Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 13:19:42 -0700 (PDT)

From: Sarena Seifer <sarena@u.washington.edu> Subject: Call for workshops on community-campus partnerships To: Undisclosed recipients: ; Reply-to: Sarena Seifer <sarena@u.washington.edu>

COMMUNITY-CAMPUS PARTNERSHIPS FOR HEALTH: PRINCIPLES AND BEST PRACTICES FOR HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES

April 25-28, 1998 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Deadline for workshop, poster and story proposals: October 27, 1997

Over 500 leaders from community, civic, government, philanthropic and health delivery organizations; and students, faculty, and deans from health professional schools, colleges and universities are expected to convene in Pittsburgh for four days of skill-building workshops, mentoring sessions, poster presentations, community site visits and networking.

Participants will examine community-campus partnerships for health professions education (ie, service-learning), health care delivery, research, community service, community-wide health improvement, and community/economic development.

The conference goals include:

*providing an inclusive forum for networking, information sharing and skill-building among all stakeholders involved in community-campus partnerships

*identifying "best practices" for meaningfully integrating principles into community-campus partnerships

*exploring community-campus partnerships in the context of today's changing health care system

*building and sustaining a growing network of health-promoting community-campus partnerships

Some of the questions we will explore are:

*What are the principles underlying successful partnerships between communities and higher education? How do they reflect, incorporate and balance community, student and college/university perspectives?

*How can the strengths and assets of communities and of higher education be effectively mobilized to improve health and quality of life?

* What can leaders in health professions education do to help promote and integrate the principles of partnership into community-based education, research and service?

* What can community leaders do to engage health professional schools in their efforts to build healthier communities?

*What are the best practices for developing, implementing and evaluating community-campus partnership efforts?

The complete "Call for Workshops, Posters and Stories" is available immediately by dialing our fax-on-demand service toll-free at 1-888-267-9183 and requesting document # 202.

To be placed on the mailing list for conference registration materials (due out in January 1998), please fax or email your request to Alisa Holmes, CCPH Program Assistant, fax: 415/476-4113,email: ccph@itsa.ucsf.edu.

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) is a non-profit organization committed to fostering partnerships between communities and educational institutions that build on each other's strengths and develop their roles as change agents for improving health professions education, civic responsibility and the overall health of communities.

Joining CCPH in cosponsoring the conference are the Health Professions Schools in Service to the Nation Program, The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Corporation for National Service, the National Fund for Medical Education, the University of Pittsburgh Program for Health Care to Underserved Populations, West Virginia Rural Health Education Partnerships, The Center for Rural Health Development and Pennsylvania Campus Compact.