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TMLT Awards $35,000 in Medical StudentScholarshipsIN 2005, THE TMLT BOARD ofGovernors awarded the first TMLTMemorial Scholarships to seven Texasmedical students.The TMLT Memorial Scholarshipswere created to recognize academicallygifted Texas medical students who areinterested in finding creative ways toenhance patient safety. Applicants wereasked to communicate their ideas in ashort essay. The $5,000 scholarshipswere awarded to one student at eachTexas medical school that participatedin the competition. Scholarship recipientswere chosen based on the student’swritten essay, academic achievement,and financial need. Winning essayswere published on the TMLT web site(www.tmlt.org) and in TMLT’snewsletter, the Reporter.“We were very lucky to receive somany outstanding applications. TheBoard had a difficult time selecting thescholarship recipients because all thecandidates were impressive,” says TomCotten, president and CEO of TMLT.“The essays demonstrated that Texasmedical students have given considerablethought to how they will addresspatient safety when they practice medicine,”says Cotten.The recipients were:Danielle T. Burkett, a third-year medicalstudent at the University of NorthTexas Health Science Center’s TexasCollege of Osteopathic Medicine;Jesse Lee Even, a fourth-year medicalstudent at the University of TexasMedical School at Houston;Jedidiah J. Grisel, a fourth-year medicalstudent at Texas A&M UniversitySystem Health Science Center Collegeof Medicine;Three winners of the 2005 TMLT Memorial Scholarship are pictured with TMLT Board ChairDennis J. Factor, MD. Left to right: Jedidiah J. Grisel, Bradley Lega, Dr. Dennis J. Factor, andRodolfo Jose Oviedo.Bradley Lega, a fourth-year medicalstudent at Baylor College of Medicine;Rodolfo Jose Oviedo, a third-yearmedical student at the University ofTexas Medical School at San Antonio;Erin K. Shiner, a third-year medicalstudent at Texas Tech UniversityHealth Science Center School ofMedicine; andRebecca Wald, a third-year medicalstudent at the University of TexasSouthwestern Medical School.TMLT will award the MemorialScholarships in 2006. Bradley Lega’sscholarship-winning essay is featuredon page 16 of this publication.Residents Trainin MedMal 101TMLT WORKS with many Texas residencyprograms to help educate residentphysicians about medical liability insurance,what to look for in a provider,what risk management can do, where tofind the best programs, and how to keepmedical records that can be defended incourt.Information on these topics is oftennot provided in the residents’ plannedcurriculum. It is important that they areintroduced to the concepts, and thatthey have a resource as they move intotheir medical careers.TMLT presents courses on these topicsat no cost to the residency programs.TRUST - The Annual Report Magazine7