Welcome Message

Greetings,

Please join us for the 35th Annual ABSAME conference, scheduled October 20-23, 2005, at the Hilton San Diego – Harbor Island Hotel and Conference Center. This year’s conference theme is “Enhancing Health Communication in Medical Education and Healthcare: Pedagogy, Policy and Practice.” The goal of this conference is to describe and discuss the most effective strategies available to narrow the gap between the most and least effective health communication strategies. By energizing and expanding the core topics and including several hot new cutting-edge sessions, we are bringing you a program intended to entertain as well as to educate. This year’s speakers will give you the raw facts, straight-forward analysis, and in-depth explanation of what you need to know to improve health communication in national health care pedagogy, policy, and practice. Our speakers will focus on practical advice and research for both the “gray areas” and “hot button” issues we face each day. As a community of educators and researchers, we need to ensure that our techniques and skills are sufficient to meet the mushrooming demands of today’s health communication. This conference can help you attain better communication skills, a deeper appreciation of the communication issues facing health care workers and students, and new insights into the methods for solving communication problems. These assets are invaluable for you, your patients, your community, and your students. Don’t miss “Enhancing Health Communication in Medical Education and Healthcare: Pedagogy, Policy and Practice!” Save the dates, join your colleagues, and sign up today. We look forward to seeing you in San Diego.

Patrick Hardigan Ph.D.
Jeff Kingsley, D.O.
2005 Program Co-Chairs

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.

Objectives

At the end of this conference, participants will be able to:
• Design innovative strategies for patient education and counseling.
• Discuss vital legal issues surrounding health communication.
• Appreciate the impact of psychological states, such as depression, on health communication.
• Describe advances in neuroscience, cognitive science, and social science that contribute to the understanding of how these processes interact with biology to produce behavior, health and illness.
• Explain advances in the social and behavioral sciences that contribute to improved clinical practice and health care administration.
• Employ research from the behavioral sciences to improve the teaching of core competencies of medical education.

Accreditation

Genesys Regional Medical Center, an organization accredited by the Michigan State Medical Society Committee (MSMS) on Continuing Medical Education Accreditation, designates that this activity meets the criteria for a maximum of 18 hours in Category 1 Credit toward the requirement for Michigan relicensure and of the Physicians Recognition Award of the AMA, provided it is completed as designed. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials and Standards of the MSMS through the joint sponsorship of Genesys Regional Medical Center and the Association for the Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education.

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. ABSAME is offering this activity for a maximum of 18 hours of continuing education credit provided it is completed as designed.

Continuing Education Certificates: CE credits are available to for participants who select and pay for this in advance. Certificates will be distributed after the conference. It is the responsibility of the participants to complete an evaluation of each session they attend to receive the credit. Credit is offered based on time of the session (1 hour=1credit).

Continuing Education credits are not offered for Poster Sessions, Screening Room, and Round Table Discussions

Suggested Attire

Casual resort wear such as slacks and light sweaters is appropriate. San Diego enjoys beautiful weather year round. In October, the average temperatures range from high of 75F to a low of 60F.

Membership in ABSAME

Annual membership dues are $95 for regular members and $25 for student members. Institutional memberships which entitle your institution to five individual memberships are available for $550 per year. Membership year is from July 1 to June 30.

Payment of registration fee at non-member rate provides ABSAME membership for 2005-2006 year.

Registration and Refund Policy

Advance registration is requested by September 29, 2005. Registration received after this date will be subject to a late registration fee. We cannot guarantee your enrollment until we receive payment and the completed registration form.

Cancellations in writing received later than September 22, 2005 will be assessed a $25 processing fee. No refund will be made after October 7, 2005. All refunds will be processed after the conference.