³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Faculty participate in Growing Our Own: Transforming Health Care Education for Future Providers and Systems of Care Conference

³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ faculty were a prominent presence at "Growing Our Own: Transforming Health Care Education for Future Providers and Systems of Care," a conference sponsored by Penobscot Community Health Care, the Maine Center for Disease Control, the Eastern Maine AHEC, and the Maine Primary Care Association (September 29 & 30, Bar Harbor, ME).

Dora Anne Mills, MD, ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Vice President for Clinical Affairs, presented a session with Seiji Hayashi, MD, of the Bureau of Primary Health, HRSA: Alignment and Integration through Partnerships.

Marc Hahn, DO, Dean of ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏCOM and Ken Johnson, DO, Vice Dean of ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏCOM, were on a panel presentation with Peter Bates, MD, VP Medical and Academic Affairs, MMC & CMO & Academic Dean, MMC-TUSM: Medical Education: Rural Primary Care Initiatives.

James Koelbl, DDS, MS, MJ, Dean ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ CDM was on a panel presentation with Neal Denby, DMD, MPH, Senior VP Lutheran Health Care, Eugene Anderson, PhD., Associate Executive Director, ADEA, and Michael Cangemi, PhD., Director of Health Care Studies, Husson U.: The Future of Dental Education: Addressing Maine's Dental Shortage.

Karen Pardue, MS, CNE, ANEF, ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ WCHP Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Shelley Cohen Konrad, Ph.D., Director InterProfessional Education Collaborative (IPEC), and Clay Graybeal, Ph.D., WCHP Associate Dean for Academic Affairs presented:
Shared Learning: Expanding the Paradigm of Health Professions Education.