Program Description: 

Panel | Leadership Insights from the Community Engaged Scholars Mentoring Network
The Community Engaged Scholars Mentoring Network pairs senior faculty members who have extensive experience in community engagement and community-engaged research with MCW faculty interested in strengthening their community engagement scholarship. This panel will explore how their experience in the mentoring program and involvement in community-engaged projects has benefited their professional development and opened doors to new opportunities.

 

Panelists: Kajua Lor, PhD, Leslie Ruffalo, PhD, Mary Homan, PhD, Dan Bergen, PhD

Moderator/ Session leader: Ryan Spellecy, PhD

This panel will address the following questions:

  1. Please spotlight your journey into community engagement.  Tell us what has led you to your career in Community Engagement and as a mentee in the Community Engaged Scholars: Mentoring Network.
  2. What does community engagement look like to you? What leadership skills have you developed through your work being community-engaged?
  3. What is the current landscape for community engagement across your field? Why are there sometimes concerns about authenticity in community engagement?
  4. What does operationalizing community engagement look like? What are some ways you may establish this in your partnerships/departments/institution?
  5. What does authentic community engagement look like? How do we effectively get to spaces of tension that are effective at impacting structural injustices?
  6. How has the Community Engaged Scholars: Mentoring Network helped you in your efforts to be community-engaged?

 

Target audience: 

Community Engaged Researchers

Medical Practitioners

Physicians

Learning objectives: 
  1. Given the current health disparities present in Wisconsin, differentiate the requirements of community and academic members for effective implementation of Community Engagement principles
  2. In the context of physician/researcher and patient/community relationships, identify new assets that exist in community and academic institutions for effective partnership formation
Faculty & credentials: 

Panelists: Kajua Lor, PhD, Leslie Ruffalo, PhD, Mary Homan, PhD, Dan Bergen, PhD

Moderator/ Session leader: Ryan Spellecy, PhD

Education Planner: Syed Ahmed, MD, DrPH

Contact

Name: 
Jessica De Santis
Phone number: 
+1 (414) 955-4434
Email: 
jdesantis@mcw.edu

ACCME Accreditation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Hours of Participation for Allied Health Care Professionals:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 1.0 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.

 

Session date: 
11/01/2018 - 11:15am to 12:15pm CDT
Location: 
Medical College of Wisconsin Alumni Center
8701 Watertown Plank Rd
Milwaukee , WI 53226
United States
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  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 1.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.

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