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2002 AED National
Convention Report
David Bumpass, Delegate
The national
convention was held at the Adam's Mark Hotel in Orlando, FL, from
March 7-9, 2002. Below is a summary of ideas that may be applicable
to our chapter.
1. Open and publicize
business meetings
- Require all full members
to attend a certain number of meetings
- Increases involvement
and new ideas
2. Strengthen service involvement
- Require certain number
of points to be service points
- Coordinate with CESC to
publicize opportunities for health care-related service; we
do not want to duplicate CESC
- Concentrate our periodic
AED service projects on one or a few organizations
3. Restructure buddy system
- Buddy system great idea,
but needs refinement
- Do not depend on every
full member to participate
- Have several socials throughout
the year
4. Update website
- Calendar
- Health advising info (exists
already)
- Info for prospective pre-med
students
- Include links to health
schools
- Include info on medical
ethics/sociology program
- Possibly include a way
for members to check their points (similar to CLP website)
5. Ethics discussions
- Hold regular but informal
medical ethics discussion sessions
- Choose articles on a variety
of topics to discuss
- Very helpful to have a
basic ethics knowledge for interviews
6. Programs
- "In light of success of science/health
CLPs this year, work to have more speakers visit Furman to give
CLP presentations that benefit entire Furman community
- Dr.
Glenn McGee -keynote speaker at convention;
one of the foremost bioethicists in U.S.; Univ. of Pennsylvania;
testifies regularly before Congress, especially on stem
cells; both of his parents graduated from Furman University
- Possibly bring in speakers
on osteopathy, chiropractic, podiatry, MD/MPH, MBA, PhD
- Possibly bring in alumni
who are now health students to have a panel discussion (hold
this event over their spring break)
- Divide responsibility for Programs
- Programs chair would
oversee details; he/she would line up transportation, lodging,
honoraria/gifts for speakers; other members who know the
speakers would be responsible for contacting them and asking
them to speak "
7. Report to Scalpel regularly
(every 6 months)
- The chapter reports are
the most effective method to spread new ideas to other chapters;
we can gain from reading them and can contribute much as well
- Encourage members to
submit articles on unique internships, medical mission trips,
etc; also, art for the magazine's cover is needed
- The Scalpel scrounges
for material for each issue, so submissions stand a fair chance
of being published
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