Thursday, September 6, 2012


Back in the Saddle and Our Meet Up at Einstein!

So most of us are 'back in the saddle' with classes well underway and the fall workload building (as usual.) For those of you non-equestrians (like me) - here's the parts of an English saddle - is case you have a random interest.

Although, I think being back in the saddle is more like our lady below.
We had a terrific teleconference meeting on the September 4th.

Agenda highlights:
I.      Old Business and Updates
II.     New Business  - Hugs to Carl and wishes for a speedy recovery!
a.      Announcements / News / Opportunities
  1. September 24-25 Creating Consensus Embedding Sex and Gender Medical Education Mayo Clinic  Rochester Minnesota - Useful for faculty looking for resources and innovation in integration curricula.
  2. October 12-14   Healing Health Disparities Harvard Faculty Development Boston MA - Useful for new as well as expert educators to engage in raising the bar on cross cultural educational interventions and techniques.
  3. October 27-31 APHA Annual meeting (Let us know if you are presenting so we can share the news)
  4. November 2-7 AAMC Annual meeting (Let us know if you are presenting and we can share the news)
b.      Newest AAMC report and brief thoughts re: in person meeting discussions.
         LVMC Strategic Plan poised to address elements of this - more info at the face to face meeting.
c.      Collaborations poised towards meetings (AMEE) 
d.      Growth plans for membership and partnerships
e.      Next in-person (face to face) meeting Albert Einstein Medical Center, September 21
f.      Miscellaneous
 
Resources Bob mentioned (check out JCEHP CME Review in the Hot Off the Presses section) and Book chapters

Like RC, Goode TD. Promoting Cultural and Linguistic Competence in the American Health System: Levers of Change,” in Inequalities in Health Care for Migrants and Ethnic Minorities, COST Series on Health and Diversity Volume II, eds. D Ingleby, A Chiarenza, I Kotsioni,  and W Devillé. Antwerp-Apeldoorn: Garant, 2012, pages 29-48. http://www.maklu.be/MakluEnGarant/BookDetails.aspx?ID=9789044129328

Goode TD, Like RC. “Advancing and Sustaining Cultural and Linguistic Competence in the American Health System: Challenges, Strategies, and Lessons Learned,” in Inequalities in Health Care for Migrants and Ethnic Minorities, COST Series on Health and Diversity Volume II, eds. D Ingleby, A Chiarenza, I Kotsioni,  and W Devillé. Antwerp-Apeldoorn: Garant, 2012, page 49-65. http://www.maklu.be/MakluEnGarant/BookDetails.aspx?ID=9789044129328

III.     Adjournment


NEXT MEETING
Friday Sept 21
10 am - 2pm

Agenda will expand on our phone topics (full details to follow)

If you have questions re: logistics (that an non-New Yorker can answer), email me with questions. Nilda is our host and Hope Spano will be our logistics guru at Einstein.

See you all soon!
Ana


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