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Rx for Success: Sustainable Partnership Models
Douglas M. Simmons, DDS, MPH
October 25, 2004
Chapel Hill, NC
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Goal For Today
Provide a definition of a true partnership
Give some suggestions about how to sustain these partnerships
Give a brief description about Community-Campus Partnerships for Health’s activities with dental schools and examples of a partnership
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Mission of CCPHCommunity-Campus Partnerships for Health
To foster partnerships betweencommunities and educational institutionsthat build on each other’s strengths and develop their roles as change agents for improving health professions education,
civic responsibility and the overall health of communities
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Strategic Goals of CCPH
To eliminate health disparitiesTo increase health workforce diversity and
developmentThrough
Partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions
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Major Strategies of CCPH
Create and expand opportunities for collaboration and information sharing
Promote awareness about the benefits of community-campus partnerships
Advocate for policies that facilitate and support community-campus partnerships
Promote service-learning and community-based participatory research as core components of health professions education
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CCPH At-A-Glance
Nonprofit organization launched in January ‘97
Headquartered in Seattle, WA USA14-member board of directors1000+ members from communities and
campuses across the US and a dozen countries
Private and public funding Staff, students and senior consultants
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What Are Partnerships?
A partnerships is a close mutual cooperation between parties having common interests, responsibilities,
privileges , and power.CCPH 2001
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Current State of Community-Campus
Partnerships
Predominant model: is it a partnership? Initiated by campus, framed by academic mission and
priorities Driven by grant and program requirements Addresses needs and assets Disconnects and contradictions between different parts of
campus, different partnership strategies Institutional structures: centers, offices Community serves advisory role
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CCPH’S Principles of Partnership
Partners have agreed upon mission, values, goals and measurable outcomes for the partnership
The relationship between partners is characterized by mutual trust, respect, genuineness, and commitment
The partnership builds upon identified strengths and assets, and addresses needs
Power is balanced among partners and resources are shared
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CCPH’S Principles of Partnership
Partners have agreed upon mission, values, goals and measurable outcomes for the partnership
The relationship between partners is characterized by mutual trust, respect, genuineness, and commitment
The partnership builds upon identified strengths and assets, and addresses needs
Power is balanced among partners and resources are shared
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CCPH’S Principles of Partnership
There is clear, open and accessible communication between partners
Roles, norms and processes for the partnership are established with the input and agreement of all partners
There is feedback to, among and from all stakeholders in the partnerships
Partners shared the credit for accomplishments
Partnerships take time to develop and evolve
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Characteristics of Success
Partnership is formed to address genuine community concern and addresses strategic partner issues, not to get a grant
Partnership builds on prior positive relationships Partnership involves organizations and individuals as
partners Partnership starts small, with CBOs that have a history
of engagement and are well respected Partnership explicitly defines who is “the community”
and who “represents” the community
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Benefits of Partnerships for Students
• Enrich learning of course material
• Promotes active learning
• Increase awareness of societal issues
• Provides access to different people
• Improve interpersonal skills
• Develop civic and social responsibility
• Provide practice in decision making
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Benefits of Partnerships for Institutions
• Enrich and enliven teaching
• Creates new possibilities for research
• Apply educational concepts
• Improve relationship with communities
• Support universistity’s outreach mission
• Use community members as teachers
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Benefits of Partnerships for Communities
• Additional resources to address the needs of the community
• Students provides energy and enthusiasm
• Future community leaders
• Provide community practioners an opportunity to teach and mentor
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General Guidelines for Sustaining Partnerships
• Invest the time to build understanding• Create a formal partnership structure• Develop substantial roles for all partners• Meet regularly and often• Involve all partners from the beginning• Collaborate on identifying funding• Promote open communication• A clear vision of the mission and goals
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Core Elements of Sustainability
Communication
GoalsTrust
Respect
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Partnerships Model
Community
Agency University
Governing Board
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Partnerships for Oral Health
Membership: 38 members from dental schools and dental hygiene programs
Board of Directors: 1 dental educator Service-learning in dental education
special interest group, workshops & conferences
Community-based dental partnership program - partnerships between dental education programs & HIV/AIDS agencies
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Partnerships for Oral Health
Community-engaged scholarship collaborative 2 dental schools involved: UNC-Chapel Hill and
Indiana University
Web resources: Service-learning in dental education website: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/servicelearningres.html#Dentis
try www.ccph.info
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Project MOVE’s Mission
• Provide and Coordinate free preventative dental services
• Establish partnerships with other health care entities
• Coordinate health/wellness activities on campus
• Public Health Education Activities
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Dental Services
• UT dental students has provided services since the inception of Project MOVE
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ORAL HYGIENE EDUCATION
• Services are coupled with oral instruction– UT Dental Assistant– Museum of Health and
Medical Sciences– Smile Patrol
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Lessons Learned
• Make expectations clear
• Respect everyone’s needs and objectives
• Expect no partnership to last forever
• Engage others who can help your cause
• Consider all the possibilities
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Challenges for Higher Educational Institutions
• Share control
• Be a partner, not an expert
• Be in it for long haul
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A community understands whether the university is adding value or just taking up space.