Phi Chi SXM

After a successful Wine and Cheese Party, the donated money was presented to the Yellow Cross of St. Martin at the last Phi Chi general meeting.

This weekend was the rush for this semester’s new comers. Great food, great company, and beautiful weather!

Phi Chi and AUC Honors Society jointly hosted this past semester’s Wine and Cheese event and Dr. Atchley’s house. Students, Professors, Staff, friends, and family dressed in their finest for the party, and the night turned out to be a resounding success.

I was having a hard time finding somewhere to renew my CPR certification and become PALS and ACLS certified in Chicago. I was happy to find CPR Associates, which was not only one of the cheaper places, but they also had a number of classes held during the week. This training center is approved by the American Heart Association. It is located at 2616 W. Peterson Ave., Chicago, 60659. The phone number is 773-973-6933 and the website is www.cprassociatesinc.com .

The pricing for the CPR class was $30 for people with non-expired cards and $35 for 1st time certification or expired cards. The courses for ACLS and PALS cost $189 each for first time certification, which includes lunch (very important). I just thought for those of you in the Chicagoland area this may be helpful.

Several weeks ago was Phi Chi’s 2009 Heineken Regatta boat trip. I can personally attest to fun that was had by all who attended. Of course, much thanks to Dan and others who organized the trip. Pictures will come soon!

Congratulations to all those Phi Chi members who matched this past week!  Your hard work and determination has paid off, and you are one step closer to fulfilling your dreams.  You have much to be proud of, and should celebrate this momentous occasion.

“Congratulations!  Today is your day!  You’re off to great places!  You’re off and away!”

-Greg

I am interested in going to England, I am a 5th semester student now, what advice can you give me?

I want to first apologize for the delay, but alas the time has come to update our website. My name is Charles and I am currently the Historian for the fraternity.  I have added images from our Spring semester BBQ more as a trial, and I will update the page with more images and posts as they come up. Feel free to contact me with any of your suggestions and concerns!

Charles

I received an email about the 2008 NRMP Program Director Survey about a week ago. It represents the results of selected items from the survey of program directors conducted during the 2008 Main Residency Match. The data is reported for 19 specialties. It include factors used for granting interviews and ranking applicants, use of USMLE exam scores to screen applicants, and the percentage of interview slots filled prior to the November 1 release date of the MSPE.

This information is probably already up on ValueMD, but for those people that don’t check that here is the website:

 www.nrmp.org/data/programresultsbyspecialty.pdf

Have a great New Year!!!

This past Saturday, July 26th, 11 members and Willie (Kim’s husband) spent the day at ACE (All Children Educated), a school that serves children ineligible to enter St. Maarten’s public school system. ACE does not receive any public financial support, and relies heavily on the donations and charity of private organizations. Given their lack of funding, ACE has been doing a wonderful job educating St. Maarten’s less privileged. This school is a simple one-story, concrete complex, consisting of three main classrooms. The conditions of the school are by no means what you would expect of a learning facility. Cracking walls, broken windows, dirt-laden floors, no air conditioning, and poorly-functioning restroom facilities stand out; we can only wonder what the children notice. Needless to say, ACE was in need of a makeover.

The members who took part in this community service project accomplished great tasks. After cleaning them down, all walls in every classroom were completely painted over in a soft yellow color, brightening up the rooms. The blackboards were repainted, erasing years of wear and tear. Old windows and frames were knocked out of the wall, and brand new replacement windows were installed. In addition, a broken ceiling fan was replaced with a new one. There is still much work that needs to be done, but the work that Phi Chi did was a phenomenal start to revamping this institute of learning.

A big thank you to Kim, our Community Service Chair, for organizing every aspect of the event - from making contact with the ACE school to acquiring donations from Ace Hardware and Kooyman. Thank you, also, to Willie for donating his time and expertise in guiding our efforts, and for going back and forth from the stores to ACE, providing our supplies. Thanks to all the members who took part in this day and for generously giving of yourselves to serve others. Your hard work will be rewarded in September with the countless smiles that will paint the faces of the children at ACE. Job well done!

Pictures are posted for your viewing pleasure at our PHOTO PAGE.