February 2025

Hello COMSEP! Finally, the day you’ve all been waiting for-it’s National Crab-Stuffed Flounder Day!    After today, there’s a long, bleak wait until National Corn Dog Day next month.  (Canadian colleagues, don’t feel bad that you miss out on our fine … Continued

January 2025

Hello COMSEP! Wishing you well on this frosty Martin Luther King Jr. holiday (for those who celebrate) “We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not … Continued

December 2024

Hello COMSEP! Rounding the corner into the holiday season and a new year.  Today’s the anniversary of the first flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903.  The Wright Brothers probably didn’t imagine this when they made it into the air: Hope your holiday … Continued

November 2024

Hello COMSEP! It has been a difficult month for many COMSEP members. Lavjay’s inspiring words about hope may be helpful for some. This is also the season for gratitude, an evidence-based potential path to happiness. Between hope and gratitude there … Continued

October 2024

Hello COMSEP! Attached and below is the latest edition of our Journal Club.   For this month’s journal club, the Survey and Scholarship Committee reviewed journal articles that used a survey in their methods. We hope this motivates you to submit … Continued

September 2024

Hello COMSEP! Below is the latest edition of our Journal Club.   One more reminder in case you missed it.    For every Journal Club review you agree to write between April 2024 and April 2025, your name will be entered … Continued

Summer 2024

Hello COMSEP! We call it the summer edition–but truth be told it would be more accurate to call it the end-of-summer edition.  Whether you are busy with new white coats, back-to-school shopping or just grieving the shortening days and cooler … Continued

April 2024

Hello COMSEP! Many of us our now facing the ‘post-conference blues’, that inevitable period in which energy, enthusiasm, and a basketful of new ideas run headlong into the quicksand of our obligations and daily work. Don’t lose that momentum!  Take … Continued

March 2024

Hello COMSEP! Happy almost-spring.  And happy Daylight Savings Time, for those who observe it.   106 years ago today Daylight Savings Time was introduced in the United States, leading to a century or so of confusion for those of us who … Continued

February 2024

Hello COMSEP!  Attached and below please find a special February edition of our Journal Club .  All of the articles are centered on issues of DEI and all of the reviews and editor’s comments this month were written by the amazing … Continued