What’s Cooking at the Forum, Preventing Burnout, and Funds for Chapters
            
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September 10, 2014
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Tell the World You Study at the IHI Open School

With over 162,000 students and professionals completing courses, Newsletter_Facebook_Postthe Open School network is vast. And now we’re Facebook official. You can now add the Open School to your educational background on Facebook, allowing you to connect with others who have studied with the Open School. Adding the Open School to your profile is easy: First, go to the "About" section in your profile and select “Work and Education.” Then, scroll down to “add a college,” and type in “IHI Open School for Health Professions.” Click here to edit your profile now.

Dinner and a Demo: What’s Cooking at the National Forum

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How can doctors advise their patients to cook healthy meals when they don’t? An innovative teaching kitchen at Tulane Medical School wants physicians to lead by example with healthy diets. The Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine teaches students to make mouthwatering, healthy meals that are easy to cook and afford. Executive Director Timothy Harlan, MD, and Program Director and Chef Leah Sarris will open their kitchen to IHI’s National Forum at a session in Orlando this December. Apply for a scholarship to the Forum and join us for dinner and a cooking demonstration on Monday night — free for students and residents who attend the Forum.

What We’re Reading: The Human Cost of Burnout

Medicine is an ethically grounded profession. So why does it struggle to take care of its own? Brian Goldman, MD, spoke to graduating medical students at the University of Toronto about the problem of burnout. One reason for its prevalence, he says, is a medical culture that “implies you should strive to be perfect even though you’re human.” Blame, a discredited approach in other industries, is still the norm for mistakes in medicine. Read his commencement speech on KevinMD.com and take action — learn three ways to prevent burnout through an IHI Open School case study.

Community Updates

Apply for Funds to Help Your Chapter Succeed

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We know your work in Chapters is hard. That’s why we try to make it a little easier by offering a small amount of funds to support your activities and events each semester. Apply for funding through this form by October 1 to be considered for support during the spring semester.  

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