Congratulations to third-year medical student Connor Shewmake on taking second place for her oral presentation at the Southern Medical Association’s Annual Scientific Assembly last weekend. Connor and COM graduates Dr. Olivia Speed (now a UAMS ENT resident) and Dr. Sarah Gammill (now a Surgery resident at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans) collaborated with faculty mentors on “Improved confidence and clinical application: The effects of a longitudinal suture curriculum for medical students.” Their abstract was selected as a top-five finalist from among more than 100 submissions. UAMS faculty collaborators included Dr. Larry Hartzell (Otolaryngology-Head/Neck Surgery), Dr. Carol Thrush (Surgery), Dr. Kevin Phelan (Neurobiology/Developmental Sciences) and Dr. Avi Bhavaraju (Surgery).
