NUFA Meeting Agenda

NUFA Meeting Minutes Nov 4, 2007

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1. Roll: NEW from DMU: John (welcome to NUFA!), Randy TUCOM, Renata NYCOM, Mani COMP, Gary AZCOM, Elise CCOM, Dr. E (rockstar advisor), 2. Mentorships? a. How many fellows at your school would be interested in pairing with an FAAO mentor? i. NYCOM 15 ii. CCOM some interest but 4-5 FAAO’s already on staff iii. COMP wanted a list of FAAO’s available iv. DMU interest pending v. TUCOM FAAO mentor available onsite as well b. New plan: i. Panel of FAAO’s at Convocation 1. Could be called FAAO Mentorship Panel (???) 2. Topic proposed: Roots of Osteopathy, Carrying on Osteopathic Tradition or The Next Generation of Osteopathy a. Other catchy titles welcome, the idea is to talk to the old timers about how we continue to maintain our identity as Osteopathic physicians and stay true to our traditions. 3. Time proposed: Wed 4-5 at Convo 4. Who: Invite 3-5 FAAO’s (think old timers first) 5. Who else: NUFA Members of course. 6. What: Get a few FAAO’s together to ask them questions. The NUFA liaisons from each school will collect questions from the fellows at their school before hand and we will go over these as a group to narrow down the questions we will be asking. Then we will send these questions to the FAAO’s in advance so that they are prepared. 3. Convo Planning i. NUFA Schedule so far: ii. Wednesday afternoon March 26th 4-5PM 1. Roots of Osteopathy a. A panel of FAAO’s exploring the integration of Osteopathic traditions into a modern day medical practice. Q&A Session. iii. Wed March 26th 5-7PM 1. Dr Pasqurello: To Ortho or to OMM? 2. Didactic with Hands-On workshop to follow iv. Wednesday night Stars/Stripes v. Business Meeting/NUFA Social Thurs 3/27 at lunch 1. NUFA Liaison Nominations at this time (plan your trip to include a Sunday meeting 7AM if you want to be the NUFA liaison) vi. Business Meeting/Elections lunch Friday vii. Friday March 28th 4-5:30 PM NUFA/FAAO forum 1. Speakers: Dr. Ettlinger, Dr. Hagopian, Dr. Stiles 2. “Expanding the cranial concept” a. Mani to invite Dr. Stiles b. Dr. E to coordinate speakers/themes/topics with the speakers viii. Friday: Exhibitors competition ix. Saturday: Auction

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