2021 BOARD REPORTS
Medical Education Foundation for Arkansas : October 20 , 2021 Minutes
BY ALAN WILSON , MD PRESIDENT
The Medical Education Foundation for Arkansas ( MEFFA ) Board of Directors met at 4:00 p . m . on Wednesday , October 20 , 2021 , via ZOOM . Members present were Drs . Alan Wilson , G . Edward Bryant , Danny Wilkerson , Susan Smyth , Karina Clemmons , and student representative John Hutton . David Wroten and Mary Ann Mansfield with Arkansas Medical Society also attended the meeting .
THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS WAS RECEIVED AND TRANSACTED :
1 . Minutes of the August 18 , 2020 , meeting were approved as presented .
2 . The Board re-elected the current officers for 2021-2022 .
4 . Prior year contributions were reviewed .
5 . Discussed funding requests for 2021-2022 . The Board approved the following requests from UAMS :
Alan Wilson , MD – President G . Edward Bryant , MD – Vice President Steve Magie , MD – Secretary / Treasurer
TOTAL AMOUNT OF APPROVED GRANTS FOR 2021 - $ 38,453.00
Cost Department / Faculty / Project Brief Description
$ 5,000.00
College of Medicine , Karina Clemmons , MD Annual Teach the Teacher Conference
Support for the annual conference
$ 9,480.00
Ob-Gyn , Alexis White , MD Microscopy skills development
Teaching microscopes
$ 3,500.00
Radiation / Oncology , Gary Lewis , MD Summer preceptorship in radiation / oncology
Stipend and presentation costs
$ 4,813.00
Pediatrics , Jon Oden , MD Development of online education in peds endocrinology
Recording equipment , visual aids , honoraria
$ 13,660.00
NW Campus , Linda Worley , MD Virtual reality medical education : anatomy and stress reduction
Purchase of hardware and software for virtual reality medical education
$ 1,000.00
Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group , Gina Drobena , MD AMS Distinguished Lecture Series
Kim Williams , MD Health equity and lifestyle medicine
$ 1,000.00
Neurobiology , David Davies , PhD AMS Distinguished Lecture Series
Tanis Hogg , PhD Patient centered preclinical medical school curriculum
There being no further business the meeting adjourned .
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