UA Internal Medicine Student Association to Host ACP Journal Club Event on Hep C, April 24

Image of flyer for this eventThe University of Arizona Internal Medicine Student Association is hosting the regional American College of Physicians Journal Club on Tuesday, April 24, 6-8 p.m., in a participatory telecast to be viewable in Tucson and Phoenix.

The event is a special joint session for medical students, faculty and others from the UA College of Medicine – Tucson and UA College of Medicine – Phoenix. The topic of discussion is hepatitis C.

 

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Dr. Tirdad ZangenehTirdad Zangeneh, DO, associate program director for the UA Internal Medicine Residency Program – University Campus and associate professor in the UA Division of Infectious Diseases, attended the ACP Journal Club meeting in Tucson.

“Our students were very well prepared and presented an excellent article accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation discussing Hepatitis C-related cryoglobulinemia. The other medical students from other programs were teleconferenced in and a very good discussion followed,” he said.

Theresa Thai, a Class of 2018 medical student at the UA College of Medicine - Tucson and co-chair of the local chapter of the Internal Medicine Student Association, noted, "Dr. Zangeneh's expertise in the topic area greatly contributed to facilitating the discussion and was much appreciated by the students who attended, both at our institution and in Phoenix (KCOM, UACOM-P, Midwestern)."

She'll serve in 2018-19 as co-chair of the ACP AZ Chapter Medical Student Committee and said she looks forward to greater participation by medical students in Tucson and across the state. Learn more about the Internal Medicine Student Association (IMSA) at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson Student Clubs webpage.

What: Medical Student Journal Club
Topic: Hepatitis C
When: Tuesday, April 24, 6-8 p.m.
Where:

In Tucson—COM-T, Room 3230
1501 N. Campbell Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85724

In Phoenix—COM-P, Room B 402
550 E. Van Buren St.
Phoenix, AZ 85004

American College of Physicians - Arizona Chapter logoVisit this link to register: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TWW7P67

Directions to the room and parking information will follow once you register.

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For the flyer for this event, see this link: PDF icon acp-az-journal-club-event-on-hepatitis-c_04-24-18_flyer.pdf

Who is doing this?

You have A.T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM) to thank for providing leadership for locating the articles and leading the discussion of this topic of active and vigorous clinical debate. Also participating are students from the UA College of Medicine - Tucson and Phoenix and Midwestern University in Phoenix.

How does it work?

Each program is assigned a relevant Journal Article—see below. Each program will prepare and present their article. Make sure you read all of the other articles as well as your own, so you can actively participate.

You can attend in Tucson or in Phoenix—there is a teleconference link!

Register NOW.

See you there!!!

Assigned Articles:

Release Date: 
04/23/2018 - 1:45pm