JOIN US! Are you a faculty member who:
- is involved in medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, allied health, or public health?
- is interested in student-run free clinics?
- has been given the task to start or maintain a student run free clinic?
- is interested in interprofessional learning through service learning activities?
- wants to network with other faculty and student leaders involved in student-run free clinics?
If the answer to any of these is yes, then please consider attending this conference.
The University of Nebraska Medical Center invites you to participate in SHARING THE VISION, a conference for faculty preceptors, leaders, and supporters of student-run clinics for underserved populations.
APRIL 19-20, 2013
The conference sessions will focus on best practices, communicating research findings, and networking with peers.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Faculty and student-leaders involved in, or contemplating being involved in, student-run free clinics. This includes faculty from behavioral health, clinical laboratory science, clinical nutrition, dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, physician's assistants, and public health.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
The conference program will consist of plenary sessions, networking opportunities, and breakout sessions. The peer-reviewed program content will consist of three types of sessions: problem-sovling sessions, roundtable discussions/works in progress, and virtual poster sessions.
This is the first conference specifically designed for faculty who are involved in student-run free clinics.
Topics of discussion include physician recruitment, research in student run clinics, alternative practice sites, and interprofessional curriculum through student-run free clinics. Presentations will include involvement of dentistry, nutrition, clinical laboratory sciences, and physical therapy.
CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Yasmin Meah, MD
Associate Professor
Program Director, East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership (EHHOP)
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
John W. Reinhardt, DDS, MS, MPH
Professor and Dean, College of Dentistry
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Fees
$100 - on or before April 1, 2013
$125 - after April 1, 2013
Deadline: April 12, 2013
LOCATION
Maurer Center for Public Health - Room 3013
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska
CREDITS
This live activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Continuing Nursing Education is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This course has been approved for ASCLS P.A.C.E.® credit.
ACCOMMODATION
Element Hotel
3253 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68131
Phone: 877-353-6368
3253 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68131
Phone: 877-353-6368
Special Room Rate: $99 per night
Ask for the UNMC Sharing the Vision block and rate
Shuttle Service: Element Hotel will provide transportation from Omaha Eppley Airfield to the hotel. Call 402-614-8080 from the airport to request the shuttle. The Element will also provide shuttle service to UNMC upon request.
