2015 CSL Conference
Location
The location of the conference is the School of Nursing, UT Health San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas, 78229.
Objective
1. To share best practices and scholarship in community service learning with a focus on using positive deviance to uncover solutions to community challenges.
Keynote Presentation
Thanks to NOWCastSA, the keynote presentation by Dr. Arvind Singhal “The Positive Deviance Way: Solving Complex Problems by Uncovering and Amplifying Wisdom that is Present but Hidden” was webcast.
View the recording here
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Agenda
| 8:15 am | Registration Begins / Visit Community Partner Tables | Hurd Auditorium Foyer / Room 1.102 |
| 9:00-9:15 |
Welcome / Opening Remarks Ruth Berggren, M.D., Director, Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics, UT Health San Antonio |
Hurd Auditorium 1.104 |
| 9:15-10:30 |
Keynote: The Positive Deviance Way: Solving Complex Problems by Uncovering and Amplifying Wisdom that is Present but Hidden* Arvind Singhal, Ph.D., Marston Endowed Professor of Communication, UT El Paso, Positive Deviance Researcher and Author *The keynote presentation will be webcast live by NOWCastSA, and the video will also be available to replay later at NOWCastSA.com, thanks to the underwriting support of Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc. |
Hurd Auditorium 1.104 |
| 10:35-11:35 |
Plenary Sessions: Positive Deviance Applied *choose one session to attend* |
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| Looking at problems through the Positive Deviance Approach: from combating childhood malnutrition to overcoming health care issues Donna Sillan, MPH and Monique Sternin, MEd, Tufts University | Room 1.222 | |
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A Novel Approach to Reducing Health Care Associated Infections Pranavi Sreeramoju, M.D., MPH, UT Southwestern |
Room 1.206 | |
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The Wicked Question Answered: Positive Deviance and the Delivery of Patient-Centered Care Jodie Gary, Ph.D., RN, Texas A&M |
Room 1.230 | |
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Small Actions that Make a Big Difference: Succeeding Despite the Odds in Health Care Education Lucia Dura, Ph.D., UT El Paso |
Room 1.228 | |
| 11:40-12:00 | Visit Community Partner Tables / Networking / Pick up Lunch | Hurd Auditorium Foyer / Room 1.102 |
| 12:00-1:00 |
Lunch: Panel Presentation of Outstanding CSL Projects Featured student panelists with their mentors and community partners Moderator: Janitzio Guzmán Medina, M.D. Candidate, Class of 2016 |
Hurd Auditorium 1.104 |
| 1:00-1:10 | Break | |
| 1:10-2:40 |
Workshop A Breakouts: Developing Skills to Apply Positive Deviance *choose one session to attend* |
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How can we effectively engage the community to develop solutions: examples from the fields of nutrition and public health Jason Rosenfeld, MPH, UT Health San Antonio and Donna Sillan, MPH |
Room 1.228 | |
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How to identify successful strategies already at work in the community: examples from obesity in HIV patients and children Jordan Abel, M.D., UT Health San Antonio, Alex Foster, M.D., MPH, UT Health San Antonio and Barbara Taylor, M.D., MS, UT Health San Antonio |
Room 1.230 | |
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Paradoxical Challenges in Delivering Healthcare: examples from nursing practice & type 2 diabetes Claudia Boyd, UT El Paso, Jodie Gary, RN, Ph.D., Texas A&M, and Monique Sternin, MEd, Tufts University |
Room 1.222 | |
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Steps to design, test, and scale a positive deviance intervention: Lessons from a teen pregnancy prevention Ruth Berggren, M.D., UT Health San Antonio, Alejandra Diaz, MA, and Arvind Singhal, Ph.D., UT El Paso |
Room 1.206 | |
| 2:40-2:50 | Break | |
| 2:50-4:10 |
Workshop B Breakouts: Developing Skills to Apply Positive Deviance *choose one session to attend* |
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| These sessions are repeated from Workshop A | ||
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How can we effectively engage the community to develop solutions: examples from the fields of nutrition and public health Jason Rosenfeld, MPH, UT Health San Antonio and Donna Sillan, MPH |
Room 1.228 | |
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How to identify successful strategies already at work in the community: examples from obesity in HIV patients and children Jordan Abel, M.D., UT Health San Antonio, Alex Foster, M.D., MPH, UT Health San Antonio and Barbara Taylor, M.D., MS, UT Health San Antonio |
Room 1.230 | |
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Paradoxical Challenges in Delivering Healthcare: examples from nursing practice & type 2 diabetes Claudia Boyd, UT El Paso, Jodie Gary, RN, Ph.D., Texas A&M, and Monique Sternin, MEd, Tufts University |
Room 1.222 | |
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Steps to design, test, and scale a positive deviance intervention: Lessons from a teen pregnancy prevention Ruth Berggren, M.D., UT Health San Antonio, Alejandra Diaz, MA, and Arvind Singhal, Ph.D., UT El Paso |
Room 1.206 | |
| 4:15-4:45 |
Closing Session: Using Positive Deviance in CSL Ruth Berggren, M.D., UT Health San Antonio, Alex Foster, M.D., MPH, UT Health San Antonio, and Arvind Singhal, Ph.D., UT El Paso |
Hurd Auditorium 1.104 |
| 5:00-6:30 | CSL Poster Session / Reception | Texas Star Café |
Thank You to Our Conference Sponsors
NOWCastSA
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, San Antonio Regional Campus
UT Health San Antonio:
- Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics
- Dental School
- Office of the President
- Office of Student Life
- School of Medicine
- School of Medicne Alumni Association