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Nominate a book for the 2017-18 UW Health Sciences Common book by 4/13

The Health Sciences Service Learning and Advocacy Group is in the process of choosing next year’s common book. We would like to invite you to submit a nomination for a book title that you see fit in this program.

Submissions can be entered into this catalyst survey before April 13th: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/davidfer/326730.

Background:

Each year, the Health Sciences Service Learning and Advocacy Group selects a common book that engages students from across the health sciences schools in substantive, interprofessional dialogue about pressing topics related to health equity and social justice. Students, staff, and faculty who participate in this series will be able to:

  • Develop awareness about how personal and institutionalized bias against marginalized communities manifests in health care and social work settings.
  • Understand and contextualize present-day crises related to issues of marginalized communities, especially as a as result, and continuation of, a history of colonization and racism.
  • Imagine what it would take to create systems and institutions that ensure all people have access to a place they comfortably call home.
  • Cultivate consciousness and skill-building regarding the roles and responsibilities of (future) health professionals to challenge structural policies and systems that create unequal health outcomes on the basis of categories such as race, gender, class, veteran’s status, drug user and other social identifiers.

Criteria to consider:

  • Interprofessional relevancy
  • Cost of Author Visit and whether they are local
  • Length of book
  • Cost of book
  • Connection to social justice and health equity
  • Timeliness of topic (and would funding potentially come from other sources to bring author)
  • Are there ties with local organizations, groups, history
  • Genre
  • Readability

Process for Book Selection

  • Nominations accepted via Catalyst survey; survey disseminated across the health sciences
  • Common Book Subcommittee meets and Yes/Maybe/Nos the list based upon the above criteria.
  • Common Book Subcommittee revises and shortens list, fills in missing information.
  • Health Sciences Service Learning group reviews list and narrows down to top 3-5.
  • Common Book Subcommittee reconvenes and selects book.

Past Common Books:

  • 2013-2014: In the Realm of Hungry Ghostsby Gabor Mate
  • 2014-2015: Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodiesby Seth Holmes
  • 2015-2016: The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
  • 2016-2017: Catching Homelessness by Josephine Ensign

Thank you,

Common Book Subcommittee

Health Sciences Service Learning and Advocacy”

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