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COMMUNITY-CAMPUS PARTNERSHIPS FOR HEALTH
10th SUMMER SERVICE-LEARNING INSTITUTE
July 20-23, 2007
Cascade Mountains of Washington State
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/servicelearning.html


Service-learning is a structured learning experience that combines community service with preparation and reflection. Students engaged in service-learning provide community service in response to community-identified concerns and learn about the context in which service is provided, the connection between their service and their academic coursework, and their civic roles. Service-learning helps to equip future health professionals with the community-oriented competencies and commitment to civic engagement they will need to be effective as practitioners and community leaders.

The institute is taught by national experts in service-learning, including health professional faculty and community leaders who have developed successful service-learning partnerships. A unique and effective component of the institute is an evidence-based* mentoring model in which participants work in small groups and as individuals with mentors (the term we use for institute instructors) to further shape their own action plans for service-learning. (*Seifer, SD and Connors K. Advancing educational innovations for improved student learning and community health: the CCPH faculty service-learning institute. Acad Med. 2000 May;75(5):533-4.)

The institute features content and sessions for both novice and experienced service-learning practitioners (faculty, staff and community partners). Novice and experienced practitioners spend beginning and closing sessions together, as well as all meals and at least one plenary session. The remainder of the 3+ day institute features separate sessions designed to focus on issues particular to each group's unique experience level and situation. Mentors assist participants to deepen their understanding of service-learning, develop a plan for service-learning sustainability, and form a peer support network that continues long after the institute ends.

During intensive interactive workshops and small group sessions, participants learn about these topics and more:

  • The concept of service-learning -- theoretical foundations and current practices, similarities and differences with other forms of community-based learning

  • Effective curricular models of service-learning in a variety of health professions disciplines, including interdisciplinary models

  • Strategies for developing service-learning courses and programs, promoting reflection, building community-campus partnerships and assessing service-learning outcomes

  • Strategies for institutionalizing service-learning into the health professions curriculum

  • The core leadership skills and competencies needed to sustain service-learning partnerships

  • Strategies for institutionalizing service-learning into the health professions curriculum

  • Methods and models for supporting faculty and staff development in service-learning

  • Strategies for developing service-learning scholarship, and documenting that scholarship for promotion and tenure

  • Effective methods for assessing service-learning outcomes for faculty, student, community, and institutional stakeholders

    Past institutes have drawn participants from a wide variety of disciplines and professions, including medicine, dental hygiene, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, public health, physician assistant, physical therapy, pre-health professions, residency and social work programs, as well as those from public health agencies and community-based organizations that have service-learning partnerships with such programs.

    This year's mentors include:

    Barbara Gottlieb, Primary Care Internist at Brookside Community Health Center and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, Boston MA

    Georgia L Narsavage, Professor and Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, School of Nursing, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA.

    Ruth E Nemire, Director of Community Engagement, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Nova State University, College of Pharmacy; and Voluntary Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Miami College of Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

    Julie Nigon, Manager, Rochester Adult and Family Literacy Program, Rochester, MN.

    Sarena D. Seifer, Executive Director, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health and Research Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

    Rachel L. Vaughn, Assistant Director for Community-Based Learning, Carlson Leadership & Public Service Center, University of Washington, and Senior Consultant, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, Seattle, WA

    Karen Yoder, Director, Division of Community Dentistry, Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, IN

    Additional mentors will be added to the website as they are confirmed.

    The application is available at: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/servicelearning.html

    If you need additional information, please email sliccph@u.washington.edu or call 206-543-8178.

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    7th International Research Conference
    Service-Learning and Community Engagement
    October 7-9, 2007
    Tampa, Florida


    The theme for this year's conference is "Sustainability and Scholarship: Research and the K-20 Continuum" and is being hosted by the University of South Florida and co-hosted by Florida State University, Miami Dade College, the University of Central Florida, and the University of Miami.

    At this year's conference we want to continue to showcase current exemplary research on service-learning and engaged scholarship. We encourage greater involvement of scholars from around the globe, as well as scholars from a variety of disciplines who can contribute diverse disciplinary frameworks and perspectives. The overarching goal of the conference is to convene researchers interested in service-learning and engagement from throughout the world to share research findings, build networks and partnerships, and identify new directions for service-learning research.

    CALL FOR PROPOSALS -- http://www.floridacompact.org/irsl/proposals.html

    Deadline for Call for Proposals: March 15, 2007

    Watch for Early Bird Registration in the Spring!

    International Research Pre-Conference: October 6, 2007

    International Research Conference: October 7-9, 2007

    http://www.floridacompact.org/irsl
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    Sixth International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH)
    Harnessing the Power of Technology to
    Achieve Behavior Change and Improve Urban Health
    October 31 – November 2, 2007
    Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland
    ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL JUNE 1, 2007!


    The 2007 International Conference on Urban Health will be held October 31 – November 2, 2007 at the Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. A variety of pre-conference workshops will take place on October 30, 2007. This conference is designed to:

  • Bring together a diverse group of researchers, practitioners and policymakers
  • Challenge attendees to brainstorm about how technology might enhance their behavioral interventions, research or programs
  • Challenge attendees to think about how technology influences personal behavior and health outcomes
  • Encourage attendees to consider how technology might help (or harm) our attempts to address racial and ethnic disparities in the urban environment
  • Stimulate thought regarding the role of technology in behavioral interventions in developing nations
  • Promote transdisciplinary research, practice and policy collaborations

    Registrations will be accepted online beginning in Mid May. Please visit http://www.icuh2007.com/registration.html to register.

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    Sharing Responsibility for Essential Learning Outcomes:
    New Partnerships across Departments, Academic Affairs, and Student Affairs
    Network for Academic Renewal Conference
    November 1-3, 2007
    Savannah, Georgia

    Deadline for submission of proposals: Thursday, April 30, 2007


    Sharing Responsibility for Essential Learning Outcomes will bring together faculty, student affairs educators, academic advisors, librarians, staff, and administrators (particularly department chairs and academic program directors). The conference focuses on AAC&U’s recent report, College Learning for the New Global Century (pdf), which calls for broad-based leadership to create campus cultures, structures, and rewards that support faculty and staff leadership. Conference participants will:

  • examine new and emerging frameworks that clarify essential learning outcomes;
  • highlight collaborative educational practices between academic and student affairs and across departments that lead to intentional and integrative learning;
  • explore the usefulness of these practices in diverse institutional contexts;
  • discuss existing and needed basic and applied research on achievement of key learning outcomes;
  • consider effective assessment methods for identifying and improving collaborative educational practices; and
  • illustrate new and emerging institutional strategies for supporting, rewarding, and sustaining collaborations that advance educational excellence.

    AAC&U seeks proposals that promote greater collaboration across divisional lines on issues such as: making college learning goals transparent; integrating our work; and holding students and ourselves accountable for achieving the essential learning outcomes. For more information, also see the Liberal Education and America's Promise pages.

    We look forward to seeing you in the fall.

    For more information about any of our meetings, email network@aacu.org or call 1-800-297-3775.