UTMB’s Institute for Translational Science and the Sealy Center for Environmental Health & Medicine invite you to participate in a conversation on Technology and Health.

Location: MOD Coffeehouse, 2126 Post Office St., Galveston

Date/Time: Thursday, November 21, 2019, 5:30-6:30pm.

This conversation features Mari Robinson, JD, Director of Telehealth at University of Texas Medical Branch; and David Brown, PT, PhD, FAPTA, Senior Vice President and Dean of the School of Health Professions at University of Texas Medical Branch.

Please join us as we explore and discuss the current knowledge and research revolving around technology and health.

Light refreshments will be provided.

SCI Café is a community dialogue about science, health and possibilities among community members, researchers and scientists. The purpose is to engage and connect community members with science and science with the local community. Topics for SCI Cafés are driven by community learning interests and discovery from UTMB faculty.

This workshop will provide participants the opportunity to explore the variety of definitions of “innovation” in health professions education, as well as provide examples of and discuss opportunities for dissemination of innovations in health professions education.

Learning Objectives: 

• Define innovations in health professions education (HPE)
• Contrast an “innovation” with traditional research in HPE
• Apply guidelines from journal editors to critically analyze an innovations report
• Recognize opportunities to disseminate HPE innovations
• Reflect on current practices to identify personal innovations 

Facilitators:  Karen Szauter, MD & Era Buck PhD

Same Session, two options:

• Wednesday, November 20th, 2019 | 12 pm | Mary Moody Northen Pavilion, 1.102
• Thursday, November 21st, 2019 | 4 pm | Mary Moody Northen Pavilion, 1.102

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The Teaching Skills Workshop Series is jointly sponsored by the Office of Educational Development and Academy of Master Teachers.

                                                      Monday, November 25, 2019
                                                            12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
                                                      Jennie Sealy Hospital 2.506A

                                                      “Secondary Hypertension”
                                                                presented by

                                             Abdullah Shaikh, MD, PGY2 Resident

Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

                         Objectives: At the conclusion of this presentation, participants should be able to:

       • Apply the differential diagnoses of hypertension to a clinical case

          • Review the workup for secondary hypertension

                               • Differentiate between the causes of secondary hypertension

                               • Recognize how to manage secondary hypertension

Methodology: Lecture followed by question and answer session

Disclosure Statement (Speaker):  Dr. Shaikh has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Disclosure Statement (Planning Committee Members):  Drs. Anthony O. Okorodudu, Judith F. Aronson, Heather Stevenson-Lerner and Mrs. Brenda Johnson have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Accreditation Statement:The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation Statement: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston designates this live activity for a maximum of 39 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

12:00 noon - 4:00 pm

2.506B Confernce Room, Jennie Sealy Hospital (adjacent to the gift shop)

To schedule your appointment, please visit:

https://tinyurl.com/utmbjennie1119

Picture ID is required to donate blood. Appreciation gift and refreshments provided to all donors.