6th Annual Community Service Learning (CSL) Conference

Congratulations to the 2013 People's Choice Award Poster Winner

"Art4Asthma"

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DOWNLOAD CONFERENCE PROGRAM HERE

REGISTER

There is no fee to attend this conference, but registration is required.  Lunch is provided for those who register online by March 27, 2013.

CONFERENCE LOCATION / PARKING

The location of the conference is the School of Nursing, UT Health Science Center San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas, 78229.  Click here for parking directions and map. Click here for a layout of the conference rooms. 

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES

1. To share best practices and scholarship in community service learning with a focus on healthy behavior change through innovative use of positive peer pressure models.
2. To bring together an interprofessional group of University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center students, faculty, and staff from across the state with community partners to foster service learning collaborations.
3. To highlight existing UT Health Science System community service learning projects and future opportunities with community partners.
4. To recognize and reward excellence in community service learning within the UT Health Science System.

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Tina Rosenberg, Pulitzer Prize winning author and MacArthur Fellow, will discuss the concepts illustrated in her latest book Join the Club: How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World.

ONE COMMUNITY/ONE BOOK

Join the Club: How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World is the 2013 One Community/One Book selection for UT Health Science Center San Antonio

Click here to learn more and sign up to host a book discussion.

CONTINUING EDUCATION AVAILABLE for the Keynote Presentation †

There is a $10 fee for CME and CNE, due on site.  You can by cash, check, or credit card.

ACCREDITATION STATEMENTS

Certified Health Education Specialists:

Sponsored by the Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics, a designated a provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1.0 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours available are 1.0. 

Dentists/Dental Hygienists:

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is an ADACERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Continuing Dental Education credits are designated in each course description. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to ADA CERP at www.ada.org/goto/cerp. This activity provides up to 1 CE Credit.