the School of Medicine campus and will begin at noon.
Residents from most of the southern clinical departments including family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry and surgery will present their research findings. More than 45 abstracts were submitted and 20 poster presentations and 15 oral presentations were accepted for inclusion in the event. The poster presentations will begin at noon and the oral presentations will be held from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Prizes will be awarded to residents with the Best Basic Science Study, the Best Clinical Science Study and Best Clinical Case Presented as a Poster. John A. McDonald, M.D., Ph.D., dean and vice president for health sciences, and David Lupan, Ph.D., associate dean for basic science research, will serve as judges for the event.
All southern Nevada residents were encouraged to participate in the school’s annual Resident Research Day which was developed as a result of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s (ACGME) increased interest in resident research activity. ACGME evaluates and accredits all residency training programs in the United States. The Council’s main purpose is to improve healthcare by assessing and advancing the quality of resident physicians’ education through accreditation. ACGME is active in residency education and has become increasingly more interested in encouraging resident research.
The University of Nevada School of Medicine Resident Research Day will begin at noon on Friday, June 1 and will be held in the sixth floor south auditorium at the School of Medicine’s Las Vegas campus, located at 2040 West Charleston Boulevard.
As the state’s only public medical school, the University of Nevada School of Medicine has been meeting statewide healthcare, educational, and clinical needs since 1969. The School of Medicine encompasses 16 clinical medical education departments, including Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Internal Medicine, Surgery, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, as well as ten nationally-recognized departments within basic science including microbiology and biomedical engineering. As the largest multi-specialty healthcare focus within the state, the School of Medicine employs more than 185 doctors who both teach and practice medicine throughout Nevada. The school’s statewide faculty physician practice group has a combined 25 different medical specialties with seven physician practice offices located in the Reno-Sparks area and five physician offices located in Las Vegas.
The University of Nevada School of Medicine utilizes a best-practice approach to medicine and is committed to addressing the health needs of Nevada now and in the future. For more information, please visit www.medicine.nevada.edu.
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