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It is that time again! The 2008 annual meeting of COMSEP, Medical
Students and Community: Using Medical Student Education to Address
Health Disparities, will be held April 3-5, 2008 at the Omni
Hotel CNN Center, Atlanta, GA. The meeting will feature presentations
and workshops related to our theme, as well as an exciting selection
of other workshops, task force sessions, posters and platform presentations
of our research. Morehouse School of Medicine is honored to be your
primary meeting host. Emory University School of Medicine, Medical
College of Georgia, and Mercer University School of Medicine are
co-hosts. Because this meeting is on the east coast we will have
a slightly different format this year to allow for travel for some
of our more distant members. All programming will finish up on Saturday
night at our social event.
The Miller/Sarkin Invited Lectureship speaker is former Surgeon-General
David Satcher, MD, PhD. Dr. Satcher has an amazing record of achievement
in medical education, health policy, and advocacy for all of our
citizens. A biography of Dr. Satcher would take more pages than
our entire program book! Currently, Dr. Satcher serves as Director
of the Center for Excellence for Sexual Health in the National Center
for Primary Care at Morehouse School of Medicine. The mission of
the National Center for Primary Care is to promote excellence in
community-oriented primary health care and optimal health outcomes
for all Americans, with a special focus on underserved populations
and on the elimination of health disparities.
Three pre-conference workshops will occur on the morning of
April 3rd. Our highly evaluated new Clerkship Director
workshop and a Grant-Writing workshop will take place at the Omni
Hotel. In keeping with our meeting theme, the third pre-conference
workshop, on Cultural Competency medical student education will
take place on the campus of Morehouse School of Medicine in our
clinical simulation and e-labs; attendees will have transportation
included.
The site of the meeting is a resort hotel right in the middle
of it all in downtown Atlanta! Attached to the CNN Center, with
close walking distance to the Georgia Aquarium, The Children's Museum,
and the new World of Coca-Cola, and many restaurants, visitors will
get a great feel for our cosmopolitan city (but with a country feel!).
The King Center is a long walk or a short cab ride as well. Our
Saturday night social events are also affairs of legend! We will
have a wonderful evening of dinner, live entertainment, and dancing.
The event will be held at the Carter Center, only a short ride from
the Omni.
For those of you that are allergy sufferers, please bring your
antihistamines! April in Atlanta is at the height of our pollen
season. With all of the dogwood trees flowering it is quite beautiful
in Atlanta in the Spring; the weather should be in the upper 60s
or higher!
Remember that the meeting is open to anyone at your institution
who is involved in student education. We welcome new members to
COMSEP and you will quickly feel at home. A meeting attraction that
keeps us coming back is the opportunity to network and socialize
with colleagues. We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta.
Best regards,
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David A. Levine, MD
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Programs were mailed in January 2008. You may download the materials
from the links below as well. Documents are also posted in the members-only
library. If you have any questions about registration, please contact
Lisa Elliott at 919-942-1993 or via e-mail at lhe@abpeds.org.
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