Department of Family Medicine, Colorado Area Health Education Center, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Clin Transl Sci. 2012 Jun;5(3):250-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-8062.2011.00389.x.
Community engagement has become a prominent element in medical research and is an important component of the Clinical and Translational Science Awards program. Area Health Education Centers engage communities in education and workforce development.
Engaging Communities in Education and Research (ECER) is a successful collaboration among the Colorado Area Health Education Center (AHEC), the Colorado Clinical Translational Science Institute, and Shared Network of Collaborative Ambulatory Practices and Partners--Colorado's practice-based research collaborative. The ECER Conference is an annual conference of community members, health care providers, clinical preceptors, AHEC board members, university faculty, primary care investigators, program administrators, and community organization leaders.
Over 1,000 people have participated in the ECER Conference representing all regions of Colorado. Several projects from the "new ideas" breakout session have been developed and completed. Six-month follow-up provided evidence of numerous new collaborations, campus-community partnerships, and developing research projects. Several new collaborations highlight the long-term nature of building on relationships started at the ECER Conference.
ECER has been a successful collaboration to develop and support campus-community collaborations in Colorado. Although seemingly just a simple 3-day conference, we have found that this event has lead to many important partnerships.
社区参与已成为医学研究中的一个突出元素，也是临床与转化科学奖项目的重要组成部分。地区健康教育中心参与社区的教育和劳动力发展。
“教育与研究中的社区参与”（ECER）是科罗拉多地区健康教育中心（AHEC）、科罗拉多临床转化科学研究所和共享合作式门诊实践网络与合作伙伴（科罗拉多实践为基础的研究合作组织）之间的成功合作。ECER 会议是社区成员、医疗保健提供者、临床导师、AHEC 董事会成员、大学教师、初级保健研究人员、项目管理人员和社区组织领导人的年度会议。
超过 1000 人参加了代表科罗拉多州所有地区的 ECER 会议。“新想法”分组会议已开发并完成了几个项目。6 个月的后续调查结果表明，出现了许多新的合作、校园-社区伙伴关系和正在进行的研究项目。几个新的合作突出了在 ECER 会议上建立的关系的长期性。
ECER 是一个成功的合作，旨在发展和支持科罗拉多州的校园-社区合作。尽管这看似只是一个简单的为期 3 天的会议，但我们发现该活动促成了许多重要的合作伙伴关系。
