Program Schedule

Overview

The biomedical, problem-oriented, model that has dominated Western medicine at the institutional, organizational and educational level for the past century, however, may fall short in meeting the complete needs of our culturally diverse society.  Consequently, medical educators, institutions, organizations and government agencies are compelled to develop and incorporate strategies that foster and embrace cultural diversity driven policies and practices.  The objective is to facilitate the integration of cultural perceptions, beliefs, traditions, and methods as complementary facets to commonly accepted methodology.

The 2000 ABSAME conference will highlight how health care education and delivery systems are developing integrated and complementary approaches to managing and encouraging diversity as they attempt to meet one of the greatest challenges of the early 21st Century.
 

Objectives

• Explain the how cultural traditions and practices complement the biomedical approach to treatment of disease and illness;
• Appreciate the intimate links between culture and complementary medicine;
• Facilitate the integration of cultural perceptions, beliefs, traditions, and methods as complementary facets to commonly accepted education and treatment methodology;
• Describe how some institutions are developing and incorporating strategies that foster and embrace cultural diversity driven policies and practices into the education of physicians and other health care providers and into the care of culturally diverse patients;
• Recognize culture is an important component in the education of students, residents, faculty and other health care providers;
• Critically analyze the integration of complementary approaches to managing and encouraging diversity by health care education and delivery systems; and
• Provide instruction in management and leadership skills essential to the provisions of health care for individuals, families and populations at reasonable levels of relevance, quality, convenience and cost.

Audience

• Physicians, psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, nurses, public health practitioners, social workers, and other professionals and/or behavioral scientists engaged in medical education and practice.
• Investigators who wish to present their work to a cross-disciplinary membership for critique and dialog.
• Medical school and residency level faculty who wish to explore and develop teaching skills and new curricula in the behavioral sciences.
• Medical students and house staff planning a career in family medicine, primary-care, internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, or preventive medicine.

Accreditation

The Association for the Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists.  The Association for the Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education maintains responsibility for the program.

The Association for the Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists.  The Association for the Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education maintains responsibility for the program.
 

Conference Location

Travel Information

Suggested Attire

Registration and Refund Policy

Cancellations in writing received later than September 13, 2000 will be assessed a $25 processing fee.  No refund will be made after September 27, 2000.  All refunds will be processed after the conference.

Please Note: Hotel Reservations must be made by September 13, 2000 to ensure conference rate.

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Membership in ABSAME

Payment of registration fee at non-member rate provides ABSAME membership for 2000-2001 year.

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