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The fifth Search for the Healthy City
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Learn to Build Healthy Cities, September 16-26, 2010, Umbria and Rome, Italy
The Fifth Annual "Search for the Healthy City," will examine classics of medical history and health systems research and offer excursions to healing and cultural sites in Umbria and Rome to learn from medical history and examination of the Italian health system what makes best health systems tick. There will be opportunity to tour ancient and modern healthcare facilities, discover active civic organizations that have promoted public health since the Middle Ages, and visit an ancient school of surgery. The theme this year will be Primary Care, Surgery, and Alchemy from the Middle Ages until Today. We will learn from the successes and failures of the past and present to create healthier cities in our own communities.
The main seminar location will be in Umbria, northeast of Rome. We anticipate staying at a large villa/working farm (an agriturismo) or a hotel with a health center/spa. Either way we are sure to experience some of Italy's best cuisine and hospitality.
The seminar is worth 30 CME credits. Course Director: James E. Bailey, MD, MPH, Professor, College of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Further details will be available including a tentative itinerary, course faculty, information on accommodations and cost soon after the new year. For more information or if you want to reserve your place now on the Fifth Annual Search for the Healthy City, contact us.