News from ACOI

Read the latest from ACOI members who have received awards, promotions, and other recognitions.

As December 1-7 marks National Handwashing Awareness Week, the healthcare community is again rallying around hand hygiene's critical importance. Handwashing is a cornerstone of infection control, dramatically reducing hospital-acquired infections and safeguarding our most vulnerable patients, especially those who are immunocompromised. Yet, while the benefits to patient health are clear, we rarely discuss the unintended consequences of rigorous handwashing on healthcare providers, namely, its toll on our skin.

Make a difference and represent osteopathic Internal Medicine by joining an ACOI Committee. Committees advance advocacy efforts, build education products, write pieces for online publications, and more.

While ACOI 2024 is already a month behind us, there’s good news for you: now through the end of the year, all the recorded sessions from the Annual Convention are available. ACOI has extended access to the virtual platform through December 31, 2024.

Student Doctor Cordero was nominated for her leadership skills and community involvement. Aila is President of the Hispanic Osteopathic Medical Student Association (HOMSA) and uses her role in HOMSA to spread awareness of osteopathic medicine throughout the South Florida community, especially amongst the Cuban community.

Research and scholarship are essential to a medical student’s journey, but it’s often much more than a step taken out of sheer necessity. That was the case when it came to Alexandria (Allie) Ahlm, the ACOI 2024 student poster contest winner.