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Call for Proposals: 2012 Physician Assistant Education Association Annual Education Forum

November 7-11, 2012 Seattle, Washington

PAEA is seeking proposals and presenters for all sessions to be offered during its 2012 Annual Education Forum in Seattle. Presenting at this meeting is a wonderful opportunity for faculty interested in scholarly activity. By facilitating critical discussions and imparting leading edge, high impact, dynamic andragogical and program-relevant content to physician assistant (PA) program personnel, PAEA is hoping to meet the needs of its membership like never before.

Please carefully read all information below as well as review the criteria, guidelines, and format descriptions before submitting your proposal. Helpful resources including frequently asked questions, archived webinars, and upcoming proposal submission conference calls are included.

*NEW* PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PROCESS

PAEA has a new online submission system. Members will find this system intuitive and user friendly. Submitters will be required to create a username and password. This system will allow users to access and edit their proposals until the final deadline.

Per the submission guidelines, only one presentation format may be chosen for each topic submitted. Multiple format submissions for the same or similar topics will not be accepted.

The deadline to submit proposals is Monday, June 4, 2012, 3:00 p.m., EDT.

TOPICS

Proposals on all topics related to PA education and preparation for practice will be considered. Suggested topics include but are not limited to:

Teaching and learning strategies
Curriculum design and evaluation
Research on PA education and the profession
Management and leadership
Student issues
Educational technology
Academic law or legal issues
Health care issues and other topics of general interest and practical use to the PA profession
Professional competencies
The role of the PA
The delivery of health care in connection with PAs
Interprofessional Education
Diversity in the PA Profession

Call for Abstracts: Science in Culture Project: Neuroscience and the Law – Free Will, Responsibility and Punishment

Workshop 18-19th June, 2012

Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London

This workshop aims to bring together early-career researchers in law, philosophy, neuroscience, and psychology to explore in what way, if any, recent findings in neuroscience (broadly construed) can inform debates on the source of voluntary action and the related notions of moral and criminal responsibility.

Issues that might be addressed are: Should we hold criminals diagnosed with psychopathy less accountable for their crimes given that studies show that psychopaths have reduced moral judgment and/or empathy? Does evidence from neuroscience and behavioral genetics have any implications for the scope of circumstances that are understood as “mitigating”? Does such evidence have any bearing on whether the purpose of punishment for criminal acts should be conceived as a matter of retribution or rehabilitation? Do the “timing experiments” by Benjamin Libet and others fundamentally undermine the voluntary control condition that many compatibilists claim is a condition for moral accountability? If so, does it in turn also undermine the condition for criminal responsibility?

Abstract submission: We invite PhD students and early-career researchers from philosophy, law, neuroscience and psychology to submit abstracts for presentation. We welcome any submission that addresses responsibility in the three-way intersection between law, neuroscience, and philosophy. All extended abstract submissions should be no more than 1000 words and in PDF-format. They should also be properly prepared for blind refereeing. The abstract should state the primary discipline of your paper (e.g. philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, or law) and be sent to Marion Godman, marion.godman@sas.ac.uk by May 28th (***Note approaching deadline ***).

Successful applicants will be sent an invitation to attend by May 31st. We will pay speakers’ travel (within the UK) and accommodation costs. Anyone who applies but is not selected to present will be welcome to attend the event free of charge, but we cannot subsidize travel and accommodation.

Organization committee: Marion Godman (Institute of Philosophy) and Helen Beebee (University of Birmingham and Institute of Philosophy London)

Call for Proposals: Society for Police & Criminal Psychology 2012 Conference

November 7-10 Birmingham, Alabama

The Society for Police & Criminal Psychology is a multi-disciplinary group that encourages the scientific study of the criminal justice system and the application of behavioral science knowledge to problems in criminal justice, including law enforcement, judicial, and corrections elements. Consequently, it solicits participation from psychologists, psychiatrists, lawyers, police officers, corrections personnel, social workers, and other professionals involved in the scientific study of the criminal justice system.

You are invited to present your expertise in police and criminal psychology at the 2012 conference. We welcome proposals regarding research, theory, and applications of interest to the group. Presentation and poster proposals are welcomed from psychologists, counselors, psychiatrists, judges, lawyers, police officers, corrections personnel, social workers, and other professionals involved in the scientific study of the justice system. Students are encouraged to present their work at the poster session.

Presentation and poster proposals should be submitted by completing the form available online. The deadline for submission of proposals is Friday, June 15, 2012. We recommend that you prepare your submission abstract using a word processor and paste it into the form.

In order to make Continuing Education credits available, every presentation submission MUST include two learning objectives (requested on the form). To complete the application process, please email your current Curriculum Vitae (CV) to JoAnne Brewster (brewstja@jmu.edu). Your submission will not be considered complete unless it includes all of the information requested on the form, and is accompanied by your CV emailed separately. Timely submission of your proposal and CV would be most appreciated.

Conference Registration
Membership in SPCP is required for conference attendance. Membership is open to anyone interested in the fields of police psychology, criminal psychology, criminal justice, or related areas. When you register for the conference and pay the fee, you become a member through 2013. For current members, your membership will be extended through 2013. Membership in SPCP includes a subscription to the Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, in both on line and print versions.