Service-Learning in the Health Professions

Posted by on August 1, 2003

For an intensive training institute on service-learning in the health professions, consider applying now for CCPH’s 4th annual Advanced Level Service-Learning Institute – the application deadline is December 19, 2003.

More details below!

THEME: “Service-Learning in the Health Professions: Fostering Leadership for Service-Learning Sustainability”
DATE AND LOCATION: February 7 – 10, 2004 in Santa Cruz, California

FOR MORE INFORMATION: The institute application is now available on our website at: http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu/ccph/servicelearning.html#advsl or by calling our fax-on-demand service at 1-888-267-9183 and requesting document #206.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 19, 2003

This institute builds upon our introductory level institute and is designed for academic administrators, faculty, staff and community partners who have already implemented service-learning courses or programs. If you have either attended our introductory level institute OR have demonstrated experience with service-learning AND seek to sustain service-learning in your institution or organization, this institute is for you.

During daily, intensive, interactive workshops and small group sessions, participants learn about:

*Understanding and influencing change within health professions schools and community settings;

*Strategies for institutionalizing service-learning into the health professions curriculum;

*Methods for developing a community-based scholarship portfolio for use in faculty promotion and tenure decisions;

*Effective methods for assessing service-learning outcomes for faculty, student, community, and institutional stakeholders;

*The core leadership skills and competencies needed to sustain service-learning partnerships;

*Models of faculty and staff development for implementation at home institutions/organizations.

Piper Krauel, Associate Director
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
3333 California Street, Suite 410
San Francisco, CA 94118
PH: 415-502-7933
Fax: 415-476-4113
E-mail: piperk@itsa.ucsf.edu


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