Survey Instruments-Alcohol and Drug Use
Good afternoon, I apologize about the inconvenience, however I was hoping that someone out there could provide me with information (or point me in the right direction) on valid and reliable instruments that assess/measure a persons’ knowledge on alcohol and drug use. While I’ve identified a number of assessment instruments for persons who may be using alcohol and drugs, I’m not identifying instruments for persons who may be learning about alcohol and drug use.
20th Asia Pacific Diabetes Conference
Conference series LLC takes pride to introduce the commencement of "20th Asia Pacific Diabetes Conference" from July 16-17, 2018 at Sydney, Australia. Diabetes Asia Pacific 2018 is an international platform for presenting research about diabetes management and therapeutics, exchanging ideas about it and thus, contributes to the dissemination of knowledge in management of the disease for the benefit of the society. Diabetes Asia Pacific 2018 is where the future of management and novel therapeutics for the disease intersects.
Collaboration Key to $62.5M Health Building at Ball State University
The first dean of Ball State University's College of Health says the focus on interprofessional relationships will come to define the school. Mitch Whaley's remarks came during the recent groundbreaking of the $62.5 million Health Professions Building, which will bring most of the university's students in health-related fields under the same roof.
First Round of IP-X Pilot Grants Announced
The U-M’s Ann Arbor campus health science deans have selected four faculty team projects to receive the first-of-their-kind Interprofessional Exchange (IP-X) Research Stimulus pilot grants.
The awarded project teams in this first round of IP-X funding are:
Leading Across Professions: Rethinking Leadership for Interprofessional Learning and Care
Co-sponsored by: Boston Children's Hospital and MGH Institute of Health Professions.
Two-day conference with:
Large group-facilitated analyses of real-world events
Small group project-based problem solving
Panel review of existing innovative models
Focused workshops
Insights from leaders in interdisciplinary clinical initiatives and boundary-spanning leadership
Learn more about this event at http://info.mghihp.edu/leading-across-professions
The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation is calling for Applications for 2018 Macy Faculty Scholars Program
The Macy Faculty Scholars Program is designed to identify and nurture the careers of promising educational innovators in medicine and nursing. With support from the Macy Foundation, scholars will implement new educational innovations at their home institutions and participate in career development activities that prepare them for leadership roles.
Chosen scholars will receive:
iAPACT Tools for Change. Implementation Kits for Interprofessional Academic PACTs: Strategies to Support Workplace Learning and Development in Academic Primary Care Clinics from the Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education
Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Academic Affiliations, Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education; Coordinating Center
C. Scott Smith, MD; Stuart Gilman, MD, MPH
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CoEPCe NP Residency Outcomes
Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Academic Affiliations, Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education; Coordinating Center
Kathryn Rugen, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP; Nancy Harada, PhD, PT; Samuel King, MS, MDIV
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VA Polypharmacy Clinic: A Shared Medical Appointment Approach
Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Academic Affiliations, Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education; VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven
Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education (CoEPCE)
John Thomas, MD; Kristina Niehoff, PharmD, BCPS, Marcia Mecca, MD
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VA Highlight on Panel Management
Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Academic Affiliations, Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education; VA Puget Sound Healthcare System Seattle
Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education (CoEPCE)
Joyce Wipf, MD; Catherine Kaminetzky, MD and Howard Mun, PharmD
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