Grand Rounds are an important teaching tool in medical education where doctors, residents, and medical students present patient cases to an audience. The document discusses topics like medical assistant students speaking on why they want to help people, tips for managing time and giving your best effort, and overcoming obstacles through perseverance. It also provides information on study skills, highlighting the importance of finding an effective study space away from distractions.

1. Grand Rounds Newsletter 1
Grand Rounds: are an important teaching tool and ritual of medical education. Presenting the medical problems and treatment of patients to an audience
consisting of doctors, residents, and medical students
“In its broadest sense, Issue Number: 02 Institutional Edition May 2012
learning can be defined as a Brooklyn Internship Ascension
Brooklyn Students speak on
process of progressive change Ceremony
… Why it is important
from ignorance to
knowledge, from inability to for me to be an MA?
March 15-16, 2012
competence, and from “To help other people as I would
indifference to help my own family”
understanding …” Cameron -Kevin D. Cooper
Fincher
“I believe it is important to make
 ill people feel better in their time
of ailments”
-Ginet Medrano
In This Issue “I want to provide efficient
quality care to help set the
Internship Ascension (p.1) standard”
Newly Certified MA Students -Shanise Baker
(p.2)
Overcoming Obstacles (p. 3) “Helping people is who I am and I
Study Skills (p. 5) want to make a difference in the

world one step at a time”
-Jaclyn Santana
“Being an MA is the first step in
Teacher Tips reaching my final goal which is to
“Read the questions be an RN”
carefully. If you understand -Jacquelin Rivera
the question, the answer is
“Becoming an MA will allow me
simple.” to perform better skills on
-Jose Noel patients”
-Dimarie Semprit
Tips: Hardy congratulations—Forty three
(43) fifth module students are now
 Manage your time “Being a people person, it is
going on their internship. Internship
important to me to try something
wisely. new, care for patients, and gain is where the classroom practice
 Always give your best. the respect of the medical field” meets the real world.
No one can ask for more. -Carol Mosley
 Your actions should not
betray your words.

2. Grand Rounds Newsletter 2
Grand Rounds: are an important teaching tool and ritual of medical education. Presenting the medical problems and treatment of patients to an audience
consisting of doctors, residents, and medical students
4/23/12 Class - Stethoscope Presentation Congratulations to Newly Certified
during Orientation Jamaica Students
 Omar Laurence – Certified Medical Assistant
 Angela Allen – Certified Phlebotomy
Technician
 Lucy Castillo - Certified Phlebotomy
Technician
 Andrea Hiralall - Certified Phlebotomy
Technician
 Petra Joseph - Certified Phlebotomy
Technician
 Karris Malcolm - Certified Phlebotomy
Technician
Overcoming obstacles "You gain strength, courage, and confidence
by every experience in which you really stop
to look fear in the face. You are able to say
"Conquering any difficulty always gives one
to yourself, "I have lived through this horror.
a secret joy, for it means pushing back a
I can take the next thing that comes along." .
boundary-line and adding to one's liberty."
. . You must do the thing you think you
~Henri Frederic Amiel~
cannot do."
~Eleanor Roosevelt~
"Wanting something is not enough. You
must hunger for it. Your motivation must be
"If you are not criticized, you may not be
absolutely compelling in order to overcome
doing much."
the obstacles that will invariably come your
~Donald H. Rumsfeld~
way."
~Les Brown~

3. Grand Rounds Newsletter 3
Grand Rounds: are an important teaching tool and ritual of medical education. Presenting the medical problems and treatment of patients to an audience
consisting of doctors, residents, and medical students
Overcoming obstacles
"It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who “Nature endows us with many instruments
points out how the strong man stumbled, or through which we may learn: eyes, ears, noses,
where the doer of deeds could have done them taste and touch. But she gave only a simple
better. The credit belongs to the man who is instrument by which we may teach, namely the
actually in the arena, whose face is marred by faculty of speaking. She has certainly warned us
dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly;
that we should use the service of learning more
who errs and comes short again and again; who
knows great enthusiasms, great devotions; who often than the office of teaching, in the same
spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the measure as she has provided more instruments
best, knows in the end the triumph of high for learning than teaching. Therefore, no man
achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at who is verbose and talkative can be wise, for he
least fails while daring greatly, so that his place has always taught but never learnt.”
shall never be with those timid souls who know ~Marsilio Ficino~
neither victory nor defeat."
~Theodore Roosevelt~
Allen School Institutional EDUCATE Core Values
E ducation Quality & Integrity
D edication
U nderstanding of Others
C ommunication & Consistency
A dvisement & Achievement
T eamwork & Technology
E xcellence

4. Grand Rounds Newsletter 4
Grand Rounds: are an important teaching tool and ritual of medical education. Presenting the medical problems and treatment of patients to an audience
consisting of doctors, residents, and medical students
Indeed the Allen School gave us steeping stones
From the 10/24/11 MAE Jamaica Students … towards our lifelong careers. As we go on our
internship, we will put all that we were taught
To All Allen School Students: into practice and make ourselves, as well as our
teachers, PROUD.
You have to follow your passion. You have to
figure out what it is you love, who you really JAMAICA CAMPUS ASCENSION
are, and have the courage to do just that. I CEREMONY
believe that the only courage anyone will ever
need is the courage to follow their own dreams.
There is no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears
bear witness that a man has the greatest
courage—the courage to suffer. All of our
dreams can come true, if we have the courage to
pursue them. If you lose hope, somehow you
lose the vitality that keeps life moving. You lose
that courage to be, that quality that helps you go
on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a
dream because I endured it to the end.
Despite some challenges, we have worked
PRESENTED BY THE MAE 5th MODULE
together and we made it to the end with great
STUDENTS OF THE JAMAICA CAMPUS
success. We are grateful to all our teachers, even
though we had our ups and downs. You put up
with our class through these six months even Upcoming Stories
when we had some bad attitudes.
So you like healthcare…
So you like helping people…
So you’re an MA, MIBC, or NA student…
Our news letter is looking a few good authors.
Have an idea for a story? Want to discuss a current
issue? Send your story to one of the contacts below:
Ms. Bingham (Brooklyn)
Deborah.Bingham@online.allenschool.edu
Mr. Callman (Jamaica)
Howard.Callman@online.allenschool.edu
Dr. Gotto (Online)
Jamie.Gotto@online.allenschool.edu

5. Grand Rounds Newsletter 5
Grand Rounds: are an important teaching tool and ritual of medical education. Presenting the medical problems and treatment of patients to an audience
consisting of doctors, residents, and medical students
be asking yourself when making your to-do list. After a while
your mind may start to wander. This is the time to stand up
and take a break! Grab a healthy snack for some extra brain
By Dr. Gotto energy, like fruit or nuts.
In each edition of the newsletter we will focus on one type of
Realize there is not one type of environment that works best
study skill that will increase your ability to succeed in class.
for everyone. Your own learning style and toleration of
Today’s topic is
distractions may be different than your classmates. Look for
the next edition to our Study Skills series. Our next topic will
be BALANCING SCHOOL WORK WITH FAMILY,
FRIENDS, AND WORK.
Where do you do most of your studying … At the
kitchen table? In your bedroom? On the couch? Let’s see
how the location where we study affects our learning.
Everyone needs their own space where they can get their work
done. This may have to be away from your home. Consider
the following places:
Hi all, my name is Pam Ison. I am in my final week
 In the home—Look for a distraction free environment that at Allen School, for Medical Billing & Coding. I can
you can treat as your ‘office.’ You may have to make this remember how excited I was to be starting school,
room off-limits to family members during certain periods. and how I looked forward to becoming a coder.
 Away from home—You could visit the library or coffee Then my books arrived ... EEK! They were HUGE!
shop. This may work well for people with very busy And it was all so new to me. I thought I could never
homes. It could also be an alternative setting in case you learn all this - never make it. However, the
lose power or an internet connection at home. curriculum is perfectly geared toward preparing us
not only for the certification exam, but also for
Now that you have found a location, determine how you can
finding a job in the field (specifically, the Career
make the most of it. Schedule a specific time each day that
Development class). The teachers here at Allen
you will visit your ‘office’. When making your schedule,
School are truly wonderful. They know their
think about the time of day when you are most alert and
productive. While you want to be comfortable in your material, and encouraged us all the way through.
‘office’, make sure it is not so relaxing that you fall asleep! If They give of their free time to offer Extra Practice
so, maybe a kitchen chair would be better for you than a Sessions and even tutoring if we wanted or needed
recliner. Your ‘office’ should be reasonably quiet, but does it. It was a bit intimidating to be taking a
not have to be completely silent. If you do choose background compressed program, but in the end it actually
music, try to find music without lyrics, which will be less worked out better for me. I can't imagine having
distracting. Make sure you also have adequate lighting. Poor taken this program at a ground campus - with this
lighting may result in a headache and/or make you feel tired. program it stays fresh in your mind. Even though
I'm not even finished with school yet (just 2 days to
As soon as you enter your ‘office’, make a to-do list for your
go!), I've taken and passed the CPC exam. I couldn't
study session. What assignments are due next? What material
have done it without Allen School. They TOTALLY
will be on the next quiz? What topics am I having trouble
prepared me! I can't thank them enough.
with in this unit? These are the types of questions you should