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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">(x-posted)<br></span><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><font size="2">Dear colleagues:<span></span>
</font></span><p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">We
are excited to announce the SECOND annual conference on teaching
writing in the health professions, which again, will be fully
online and free of charge.<span></span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">Proposals are due on <u>April 1</u>.<span></span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">The conference will be held on <u>June 2</u>.<span></span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">Any questions can be directed to me (<a href="mailto:michael.madson@asu.edu" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">michael.madson@asu.edu</a>). <span></span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">Sincerely,<span></span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">Michael <br><br>**<br></font></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><font size="2"><b><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The
SECOND Annual Conference on Teaching Writing in the Health Professions</span></b><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sponsored
by Arizona State University </span><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fully
online and free of charge </span><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">June
2, 2023 (Friday) </span><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></font></p><font size="2">
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As the burden on healthcare systems
grows heavier, countries around the globe face alarming shortages of
physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and allied health professionals, who include
physician assistants, occupational therapists, and emergency medical
technicians. On the whole, the world is facing a shortfall of 18 million health
professionals, with rural regions and low- and middle-income countries hit the
hardest [1]. As a partial response, workforce challenges have been repeatedly
highlighted by the World Health Assembly, which instituted the International
Year of the Nurse and Midwife in 2020 and the International Year of Health and
Care Workers in 2021, calling greater attention to the training of health
professionals [2,3]. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What is often unacknowledged in this training is the
importance of writing: health professionals need to learn a variety of written
genres while in the classroom or on the job—and often produce them under tight
constraints. Significantly, writing in these contexts is not just about the <i>writing</i>,
meaning the textual artifact and its process of production. It is also about
the <i>writer</i>, and the benefits to the writer are legion. Indeed, writing
can foster empathy, reflective practice, critical thinking, collaborative
learning, patient education skills, leadership, cultural competence, and
clinical judgment. Some evidence suggests that writing can also assuage
burnout, a major challenge in the health professions [4]. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Responding
to these exigencies, the inaugural Conference on Teaching Writing in the Health
Professions, held last year, attracted more than 200 registered attendees from
six countries. Building on that success, we will virtually convene again this
June.</span><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We
call together presenters from across disciplines to share their instructional
insights and research in progress, drawing on the spirit of interprofessional
education. We invite 15- minute presentations on any aspect of clinical
writing, scholarly writing, reflective writing, or public writing in the health
professions. Specific topics may include assignment design, curriculum
development, program management, feedback practices, needs assessments,
professional identity formation, the health humanities, educational psychology,
or educational research methods. We especially welcome presentations that
address health literacy, and there will be networking opportunities for those
interested in research collaborations across institutions.</span><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Send
300-word proposals to <b><a href="mailto:WIHPconference@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">WIHPconference@gmail.com</span></a></b>
by <b>April 1</b>. Please use the subject line “Conference paper submission.” </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><font size="2"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">References<br>
</span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1. World Health Organization. <i>Global
Strategy on Human Resources for Health: Workforce 2030</i>. Geneva,
Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2016.
<a href="https://www.who.int/hrh/resources/global_strategy_workforce2030_14_print.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.who.int/hrh/resources/global_strategy_workforce2030_14_print.pdf</a>. <br>
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2. World Health Organization. <i>State of the World’s Nursing 2020: Investing
in Education, Jobs and Leadership</i>. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health
Organization; 2020:
<a href="https://www.who.int/publications-detail/nursing-report-2020" target="_blank">https://www.who.int/publications-detail/nursing-report-2020</a>. <br>
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3. World Health Organization. <i>Year of Health and Care Workers 2021</i>.
World Health Organization. <a href="https://www.who.int/campaigns/annual" target="_blank">https://www.who.int/campaigns/annual</a> theme/year-of-health-and-care-workers-2021.
Published 2021.<br>
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4. Madson MJ, ed. <i>Teaching Writing in the Health Professions</i>. Routledge;
2021.</span></font></p></div>
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