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ABSAME 2011 - 41st Annual Meeting
Embassy Suites Downtown Portland
Portland, OR
October 13, 2011 – October 15, 2011
 | Preparing Providers for Health Care Reform: October 13-15, 2011 | Thanks to all who attended |
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Patients expect physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals to talk to one another and work together effectively. Team can be defined as a group of people with complementary skills organized to work together cooperatively and interdependently to achieve a common goal for which they are mutually accountable.
Passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010 paved the way for bringing health care coverage to millions of previously uninsured Americans. The aging of the baby boomer generation coupled with increasing longevity signals the beginning of a health care system that will be obligated to bear an enormous disease burden for several decades. To make rhetoric reality, systems changes proposed to increase the feasibility of success include new financial incentives that reward care coordination and chronic disease management, greater emphasis on preventive and primary care, patient-centered medical homes, accountable care organizations, and major improvements in care transitions and hospital readmission rates that will be closely monitored. Survival will be impossible without teamwork.
More comprehensive training and increased sub-specialization in all of the health care professions have already blurred the boundaries between members of the health care team. Expertise is no longer discipline specific or hierarchical. The potential benefits of these changes include greater flexibility in who assumes leadership roles, more mutual reliance, and more widely distributed accountability. But…Are we preparing our next generation of health care professionals to function optimally as members of a multi-faceted transdisciplinary team?
The conference goal is to turn the 10 tips into 12 or even 20 before the last speaker takes a bow. With your help, we can do it!
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- Pose these questions, participate in hands-on train-the-trainer think tanks, and formulate a plan for meeting the challenge of the new health care paradigm at your home institution.
- Seize the opportunity for self-reflection on interprofessional team-based learning and practice and to problem solve ways to enhance team building among your colleagues.
- Return home inspired, energized, and part of a group practitioners and teachers committed to preparing the next generation of providers to leverage TEAM for excellent health care.
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Our outstanding faculty includes DeWitt Baldwin, Jr MD Scholar-in-Residence ACGME; Jan Carline, PhD University of Washington; Jillian Catalanotti, MD, MPH George Washington University; P. Ann Coleman, EdD, RN University of St. Thomas; Frederic Hafferty, PhD Mayo Clinic; Larry Mauksch, MEd University of Washington; and John Rogers, MD, MPH, MEd Baylor.
See you there..
Conference Co-Chairs:
O.J. Sahler, MD & Joan Englehart, BSN, RN, MSEd, Ph.D-C
ABSAME 2010 - 40th Annual Meeting
Savannah, GA
AVIA Savannah
Savannah, GA, US
October 14, 2010 – October 16, 2010
Beyond Cognitive Competence: Linking Community Experiences to Advocacy and Professionalism
October 14-16 2010
AVIA Savannah
Savannah, GA
Thanks to all that attended
Medical schools and residency programs are striving to meet the challenges of teaching and assessing the core competencies. But it's time to move BEYOND the cognitive aspects of these competencies to focus on methodologies that bring real-world substance -- a face -- to patient-centered care, cultural sensitivity, public health and prevention, advocacy, and professionalism. The 2010 ABSAME Annual Meeting will provide a lively, interactive forum for behavioral scientists, other health care professionals, and community leaders to brainstorm about forming partnerships to create novel educational and service opportunities. We will showcase instructional models based on community initiatives outside the familiar health care arena. Be part of this pedagogical transformation by sharing your own innovative projects. Our goal is to capitalize on the power of non-traditional experiential learning to increase knowledge, enhance skills, heighten awareness, and -- most importantly -- change attitudes.
COME DREAM WITH US!
REGISTRATION is now open - HERE>>
Please Note: ALL presenters are required to register. A one-day registration rate, as well as a reduced rate for residents, graduate students, and medical students is available.
ABSAME 2009 - 39th Annual Meeting
The Lodge at Santa Fe
750 North St. Francis Drive
Santa Fe, NM, US
October 8, 2009 – October 10, 2009
Behavioral Competence for Integrated Health Care:
Development and Implementation
Development and Implementation
Thanks to all that attended
Welcome
The ABSAME annual meeting brings together scientists, medical educators, and health care providers in order to integrate basic and social sciences (in the very broadest sense) for the advancement of healthcare. This year’s conference theme is Behavioral Competence for Integrated Health Care: Development and Implementation. Conference content will benefit faculty, researchers, administrators, residents, graduate and doctoral students from the fields of medicine, nursing, social work, pharmacy, allied health, sociology, psychology, medical anthropology, and the humanities. We welcome your participation in this exciting conference! We truly believe that you will find an academic home at ABSAME.