October is a FULL Month

We hope by now you knew that the first 2 weeks of October are the final 2 weeks of the month-long celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. What started as a week back in 1968, was expanded to a month in 1988. But what you may not have realized are the other groups who also celebrate in October.

• Beginning celebrations in 2009, October is Filipino American History month. October commemorates the first recorded presence of Filipinos in the continental US, which occurred on October 18, 1587, when “Luzones Indios” came ashore from the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Esperanza and landed at what is now Morro Bay, California.
• LBTQ History month also claims October for celebration, and was first celebrated in 1994. In the United States, Canada, & Australia, it is celebrated in October to coincide with National Coming Out Day on October 11 and to commemorate the first and second marches on Washington in 1979 and 1987 for LGBT rights.
• October is also recognized as Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). This month evolved from the First Day of Unity observed in October 1981, which spread to a week, and then to a month back in 1987.
• Finally, held for the first time in 2021, Hindu Heritage month is also celebrated in October. October is significant to this group because it is the birth month of Mahatma Gandhi and is often when major Hindu holidays such as Navaratri and Diwali are celebrated.

Med Students call on UH Medical Center to Reconsider Decision to End Family Medicine Residency

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center is closing its family medicine residency program, which trains medical school graduates or new doctors to care for patients and families from underserved communities.(source)

There is concern that the move could contribute to the nationwide primary care doctor shortage, and make it harder for patients to access care. (source)

Former OMA student coordinator and current third-year medical student at Case Hannah Clarke organized a student/alumni petition with a few other students and drafted the letter. After circulating it over the last two weeks, they've gathered over 175 signatures. 

From the letter/petition
"Discontinuing the Family Medicine Residency training program at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center is a demonstration of disinvestment in primary care, with detrimental consequences to the surrounding community, the medical professional community, and local medical students."

"We urge you to invest in bringing the UH Family Medicine Residency training program to a higher level, rather than eliminating it."

Normally this list of events is filled with acronyms of student organizations - NSBE, SHPE, MECA, AAA, you get it - but you may not always know who these groups are. So once a month, we'll start spelling out the full names of these organizations.
Hope this helps!

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