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PRE-COURSE [Faculty track]: Workshops Round 1
- Session A: Incorporating Curriculum into Your Learning Community
Presenters: Lars Osterberg (Stanford), Michael Pilla (Vanderbilt), James Wagner (UT-Southwestern) [VIEW WORKSHOP]
- Session B: Creating Student Community and Faculty Community
Presenters: Amy Fleming (Vanderbilt), Sunny Smith (UCSD), Maya Sardesai (Univ. of Washington) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
PRE-COURSE [Faculty track]: Workshops Round 2
- Session C: Student Advising in Medical School Learning Communities: Building a Conceptual Framework
Presenters: Ron Arky (Harvard), Meg Keeley (Virginia), Rob Shochet (Johns Hopkins) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Session D: Making Better Doctors: Professional Identity Formation
Presenters: Bill Cutrer (Vanderbilt), Molly Jackson (Univ. of Washington), David Hatem (Univ. of Massachusetts) [VIEW WORKSHOP]
PRE-COURSE [Administrator / Staff track]: Workshops Round 1
- Introductions and Overview of the LCI's Administrator's Group Mission
- Engagement and Personal Mission Statement
- Skill Development
- Process Improvement Assignment [VIEW PRESENTATION]
PRE-COURSE [Administrator / Staff track]: Workshops Round 2
- Innovations Presentations
- Best Practices Round Table [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- How can learning communities be leveraged in the clinical years? (facilitator Meg Keeley)
- How can medical school curricula be integrated into learning communities? (facilitator Lars Osterberg)
- How and by whom can medical students be evaluated in learning communities? (facilitator Kevin Moynahan)
- How can faculty identify and support students about whom there are professionalism concerns? (facilitator Erika Goldstein)
- How can learning communities sustain faculty energy and engagement? (facilitator Amy Fleming)
FACULTY TRACK: Oral Presentations
- Foundational Skills of Learning Communities Faculty Jim Wagner (University of Texas Southwestern) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- A Faculty Development Program in Humanistic Mentoring for Learning Community Mentors Benjamin Blatt (George Washington University) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Becoming a Doctor: Narratives of Prefessional Identity Formation during the Core Clinical Experience Dave Hatem (University of Massachusetts) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Use of Emotional and Social Competency Inventory (ESCI) Within a Clinical Medical Student Learning Community Stephen Shelov (Winthrop University) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Academic Tracking in Medical School: What Have We Learned? Gail Shust (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
FACULTY TRACK: Workshop 1
- Facilitating Dissonance: A Model for Leading Small Group Reflections Rob Shochet, MD; Carol Ziminski, MD (Johns Hopkins) [VIEW WORKSHOP]
FACULTY TRACK: Workshop 2
- Optimizing the Educational Environment Kim O'Connor, MD; Genevieve Pagalilauan, MD; Rick Arnold, MD; Raye Maestas, MD (University of Washington) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
FACULTY TRACK: Humanities Session
- Participants' reflections inspired by the shared meaning of our work learning communities [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Process Improvement Discussion
- Professional Development
- Best Practices for Admins [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Learning Communities and the Development of Professional Identity Nick Andresen, M3 (Univ of Iowa); Maggie Gray, M4 (Vanderbilt); Emily Frosch, MD (Johns Hopkins) [VIEW WORKSHOP]
Professional Identity Formation 2.0: What Identity Do We Want Learners to Attain? Clarence Braddock, MD, MPH, MACP, Vice Dean for Education, Chief Medical Education Officer (David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA) Braddock LCI keynote 111116
Professional Identity Formation 2.0: What Identity Do We Want Learners to Attain? Clarence Braddock, MD, MPH, MACP, Vice Dean for Education, Chief Medical Education Officer (David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA) [VIEW PDF PRESENTATION]
Keynote video #1 – "Eddie Haskell video"
Keynote video #2 – "Method Acting Lesson"
Keynote video #3 – "Brando interview"
Educational and Networking Activities
Competency-based Milestones in Undergraduate Medical Education Amanda Kost, MD (University of Washington) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
ORAL PRESENTATIONS: Round 1
- Jump Start to Building Cohesive Learning Community Groups Marques Pena (University of New Mexico) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- The Student Voice: Performing a Needs Assessment to Strengthen Academic Houses Sara Tariq (University of Arkansas) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Online Tool to Facilitate Physician/Student Mentoring [**Tool of the Trade] Jillian Aristegui (Icahn Medical School at Mount Sinai) [VIEW PRESENTATION] [view handout]
- A Unique Take on Medical Education: Students as Teachers Katherine Alonso (Florida International) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- LCs to Foster Med Student Development as Leaders Bill Cutrer (Vanderbilt) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- A Fourth Year Teaching Elective Increases Teacher Identity in One Learning Community Dave Hatem (University of Massachusetts) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- First Year Orientation Retreat Initiative: Promoting Mindfulness Neha Jejurikar (Georgetown University School of Medicine) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- RICE: A Pilot Course For Addressing Third Year Fatigue Alex Plattner (University of North Carolina) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Promoting Wellness: Multispecialty Learning Communities for Interns Joan St. Onge (University of Miami) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Reflective Writing and Student Development William Agbor Baiyee (Rosalind Franklin University) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Integrating Clinical Reasoning with Advising: A Strategy for Building Learning
Communities Megan Young (Boston University) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Learning Communities for Reflection and Discussion of Unconscious Bias Lars Osterberg, Bahij Austin and Pree Basaviah (Stanford) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
ORAL PRESENTATIONS: Round 2
- The Impact of Learning Communities on Year 3 Performance Jorie Colbert-Getz (University of Utah) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Hands-on workshop on planning and sustaining a learning community Shelley Collins (University of Florida) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Impact of Learning Communities on Clinical Reasoning Danielle Roussel (University of Utah) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Connecting Students with Alumni Enhances Career Development Gabriel Arenas and Pamela Wax (Northwestern University) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- New Academic House Advisors? Improving Faculty Self-Efficacy to be Successful Sara Tariq (University of Arkansas) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Student Advising Tracker [**Tool of the Trade] Joyce Luckin (Johns Hopkins) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Student Advising Tracker – TEMPLATE
- Student Advising Tracker – WORKBOOK
- Student Advising Tracker – DATA and GRAPHS
- Association of LC Experience with Personal/Professional Student Outcomes Rob Shochet (Johns Hopkins) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Predictors of Engagement in Learning Communities Caroline Harada (University of Alabama) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine-PLC Climate Survey [**Tool of the Trade] Katherine Alonso (Florida International University) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- PCL Climate Survey – HANDOUT
- Use of LCs to Develop Med Student Ethical Framework Bill Cutrer (Vanderbilt) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- A Mini Learning Community for the Improvement of Critical Evaluation of Medical Literature in Senior Medical Students Christopher Lindsay (University of North Carolina) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Doctor-Patient Communication: Skill Development Silvia Olivares (Tecnologico de Monterrey) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
|Poster #
| TOPIC: Curriculum and Skills Development
A Learning Community Model for Longitudinal Clinical Skills Training Phillip Fournier (Massachusetts) [VIEW Poster]
PLC Leadership Development Program Kayla Laureano (Florida International) [VIEW Poster]
|Integrated Ultrasound Curriculum Katie Butler (University of North Carolina) [VIEW Poster]
Results of a Learning Community Survey for Third and Fourth Year Students: Perceived Benefits in Emotional Intelligence Steven Shelov (Winthrop) [VIEW Poster]
|Reflective Writing in Learning Communities William Agbor Baiyee (Rosalind Franklin) [VIEW Poster]
Simulation 2.0. Integrating necessary scientists and clinicians in a simulation environment – A pilot Sathyanarayan Sudhanthar (Michigan State) [VIEW Poster]
|Behaviors associated with success in clinical clerkships Sumit Bhargava (Stanford) [VIEW Poster]
The Power of the Student: Student-Led Electives Paul Alvarez and Ammu Vijay (Univeristy of North Carolina) [VIEW Poster]
|Competency-based Faculty Development Program for Clinical Educators Silvia Lizett Olivares (Tecnologico de Monterrey) [VIEW Poster]
A Practical Application of the GSA Performance Framework Katherine Alonso (Florida International) [VIEW Poster]
|Peer Observation of Teaching is Valuable to Hospitalists Daniel Cabrera (Univ. Washington) [VIEW Poster]
|TOPIC: Faculty and Peer Mentoring and Advising
|NESTs: Small Group Longitudinal Mentoring in LCs to Aid Student Transitions Megan McDowell (Iowa) [VIEW Poster]
|Should Mentoring be Limited to "At Risk" Medical Students? Carol Haase (Touro University Nevada) [VIEW Poster]
|The Cicerone Mentor Program: A Model for Peer Mentorship Alex Plattner (University of North Carolina) [VIEW Poster]
|Impact of LC on Interpersonal Relationships Among Students Eve Privman (Virginia) [VIEW Poster]
|Use of Learning Community recommendations in Gold Humanism Selections Ishan Asokan (Vanderbilt) [VIEW Poster]
|Engaging Additional Faculty in Learning Communities: The Role for Specialty Advisors Christine A. Motzkus (University of Massachusetts) [VIEW Poster]
|A mobile wiki for career advising/information delivery Kevin Hu (Icahn) [VIEW Poster]
| TOPIC: Culture, Wellness, and Student Support
|Enhancing wellness and professional development through a "four house" learning community of medical students and faculty Tljana Milinic (Arizona) [VIEW Poster]
|Financial Wellness in OHSU's Colleges Learning Communities Carolyn Zook (Oregon Health) [VIEW Poster]
Culinary Nutrition Education through Medical School Learning Communities Ileana Lindsay (Florida International) [VIEW Poster]
|Student Perception of Wellness retreats—The Penn State Experience Milind Kothari (Penn State). [VIEW Poster]
|Impact of EMIS Challenge to the Academic Societies Core Values Claudia Hernandez-Escobar (Tecnologico de Monterrey) [VIEW Poster]
| TOPIC: Student and Faculty Community Building
|Building an Advisory Community that Links Distant Campuses David Davies (Arkansas) [VIEW Poster]
Do Extra-Curricular Workshops of Academic Societies Increase the Sense of Belonging of the Participants? Irma Ernan-Rojas (Tecnologico de Monterrey) [VIEW Poster]
|Community-Service Learning (Florida International) [VIEW Poster]
Interdisciplinary Program in Mental Health, Law & Research Jennifer Piel (Univ. Washington) [VIEW Poster]
|Impact of Grade Elimination on Learning Community Activities Steve Baxter (Univ. Cincinnati) [VIEW Poster]
LC's at the Tulane University SOM; a student-led initiative Suzanne Whittemore (Tulane) [VIEW Poster]
|Student Run, Faculty Supported Learning Societies Leadership Kerry Ryan (Georgetown) [VIEW Poster]
|Measuring activity of social networks for the purposeful integration of academic societies in undergraduate students Enriqu Javier Saldivar Ornelas (Tecnologico de Monterrey) [VIEW Poster]
Featured Oral Presentation 1: YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD
- Small group activities within academic communities improve the connectedness of students and faculty Katharina Brandl, RPh (DE), PhD (UCSD) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Small group activities within academic communities improve the connectedness of students and faculty Katharina Brandl, RPh (DE), PhD (UCSD) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
Featured Oral Presentation 2:
- A survey of LCI school on conflicts ofinterest in educational roles Peter Gliatto, MD (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
Featured Oral Presentation 3:
- How learning communities help develop medical leaders Susan B Hathaway, MD (University of Missouri – Kansas City) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- How learning communities help develop medical leaders Susan B Hathaway, MD (University of Missouri – Kansas City) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
LCI Updates, LCI Research Network, and Awards Ceremony:
- WORKSHOP #1: Using a Faculty Learning Community to Develop Student Learning Communities (SLC)
Laurie Richlin, PhD; Steven Daveluy, MD; Jack Folbe, MD; Mitch Gauger, MS2; Lisa MacLean, MD; Jennifer Mendez, PhD; Nathan Nartker, MS3 (Wayne State University) [VIEW WORKSHOP]
- WORKSHOP #2: Preparing Resilient and Empathic Physicians: PREP during the Core Clinical Year
David Hatem, MD; Leah Shesler, MS3 and Amarilys Rojas, MS4 (University of Massachusetts) [VIEW WORKSHOP] [view handout]
- WORKSHOP #3: Teach Clinical Skills with Near-Peers in Simulated Clinics
David Ecker, MD and Vinita Kiluk, MD (University of South Florida) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- WORKSHOP #4: Help Create a Survey on Effective Learning Community Mentors
Jorie Colbert-Getz, PhD and Danielle Roussel, MD (University of Utah) [VIEW WORKSHOP]
- WORKSHOP #5: Health In Context: Addressing Structural Factors That Impact Health
Amanda Kost, MD; Margaret Isaac, MD and Molly B. Jackson, MD (University of Washington) (with student panelists Jessica Dawson, Alice Chu, Laurisa Rodrigues, Jessica Keesee, Dirir Abdullahi, Amanda Blunt, Kilia Shanklin, Liam Hovey, Yanni Chang) [VIEW WORKSHOP]
- WORKSHOP #6: Enhancing the Role of Learning Communities in the Clinical Undergraduate Medical Student Experience
Nicholas Andresen (Iowa); Margaret Gray (Vanderbilt); Monica Bhutiani (Vanderbilt); Eve Privman (Virginia); Christine Motzkus-Feagans (Univ. of Mass); Matthew Solomon (Univ of New Mexico); Rebecca Surrey (George Washington); Emily Frosch, MD (Johns Hopkins University) [VIEW WORKSHOP]
- PRE-COURSE Track 1 [Faculty Track]: Developing the Pillars of Learning Communities
- Part 1: Professional Identity Formation: Forming Doctors, Forming Mentors
Dave Hatem (University of Massachusetts) and Lars Osterberg (Stanford) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Part 2: Mentoring / Advising
Robert Shochet (Johns Hopkins), Meg Keeley (University of Virginia), Amy Fleming (Vanderbilt) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- PRE-COURSE Track 2 [Student Track]: Learning Communities 101: Students as Learners and Leaders
- Introductions
- All about your learning communities
- Student leadership development
- Synthesis and conclusions [VIEW PRESENTATION]
What We Know About Learning Communities: The Collegiate Experience Emily Lardner, PhD, Director, National Center for Learning Communities, Evergreen State College [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Curricular/Structural Innovations
- Promoting Healthy Habits: UMass Medical Schools's Wellness Month Christine Motzkus-Feagans (University of Massachusetts) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Student Run Free Clinics: Opportunities for Service Learning Community Mentors Daniel Kronenberg (UCSD) and Jacinta Leyden (Stanford) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Anatomy Revisited: A Learning Community Framework for Peer-led Reflection Cody Cichowitz (Johns Hopkins) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Development and Implementation of an Interprofessional Educational Activity Within the Structure of Academic Communities Charlie Goldberg (UCSD) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- A "Hidden Curriculum": Introducing Interprofessional Education through Learning Communities Nick Andresen (University of Iowa) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Advising and Student Support
- A Successful Match: Preventive Care, Diagnosis and Treatment Alice Chuang (UNC) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Identifying Effective Advising Practices Emily Frosch (Johns Hopkins) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- The UNC SOM Student Advocate Program: Student Leadership in the Informal Curriculum Alexander Plattner (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Conflict of Interest in Medical Education: The Conversation Continues Michael Pilla (Vanderbilt) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- A Successful Match: Preventive Care, Diagnosis and Treatment Alice Chuang (UNC) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Professional Identity and Community Development
- Promoting Student Professional Identity Formation through Learning Communities David Hatem (University of Massachusetts) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- An Analysis to Determine the Most Successful Type of Learning Society Event Anna Howell (Georgetown) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Designing and Assess Learning community Environments Megan McDowell (University of Iowa) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Cloaking as a Community: Re-imagining the White Coat Ceremony with a Medical School Learning Community Robert Tamai (Johns Hopkins) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Skill Building
- Using Learning Communities to Support Empathy in Medical Students Janet Piskurich (Texas Tech) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- A New Leadership Development Curriculum for Student Learners in Learning Communities Arianne "Cuff" Baker (University of Massachusetts) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Incorporation of Mindfulness in the "Doctoring" Course to Improve Medical Student Well Being Michelle Johnson (UCSD) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Sharing a Common View: Can Seeing the Same Situation Through Different Eyes Reduce the Perception of Student Mistreatment? Cynthia DeTata (Stanford) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
|Poster #
|TOPIC: Clinical Skills
Novel Course Introducing Pre-Clerkship Medical Students to Real-Time Clinical Skills Sarah Waliany (Stanford) [VIEW Poster]
|Can Quality Peer Reflection and Feedback in Learning Communities Improve the Acquisition of Clinical Skills? Dide Ebert-Blackburn (University of North Texas Health Science Center) [VIEW Poster]
|Lessons Learned From the First Year of Using an Informal Learning Community to Help First Year Students Prepare for Step 1 Kathy Spicer (University of Arizona) [VIEW Poster]
TOPIC: Reflective Practice and Deliberate Practice
|Communities of Practice: A Review of the Literature Designed to Facilitate Decision Making Kathy Spicer (University of Arizona) [VIEW Poster]
|How Can Learning Communities be Used to Nurture Reflective Practice? The George Washingon University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (GW SMHS) Experience Rebecca Surrey (George Washington). [VIEW Poster]
|Focus Four Globalshet in the Hospitalized Adult Clerkship Marisa Echaniz (Denver Health & Hospitals). [VIEW Poster]
| TOPIC: Faculty in Learning Communities and Medical Student Mentoring/Advising
|Changing Faculty Perceptions of Learning Communities Reflected in Word Clouds Lisa Sherwood (Penn State) [VIEW Poster]
|Maximizing Global Involvement in LCs via Streamlining the Process of Event Design and Budget Approval Anna Howell (Georgetown). [VIEW Poster]
|Mentoring in Academic Societies at Tecnologica de Monterrey School of Medicine using a Learning Management System: a 2 to 1 Challenge Claudia Eugenia Hernandez Escobar (Tecnologica de Monterrey) [VIEW Poster]
|Who ya Gonna Call? Your Advisor! Alice Chuang (Univ North Carolina) [VIEW Poster]
|Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match Michael Ennis (University of Massachusetts) [VIEW Poster]
| TOPIC: Novel Learning Community Programs
|Promoting Identity and Sense of Belonging in Academic Societies at Tecnologico de Monterrey. An Intersociety Lecture, Challenge and Gathering Irma Elisa Erana-Rojas (Tecnologica de Monterrey) [VIEW Poster]
|Promoting Identity and Sense of Belonging in Academic Societies at Tecnologico de Monterrey. An Intersociety Physical and Intellectual Challenge Irma Elisa Erana-Rojas (Tecnologica de Monterrey) [VIEW Poster]
|Maintaining Connections with Academic Communities in the Clinical Years Ramon Aldeceoa (xxxxxx). [VIEW Poster]
|The Role of Academic Community Liaisons in the Learning Community Model Alyssa Hamlin (UCSD) [VIEW Poster]
|TOPIC: Culture, Wellness, and Student Support
|Developing Successful Wellness Programs: How Do We Get Started Jennifer Meka (Penn State) [VIEW Poster]
|Please Let Us Study Michelle Bardack (University of New Mexico) [VIEW Poster]
|Learning Communities as Contexts for Cultural Change William Agbor-Baiyee (Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science) [VIEW Poster]
|Student Support Services Presentations at Learning Communities Faculty Meetings Michelle Bardack (University of New Mexico) [VIEW Poster]
|Strategies to Enhance the Success of URMs in Medical School: A Collaborative Model Between the Offices of Student and Diversity Affairs Sharon Edwards (Mount Sinai Hospital) [VIEW Poster]
Professional Identity Formation: Moving from "Doing" to "Being" Sandra Jarvis-Selinger, PhD, Associate Dean, College of Pharmacy, University of British Columbia [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- FEATURED PRESENTATIONS: Young Investigator; Research in Learning Communities
- YOUNG INVESTIGATOR PRESENTATION: The Impact of Learing Communities on Medical Student Social and Educational Interpersonal Relationships Eve Privman, MD-PhD Candidate (University of Virginia) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Measuring Learning Outcomes of a Longitudinal Clinical Skills Curriculum Deliversed in Learning Communities Jorie Colbert-Getz (University of Utah) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Defining Learning Communities in Medical Education Robert Shochet (Johns Hopkins) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- YOUNG INVESTIGATOR PRESENTATION: The Impact of Learing Communities on Medical Student Social and Educational Interpersonal Relationships Eve Privman, MD-PhD Candidate (University of Virginia) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- WORKSHOP #1: Interrupting Bias – Building Skills in Cross Cultural Awareness
Molly Blackley Jackson, Kim O'Connor, Genevieve Pagalilauan (University of Washington) [VIEW WORKSHOP #1]
- WORKSHOP #2: Teaching Clinical Skills and Faculty Development in LCs
Lars Osterberg (Stanford), Sarah Waliany (Stanford), Sunny Smith (UCSD), Charlie Goldberg (UCSD), Yasmin Aghajan (UCSD), Tina Vajdi (UCSD), Kevin Moynahan (University of Arizona), Yuan He (University of Arizona), Jared Brock (University of Arizona), Erika Goldstein (University of Washington) [VIEW WORKSHOP #2]
- WORKSHOP #3: Advisors as Teachers? Integration of Formal and Informal Curriculum in Professional Development and Wellness
Erin Malloy, Alex Plattner, Alice Chuang (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) [VIEW WORKSHOP #3]
- WORKSHOP #4: Bridging the Gap Between Learning Communities and Interest Groups/Clubs in Undergraduate Medical Education
Daniel Beskind (University of Arizona), Ashish R. Panchal (Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center) [VIEW WORKSHOP #4]
- WORKSHOP #5: Potential Conflicts of Interest in Advising Medical Students: Managing and Messaging
Peter Gliatto, Sharon Edwards (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) [VIEW WORKSHOP #5]
- WORKSHOP #6: Perfect Practice Makes Perfect: Utilizing Deliberate Practice to Improve Knowledge and Skill Acquisition
Meg Keeley (University of Virginia), Bill Cutrer (Vanderbilt) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
Wellness from a Student Perspective
- Introduction: Monica Bhutiani (Vanderbilt) and Yuan He (University of Arizona) [VIEW Introduction]
- Defining Wellness: Nick Andresen (University of Iowa) and Cody Cichowitz (Johns Hopkins) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Best Practices from a Student Perspective: Jared Brock (University of Arizona), Eve Privman (University of Virginia), and Robert Tamai (Johns Hopkins) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Breakout Discussion Groups: Maggie Grey (Vanderbilt) and Dan Luftig (University of Virginia) [VIEW Discussion Topics]
- PLENARY PRESENTATION: Enhancing Medical Student Wellness Through the Use of Wellness Retreats Scott Rodgers, MD; Bill Cutrer, MD; Amy Fleming, MD; Michael Pilla, MD; Cami Pfennig, MD; Wally Clair, MD; BethAnn Yakes, MD; Lindy Fenlason, MD (Vanderbilt School of Medicine) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- WORKSHOP #1: Teaching Humanities to Medical Students: Can we Find the Sweet Spot?
Stephen Sandroni, MD (Paul L. Foster School of Medicine) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- WORKSHOP #2: Learning Technologies in Learning Communities
Bob Dudas, MD (Johns Hopkins); Toufeeq Ahmed, PhD (Vanderbilt); Amy Fleming, MD (Vanderbilt); Jennifer Meka, MS (Penn State); Milind Kothari, MD (Penn State) [VIEW PRESENTATION] [creating polls]
- WORKSHOP #3: From Cheerleader to Coach: Advancing Your Skills in Giving Feedback to Students
Molly Blackley Jackson, MD; Marjorie Wenrich, M.P.H; Ramoncita Maestas, MD (University of Washington) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Review of Current Literature in Learning Communities Dr. Sunny Smith (University of California San Diego) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Medical Student Perspectives on Learning Communities Zac Cordner and Monica Bhutiani (Johns Hopkins) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Project Brainstorming
- Review of Current Literature in Learning Communities Dr. Sunny Smith (University of California San Diego) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
*SPECIAL PRESENTATION – Building an Assessment Plan for your Learning Community Dr. Pamela Baker, PhD., Associate Dean for Medical Education, and Dr. M. Stephen Baxter, MD, Director, Learning Communities Program (College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
|Poster #
|TOPIC: Clinical Skills and Student Teaching in Learning Communities
|Third and Fourth Year Medical Students as Teachers and Mentors: Our Three Year Experience Implementing an "Education-Centered Medical Home" (ECMH) as a New Model for Longitudinal Team Learning and Peer Mentoring. Daniel B. Evans, MD* (Northwestern University). [VIEW Poster]
|Clinical Skills Teaching within a Learning Community: A Model for Vertical Integration. Phillip Fournier MD*, Christine Woolf PhD, PY Fan MD, Janette Abramowitz MD, Melissa A. Fischer MD Med (University of Massachusetts). [VIEW Poster]
|A Foundational Approach to Clinical Skills Acquisition in Long-established Learning Communities of Medical Students and Physician Faculty in Continuity Care Clinics. Jennifer Bequette, MD*, Miranda Huffman, MD*, Rebecca Pauly, MD, Louise Arnold, PhD, Jennifer Quaintance, PhD (University of Missouri-Kansas City). [VIEW Poster]
|TOPIC: Reflective Practice in Learning Communities
|Facilitating Professionalism: Ongoing Dialogs in Safe Spaces. Emily Frosch, MD*, Rob Shochet, MD (Johns Hopkins University). [VIEW Poster]
|Student Reflections on Empathy: Incorporating Student Voice into Medical Curriculum. Margaret Wilkes, M2*, Jana K. Zaudke MD, MA (University of Kansas). [VIEW Poster]
|Reflecting Through Learning Communities: A Unique Opportunity to Provide Instruction while Maintaining Student Openness. EM Powers, MBA, MD Candidate, LD Vance, MD Candidate, AE Fleming, MD (Vanderbilt University). [VIEW Poster]
|TOPIC: Wellness in Learning Communities
|Iron Med: a Wellness Initiative at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Julia Loewenthal*, Kendall Brooks and Michael Hardy (University of Virginia). [VIEW Poster]
|Resilience in Medical Students. Julia Loewenthal* (University of Virginia). [VIEW Poster]
|LiveWell in a Learning Community: A Student-Driven Curriculum Supporting Self-Care. Maxine Norcross, MS3*, Wynne Callon (MS2), Carolyn Arnold (MS2), Tracy Yang (MS2), Ekene Obi-Okoye (MS2), Trinh Trang (MS2), Robert Shochet, MD, Emily Frosch, MD (Johns Hopkins University). [VIEW Poster]
|Penn State College of Medicine Wellness Program: Reflecting on the Program's Inaugural Year. Christine Pennesi, Cameron Gettel, Milind Kothari (Penn State). [VIEW Poster]
|TOPIC: Faculty in Learning Communities
|Choosing Learning Community Mentors: Should Specialty Be Considered? Jim Wagner*, MD, John Sadler, MD, Celia Jenkins, MD, Jerzy Lysikowski, PhD, Gary Reed, MD (UT Southwestern). [VIEW Poster]
|Faculty Turnover in Learning Communities. Michael Ennis, MD*, Melissa Fischer MD, MEd, Michael Kneeland MD, David Hatem MD (University of Massachusetts). [VIEW Poster]
|A New Faculty Development Program for Mentoring in Learning Communities. Graciela Medina-Aguilar*, Rosa Nelly Cavazos, Claudia Hernández-Escobar, MD, Teresa Zamora, MD, Mary-Ana Cordero-Diaz, MD, María del Pilar Gonzalez-Amarante, MD, Melvin Delgado (Tecnológico de Monterrey School of Medicine, México). [VIEW Poster]
|TOPIC: Inter-professional Education and Novel Learning Community Programs
|Jeffersonian Dinners: Promoting Interprofessional Understanding. Eve Privman*, Monika Criman, Madeline Graham, Tina Brashers (University of Virginia). [VIEW Poster]
|The Vanderbilt Program in Interprofessional Learning (VPIL): The development of a longitudinal learning environment where medical, nursing, pharmacy and social work students learn and work together in clinical settings. Heather Davidson, PhD,* Bonnie Miller, MD, Linda Norman, DSN, RN, FAAN (Vanderbilt University). [VIEW Poster]
|Development, Implementation and Evaluation of an MD-PHD Learning Community. Zac Cordner*, Emily Heilkamp, Robert Siliciano, MD, PhD (Johns Hopkins University). [VIEW Poster]
|Foundations of the Profession: An Introduction to Medical School and Learning Communities. Amy Fleming MD,* Michael Pilla MD, Maya Neeley MD, Lindy Fenlason MD, Cami Pfennig MD, William Cutrer MD, MEd, Bonnie Miller MD (Vanderbilt University). [VIEW Poster]
|TOPIC: Assessment and Learning Communities Programs
|Learning Communities as a Vehicle for Quality Improvement Education. Nandini Kumar*, Devin Haddad, Kathryn Callahan, MD, Milan Nadkarni, MD, Simon A. Mahler, MD, MS (Wake Forest). [VIEW Poster]
|Assessing Qualities of the Learning Environment at Two Medical Schools with Learning Communities: Johns Hopkins and University of Virginia. Rob Shochet, MD* (Johns Hopkins); Meg Keeley, MD* (University of Virginia); Jorie Colbertz-Getz, PhD (University of Utah). [VIEW Poster]
|Weaning Medical Students from Multiple Choice Questioning. Larry Nichols, MD*, Charles Handorf, MD, PhD (University of Tennessee). [VIEW Poster]
|TOPIC: Technology and Learning Communities
|A Hybrid Approach to Create a School Culture of Online Professionalism. Cordero-Diaz, Mary-Ana, MD*, Gonzalez-Amarante, María del Pilar, Medina-Aguilar, Graciela, Soria, Ana Lucía, Arreguin, Stefanie, Aviña, Jaime (Tecnológico de Monterrey, México). [VIEW Poster]
|Using Online Forums to Create an Active Learning Space for Interactive Discussions in Learning Communities. Margaret Gray, Medical Student*, Bill Cutrer MD M.Ed.*, Michael Pilla MD, Amy Fleming MD, Toufeeq Ahmed PhD (Vanderbilt University). [VIEW Poster]
- YOUNG INVESTIGATOR PRESENTATION: Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of an MD-PhD Learning Community. Zac Cordner*, MD, PhD student; Emily Heilkamp, MD, PhD student; Robert Siliciano, MD, PhD (Johns Hopkins University). [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Interprofessional Learning Communities: The Next Generation of Learning for 21st Century Healthcare. Gwen Halaas*, MD, MBA (University of North Dakota); Bob Lavey, AIA and Andrea Stalker, (Steinberg Architects). [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Clinical Reflections as an Academic Focus for Medical Students in Learning Communities. Douglas Reifler*, MD; William Agbor-Baiyee, PhD (Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science). [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- Empowering Medical Students to Conduct a Community Assessment and Identify Meaningful Community Service Projects within Learning Communities. Sunny Smith*, MD; Steve Niemec*, student; Michelle Johnson, MD (University of California San Diego). [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- WORKSHOP #4: Enhancing Learning Community Faculty Skills in Chalenging Advising Scenarios Using an Advising Case Conference
Rachel Levine, MD, MPH; Emily Frosh, MD; Robert Shochet, MD (Johns Hopkins University) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- WORKSHOP #5: Facilitating a Faculty Learning Community for Your Student Learning Community
Laurie Richlin, PhD (WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine); Milton D. Cox, PhD (Miami University – Ohio) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- WORKSHOP #6: Learning Communities, Clinical Skills, & Core EPA's: Strategies for deploying Learning Communities to Ensure Clinical Skills Milestone Achievement
Danielle Roussel, MD; Sara Lamb, MD; Jorie Colbert Getz, PhD (University of Utah) [VIEW PRESENTATION]
- further updates in progress…
- Opening remarks:
Rob Shochet, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Crystal Wright, Baylor University
- KEYNOTE: Social Networks and Professional Formation – Opportunities for Learning Communities
Paul Haidet, MD, MPH, Penn State Hershey College of Medicine
[Presentation N/A]
- Innovations in Learning Communities – Featured Presentation
Making Mentors – Qualitative Description of the Needs of Learning Community Mentors in a New Learning Community Dave Hatem, MD, University of Massachusetts [VIEW Presentation]
- Innovations in Learning Communities – Table Presentations
- Professionalism through Reflection: The Educators-4-CARE Model of Teaching and Reinforcing Professionalism; Lars Osterberg, MD; Stanford University [VIEW Presentation] [VIEW Handout]
- MSRU Mind/Body Professional Learning Community; Marion J. Lombardi, MS; Cooper Medical School of Rowan University [Presentation N/A]
- Learning Communities in the Clerkship Year; Meg Keeley MD; University of Virginia [VIEW Presentation] [Clerkships at UVA]
- Personalized Learning Plans Utilizing a Social Network Interface; Bill Cutrer, MD; Vanderbilt University [VIEW Presentat'n]
- Mock Residency Interviews: Utilizing Learning Community Faculty for Success in the Match; Michael Pilla, MD; Vanderbilt University [Presentation N/A]
- Learning Community (LC) Interest Groups
- Incorporating Wellness Activities into LCs
- Advising and Mentoring in LCs
- LC Collaborative Research
- Mentoring New LCI Members and LC Leaders
- Building Curricula for LCs
- LCs Across Multiple Sites
- Vertical Integration in LCs
LCI Organizational Updates and Future Activites
Poster Presentations
- Pharmacotherapeutics Learning Communities. Julie Bridges; Stony Brook University [VIEW Poster]
- Evaluation of Learning Communities by Pre and Post-Curriculum Reform Classes. Alan E. Harzman, MD; The Ohio State University [VIEW Poster]
- Role of MBTI in Learning Community Development and Teaching. Shawn Garrison, PhD; Morehouse School of Medicine [Presentation N/A]
- Reconnect and Reflect (R&R) – Longitudinal support and regular reflective practice for MS3 / MS4 students through Videoconferencing. Molly Blackley Jackson, MD or Thomas McNalley, MD; University of Washington [VIEW Poster]
- Model of an Advising Resource Office Serving Societies (Learning Communities) at Harvard Medical School. Laurie Raymond, MD; Harvard Medical School [Presentation N/A]
- The Role of Psychiatrists as Learning Communities Mentors. Dan Kirsch, MD and Peter Metz, MD; University of Massachusetts [VIEW Poster]
- Course/Faculty Assessment (CFA). Bonnie Granat, PhD; New York Institute of Technology [VIEW Poster]
- Transitions to Residency: Using Learning Communities to Prepare Third Year Medical Students for Residency. Gauri Agarwal, MD; University of Miami [Presentation N/A]
- Societies as a Scaffold for Connections, Curriculum and Relationships During Curriculum Change. Milind Kothari, MD; Penn State [VIEW Poster]
- Mentoring in Learning Communities: Description of a new, highly interactive Student Portfolio Interface using Personalized Learning Plans (PLPs) and Social Networking. S. Toufeeq Ahmed, PhD; Vanderbilt University [Presentation N/A]
- Training Today's Medical Students to be Tomorrow's Leaders: Leadership Training through Learning Communities. Carey Roth Bayer, EdD, RN; Morehouse School [Presentation N/A]
- A Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Curriculum Utilizing Existing Learning Communities for Patient Care and Learner Education. Jennifer Bequette, MD; University of Missouri-Kansas City [VIEW Poster]
- The Masters Colloquium: a Course that Integrates the Learning Communities with the Medical School Curriculum. Gordon Woods, MD; Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center [VIEW Poster]
- The "jigsaw" method to promote cross-talk and maximize learning across Learning Communities. Nancy L. Hayes, PhD; The Florida State University [VIEW Poster]
- Practice-Specific Learning Communities As A Response to LCME Visitation. Nicole M. Deiorio, MD; Oregon Health and Sciences University [Presentation N/A]
- Collaborative Mentoring for Medical Education Faculty through Faculty Learning Communities. Terri Kurz, PhD; Texas A&M Health Science Center [Presentation N/A]
- Development of a Cross-College Faculty Development Learning Community in Interprofessional Education. Sonya Echols, PhD; Virginia Tech Carilion [Presentation N/A]
- Two Innovations for Creating a Community of Learning in a Distributed Campus. Bruce Rosenberg, MD; McMaster University [Presentation N/A]
- Building Bridges to Establish a Longitudinal Career Counseling Program: Collaboration between Student Affairs and Student Mentoring Program. Crystal Wright, MD; Baylor College [Presentation N/A]
- Development, Implementation and Evaluation of an MD-PhD Learning Community. Zachary Cordner; Johns Hopkins University [VIEW Poster]
- Consistency in Evaluation of Medical Student Case Reports by a dedicated group of faculty. Geln S. Tamura, MD; University of Washington [VIEW Poster]
- The Value of a Faculty Community for Educational Development and Innovation: A Case Study in Translational Sciences. Christina M. Cestone, PhD; University of Texas [VIEW Poster]
- A Learning Community of Faculty and Students Developing Emotional Intelligence to Cultivate Leadership Skills. Amy Smith, PhD; Lehigh Valley Health Network [Presentation N/A]
- Opening remarks:
Rob Shochet, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine [VIEW Opening Remarks]
Joel Gordon, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa [VIEW Learning Communities Institute 2012]
Amy Fleming, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
- KEYNOTE (@Moscone Center): From High School to Professional School – The Learning Community (LC) Experience [VIEW Keynote]
Jeff Gilbert, Principal at Hillsdale High School, San Mateo, CA
Rachel Lotan, PhD, Stanford University School of Education
VIEW Video of Hillsdale Student – Carlos Duke (below)
VIEW Video of Hillsdale Student Carlos Duke
- Learning Community Innovations, Part I (Oral Presentations) – @Moscone Center
- Med Students' Navigation of Healthcare Systems in LCs [VIEW Presentation] [VIEW Handout]
- Makia Powers, MD, MPH, FAAP
- Morehouse School of Medicine
- Longitudinal Advising in LC in a School with Geographically Separate Campuses – Crossing the Divide [VIEW Presentation]
- Kathleen Watson, MD
- Ruth Westra, DO, MPH
- University of Minnesota Medical School
- LCs to Teach Teamwork, Professionalism, and Determinants of Health in a Community Setting [VIEW Presentation]
- Joseph Kiesler, MD
- Zelia M. Correa, MD, PhD
- Anne Gunderson, EdD, GNP
- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Developing a Cadre of LC Mentors [VIEW Presentation]
- Mike Ennis, MD
- Dave Hatem, MD
- University of Massachusetts Medical School
- Learning Community Innovations, Part I (Poster Presentations) – @Moscone Center
- The "POD System": An Innovative Strategy to Reform GME Teaching Sessions [VIEW POSTER #1]
- Second-Year Medical Student Reflections: A Pilot Study to Prevent Decline in Empathy [VIEW POSTER #2]
- Medical Student LCs: Developing Professionalism, Clinical Skills, and Mentoring Relationships [VIEW POSTER #3]
- Maintaining the "Family Atmosphere" through LCs Amidst An Increasing Class Size [VIEW POSTER #4]
- Merger of Doctoring Course and Mentoring Program [VIEW POSTER #5]
- Analysis of student attitudes about LCs [VIEW POSTER #6]
- Functional mentorship in LCs [VIEW POSTER #7]
- LC at a new medical school, lessons learned [VIEW POSTER #8]
- Evaluating an advisory dean program [VIEW POSTER #9]
- Teaching conflict management among peers in LCs [VIEW POSTER #10]
- Determining need for structured advising program [VIEW POSTER #11]
- LCs and critical events to assist in professional development [VIEW POSTER #12]
- LC pilot for underrepresented, underprepared entering medical students [Presentation N/A]
- LCs within LCs benefits for students and faculty Handout 3 Poster 2
- Competitions in LCs [VIEW POSTER #15]
- Using LCs to discuss challenges in clinical learning environment [VIEW POSTER #16]
- KEYNOTE (@Stanford): The Stanford Medicine 25–A Means of Continuing Bedside Medicine Education [VIEW Keynote]
Dr. Abraham Verghese, Stanford University School of Medicine
- The Stanford 25 and Bedside Ultrasound: The Future of Bedside Medicine [VIEW Presentation]
- John Kugler, MD
- Stanford University School of Medicine
- Learning Community Innovations, Part II (Oral Presentations) – @Stanford
- Academic Evaluation and Medical Student Advising: Conflict of Interest? [VIEW Presentation]
- Ban Mishu Allos, MD
- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
- Learning Communities as a Venue for Vertical Mentoring: Clinical Students' Exploration of Critical Incidents Using Faculty-Guided Reflection [VIEW Presentation]
- Danica Lomeli, MS
- Lars Osterberg, MD
- Stanford University School of Medicine
- Longitudinal and Multi-Faceted Student Support: The Evolution of Hybrid Learning Communities at the University of Virginia School of Medicine [VIEW Presentation]
- Meg G. Keeley, MD
- Christine M. Peterson, MD
- University of Virginia School of Medicine
- 4th-Year Student Co-Facilitators of Preclinical Curriculum through Learning Communities [VIEW Presentation]
- Sunny Smith, MD
- Charlie Goldberg, MD
- UCSD School of Medicine
- Learning Communities Innovations, Part II (Poster Presentations) – @Stanford
- Clinical skills evaluation [VIEW POSTER i]
- "E-harmony", peer mentoring system in colleges [VIEW POSTER ii]
- Learning community grand rounds [VIEW POSTER iii]
- Interdisciplinary LCs basic science and medical [VIEW POSTER iv]
- Learning environment [Presentation N/A]
- Medical student distress and wellness initiatives [VIEW POSTER vi]
- Reflection in LCs [VIEW POSTER #vii]
- Educational outcomes from LC implementation [VIEW POSTER #viii]
- Curriculum variation in physical diagnosis course through LCs [VIEW POSTER #ix]
- Faculty benefits in LCs [Presentation N/A]
- Mock residency interviews [VIEW POSTER xi]
- Development of comprehensive guide for wellness programs [VIEW POSTER xii]
- [Presentations N/A]…
- Welcome
R. Shochet Conference Chair Director, JHUSOM Colleges Advisory Program
Presentation (PDF)
- Student Advising Case Conference
Emily Frosch, Johns Hopkins University
Presentation (PDF)
- Reflective Practice and Faculty-Student Mentorship Via a Third-Generation Electronic Learning Portfolio in
the Learning Community Environment
J. Gordon, MD; Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa
Presentation (PDF)
- Masters Colloquium. A Learning Community-driven course in professionalism, ethics and clinical problem solving.
K. McMahon, PhD; Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center — El Paso, PL Foster School of Medicine
Presentation (PDF)
- Creating a Conjoint Rural Medicine Learning Community for Premed and Medical School Matriculates.
J Binienda, PhD; Wayne State University School of Medicine
Presentation (PDF)
- Multipurpose Learning Communities. Academics, Mission-Based Learning, and Social Support.
M. T. Johnson, PhD; Florida Statue University College of Medicine
Presentation (PDF)
- Writing and Reciting a Profession of Values.
M.T. Hughes, MD; Johns Hopkins University of School of Medicine
Presentation (PDF)
- The Osler Student Societies of the University of Texas Medical Branch: Origin and Evolution.
Michael H. Malloy, MD; The University of Texas Medical Branch
Presentation (PDF)
- Medical school learning communities: what's in the literature?
Marjorie Wenrich; University of Washington School of Medicine
Presentation (PDF)
- Maintaining Connections with Clinical Students
Lars Osterberg, MD, MPH, Director, Educators-4-CARE; Stanford University School of Medicine
Presentation (PDF)
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- Relationship-Centered Care: Impact on Culture and Community in Medical Schools
Penny Williamson, Sc.D. Associate Professor of Medicine, JHUSOM Relationship Centered Health Care PLENARY slides Presentation (PDF)
- UT Southwestern Colleges: A Study of Outcomes–professionalism multiscore profiles for medical students
James Wagner, MD, Internal Medicine UT Southwestern Medical School
Presentation (PDF)
- Grassroots Community: Student Activation, Leadership and Relational Connection in Response to a New Medical School Advisory Program
Satish Misra, Mark Bicket, Robert Shochet, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Presentation (PDF)
- Making it Count Twice: Conducting education research within learning communities
Rachel Levine, MD, MPH and Scott Wright MD, Division of GIM, JHBMC, JHUSOM
Presentation (PDF)
- The "P" word: Biggest Problems and Best Practices Imparting Professionalism during the Preclinical Years
Anne-Marie Oeschlinger University of Washington
Presentation (PDF)
- Promoting Professionalism among Medical Students and Docent Faculty through Narratives
George Thompson MD, Louise Arnold PhD, Jennifer Quaintance PhD University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
- UW School of Medicine: The Colleges -A comprehensive approach to clinical skills training and mentoring
Presentation (PDF)
- Adorable Ones or Terrible Twos? Lessons from a New Learning Community
Robert Shochet, MD, Assistant Professor & Director, Colleges Advisory/Clinical Skills Program
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Presentation (PDF)
- Learning Communities Characteristics
Jan Carline, University of Washington; Kristi Ferguson, University of Iowa; Ed Krupat, Harvard University; Ellen Wolter, University of Iowa; Don Yarbrough, University of Iowa
Presentation (PDF)
- Plenary Session Building Connections in a World of Disconnections
Corly Petersen Brooke, Ph.D., Iowa State University
- Institute Work Session – How Do You Know Your Learning Communities Are Working?
Donald Yarbrough, Ph.D., University of Iowa Center for Evaluation and Assessment
- Institute Work Session, panel discussion
Moderated by Joel Gordon, MD, University of Iowa
- Plenary Session On Leadership and Being a Change Agent
Jude West, Ph.D., University of Iowa
- Breakout Session – Integrating Formal and Informal Curricula; Academic Outcomes of Learning Communities.
Ronald A. Arkey, M.D., Harvard Medical School
- Breakout Session – Balancing Class and Community
Susan Johnson, M.D., University of Iowa
- Breakout Session – Catalyzing Your Resources to Achieve Program Goals
Bret Gothe, M.A., University of Iowa
- Breakout Session – The Role of Learning Communities in the Development of Professional Behaviors in Students.
Louise Arnold, Ph.D. University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine
- Plenary Session – Making It All Happen
Charles Schroeder, Ph.D.,Noel Levitz Consulting
- Plenary Session – Wrap-Up and Template for Action Plan
Elizabeth Whitt, Ph.D., University of Iowa


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I'm planning on doing this over the weekend and had a question for those who have already done this.
Reading thru all of this, it seems that you would need to use a puller or a dremmel to get the inner race off if it does in fact get stuck behind. I don't have a dremmel nor do I have a puller. I do a lot of DIYs and I've never needed a dremmel, until now. And the puller they have at my autozone is too thick at the jaws to fit.
Worst case scenario, assuming the mallet/hammer/rotor tricks all don't work, I'm thinking of taking two long flathead screwdrivers at 12 and 6 or 3 and 9 o'clock and prying the crud out of the inner race. Just going by the pictures, it appears workable...but am I just being naive or do you think this would work...with some added time of course?
Hmm... no! I wouldn't advise that you try your "flathead screwdriver" method.
If the inner race is left behind on the spindle/kingpin when you remove your Hub Bearing...
No worries, you can try this method. (It worked perfectly for me.)
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Bring your stroller along and explore the exhibits in the
museum. Then let kids get hands-on experience as they explore
and discover nature during a 20-minute playgroup.
Professional instruction includes sticks, pucks and helmets.
One of the Chicago area's largest and most spectacular
holiday light displays, encompassing a 1.8-mile drive-through
course. Features larger-than-life holiday characters,
children-oriented figures, and mythical creatures, plus
architectural lighting. A special visit from Santa
takes place on Dec. 7-9, 15-16 and 21-23.
Every child gets a chance to dress up as a firefighter, slide
down the pole, explore a fire truck and ambulance, interact with
real firefighters, listen to fun, firehouse kids stories and enjoy
a delicious firehouse snack.
Visitors can walk inside the two-story silo and turn the crank
of a silage machine, watching "corn plants" delivered to the top of
the silo. Plus, learn about the history of silos and silage, build
miniature silos with building blocks simulating wood, brick and
metal and much more.
See a toy so amazing, so unbelievable, it has the power to
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A new traveling exhibit created by Children's Museum of
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manufacturing that combines people, ideas and technology. Inspired
by the factory tour segments from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, the
exhibit offers hands-on activities using real factory tools and
machines to create objects including crayons, a baseball bat and a
matchbox car, just to name a few.
Kids enter artist Gino Severini's interpretation of trains by
role-playing engineer, passenger or conductor in a child-size train
and look for objects in an eight-foot wide "hidden pictures" mural
of artist Don Stewart's "Steam Train." Plus, enjoy specially
designed wooden train tables and a huge new interactive crane.
The exhibit features the illustrations of W. W. Denslow, a
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While in the north of India, I visited this Hindu temple. It was beautiful and decadent inside. I can't even imagine what it used to look like back in the day. The walls supposedly had inlaid jewels and other precious stones. Despite time, it is still impressive.
I had set up for a normal multi-exposure shot, but then this Muslim woman came floating through the room, so I quickly made some adjustments and grabbed a quick single-exposure HDR.
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President Bush and Prime Minister Nouri al-Malki spoke on the phone how to proceed with the planned withdrawal of US forces from Iraq. Maliki wants American forces out of major Iraq cities no later than June, 2009, and the president is hesitating about the date due to uncertainty about what will happen once major portions of US troops are no longer on site. Yesterday, there were reports a 27 point withdrawal plan had been accepted by both sides, but White House spokesman gordon Johndroe, noted: "It's not done until it's done. And the discussions are really ongoing. And ongoing and ongoing. But, hopefuly, drawing to a conclusion."
Senator Barak Obama tends to support the views of the Iraq government about a fairly quick withdrawal of American forces while Senator John McCain does not want to be that specific arguing the situation in Iraq should determine when American forces depart. Unfortunately, for that viewpoint, an Iraq government increasingly feels confident it can handle things without the presence of any outside help. And, in the end, the Iraq government will have to call the shots.


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Their new requirements for Non Resident Permit/License are below. The Governor signed this new law yesterday. Remember you have to have a class from a Utah Certified Instructor. You can find info on how to apply at:
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You can also find a listing of Utah Certified Instructors at both sites.
(4) (a) In addition to meeting the other qualifications for the issuance of a concealed firearm permit
under this section, a nonresident applicant who resides in a state that recognizes the validity of the
Utah permit or has reciprocity with Utah's concealed firearm permit law shall:
(i) hold a current concealed firearm or concealed weapon permit issued by the appropriate
permitting authority of the nonresident applicant's state of residency; and
(ii) submit a photocopy or electronic copy of the nonresident applicant's current concealed
firearm or concealed weapon permit referred to in Subsection (4)(a)(i).
(b) A nonresident applicant who knowingly and willfully provides false information to the bureau
under Subsection (4)(a) is prohibited from holding a Utah concealed firearm permit for a period of 10
(c) Subsection (4)(a) applies to all applications for the issuance of a concealed firearm permit that are
received by the bureau after May 10, 2011.
(d) Beginning January 1, 2012, Subsection (4)(a) also applies to an application for renewal of a
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It's a quiet night on the NHL schedule with just 3 games being played but they are all probably worth keeping an eye on.
Columbus/Detroit – You might think this is an easy Detroit win, and you are probably correct, but Columbus is playing much better hockey in recent weeks and have won 4 of their last 5 games. Nash and Federov have finally figured each others tendancies out and have played great playing together during this 5 game streak with Nash getting 4 goals and 9 points and Federov getting 2 goals and 9 points in those 5 games. and Vyborny has also scored 5 goals in 5 games. Detroit is still obviosuly the better team but Columbus might not be the pushover that they were for most of the season.
Minnesota/Toronto – Toronto is struggling with all their injuries, most importantly the groun injury to Bryan McCabe. The Leafs have lost 4 of their last 5 games. Minnesota has also lost 4 of 5 and is coming off a game against Ottawa in which they didn't look to interested in working very hard, made several mistakes, and got soundly defeated 6-1. Both teams should be hungry for a win tonight. I think Toronto will be a bit more hungry and will come away with the win.
Dallas/Atlanta – This game will be a battle of Atlanta's offense vs Dallas's defense and goaltending. Dallas is listed as a Strong pick to win but I think it will be much closer than that. Atlanta has won 6 of 7 in January while Dallas had won 6 in a row before losing to Montreal on Monday. This will probably be a higher scoring but close game. Dallas will win 4-3.
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Lets start with TUF fighters getting special treatment, especially from judges. Now, some say, never leave the fight up to the judges because of what can happen. I say, finish your opponents, prove you're worth a damn, this way there is no controversy. It all started way back when, the TUF finale of season 1. The war between Forrest and Bonnar was one for the ages, and one that SHOULD HAVE ended in the first round, by knockout obviously. Not discrediting these fighters, because they clearly have good chins, but in my opinion, and in the opinion of alot of guys I talk to, Bonnar won that fight. The reason Dana gave Bonnar the 6 figure contract was he too believed Bonnar won the fight, and knew Forrest would become more of a household name anyway. Same goes for the Ed Herman/Kendall Grove fight. Its no secret that Ed was the A-hole on the show, and Kendall had the fan support that whole fight (brownie points for the judges.) Yes Ed was caught in a sick submission that he probably should have tapped out to, but getting out of it, to me was more impressive than Kendall getting him into it. Exhibit 2.) And I will talk about this one until the day I die; Diego vs. Karo. Again, to me each fighter had his ups and downs in the fight, but again, neither fighter could finish. Granted Karo is not a TUF fighter, and is way above anyone who has ever come onto that show, neither fighter finished it. Once again, our friends the judges come in and throw out some rediculus scoring, 30-26? Yeah Ok....again playing favorites.........get new judges who know how to score a fight, the right way......moving on.
Stupid posts. Now, many of you will probably piss and moan at me for making this because you think its stupid, but this is the first in a string of them you will get from me, so just sit back, relax, enjoy, or hate, I want everyones opinion. Now, I'm no MMA Legend, or MMA Guru or anything of the sort, but I know a nonsense comment when I see one. When someone says (for arguments sake I'll use this one) that everyones favorite toolbox Danny Abbadi is the future of MMA, and makes a post dedicated to that, you're bound to get 99% negative responses. Clearly he is not the future of MMA, so why piss people off, or waste your own time making that assumption. If you are trying to be funny, or make fun of them, then that is ok in my book, but if you're serious you probably haven't ben watching MMA for that long, and have no common knowlege of the sport so I suggest reading up a bit. I also saw onetime someone make a completely fake website dedicated to a Brandon Vera interview where he pretty much went on a tirade aobut how he was better than everyone in the UFC and called out such names like Chuck, Tito, Randy etc....do people seroiusly have nothing better to do with their lives? Go read a book, ride a bike, play with a dog or something jesus h......moving on, last but not least.
Haters who hate on fighters for no reason. I will be the first to tell you, I hate certain fighters, but I have reasons. Koscheck because he's the LnP king, Sylvia because of his steroid use....and so on and so fourth. I just cant respect someone who hates a fighter for no apparent reason. Perfect example is Tito Ortiz, everyone hates him because he is cocky, arrogant and a trash talking bad boy...all pun intended....anyway, I dont see how you can hate him as a fighter, he is an amazing talent who does his job at the best of his ability to please us fans. If you knew him personally, and knew outside of the octagon he was an asshole, then yes hate him all you want, at least show SOME respect, hes one of the greatest of all time. Regardless of whether you hate him or love him, you will watch him everytime he steps into the octagon.
......and that is what grinds my gears
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Volkswagen employees voted against representation by the United Auto Workers Union, officials announced Friday night.
Retired Circuit Court Judge Sam Payne read the results, while Volkswagen President Frank Fischer and UAW Region 8 Director Gary Casteel, who represents the Southern region, stood together.
Participation was 89 percent, and a total of 1,338 votes were cast.
Volkswagen workers voted against joining the union in a 712-626 vote.
"They have spoken, and Volkswagen will respect the decision of the majority," Fischer said.
The National Labor Relations Board still has to certify the results.
"Our employees have not made a decision that they are against the works council," Fischer also said.
A German works council is similar to a union in the United States because its members help represent workers. But it's different in that it is representation from within the company instead of third-party representation. The dual model of representation includes representation from both an internal works council and external union.
Casteel said that Volkswagen and the UAW have built a great foundation of trust and indicated there could be additional actions taken moving forward.
"There are still some issues that have to be sorted out about this election—the impact of others and whatnot," he said.
UAW President Bob King said after the vote Friday night that he and other leaders are "outraged" that politicians made threats leading up to the election. He said that may have made the difference.
Earlier this week, Sen. Bob Corker said that workers should vote against representation by the United Auto Workers, and—if they do—company leaders will announce that the new SUV will be built in Chattanooga.
After Friday night's announcement, Corker said he was "thrilled" with the results.
In what some took as a threat, Senate Speaker Pro Tempore Bo Watson and House Majority Leader Gerald McCormick, who both represent different parts of Hamilton County in the state Legislature, said that having the UAW here will make it difficult for the Legislature to approve incentives for further expansion of the local plant.
King said that comments from politicians may have hurt the UAW in the election.
Friday night, State Democratic leaders condemned the Republicans' conduct before the election.
After remaining silent on the issue for a while, Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke criticized Republican lawmakers for their "attacks against Volkswagen."
He said that now that the workers have decided, it's time to focus on bringing more "living-wage, middle-class jobs" to Chattanooga.
King said he doesn't have the answers tonight about whether there will be a challenge of the results, but leaders will look at their legal options. They will explore those quickly over the next few days, he said.
"One great thing about workers and about the UAW is we don't quit," he said. "We take setbacks and we fight another day."
And he said the situation is bigger than this election. In the auto industry, the temporary workforce is growing, he said. And that affects all auto wages, King said.
"The average wage of autoworkers is slipping because all workers aren't together and unified," King said.
"What I hope the American public understands is that those people who attacked this were attacking labor-management cooperation," he also said.
He said the defeat is a "setback" but that it doesn't mean that UAW leaders will stop fighting for what they believe in.
And UAW Secretary-Treasurer Dennis William also noted that it took years to organize Ford.
Jack Nerad, executive editorial director at Kelley Blue Book, called the setback a serious one.
"In VW, the union had management that seemed neutral to positive toward its attempt to organize the plant's workers, and it still failed to gain certification," he said in a prepared statement. "The UAW's attempts to organize other nonunion plants in the United States are very unlikely to be greeted with as much cooperation from other manufacturers, so this could mark the end to UAW hopes to gain traction in these nonunion Southern state plants."
David Smith, Gov Bill Haslam's spokesman, said, "The governor is pleased with the outcome and looks forward to working with the company on future growth in Tennessee."
VW employee Chuck Luttrell said he had tears of joy when he heard the results.
"It's a big relief," he said. "Now, we go back to work, together as one team."
Volkswagen issued the following statement:
Volkswagen Chattanooga employees have voted in a secret ballot election against United Auto Workers (UAW) representation. Participation in the election was 89 percent. Fifty-three percent of the eligible employees who voted decided against the UAW as their bargaining representative in an election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) between Feb. 12–14.
"On behalf of Volkswagen Group of America, I want to thank all of our Chattanooga production and maintenance employees for their participation in this week's vote. They have spoken, and Volkswagen will respect the decision of the majority," said Frank Fischer, CEO and chairman of Volkswagen Chattanooga. "The election results remain to be certified by the NLRB.
"... Throughout this process, we found great enthusiasm for the idea of an American-style works council both inside and outside our plant," Fischer noted. "Our goal continues to be to determine the best method for establishing a works council in accordance with the requirements of U.S. labor law to meet VW America's production needs and serve our employees' interests."
Sebastian Patta, vice president for human resources, said: "While there was intense outside interest in this election, our managers and employees inside the plant maintained high-quality production and continued to work together in a calm and respectful manner."
"Our commitment to Tennessee is a long-term investment. We look forward to continuing to work with the state of Tennessee and the city of Chattanooga to support job creation, growth and economic development today and into the future," Fischer added.
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By Debra Downey • METROLAND WEST MEDIA GROUP

A nine year-old boy's "really cool" idea has become the hot spot for families who want to spend some quality time together.

Braden Marshall and dad Glenn were kicking back on the sofa one nippy January day in 2012 when the pair's conversation shifted to the work of the Hamilton Conservation Foundation.

"I thought it would be good to raise money so they can preserve land and help buy more land, and raise awareness," said Braden.

The Marshalls' home at the time backed onto the Dundas Valley Conservation Area and Braden enjoyed hiking the trails with mom, dad and the family's black lab, Fergus.

The first fundraising idea Braden posed to his father that lazy day was a lemonade stand. But when dad — president of Greening MarketingInc. — pointed out it was a bit chilly for lemonade, the Hillfield Strathallan student suggested hot chocolate.

For the precocious youngster with "a big sweet tooth" that afternoon father-son chat was the seed that sprouted Hamilton's first Hot Chocolate Festival.

Braden said the first task in organizing the inaugural festival last year was coming up with a suitable logo and making posters to alert others of his enterprise. Admittedly, Braden got a little help from his dad as he arranged entertainment, found a sponsor in Marz Homes and lined up hot chocolate supplier Camino.

Braden said he expected a couple of hundred people to turn out for his event, but when his web site got close to 1,000 hits in its first week, he knew there was more interest than anticipated.

"I was a bit stunned," said Braden, as a few hundred participants ballooned to more than 2,500. "It was really cool, to start the day watching TV, and then to see this idea come together."

Last year's Hot Chocolate Festival featured entertainer John Ellison, who penned the 1967 classic song Some Kind of Wonderful, a story tellers' corner with children's authors, a bird-feeder workshop, sweet treats, the food truck Gorilla Cheese, and, of course, plenty of tasty hot chocolate. Mild weather hampered Braden's plans for mapped tours of the Dundas Valley trails, but other than that, he said everyone seemed to have a grand time enjoying the great outdoors, socializing, listening to music and sipping hot chocolate.

With Christmas and new year celebrations now behind him, Braden is setting his sights on the second Hot Chocolate Festival. The date and time will remain the same — Family Day, Monday, Feb. 18 at the Dundas Valley Conservation Area Trail Centre — but Braden has already decided to expand the hours, increase the number of performers and have a real stage and sound system.

The youngster, who plans to one day become a veterinarian for the World Wildlife Fund, hopes readers, young and young-at-heart, will plan to join the fun. For all the latest developments on the 2013 event, keep an eye on the web site.


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Gorgeous, I love it, I'm definitely going to have to do this when I finish my Fett
Gorgeous, I love it, I'm definitely going to have to do this when I finish my Fett
Building my Pre Viszla now and this is a great reference guide. Are you going to be making any runs in the jet pack kit at all? or any other armor parts? If so PM me please.
Although I was a bit surprised at the detail of the pack itself. I though the one they used on the Clone Wars was the arena pack with the other rocket head on it. Guess i'd have to take another look and some screen grabs.
But this is amazing man. Great work.
Finally... which template did you use for the vest and what color did you use? Looks black/blue/gray-ish.
That is truly awesome man! Brilliant work. Are you eventually going to make the Darksaber as well?
That looks sick man...absolutely sick...makes me want to tackle a Deathwatch myself!
thats so amazin! i was wondering, do you sell these still? if so for how much $$??
Great work!


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Bioware is constantly building up hype for their upcoming powerhouse, Dragon Age Inquisition. The third installment in the Dragon Age franchise aims to right the wrongs of Dragon Age 2, and set the series back on track.
A recent twitter post highlighted some new concept art, and it looks absolutely great! From ancient elven cities, to eerie swamps and snowy peaks, it seems players will be in for a treat, at least from the perspective of diverse landscapes.


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Last of the Summer Wine
Wines are like people. A little oxygen, and they're at their best. Too much oxygen, and they blow up like a balloon and go flying through the air. Oh, what, you're too good for cartoons or something?
Let's do this. One last spree before sunset. A final frolic in the heat and haze. The next time we meet like this, the breezes will be cooler, the leaves will be redder, and the harvest will be almost ripe. It's the last Wine-Off of the summer. And we don't intend to waste it.


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Moving away from the ever-present beige, LG has gone for something a little more fancy. Clad in a matt grey chassis with a silver bezel the F900P certainly looks the part. Even the seven control buttons are arranged in a swooping smoked plastic curve that runs along the bottom of the facia.
Like the majority of LG's CRT monitors the F900P employs a Flatron tube, which is quoted as being perfectly flat. What LG means by this, is that both the inner and outer screens are flat which separates it from many other flat screen CRTs that employ are curved inner surface to counteract beam distortion at the corners. To address that last issue LG uses a dynamic quadruple lens that refocuses the electron beams in order to alter their angles and ultimately spot shapes in the four corners of the screen. All in all, this leads to a screen that minimises reflections and has a tight reign on image distortion. Not surprisingly it scored rather well in our geometric linearity and dark screen reflection tests.
You also won't find a traditional shadow mask or aperture grille in the F900P. Instead, it uses a slot-mask that negates the need for those visible damping wires found in traditional aperture grille CRTs. As a result, you'll find LG stating a dot-pitch of 0.24mm, which is about the same as a dot-pitch of 0.25mm in a traditional shadow-mask CRT.
The rear of the F900P sports both D-SUB and BNC connecters, and rather than hunting around the OSD LG offers direct signal selection via the select button on the front. There's a self-powered USB hub too, with one upstream and four downstream ports. Being at the back, regularly hot-plugging your USB peripherals will be a tad awkward. Also bear in mind that the connections are not recessed as much as other monitors on test, so if you want to push the unit back against a wall the cables may get in the way.
Setting up the F900P is a bit of a hassle as the driver CD fires up a screen that has a messy layout. Furthermore, you have to exit this screen then manually locate the driver on the disc.
The OSD system is also not the easiest to use, with two of the buttons having triple functions for menu scrolling, setting adjustment, and shortcut access to the brightness and contrast controls. Once you're used to it however, you'll find all the usual shape adjustments, as well as options to adjust the RGB signals individually, the colour temperature in 100K increments, and the colour purity. What you won't find, though, is a vertical convergence adjustment, which under testing was needed to eliminate a red beam misalignment that lowered the scores in the text focusing assessment.
With a maximum resolution of 1,600 x 1,200 at 85Hz, the internal electronics are not as extreme as the Iiyama's, but in use you're more likely to use the optimum resolution of 1,280 x 1,024 at 85Hz. This setting is the one we test at, and first impressions are of a screen that was not as vibrant as we might have expected. That's not to say that DisplayMate's colour scales and purity tests were bad. In fact, the scales were smoothly graduated and purity showed no signs of patchiness, but taken as a whole they lacked a certain vivid impact in their overall production.
Screen regulation was also not of the highest standard, as we could make out a wobbling effect in corner areas together with some expansion when switching between a black then white picture. A white level shift was noticeable too, and a sign of streaking where the electronics of the gun are straining to maintain a constant white intensity.
At £225, the F900P is an innovative and geometrically capable 19in monitor for the price, and the inclusion of a USB hub is commendable. But to win favour with us we need to see better power regulation, a vertical convergence setting and a more intuitive OSD.


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Mulling Spices
Store-bought mulling spices are often muted. In this vibrant version, oranges and fresh ginger are dehydrated and blended with whole spices. Each spice packet is designed to flavor one bottle of apple cider or a soft, fruity red wine, such as Zinfandel.
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- 4 oranges—sliced into 1/8-inch rounds (about 40 slices), ends discarded
- One 8-ounce piece of fresh ginger
- 8 cinnamon sticks
- 40 whole black peppercorns
- 24 whole allspice berries
- 24 whole star anise pods
- 16 whole cloves
How to make this recipe
Preheat the oven to 175°. Set large wire racks on each of 3 large rimmed baking sheets. Arrange the orange slices in a single layer on 2 of the racks. Dry the oranges in the upper and lower thirds of the oven for about 4 hours, until the flesh is slightly tacky and the peel is crisp; flip the orange slices and shift the pans from top to bottom and front to back halfway through drying. Let the slices cool completely on the racks.
Meanwhile, trim the ginger as necessary to fit the width of a mandoline. Slice the ginger into lengthwise strips 1/8 inch thick; discard the end pieces. Arrange the ginger in a single layer on the remaining rack. Dry the ginger in the oven for about 3 hours, until dry to the touch; flip the ginger and shift the pans from front to back halfway through drying. Let the ginger cool.
Divide the oranges, ginger and spices into 8 bags and secure with twine.
Make Ahead
The spice packets can be stored in a cool place for 6 months.
In a saucepan, combine the contents of 1 packet with one 750- milliliter bottle of wine or apple cider. Bring to a simmer and cook over low heat for 1 minute. Remove the pan from the heat, cover and let steep until well- flavored, 10 to 15 minutes.


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Among the bills presently trying to make their way through the Kentucky Legislature is one that, while not volatile or sexy enough to gain much note on the evening news, is probably one of the best pieces of legislation in the pipeline.
The bill would authorize public-private partnerships - commonly referred to as P3s - as an alternative way of financing state and local government projects and services. The bill creates a structure under which private firms contract with a government branch or agency to provide a service or build a facility for public use. The private firm assumes the financial risk of building and/or operating the project, often in return for fees generated by the project. The government owns and maintains control of the facility or service by way of its contract, but saves money by not having to finance or, in most cases, pay to operate it.
Perhaps the best feature of the measure as currently proposed is that it allows private firms to submit unsolicited proposals to state agencies and local governments on ways infrastructure or services could be provided privately at a cost savings.
More generally, the bill would create an Office of Public Private Partnerships in the Finance and Administration Cabinet that would be responsible for encouraging competition for ways to privately fund specific government projects and needs.
The bill has been receiving a big push from the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, which notes in materials it has been circulating that every one of the states bordering Kentucky has already passed P3 legislation. Some have had such laws for decades.
Among notable examples of successful partnerships cited by the Chamber is a wastewater treatment and storm water management project in Indianapolis. The city contracted with a private company in 1994 to handle operation, maintenance and long-term planning of its waste and storm water system. The arrangement saved the city $189 million from 1994 to 2008 while reducing accidents by 85 percent and providing a 100 percent compliance rate for EPA standards on conventional pollutants. Paducah and McCracken County, which are currently dealing with an expensive EPA mandate to separate their storm water and wastewater systems, might want to take a note from that book.
Most of the public-private projects cited in the Chamber's material have to do with water treatment or transportation infrastructure, but within those umbrellas are a wide variety of projects large and small - everything from contracting out sales of advertising at highway rest stops in return for the rest stops being self-financing to construction and operation of short-line rail systems.
The Chamber notes that Kentucky currently is in a difficult financial squeeze. The state and much of the nation remain stuck in a slow growth economy that hinders tax revenue growth and the ability to raise new revenue. Meanwhile growing pension and Medicaid liabilities have caused the share of Kentucky's budget going to education and other important state responsibilities to decline over the past two decades.
The P3 legislation is being suggested as one way to take some financial pressure off of state and local governments by letting the private sector finance and operate some government functions that lend themselves well to that.
As of last week the bill had been posted in the House Revenue and Appropriations committee. It lists top House leaders among its sponsors and has bipartisan co-sponsors including several from our end of the state.
People who have observed the Kentucky Legislature over the years know plenty of snakes have crawled out of the woodpile. But in every session some good bills do come along. We think the P3 proposal is one of them, and we think taxpayers here and across the state would do well to support it.
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Kangkushot - The Peter Coppin story
17/06/2014 , 3:09 PM by Alex Hyman
Many Australians know of the landmark Wave Hill indigenous stockmen's strike in the '60s. The story was made famous in the Paul Kelly song 'From Little things big things grow'. But not many know that the very first Aboriginal worker's strike happened 20 years earlier in 1946, in the Pilbara. That strike was led by Nyamal lawman Peter Coppin, also known as Kangkushot. Jolly Read has written Peter's Story and the story of those workers who fought their near slave like working conditions. A second edition of Jolly's book 'Kangkushot: Life of Nyamal Lawman Peter Coppin' has been released, Alex Hyman from ABC North West caught up with Jolly Read to find out more about this fascinating and revolutionary character of the Pilbara.
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Best small power saw for deck & fence construction
I'd like to buy a single, new power tool that will serve me for three projects.
1- cut through existing galvanized fence posts (not sure the gage, but I gave up on the hacksaw when I realized it would take me weeks to get through one).
2- rebuild a wood deck
3- build a wood fence
There isn't one saw that will do all three jobs in an acceptable manner. For cutting through the galvanized posts, you basically need a reciprocating saw (Sawzall type saw). If the posts are already out of the ground and you just want to cut them down in size, you can use a chop saw with fitted with a blade to cut such metal.
As for the other projects: you'll really need both a circular saw and a jigsaw. A reciprocating saw won't help you much with projects # 2 and 3, and a circular saw and/or jigsaw won't help you much with project # 1. You can probably get away with using a jigsaw with a metal cutting blade to cut your galvanized posts, but a jigsaw alone won't really suffice for a deck and fence project; you'll need something to make long straight cuts and also notches. A handsaw would meet that need, but a circular saw will make it MUCH easier.
The bad news is you can't practically do all three jobs with just one saw. The good news is, if you do buy these three saws, you're handheld power saw needs are essentially met for the rest of your life (plus a miter saw, but that isn't handheld)
What adpanko said is totally correct. Personally i've had a Skill Mag 77 worm drive that i've beat on... lightly for the last 7 years and its still trucking. Put a composite metal blade on it and you should be able to cut the posts off no problem. A heavy saw but it is a truck. It might take you a little longer to complete your projects but it'll do.
Saw: http://www.amazon.com/Skil-HD77M-4-I.../dp/B0000223FB
Blade: http://www.shopping.com/xPO-Vermont_..._Cut_Off_Blade
Worm drive saws are a heavy tool. You can put a metal cutting blade on a regular circular saw if you're set on only one tool.
A very versatile tool is a grinder. You can use it to cut metal, tile, plaster, stone, etc. Just put on the proper blade.
Just wanted to add that cutting a vertical post with a circular saw is a very dangerous ordeal. The blade of a circular saw spins in one direction (unlike a reciprocating saw which moves back and forth), and if you are cutting through something vertical, as you make the cut, the upper portion of the post will pinch down on the blade and you'll get some nasty binding and/or kick from the circular saw. When that happens, the saw bucks and gets sort of thrown away from the cut. If you don't have a good hold on the saw, it can literally fly out of your hand. Or worse, if it bucks toward you, you'll get hit in the face/body with the saw (albeit likely with the blade gaurd already likely back in the closed position).
I was dumb enough to make this mistake once. I was cutting through a vertical stud, and instead of grabbing the reciprocating saw, or a hand saw, I went at it with the circular saw. Sure enough, half way through the cut, the stud pinched on my blade and the saw bound up and got thrown pretty hard. Fortunately I was holding onto it really well and nothing major happened.
Since getting my Sawzall I have only used the jig saw when coping crown molding. Circular saw is indispensable for making a deck though. Those two tools handle most of my cutting tasks.
It's amazing what you can free hand cut with a sawzall after a little practice. Good for pruning too.
I have spent a good 45 hours now cutting out rod iron fences with a circular saw and a cut off blade (porter band was stolen and I did not own a recip. saw at the time) and Dad was pushing us fast to hurry up so we could get the new fence in.
I have used some of the Ryobi equipment in the past and it has been great for diy work. You can find these saws at a pretty good rate brand new or there is always craigslist/ebay.
What type of fence will be going in?
What type/style deck?
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