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A Forum in Early Childhood Inclusion – Enhancing Learning Through the Use of Assistive Technology
Forum to Be Held in Hartford on March 19
FARMINGTON, CONN. – Enhancing participation among young children with severe disabilities in school and community settings is the subject of a forum to be held on Friday, March 19, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Crowne Plaza Hartford - Downtown, 50 Morgan St., Hartford.
The presentation will focus on how to design inclusive learning opportunities for young children with disabilities through the use of adaptations and assistive technology. Participants will learn how to use an interview format to identify activities/routines in which to embed adaptations so that young children’s participation and learning are increased in inclusive, natural learning environments: the home, community and school.
The keynote speaker is Philippa ‘Pip” Campbell, Department of Occupational Therapy, Child and Family Research Programs at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
The forum is sponsored by the University of Connecticut A.J. Pappanikou Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities and the Partnership for Inclusive Practices.
For more information or to register for the forum click on Survey Monkey or call 860-679-1500.
The University of Connecticut Health Center includes the schools of medicine and dental medicine, the UConn Medical Group, University Dentists, and John Dempsey Hospital. Founded in 1961, the Health Center pursues a mission of providing outstanding health care education in an environment of exemplary patient care, research and public service. More information about the UConn Health Center is available at www.uchc.edu.
Note: News professionals are invited to visit the Office of Communications home page at today.uchc.edu for archived news releases and other information.
Who: Robin Bellinger
What: Spread My Wings
Where: Main and Mezzanine lobbies, UConn Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington
When: March 15 through May 6, daily 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
About the Artists:
Robin Bellinger states that art presents her with opportunities to express her values and beliefs in both two and three dimensions. Her current body of work represents different obstacles and triumphs she has experienced throughout her life and personifies her experiences and emotions, she says. "Through my work, I want to tap into the unlimited well of my imagination and express it," says Bellinger. "My contemporary work lends itself to differing interpretations and emotions. The purpose of my artistic journey is to search within myself and the environment around me."
Bellinger earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and attended ceramic workshops at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. Working under Boston artist Kristin Mills, Bellinger evolved into both a sculptor and a painter. She uses both clay and wood in creating abstract and figure sculptures and paints in acrylic, watercolor, and mixed media.
A resident of Halifax, Massechussetts, Bellinger has exhibited her work in the Greater Boston area.
The University of Connecticut Health Center’s collection of fine arts serves to enhance the environment and promote the sense of a caring community for patients, visitors, staff and students. Art is selected, acquired and exhibited by the UCHC Art Advisory Committee. To view a selection of the Health Center’s permanent collection visit: http://auxiliary.uchc.edu/art.
The University of Connecticut Health Center includes the schools of medicine and dental medicine, the UConn Medical Group, University Dentists, and John Dempsey Hospital. Founded in 1961, the Health Center pursues a mission of providing outstanding health care education in an environment of exemplary patient care, research and public service. More information about the UConn Health Center is available at www.uchc.edu.
Note: News professionals are invited to visit the Office of Communications home page at today.uchc.edu for archived news releases and other information.
Hypertension: The Silent Prelude to Heart Failure
Free Discovery Series at UConn Health Center March 2
FARMINGTON, CONN. – Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is one of the major causes of heart failure. The University of Connecticut Health Center’s Discovery Series will present a program about hypertensive heart failure, Tuesday, March 2.
The program is free and starts at 7 p.m. in the UConn Health Center’s Keller Auditorium. To register, call 800-535-6232, or register online at http://discoveryseries.uchc.edu.
Dr. William B. White, a hypertension expert at the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center, will discuss the importance of blood pressure in the development of heart failure. Dr. Jason W. Ryan, a general cardiologist, will present how to recognize, treat and live with heart failure. Dr. David Hager, director of the Congestive Heart Failure Center, will moderate the program.
To get to the UConn Health Center main entrance: Entering the campus from Route 4, at the first stop sign, continue straight. Bear left at the fork and continue up the hill. The main entrance is straight past the next stop sign. Visitor parking is available on the other side of the gate. Directions to the UConn Health Center are available at http://www.uchc.edu/directions/home.html.
The University of Connecticut Health Center includes the schools of medicine and dental medicine, the UConn Medical Group, University Dentists, and John Dempsey Hospital. Founded in 1961, the Health Center pursues a mission of providing outstanding health care education in an environment of exemplary patient care, research and public service. More information about the UConn Health Center is available at www.uchc.edu.
Note: News professionals are invited to visit the Office of Communications home page at today.uchc.edu for archived news releases and other information.
Designation from Anthem Health Plans for Spine Surgery, Knee, Hip Replacement
FARMINGTON, CONN. – The University of Connecticut Health Center’s New England Musculoskeletal Institute has been designated as both a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery and a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut.
"Blue Distinction puts a high value on research and evidence-based health and medical information," says Dr. Allan Korn, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Chief Medical Officer. "Blue Distinction Centers show our commitment to working with doctors and hospitals in communities across the country to identify leading institutions that meet clinically validated quality standards and deliver better overall outcomes in patient care."
The Blue Distinction designation is awarded by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies to medical facilities that have demonstrated expertise in delivering quality healthcare in the areas of bariatric surgery, cardiac care, complex and rare cancers, knee and hip replacement, spine surgery and transplants. The program is part of The Blues® efforts to collaborate with physicians and medical facilities to improve the overall quality and safety of specialty care. Details of the selection criteria used to evaluate facilities are available on www.bcbs.com.
More information about the New England Musculoskeletal Institute is available at http://nemsi.uchc.edu.
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is the trade name of Anthem Health Plans, Inc., an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. ANTHEM® is a registered trademark of Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc. The Blue Cross and Blue Shield names and symbols are registered marks of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Additional information about Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut is available at www.anthem.com.
The University of Connecticut Health Center includes the schools of medicine and dental medicine, the UConn Medical Group, University Dentists, and John Dempsey Hospital. Founded in 1961, the Health Center pursues a mission of providing outstanding health care education in an environment of exemplary patient care, research and public service. More information about the UConn Health Center is available at www.uchc.edu.
Note: News professionals are invited to visit the Office of Communications home page at today.uchc.edu for archived news releases and other information.
UConn Health Center’s Discovery Series February 23 and 25
FARMINGTON, CONN. – The University of Connecticut Health Center’s Discovery Series presents two February programs.
Tales From the Trenches: On the Front Lines of Emergency Medicine
Tuesday, February 23, 7 p.m., Keller Auditorium
People seem to be fascinated by the types of cases that come in to, and what goes on behind the scenes in, their local emergency rooms. Learn about the fascinating, 24-hour-a-day, non-stop world of emergency medicine and how it has changed through the years. Attendees will get a behind-the-scenes look from emergency room physicians, as well as life-saving tips and when to call 911.
The UConn Health Center is home to the only full service emergency department in the Farmington Valley serving patients from West Hartford, Avon and surrounding towns. UConn’s ED now includes seven new rooms, increasing the footprint by 2,500 square feet and allowing for increased privacy and improved efficiency.
Is Less Better? The Mammogram and Pap Smear Controversies
Thursday, February 25, 7 p.m., Keller Auditorium (rescheduled from January 28)
Dr. Ursula A. Steadman, an obstetrician and gynecologist, and Dr. Carolyn Runowicz, a nationally prominent expert in gynecologic cancers and women’s health, chair of the National Cancer Advisory Board, and director of the Health Center’s Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center, will provide information about the new guidelines for pap smears and mammograms. There will be ample opportunity for audience members to address their questions to the experts.
Both programs are free and require advance registration. Call 800-535-6232 or register online at http://discoveryseries.uchc.edu.
To get to the UConn Health Center main entrance: Entering the campus from Route 4, at the first stop sign, continue straight. Bear left at the fork and continue up the hill. The main entrance is straight past the next stop sign. Visitor parking is available on the other side of the gate. Directions to the UConn Health Center are available at http://www.uchc.edu/directions/home.html.
The University of Connecticut Health Center includes the schools of medicine and dental medicine, the UConn Medical Group, University Dentists, and John Dempsey Hospital. Founded in 1961, the Health Center pursues a mission of providing outstanding health care education in an environment of exemplary patient care, research and public service. More information about the UConn Health Center is available at www.uchc.edu.
Note: News professionals are invited to visit the Office of Communications home page at today.uchc.edu for archived news releases and other information.
New Graduate Medical Education Journal Names UConn School of Medicine Professor as Editor
FARMINGTON, CONN. – The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has named Dr. Gail Sullivan as editor of the Journal of Graduate Medical Education (JGME), the first peer-reviewed journal focused on all aspects of the education of medical residents and fellows.
Sullivan is the associate director for education at the University of Connecticut Center on Aging as well as professor and program director of the geriatric medicine fellowship at the UConn School of Medicine. "It is thrilling to have the opportunity to shape a new journal to meet the needs of the graduate medical education community," says Sullivan. "I want the Journal of Graduate Medical Education tto become the primary source for program directors and teachers to learn about new, valid educational strategies, as well as for how to strengthen their own educational research goals."
Sullivan has a rich and extensive editorial background with medical journals including her current position as a member of the editorial board of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, and Editor-in-Chief of the Geriatric Review Syllabus, 7th edition and Case-based Geriatrics Review, 2nd edition. She has been a manuscript reviewer for the Journal of Chronic Diseases, the Journal of General Internal Medicine, and the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine, Educational Clearinghouse for Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine Section.
"Dr. Sullivan has strong credentials as an editor and an educator, along with a seasoned understanding of the issues in graduate medical education. We feel her experience and interests are a good match for JGME," says Dr. Debra Weinstein, chair of the Journal Oversight Committee that led the search for the editor-in-chief.
The inaugural issue of JGME was released in September 2009; the first two issues are available for open access at www.jgme.org.
Photo: http://today.uchc.edu/images/news/gail_sullivan.jpg
Caption: Gail Sullivan, associate director for education at the UConn Center on Aging, has been named the editor of the Journal of Graduate Medical Education.
The University of Connecticut Health Center includes the schools of medicine and dental medicine, the UConn Medical Group, University Dentists, and John Dempsey Hospital. Founded in 1961, the Health Center pursues a mission of providing outstanding health care education in an environment of exemplary patient care, research and public service. More information about the UConn Health Center is available at www.uchc.edu.
Note: News professionals are invited to visit the Office of Communications home page at today.uchc.edu for archived news releases and other information.