Volunteers in Medicine welcomes the opportunity to work with interns and residents. The Executive Medical Director of the Clinic, Frank Bowen, MD, MMM has over 25 years of faculty experience at the University of Pennsylvania and Thomas Jefferson University Schools of Medicine. In addition,he holds a Master’s Degree in, Medical Management from Tulane University. Dr. Bowen serves as the rotation director.
In addition to medical residencies, VIM works with pharmacy students, Dental interns and residents, nursing and medical assistant students. Please contact Dr. Bowen at fbowen@vimclinic.org for further information and requirements.
1. Rotation is available for up to two residents for a monthly rotation.
2. Students must have written consent from their program director.
3. Residents must have completed first year clinical rotations.
4. The medical college must supply malpractice coverage.
5. Residents must be licensed in their home state and therefore eligible for a Volunteer SC License.
Objectives of the Program
1.The resident will appreciate the concept of outpatient primary care.
2.The resident will appreciate the dynamics of an outpatient clinic and the components that are needed for its operation.
3.The resident will gain an appreciation for the medically needy and their health care issues.
4.The resident will proceed through the medical process and follow at least three patients in each major specialty (pediatrics, medicine, gynecology, orthopedics, surgery).
5.The resident will complete one rotation with other specialties (ophthalmology, radiology/ultrasound, chiropractic, neurology and psychiatry).
6.The resident will spend one day with the Director of Nursing learning the dynamics of outpatient nursing as it relates to patient flow, triage and discharge planning.
7.The resident will each prepare and present a one-hour CME program of their choice to be presented at the regularly scheduled CME time of the clinic.
8.The resident will attend clinic staff meetings.
9.The clinic will spend two days with the director. These days will concentrate on administrative principles and the use of analytic statistical methods in Disease Management and outcome analysis.
10.The clinic will provide supervision utilizing board certified physician preceptors with preference given to those with an academic background.
11.The resident will attend grand rounds at Hilton Head Regional Medical Center.
While housing cannot be guaranteed, we do everything we can to help the student locate housing.
A review of 2006
The VIM Pro-Am Tournament is our biggest fundraiser, and we were successful again this year, thanks to the help of at least 40 volunteers, an outstanding golf tournament committee, and the generosity of the Colleton River Plantation Club. All 32 foursomes were sold out early, and we had a waiting list as well. This years’ tournament is on September 10, 2007 at Berkeley Hall Plantation Club.
The 15th Annual Lowcountry Soup Challenge was another wonderful event—thanks to the support of Tanger Outlet Centers, Inc. and their operations staff. We made well over $10,000 on the event, and Mr. Tanger once again added a personal check to take us over that amount. Tanger has truly become a community partner to VIM!
Bear Creek Country Club held their annual event this year and raised over $28,000 for VIM! What a wonderful gift to receive at this time of the year. The members of Bear Creek never forget VIM and strive every single year to raise their own bar when it comes to fundraising for us. They are awesome!
*Celebrity Golf *awarded our Dental Department over $10,000 this year for our pediatric dental patients. This event is always held over Labor Day and our dental team provides much-needed volunteer help at the tournament for the entire weekend..
*Temple Beth Yam * is doing their annual holiday project and VIM was a beneficiary for half of the donations they received. A group from the temple provided gift wrappimg services at the island Barnes and Noble for donations.
2006 Official VIM Christmas Ornament: Nationally-known Daufuskie Island metal sculptor Chase Allen created a 2006 Christmas ornament with proceeds to go to Volunteers in Medicine. Chase has been featured in Coastal Living, Hilton Head Monthly, and The South magazine for his unique traditionally forged iron fish sculptures as well as his unique island lifestyle. Chase’ Daufuskie Island Studio, The Iron Fish, will be featured in the May 2007 issue of Southern Living. To see more about Chase and his studio, you can check his website at www.ironfishart.com
His project for VIM was nearly 400 iron fish ornaments that the children of Daufuskie Island Elementary School decorated with paint and crayons. Each fish had the date on it and a copper hook for hanging. Chase created these ornaments as a way of thanking VIM for helping him when he was a struggling artist. His efforts raised almost $4,000 for VIM!
2006 Holiday Toy Ride: Every year about 300 bikers get together for the Annual Holiday Toy Ride for Charity. The 2006 event was on Sunday, December 17, 2006 and both Deep Well and Vim were beneficiaries of this group’s generosity. The ride started at One Hot Mama’s in Bluffton and parade rides all the way down US 278 with a police escort to the Deep Well Office where the toys are delivered and then on to the Smokehouse on Pope Avenue for lunch. Thanks to the enthusiastic participants and the organizing efforts of Dave Ter Haar and Stefan Patrick , VIM received over $4,000 from this event.
The Holiday Spirit at Hilton Head Christian Academy: For the past several years, the Key Club at Hilton Head Christian Academy has done a Christmas project for VIM. The students raise money during the fall so they can purchase Christmas gifts for our pediatric patients. Every year they deliver many beautiful gifts, wrapped and sorted so that our volunteers know exactly which package is right for each patient. This year several students at HHCA, supported by Manelle Graves, one of our volunteer interpreters delivered many gifts for our small patients. Thanks to the following students at Hilton Head Christian Academy: Stephen Page, William Sewell, David Wedgeworth,Mary Ellen Graves, Brendan Short , Malcolm Ford, Marcus Taylor and Jerrett Robinson.
If you ever have a thought that the young people of today are not kind and giving, think about this group—they are the philantrophic donors of tomorrow trying to make a difference today!
VIM BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2006
Ms. Becky Albright
Bluffton, SC 29910
President, RLDA & Associates Accounting
Ms. Berkeley Arrants
Hilton Head Island, Sc 29926
Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch
VIM Volunteer
Mr. Berry Edwards, Chairman
Hilton Head Island, SC 2992\38
President, The Greenery, Inc.
Mr. Harvey Ewing
Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
Ret. Former Mayor of Hilton Head Island
Mr. William Fox
Hilton Head Island, SC 29926
Chairman Emeritus, First National Bank,
Champaign, IL
Mr. Joseph Fraser, Vice Chairman
Bluffton, SC 29910
President and CEO, Fraser Constructiion Co.
Ms. Margot Harrison
Hilton Head Island, SC 29926
VIM Volunteer
Mr. Edward M. Hughes, Esq., Secretary
Hilton Head Island, SC 29925
Partner, Nexsen Pruet Jacobs Pollard and Robinson
Mr. Todd Lockuff
Hilton Head Island, SC 29926
Chief Financial Officer Hilton Head
Regional Medical Center
Roderick McLean, M.D.
Hilton Head Island, SC 29926
Ret. Physician/OB/GYN
VIM Volunteer
Mr. Peter Parrott
Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
Co-Founder, University Housing Group
843-785-6303
Ms. Sally Peterson
Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
Partner, Hilton Head Restaurant Group
Roger Sorg, D.O.
Hilton Head Island, SC 29926
Practicing Physician, Pathology
VIM Volunteer
Mr. Charles Wallace
Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
Ret. SVP Coca-Cola
843-842-3387
Michael Fritz, D.D.S.
Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
Dean Emeritus, School of Dentistry, Emory University
VIM Volunteer
Ms. Opal Duke Abbink, Emeritus
Hilton Head Island, SC
Mr. John Clarke, Emeritus
Hilton Head Island, SC 29926
Jack McConnell, M.D. Founder, Emeritus
Hilton Head Island, SC 29926
Mr. Bill Stevens, Emeritus
Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
Augusta, Georgia
Mrs. Mary Hulbert, Emeritus
Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
Mr. Weston Newton, Emeritus
Hilton Head Island, SC 29938