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Husky WOW | We have a jam packed calendar full of events to help you make connections and make your first few days on campus memorable. Join us for signature events throughout the weekend.

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5/24 UConn Senior Trip to Europe
5/24 UConn Summer Horseback Riding Registration Open
5/24 Urology Grand Rounds
5/24 Medical Grand Rounds
5/24 Initial Laboratory Safety & Chemical Waste Management

UConn Senior Trip to Europe

Thursday, May 24th, 2018

12:00 AM - 11:59 PM

Other
Europe!

UConn Senior Trip to Europe

Create memories and celebrate your accomplishments while crossing some of Europe's most exciting destinations off your bucket list. London, Paris, French Riviera, Rome, Vatican City, Pompeii, Greek Isles, and Athens: this trip has a little bit of everything! Plus, you'll travel with other new grads on a trip meant just for 20-somethings.

Full details online:

http://bit.ly/UConnSeniorTrip18

Contact Information: Jessica Sokol, jsokol@foundation.uconn.edu

UConn Summer Horseback Riding Registration Open

Thursday, May 24th, 2018

12:00 AM - 11:59 PM

Storrs Campus
Horsebarn Hill Arena

UConn Summer Horseback Riding Registration Open

The UConn Department of Animal Science is offering summer horseback riding lessons in dressage, hunt seat, polo, trail riding, and western for all levels and registration is now open! Classes begin May 14th!

Learn more and sign up at http://www.uconnsummerriding.uconn.edu to reserve your spot today!

Contact Information: Alena Meacham 860-377-3779

Urology Grand Rounds

Thursday, May 24th, 2018

07:30 AM - 08:30 AM

UConn Health
OP Bldg. S7320

Urology Post Graduate Education Program
âM & Mâ
Provided by
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and Division of Urology, Department of Surgery

Speaker: Douglas Ridyard, MD
Date: May 24, 2018
Time: 7:30am to 8:30am
Location: UCHC 7th Floor Outpatient Pavilion East Conference Room

Target Audience: Faculty, Residents, and Staff: Department of Surgery.

Learning Objectives: Participants will (be able to):
1. Identify ureteral obstruction
2. Define management options for obstruction
3. Review risks and benefits of chronic ureteral stents

Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)â¢. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.

Neither the activity director, planning committee members, nor the speaker, Dr. Ridyard, have a financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organizations that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation.

Dr. Ridyard will not be discussing the off-labeled use of any product.
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This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.
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Evaluations: Participants are required to complete an electronic evaluation in order to obtain CME Credits. An email from http://MyEvaluations.com with instructions will be sent to participants. Please complete the evaluation within one week of receiving the email.

If you do not receive an evaluation assignment from http://MyEvaluations.com within 10 business days of this activity, please contact the Department that hosted this activity (indicated above) to ensure that your http://MyEvaluations.com account is set up and your participation in this activity was forwarded to the CME office.

Contact Information: savino@uchc.edu

Medical Grand Rounds

Thursday, May 24th, 2018

08:00 AM - 09:00 AM

UConn Health
low Learning Center

Medical Grand Rounds
Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and Department of Medicine

Speakers: Pamela Taxel, MD Adam Lindsay, MD
Professor of Medicine Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism UCONN Health
UConn Health

Kapil Meleveedu, MD Robert Dowsett, Community Provider
Resident Radiology- UCONN Health
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
UConn Health

Title: Management of Skeletal Metastases
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Date: May 24, 2018

Time: 8:00 â 9:00 a.m.

Location: Henry Low Learning Center
UConn Health

Learning Objectives: Participants will (be able to):

1. Describe the main mechanism of tumor spread to bone, and common cancers that preferentially affect bone.
2. Discuss medications commonly used in treatment of skeletal metastases and mechanisms of action.
3. Explain current concerns/adverse effects of these above medications.
4. Identify the strategies for overcoming barriers while caring for patients with bone metastasis.
5. Gain sufficient knowledge about the important initial treatment options available to take care of these patients.
6. Review the multiple disciplines involved in care of patients with bone metastasis and be able to make appropriate referrals.
7. Explain the radiation planning process.
8. Discuss the treatment options
9. Describe the epidemiology of skeletal metastases.
10. Approach the initial steps in diagnosis and management.
11. Recognize the value of multidisciplinary approach.

Target Audience: The Department of Medicine faculty, housestaff and students, though many topics will be of interest to housestaff, students and other faculty members within the University of CT School of Medicine and Dental Medicine.

Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)â¢. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.

Neither the activity director, planning committee members, nor the speakers, Drs. Taxel, Meleveedu, Lindsay and Mr. Dowsett have a financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organizations that cou

Contact Information: kawecki@uchc.edu

Initial Laboratory Safety & Chemical Waste Management

Thursday, May 24th, 2018

09:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Storrs Campus
EHS Training Room 118

Initial Laboratory Safety & Chemical Waste Management

http://ehsapps.uconn.edu/training/schedule/ChemTrainingSchedule.php

INTENDED AUDIENCE: New faculty, staff, students, visiting researchers and other individuals working in UConn laboratories where hazardous chemicals are used or stored

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course reviews the requirements of the OSHA Laboratory Standard and the Universityâs Chemical Hygiene Plan, the health and physical hazards of chemicals, and appropriate work practices, standard operating procedures, controls, and emergency procedures used to protect employees from hazards in laboratories. Attendance at the initial classroom training is a prerequisite for the annual retraining through HuskyCT. For more information, contact Brent Lewchik (860-486-4927)

Contact Information: Shawna Lesseur, shawna.lesseur@uconn.edu

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