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Transformations in Healthcare
April 30 – May 1, 2010
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Portland
Friday, April 30
7:45 am: Registration and Breakfast
8:30 am: Welcome and Overview
8:45 am: A Celebration of Accomplishment and an Evolving Vision for the Future
Our Region’s Osteopathic Medical Schools: Their Vision for Training the Next Generation of Physicians to Serve the Pacific Northwest
This is a time of remarkable growth and celebration for osteopathic medicine in the Pacific Northwest. Three colleges of osteopathic medicine, Western University’s COMP-Northwest, Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences and the School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (A T Still University), have or will very soon have campuses in the Pacific Northwest. This session brings together a panel of some of our region’s most important medical education leaders.
Deans from Western University of Health Sciences COMP-Northwest, Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona
10:30 am: Break
11:00: Framing (Re-Framing?) the Future: Where We Go From Here
Achieving Health Requires Transformation, Not Reform
This presentation will explore the need to redirect the current conversation regarding healthcare reform toward a discussion about how the health of the American public can actually be improved. Accomplishing this transformation will necessitate reprioritizing as well as reorganizing primary care delivery, increasing the productivity of the health professions workforce with inter-professional teams along with the expansion of the health professions workforce, and reforming reimbursement for primary care delivery in relation to quality of outcomes rather than the present incentives. Achieving the improved health of the public must become a national priority. Given the complexity of the US healthcare system and the multitude of stakeholders, it seems likely that progress toward transformation of this system will require the funding and success of local-regional health demonstration projects within designated healthcare innovation zones as models of what could be achieved at the national level.
Edward J Keenan, PhD, President , The Foundation for Medical Excellence
12:00 pm: Lunch
1:00 pm: Keynote 1: Healthcare and Leading a Life that Matters
Everyone knows that a career in healthcare is hard work. Less widely known and well understood are the aspects of healthcare that most promote personal and professional fulfillment. What features of work should we attend to most carefully if we wish to contribute as much as possible throughout our careers to our patients, communities, families, and ourselves? Exploring the example of one of history's greatest Americans, this presentation reviews key lessons about leading a life that matters that every health professional can put into practice.
Richard Gunderman is Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education, Philosophy, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy at IndianaUniversity. He is a seven-time recipient of the Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award and has also received the School of Medicine Faculty Teaching Award, the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the Herman Frederic Lieber Memorial All-University Award for Teaching Excellence. He is the author of over 230 scholarly articles and has published six books, including Achieving Excellence in Medical Education, We Make a Life by What We Give, and Leadership in Healthcare.
Richard Gunderman, MD, MPH, PhD
3:00 pm: Break
3:20 pm: Participant Forum
An opportunity for Confluence attendees to reflect, comment and engage in discussion with peers on critical healthcare issues.
4:30 pm: Reception
Saturday, May 1
8:00 am: Registration and Breakfast
8:30 am: Keynote 2: Expanding Pathways for Health Careers
A Journey to Push Open Health Care Doors
Breaking down the barriers to become the nation's first American-Indian dentist, Dr. Blue Spruce not only blazed a path, but his experiences along the way taught him lessons that can expand our concept of what is possible in American healthcare.
Dr. George Blue Spruce, the nation's first American-Indian dentist, is the former Assistant Surgeon General and Director of the Indian Health Service Phoenix Area Office. He is the President Emeritus and Founder of the Society of American Indian Dentists. This position has allowed Dr. Blue Spruce to continue his life's work encouraging American-Indian individuals to pursue careers in dentistry and other health professions. Dr. Blue Spruce is a member of the San Juan-Laguna Pueblos of New Mexico.
George Blue Spruce Jr, DDS, MPH, Assistant Dean for American Indian Affairs, A T Still University School of Dentistry, Mesa, AZ
9:45 am: Break
10:00 am: Through A National Lens
Increasing Diversity Within the Osteopathic Profession: Models that Work!
Tom Levitan, PhD, American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
11:00 am: What We Can Do to Make a Difference
Growing the Healthcare Pipeline through Building Grassroots Support in our Communities
In this session, Oregon Health Career Center (OHCC) will engage with leaders from a community in the Pacific Northwest to develop a strategy specifically for that community to take steps to increase and diversify their healthcare workforce through education and training programs for youth and adults. OHCC has a history of successfully supporting low-income and ethnically diverse youth to attend college and enter health careers through its pipeline of education programs. Since 1998, over 1,000 disadvantaged youth have participated in their Health Careers Opportunity Program. 100% of these program participants have graduated from high school, and 90% have gone on to college! Their successful model includes two main approaches: After school programs and summer academies.
Confluence participants interested in exploring adapting this model for their respective communities can set up an interactive training program in their communities where OHCC will make available to them all materials, curricula and manuals and provide intensive support, planning and training.
Gary Wappes and Sarah Andersen, OHCC
12:00 pm: Lunch
1:30 pm: Preparing for MedicalSchool
Osteopathic MedicalSchool Forum
Sponsored by the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) and the Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation, this forum is an interactive opportunity for pre-med students to engage with DO’s and leadership from colleges of osteopathic medicine throughout the country.
· Discussions with medical school admissions directors
· Admission requirements, statistics and application procedures
· DO’s discussing the challenges and rewards of their work
· Demonstrations of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment
6:00 pm:
Founders’ Evening Reception
7:00 pm: Celebrating Distinguished Accomplishment
Founders’ Evening Banquet and Awards Ceremony
This twelfth anniversary gala Founders’ Evening will be a unique blend of inspiration, recognition, festive cuisine and time to connect with colleagues and friends. Founders’ Evening will honor distinguished practitioners and community leaders.
The following distinguished awardees will be honored at Founders' Evening:
Founders' Award:
Amber Figueroa, D.O., Yakima, Washington
Eden Miller, D.O., Sisters, Oregon
J. Scott Heatherington Lifetime Achievement Award:
Robin Richardson, D.O., Portland, Oregon
Rising Star Award:
Mike Johnson, D.O., Caldwell, Idaho
Governor Barbara Roberts Community Service Award:
Anchorage Project Access, Anchorage, Alaska
EastmorelandHospital Historical Award:
FamilyCare, Inc., Portland, Oregon
Michael Finley, D.O., Associate Dean, Western University, Pomona, California
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