Minutes of the Medical Education Foundation for Arkansas
Board of Directors Meeting August 18 , 2020
The Medical Education Foundation for Arkansas ( MEFFA ) Board of Directors met via Zoom at 4:00 p . m ., Tuesday , August 18 , 2020 . Members present were Drs . Alan Wilson , G . Edward Bryant , Jim Citty , Dennis Yelvington , and James Graham . David Wroten executive director of the Arkansas Medical Society , also attended the meeting .
The following business was received and transacted : 1 . Minutes of the July 24 , 2019 meeting were approved .
2 . The board elected current officers for 2020-2021 : Alan Wilson , MD – President G . Edward Bryant , MD – Vice President Steve Magie , MD – Secretary / Treasurer
4 . Prior-year contributions were reviewed . 5 . Discussed funding requests for 2020-2021 . The board approved the following requests from UAMS : Total Amount of Grants for 2020 : $ 46,475.78
Cost Project Brief Description
$ 9,750.00 Culinary Medicine Continuation of Food as Medicine sessions at Culinary Institute
$ 9,738.00 Culinary Medicine Mobile Kitchen to allow for the food as medicine education
$ 9,900.00 Obstetrics Care Equipment needed to teach Didactic Sessions on OB care
$ 121.78 Otologic Education 3D Model of Ear x2 and Tegaderm to create ear drums
$ 9,966.00
Telehealth – Colorectal Cancer Screening
To use telehealth to educate medical students on motivational counseling strategies aimed to increase the state ’ s colorectal cancer screening rate
$ 2,000.00 Buddy Program with the Elderly
Pilot a buddy program for isolated community elderly in pandemic COVID-19 with M3 & M4 students .
$ 3,000.00 Teach the Teacher Conference Continuing support for the annual Teach the Teacher Conference
$ 1,000.00 AMS Distinguished Lecture Series
$ 1,000.00 AMS Distinguished Lecture Series
Christopher S . Kovacs , MD , Endocrinology Memorial University of Newfoundland , St . John ’ s , Canada
Joseph G . Ouslander , MD , Dean for Geriatric Programs at Florida Atlantic University
There being no further business , the meeting adjourned .
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