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Great Lakes Regional Chapter
The Great Lakes Regional Chapter of the Society for Adolescent
Medicine is a membership organization for interdisciplinary
health professionals in the region including Illinois, Minnesota
and Wisconsin. National and Chapter goals are to foster and
stimulate the highest quality of health care for adolescents
and to increase understanding of the adolescent periods of
growth and development among the community in general, and
interdisciplinary health care providers in particular.
Objectives
- Provide leadership to promote adolescent health and health
care
- Foster communication among professionals who care for
adolescents
- Encourage cooperative projects in health care delivery,
continuing education and clinical research
Activities
- Act as a clearinghouse for information and resources related
to adolescent health
- Provide a network for referrals for adolescent health
and health care
- Advocate for and stimulate interest in adolescent health
and adolescent health care
- Provide continuing education programs and collaborate
with training programs on adolescent health care
- Maintain liaisons with other professional organizations
and consumer groups
- Promote research on adolescent health and health care
- Collaborate with national SAM and other professional organizations
to develop standards for adolescent health care
Organization: Membership includes health
educators, nutritionists, nurses, physicians, psychologists,
social workers and other health professionals
Contact: Jon Dennis, President - j@centracare.com
Cathy Joyce, President-Elect - cathy_joyce@rush.edu
Wendi Ehrman, Treasurer - wehrman@mcw.edu
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