CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Submit Your Proposal for the 2018 LCI Annual Meeting

We enthusiastically invite you to submit research projects, creative ideas, and skills development efforts that pertain to learning communities for presentation at this year’s Learning Communities Institute (LCI) Annual Meeting in New York City to be held September 28-30, 2018, hosted by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.  

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Click Here To View Presentations From Last Years LCI Annual Meeting 2017 Held In Birmingham.

Our Mission

Through collaboration among learning communities, the LCI seeks to improve health care education across the continuum of learning by fostering scholarship, professional development and the centrality of relationships among learners and teachers as a means to promote compassionate, patient-centered care, health practitioner well-being, and lifelong learning.  Read More •••

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Medical School Factors That Prepare Students to Become Leaders in Medicine

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October 18, 2017
This new study led by Louise Arnold, PhD (LCI Arky Awardee, 2014) from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine (UMKC) sought to identify medical school factors perceived as contributing to the leadership development of UMKC graduates who…
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A Multi-Institutional Longitudinal Faculty Development Program in Humanism Supports the Professional Development of Faculty Teachers

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October 16, 2017
Read about the first 11 academic years of a longitudinal, small-group faculty development program for strengthening humanistic teaching and role modeling at 30 U.S. and Canadian medical schools.  The multi-author study includes Richard Frankel, PhD…
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Peter Densen, MD Honored with 2017 Arky Award

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October 4, 2017
As the Carver College of Medicine's first Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Curriculum, he not only led the development and implementation of a radically revised curriculum but also the development and implementation of the CCOM Learning…
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University of Alabama Birmingham School of Medicine

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March 28, 2017
History: Our program started in 2005 as an optional program led by volunteer faculty mentors and student LC reps. In 2015, the program underwent a major overhaul that included the hiring of 11 faculty mentors with protected time to devote to their learning communities, and the introduction of a 4-year learning community course into the curriculum. Program Goals: Our program mission is to…
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