Vol.4; Issue 4

April 17, 2014

Congratulations to the School of Dentistry

Dr Paul Major The School of Dentistry, and its three programs-Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS), Dental Hygiene, and Orthodontics recently went through their accreditation review.

"Every seven years, the Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada (CDAC) reviews our program to ensure it meets established criteria and educational standards," says Paul Major, Chair of the School of Dentistry. "The outcome of all three reviews was an overwhelming success! In fact, the DDS program had zero recommendations to report. What this means is we are on the right track with what we are doing and from here, we can only get better," he says. "We are committed to making our programs the best they can be so that all students who attend the school receive a high-quality education."

Students and educators to present together at leading global conference

Students Elaine Chiu, Meghan Chow and Michael Wong (FoMD) will join Tara Hatch, Sharla King and Joanne Davies (Health Sciences Education and Research Commons) to deliver a paper on

Authentic engagement of student stakeholders in interprofessional education initiatives, at the All Together Better Health Conference in Pittsburgh this June. The students will present on student perspectives related to motivation for developing student-lead IPE initiatives; the evolving team process; and recommendations for future student engagement in the design and delivery of IPE curricula.

ECHA drives collaboration

Ask Alex Clark, Associate Dean of Research, FoN, if the shared spaces in ECHA make a difference and his answer is definitive. "Yes - absolutely. Our office and the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology (IIQM) have cooperated on a number of successful publishing and grants sessions. We had students and faculty from Nursing and the School of Public Health, and panelists from across different disciplines. We had record attendance and such an interesting session." This move to include others was the direct result of the proximity of other faculties and schools in ECHA. "This kind of collaboration doesn't just happen", says Clark. "We decided to extend the invite out to include our neighbours. The diversity of the participants led to a great discussion, and an opportunity to share across our traditional boundaries." Clark quotes Steve Jobs who believed space should be designed to encourage "unplanned collaborations". And Alex Clark agrees: "Not many people are working in single discipline research anymore," he says. "Having those other disciplines in the same building makes a huge difference in the way we think, act and interact around collaboration."

If you have a story about collaboration in ECHA, let us know!

TD Bank Financial Group Grant for Health Sciences Interdisciplinary Research Studentships

The TD Bank Financial Group in agreement with the University of Alberta has established an endowment fund to be administered by the Health Sciences Council, University of Alberta.

The fund will provide three (3) $10,000 studentships for 2014-15 to support students or trainees at the masters, doctoral or fellowship level. The studentships will be awarded to students enrolled full-time in the 2013-2014 academic year in the health sciences faculties who have active roles with an interdisciplinary (cross-faculty or multiple health/allied health disciplines) health research team, who will be taking part in a health research project and who describe or demonstrate interest and potential to excel in interdisciplinary health research. Previous winners include Lori Sacrey and Alisa Ahmetovic.

For more information, visit the HSC website.
The deadline for applications in 4:00 p.m., May 13, 2014

ECHA is UofA's "waste diversion star!"

The Office of Sustainability has sorted, separated and crunched the numbers and "ECHA is our waste diversion star" says Jessie Kwasny, Waste Diversion/Recycling Coordinator with F&O.

In 2013, ECHA recycled or composted :

53 MT of Paper/Cardboard
0.540 MT of Plastic
0.286 MT of Glass/Light Metals
24 MT of Organics

And that doesn't include refundable beverage containers!

ECHA is the only building with organics collection available to occupants. Soon we will see organics bins at Engrained as well.

If you're still not sure what goes in organics - have a read.

K-cups - what to do about them?

It turns out the plastic portion of the one-cup coffee pods in NOT recyclable. So, you can remove the coffee grounds and filter for organics, but the rest goes into landfill. Find out more here.

Patenting the Easter Bunny.

New Exhibit at the John W. Scott Health Sciences Library. April 10 - May 10, 2014. This display explores basic information about Intellectual Property (patents, copyright, industrial design, trademark, integrated circuit topography, and plant breeders rights) through the theme of the Easter Bunny.

Health Research Data Symposium: An Alberta Perspective on Access, Management and Linkage

May 29, 2014, Lister Centre - Maple Leaf Room, University of Alberta. This one-day symposium will explore aspects of health research data access, management, and linkage in Alberta. Ample time will be provided after presentations for questions and group discussion. We encourage faculties, researchers, students, health system managers, clinicians, not-for-profit organizations, and government officials to register and participate in this event.

Registration fee: $50 + GST (includes Breakfast, Lunch and Refreshments)!!

Event Program is at:

http://guides.library.ualberta.ca/health-research-data-symposium

Upcoming Workshops

1. Introduction to Systematic Review Searching - RCPSC CME Credit Available

2. Effective Literature Searching in the Health Sciences - RCPSC CME Credit Available

For dates and registration go to: http://www.library.ualberta.ca/studenttraining/

ECHA On-site Service Closed for Spring / Summer. The staff of the Scott Library would like to thank those who visited us at ECHA during the Fall/Winter terms. Services will stop during the Spring/Summer session but will begin again September 2014. Need help while we are away? See http://www.library.ualberta.ca/askus/ for other means of contacting the Library.

New uPNR EVENTS!

May 21, 2014, 3-5 pm

"Thinking as a subversive activity: scholarship and values in the corporate university"

An open lecture by Professor Gary Rolfe, Swansea University. For more information, please click here

May, 22 2014, 3-5 pm

Questions in Philosophy of Nursing: In Conversation with Nurse-Philosophers

Book launch, relaxed conversation and refreshments. We are pleased to be welcoming five contributors to the new book Nursing Philosophy: 5 Questions for an informal discussion about the promises and challenges of nursing philosophy.
For more information, please click here

EVERYONE WELCOME!

These events are sponsored by the unit for Philosophical Nursing Research (uPNR), Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta.

Reminder

All bulletin boards in ECHA are cleared on the last

Thursday of each month.

Upcoming Events in ECHA

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