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Credentials |
Principal
Bernard 'Buz' Salafsky
Ph.D., University of Washington
Dean:
University of Illinois, College of Medicine at Rockford, 1983-2004
American University of the
Caribbean School of Medicine, School of Medicine, Dean of Basic
Medical Sciences, 2005-2008Professorships:
University of Illinois, College of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Visiting Professorships:
Pahlavi University Medical School, Shiraz, Iran
University of Bristol, Medical School, Bristol, UK
Lectureships:
University of California, Berkeley
School of Public Health, University of Illinois
Fulbright, University of Malaya
Consultantships:
WHO, Geneva
PAHO, Washington, D.C.
SEAR0, New Delhi, India
and multiple countries in the Americas and Asia
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Expertise |
Implementing,
reforming, and evaluating curriculum, particularly in medical
education
Programmatic design
of educational tracks intended to train health professionals for
underserved rural and urban communities
Fostering the research enterprise
Strengthening primary care programs
for education and service
Budgeting
Programmatic evaluation
Strategic
planning and needs assessment
Creation and implementation of
community consortia for health building relationships between
medical schools and hospitals |
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Experience |
Twenty consecutive years as the Dean of
a community-based College of Medicine with
oversight/responsibility for the curriculum, budget, personnel,
research, and
programmatic initiatives.
Over twenty-five years as a tenured professor with 60 peer reviewed
articles.
Seven years experience
living/working overseas assisting in the development of
medical schools in partnership
with major U.S. universities, and the WHO.
Fifteen years of consultation through short-term assignments with
the WHO
in numerous developing countries.
Organized numerous national and international conferences,
particularly for the WHO
while serving as the Head of a WHO Collaborating Center.
Provided leadership in strategic planning for the College of
Medicine and a number of
programmatic initiatives.
Principal Investigator and Collaborating Investigator in numerous
research awards.
Inventor-patents in Biotechnology
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Administrative |
Providing academic leadership
(team-building, standard setting, achieving goals) in
interdisciplinary settings involving biomedical scientists,
clinicians, nurses,
pharmacists, public health, social work, health economists and other
faculty.
Coalition building with broad-based community, regional and
international constituencies.
Developing sustainable programs in multi-professional training.
Support of academic mentoring and faculty development.
Chairmanship and service on numerous academic, governmental and
NGO committees.
Representation of the College of Medicine to multiple
constituencies; governmental,
business, academic, and international agencies.
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Examples of Recent
Reports & Publications |
Salafsky,
et al., Integration of Medical Education and Delivery of Health
Services in Islamic Republic of Iran, WHO Report, June 2006.
Salafsky, B., Boelen, C., Planning
a Community-oriented, Cost-effective Medical School. Edu. Health 9
(3) 307-318, 1996
Salafsky, B, Cowen, J., Bunyer,
M., Developing a Community Consortium for Health. Meducator, 1,2
(online) 2001
Salafsky, B., Should Medical
Students be Required to Participate in Community Service Activity
AAMC Reporter, August, 1999
Glasser, M., Peters, K., Salafsky,
B., Towards Access and Equity in Health Professions Education and
Health Care Delivery. The Network: TUFH, Newcastle, Australia,
October 2003
B. Salafsky, Glasser, M., Towards
a National Center for Rural Health Professions. The Network: TUFH,
Newcastle, Australia, 2003
Towards Unity for Health,
"Managing a Successful Field Project". A minisymposium at Rockford,
2001 Ed. J. Bryant, C. Boelen, B. Salafsky. WHO, Geneva
Towards Quality in Medical
Education: "Partnership for Action" WHO Conference Report, Kandy,
Sri Lanka, December 1998
First Meeting of WHO Collaborating
Centers in the Americas. Report, PAHO, Washington, October 1998
Report: Workshops on
Curricular Reform in the Medical Faculty. University of the West
Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, July 1998
Report: Review of Medical
Education in the Islamic Republic of Iran. EMRO/WHO, January 1997
Report: A Broader Vision of
Medical Education in Health: Changing Medical Education and Medical
Practice. WHO, December 1996
Earlier reports and a complete CV
are available upon request. |
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