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Itinerary
AA # 713 19 Jul Mon DCA—MIA 8:30 AM—10:59 AM
AA# 783 19 Jul Mon MIA—SDQ 12:53 PM—3:09 PM
Santo Domingo-Jimani—overland via Elias Pinas to Thumonde & Cange
AA # 1908 30 Jul Fri PAP—MIA 2:45 PM—5:51 PM
AA# 2258 30 Jul Fri MIA—DCA 8:03 PM—10:29 PM
Appendix E
Dear SL colleagues,
At its annual meeting in June, the American Medical Association House of Delegates
called for the introduction of “Service Learning in Medical Education” as a
“key component” in medical schools’ curricula. The resolution asked that such experiences
include “collaboration with a community partner to improve the health of
the population.” After discussion, the resolution was expanded to include residency
programs. Below is the final wording of Resolution 321 - Service Learning In Medical
Education:
RESOLVED, That our AMA support the concept of service learning as a key
component in medical school and residency curricula; and be it further.
RESOLVED, That these experiences include student and resident collaboration
with a community partner to improve the health of the population.
A team from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine, led by
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health member Stuart Munro, authored the
original resolution and submitted it to the Section on Medical Schools. (The team
included Stuart Munro, Gary Pettett, Linda Johnson, Harry Jonas and the Dean,
Betty Drees).
Although AMA policy lacks the authority of policies adopted by the bodies that
accredit medical schools and residency programs, they reflect a broad-based professional
opinion and represent a significant endorsement of service-learning in medical
education. To learn more about service-learning in medical education, please
visit the Community-Campus Partnerships for Health website at http://
depts.washington.edu/ccph/servicelearningres.html Community-Campus Partnerships
for Health is a nonprofit organization that promotes health through partnerships
between communities and higher educational institutions. Check out our
website at www.ccph.info Join us for our first-ever international conference being
cosponsored by CCPH and The Network: Toward Unity for Health, October 6-10,
2004 in Atlanta, GA USA on Overcoming Health Disparities through Partnerships
Appendix F
Glenn-Thanks it was refreshing to read your two emails and get the feel of your
excellent medical missions for medical students. It reminded me much of the dozen
or so that Dan and I ran in remote valleys of Nepal 30 and 40 years ago with a
summary report in what used to be called The American Journal of Medical Education
??? It is most rewarding and I used to say what you are saying that this is the
most direct way of producing life changing in the careers of young health professionals.
Keep it up. You asked my opinion of this draft and I will be blunt. It is great
for true believers, but not yet sufficient to convince the skeptics. Perhaps most problematic
is that it is much too long and repetitive, trying to drive in your main points.
Those with doubts would never follow you through your very logical arguments. So
could you cut the theory and concentrate on the positive real life change experiences