5th Annual Community Service Learning (CSL) Conference
Call for Student Poster Abstracts – due March 5, 2012
Poster Abstract Submission Form
Conference Registration
The conference is free and open to the public. Registration will open in January 2012 – please check back.
AGENDA
| April 5, 2012 | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 8:15 | Registration Begins / Visit Community Partner Tables | |
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Welcome / Opening Remarks | William Henrich, MD, MACP, President, UT Health Science Center San Antonio |
| 9:15 – 10:15 | Keynote: Social Accountability in Medical Education: A Goal for the 21st Century | Fitzhugh Mullan, MD |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Visit Community Partner Tables / Break | |
| 10:45 – 11:45 | Workshop A Breakouts Best Practices: Strategies & Tips for Mentors Scholarship: Social Network Analysis: A Tool for Collaborations |
Best Practices: Ruth Berggren, MD Scholarship: Kelly Dunn, PhD, RN, PHCNS, BC |
| 12:00 – 1:00 | Lunch Panel: Outstanding CSL Projects | Student Panelists, selected from competitive abstract submission, and their mentors and community partners |
| 1:00 – 1:15 | Break / Visit Community Partner Tables | |
| 1:15 – 2:15 | Workshop B Breakouts Best Practices: San Antonio Refugee Health Clinic: Community and Interprofessional Partnership Scholarship: Community Medicine Education and Community Based Research Training: an Innovative Pipeline for Future Primary Care Physicians |
Best Practices: Roseann Vivanco, MSN, RN Scholarship: Nora Gimpel, MD, and Patti Pagels, MPAS, PA-C |
| 2:20 – 3:20 | Workshop C Breakouts Best Practices: Incorporating Reflection into Primary Oral Health Care Delivery at a Homeless Clinic Scholarship: A Health Promotion Partnership: Community Health Clubs in the Dominican Republic |
Best Practices: Juanita Pineda, DDS, MPH Scholarship: Jason Rosenfeld, MPH |
| 3:20 – 3:35 | Break | |
| 3:35 – 4:35 | Plenary: Why do you do what you do? Caring for Underserved Populations Q&A with author of “Ask Me Why I Hurt” |
Randy Christensen, MD, MPH, and Julie Watson, LPN |
| 4:35 – 4:50 | Conference Wrap-Up / Call to Action | Ruth Berggren, MD |
| 5:00 – 6:30 | CSL Poster Presentations & Awards / Reception / Book Signing by Dr. Christensen | Student/Faculty Mentor Teams |
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES
- To share best practices and scholarship in community service learning across the disciplines of the University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center with a focus on the social mission of health science education.
- To bring together an inter-professional group of UT Health Science Center students, faculty, and staff from across the state with community partners to foster service learning collaborations.
- To highlight existing UT Health Science System community service learning projects and future opportunities with community partners.
- To recognize and reward excellence in community service learning within the UT Health Science System.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
A variety of health professional continuing education credits are being applied for. Please check back for more information.
ACCREDITATION STATEMENTS
Physicians: The UT Health Science Center San Antonio School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Nurses: University Health System is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Texas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.


