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Vol. #6; Issue 11
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November 23, 2016
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TEDMEDLive 2016 asks "What if?"
What if we re-examine the way we frame health challenges? What if we could become the architects of our aging? What if we could create a stronger health culture by addressing its social and environmental factors?
The Health Sciences Council believes any opportunity for interdisciplinary discussion is important. This year's TEDMEDLive question "What If?" offers some great food for thought.
TEDMED is an global gathering that focuses on health and wellness; even though it's called TED "MED", the topics and conversations go well beyond medicine.We're particularly excited to offer local panel discussions following three sessions: New Models, End Game and Social + Science.
Panellists from the community include physician-inventor
Dr Denis Vincent of ezReferral; healthy aging specialist Mary Whale from the Southside PCN; Executive Director of the Strathcona Place Seniors Centre, Linda Ensley; and music healer and educator Tiffany Sparrow-Brulotte from Artists on the Wards.
From right here on campus we welcome:
David Evans, Vice-Dean Research Faculty of Medicine & Denstistry (panel moderator)
Colleen Norris, Professor, Faculty of Nursing; Director of the Cardiovascular Health and Stroke Strategic Clinical Network (panel moderator)
Martin Somerville, Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry; Director of Genetic Lab Services
Jana Rieger,Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine; Institute for Reconstructive Sciences in Medicine
Alex Clark, Professor, Faculty of Nursing
Lionel Dibden, Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Medical Director, Child and Adolescent Protection Centre
Tammy O'Rourke, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing; Nurse Practitioner
We hope you can take in at least one session, join the discussion and answer the question: What If?
For the more information including the full schedule visit the Health Sciences Council online.
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As part of its newly launched Sustainability Plan, the university has committed to divert 90% of the university's waste from the landfill by 2020.
The university has also committed to send 1,500 metric tonnes of organics annually to the City of Edmonton's new anaerobic digestion facility to produce energy and compost beginning in 2018.
To achieve these goals, zero waste stations are being rolled out across campus. Eventually all buildings will be on one standardized zero waste program.
We have started to roll out the Zero Waste program in ECHA. Over the next few weeks Facilities & Operations staff will be placing stations, putting up pop-up banners in main entrances/areas, and putting on Lunch and Learns for building occupants to learn about the new program and answer their questions.
 The main changes include combining plastics, beverages, and metal into the recyclables stream and making organics available throughout the building.
For more information on the program as well as a list of acceptable materials for each of the four different waste streams (Mixed Paper, Recyclables, Organics, and Landfill), please visit sustainability.ualberta.ca/zerowaste.
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Top 40 Under 40 - INT D 410 Connection
The Health Sciences Education and Research Commons (HSERC) congratulates our Interprofessional Health Team Development (INT D 410) colleagues, Bukola Salami and Gabriela Constantinescu, on their inclusion in Avenue Magazine's Top 40 Under 40.
Sharla King, Director of HSERC, has been working with faculty partners for 15 years to create responsive, health-team development curriculum. "INT D 410 is a process-learning course," says King. "Designed to provide our students with the foundational knowledge, skills and attitudes they'll need to work collaboratively in health service delivery. Our ultimate goal is enhanced patient care through collaborative practice." Student teams are grouped into sections that are facilitated by health sciences faculty or practitioners from a variety of disciplines.
"Our success is dependent on facilitators like Bukola Salami and Gabriela Constantinescu. These educators bring diverse skill-sets and experiences that, in turn, offer students enriched learning," says King. Bukola Salami is an assistant professor with the Faculty of Nursing, and Gabriela Constantinescu is a Speech Language Pathologist and PhD Candidate in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. Facilitators in INT D 410 include faculty members from programs across all health sciences faculties at the University of Alberta, and practitioners from health sciences disciplines in the community.
To learn more about Interprofessional Health Team Development, visit the HSERC web page here.
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 Be the Cure campaign launches
Alberta Health Services, the University of Alberta and Northern Alberta Clinical Trials and Research Centre (NACTRC) recently launched the Be the Cure campaign to promote the importance of clinical trials in health research and the huge role patients and study participants play in those trials. To find out how you can participate, check out bethecure.ca! CCHCSP- WCHRI Lunch & Learn: Authorship in academia: What's all the fuss?
The Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program (CCHCSP) and WCHRI present this session to provide insight about common pitfalls in academic authorship relationships. Gwen Rempel, PhD and Justine Turner, PhD will discuss the perspective of those writing, reviewing and editing papers; on who should be an author; the responsibility of authors; and authorship order, taking into consideration variation across different disciplines. Date: December 6 Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. Location: ECHA 1-182 Pizza lunch provided. Register today! Please feel free to distribute the poster to your networks. |
 Collaborating Across Borders VI (CAB VI) is a joint conference linking Canada and the United States on issues related to interprofessional education (IPE) and interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP).Call for Abstracts
Applications due by January 20, 2017 (11:59 pm MST)
CAB VI continues the tradition of focusing on advances in interprofessional education, leadership, research, practice, and policy in North America and includes presentations relevant for all audiences. The conference will feature best practices, showcase theoretical models, evidence-based outcomes and lessons learned, and provide a venue for scholarly dialogue and productive networking.
Applications due by January 13, 2017 (11:59 pm MST)
Pre-conference workshops are designed to offer a variety of academic intensive sessions providing extended opportunities for collaborative/hands-on experiences on a topic of interest to conference attendees or an opportunity for interaction around an emerging issue related to interprofessionalism. Download the full call here.Call for Reviewers
Apply by December 9, 2016 (11:59 pm MST)
CAB VI invites you to actively participate in the selection of program content for the sixth Collaborating Across Borders Conference by serving as a reviewer for abstracts. Some professional organizations allow their members to obtain continuing education credits for this academic work.
Download the full call here.
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ECHA Terrace Garden Receives Green Grant
 The ECHA Terrace Garden is the proud recipient of a University of Alberta Office of Sustainability Green Grant. Funds will be used to support ECHA community gardens on both the north and south ECHA terraces for the 2017 and 2018 seasons. The purpose of the garden is:
- To create community garden space where all ECHA occupants are welcome to plant, maintain, harvest, and enjoy during the outdoor season (May-October).
- To activate the terrace spaces as community gathering places for all ECHA occupants.
- To educate the ECHA community about sustainable gardening practices and food security.
The ECHA Terrace Garden Committee will meet early in 2017 to begin planning for the expanded garden spaces and activities. All interested ECHA occupants are invited to join, regardless of garden experience! Please contact Gabrielle Donoff at donoff@ualberta.ca for more information. |
 ECHA's own
'Little Free Library'ECHA now has its very own Little Free Library - a community bookshelf for anyone to borrow and share books. It's located on the third floor by the south patio. Stop by and see the books available and donate a gently-used book to the collection.
Take 'em, read 'em, leave 'em. Open to everyone!
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