Previous Conferences

2009: From Extracurricular to Embedded

2010: CSL: Best Practices for Putting Ethics into Action

2011: Better Together: Academic-Community Partnerships to Improve Health

2012: Meeting the Social Mission: Health Science Education Through Community Collaborations

2009 Annual CSL Conference


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6th ANNUAL COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING (CSL) CONFERENCE
The Power of the Peer Group: Promoting Healthy Behavior Change in the Community
April 4, 2013
8:00am-6:30pm


HOSTED BY
The Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics and Office for Academic, Faculty, and Student Affairs


Congratulations to the 2013 People's Choice Award Poster Winner

"Art4Asthma"

"Art4Asthma"


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/cerpThis activity provides up to 1 CE Credit. 



Nurses:

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 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. 
This activity provides up to 1.25 contact hours.


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.

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

† This presentation meets the Texas Medical Board criteria for formal continuing medical education involving the study of medical ethics and/or professional responsibility.


AGENDA (subject to change)