Scientific and Professional Liaison Council Conference Call
Date: Monday, June 16, 2014
Time: 2:30 pm ET, 1:30 pm CT, 12:30 pm MT and 11:30 am PT
In Attendance
Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin, PhD, (Chair)
Jennifer K. Carroll, MD, MPH
David Goodrich, EdD
Paul B. Jacobsen, PhD
Sara Knight, PhD
Erika A. Waters, PhD, MPH
Julie A. Wright, PhD
Guest:
Catherine L. Davis, PhD
Staff:
Holland LaFave
Unable to Attend:
Martin Cheatle, PhD
Mary Driscoll
Minutes
1. Feedback on the Scientific and Professional Liaison Council (SPLC) events and dinner(s) at the Annual
Meeting
All Council events at the 2014 Annual Meeting went very well. The Council would like to increase attendance to the
Council sponsored sessions for the 2015 Annual Meeting. Suggestions included: communicating more with the Program
Committee; creating an email blast to go out to the Special Interest Groups; and creating flyers/posting to be set out at the
registration desk.
2. Introduction of Catherine Davis
Dr. Sheinfeld Gorin introduced Dr. Catherine Davis to the Council. Dr. Davis attended the lunch session with the
Cochrane Collaboration at the 2014 Annual Meeting and has expressed interest in developing a liaison with the Obesity
Society. Dr. Davis is a long time SBM member and looking to become more involved with the Society.
The Obesity Society is a multidisciplinary group whose meeting is growing; it has overlap with SBM, with shared interests
in policy. A connection between the two groups already exists at the leadership level: Past President Dr. Dawn Wilson
worked with the Obesity Society, and other organizations, to collaborate with the STOP Obesity Alliance. Under President,
Lisa Klesges, SBM has again endorsed Obesity Week (level 3, no cost). However a liaison connection has not yet been
made at the Council level.
3. Council Manual Follow-up
The SPLC Procedures Manual, Liaison Annual Report and Liaison Proposal forms were all approved by the Board of
Directors at the 2014 Annual Meeting.
SBM Executive Director, Amy Stone has pulled together a report of collaborations that have/are being done at a society
wide level. Dr. Sheinfeld Gorin will share the document with the group at a later time.
4. Discussion of updating SPLC liaison website
SBM staff request all Council Members to complete a Liaison Annual Report and submit it to the SBM national office.
SBM staff will then take the information provided from the report and update the current SPLC page, located at
www.sbm.org. Keeping the webpage up to date will increase interest in the Council’s activities and the liaison
organizations will be showcased, to mutual benefit.
5. Update on current liaison activities and plans for the upcoming year
a. North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG)/Primary Care
Possible topics that NAPCRG would like to focus on for the upcoming year are: meaningful use, teen patient care, and
creating linkages with health care systems and community.
At the 2014 Annual Meeting, NAPCRG attended the focus group hosted by Past President, Dr. Dawn Wilson. Other
organizations in attendance included Trust for America’s Health, nursing groups and technology information groups. The
question posed to the individuals in attendance was “how can SBM affect practice guidelines?” The consensus of the
group was that there are already too many guidelines. SBM should instead assist clinicians on integrating existing
guidelines into practice. Dr. Jennifer Carroll would like to possibly make this topic into a policy brief.
Action Item: Staff will check the status of the recording of the focus group session. If available to share, it will be
forwarded to Dr. Carroll and the Council to get ideas for a potential policy brief.
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b. Physical Activity-American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
There are potential paper(s) in preparation following the ACSM-SBM sessions held at the 2014 Annual Meeting, to
facilitate the growth of this liaison. The Council then discussed a possible session focusing on health risk appraisals
involving ACSM, NAPCRG, and a health technology organization.
c. Decision Making
Society of Medical Decision Making (SMDM) approved a 10 minute presentation in which Dr. Erika Waters will discuss the
Cross Talk initiative between SMDM and SBM.
d. Pain
No updates
e. Informatics
Dr. Sheinfeld Gorin will follow-up and Dr. Wright to facilitate the AMIA collaboration.
f. Evidence Based Behavioral Medicine (EBBM)-APOS
Dr. Jacobsen reported that Dr. Kristi Graves, current Cancer SIG member, is interested in creating new liaison
relationships with cancer related organizations. We anticipate that these groups would be requesting endorsements by
SBM. Staff reminded the Council that any requests of this nature should be given to SBM staff who will ensure that it goes
through the proper channels to be approved.
g. VA and Public Health Law Research (PHLR)
Dr. Knight reported that the PHLR symposium at the 2014 Annual Meeting was very well attended. The topic area of
PHLR is of growing interest with the junior members of SBM. The same group of presenters at the 2014 Annual Meeting
is hoping to host a preconference session at the 2015 Annual Meeting. The SBM President is excited about the plans.
The Health Policy Council was suggested as a possible collaborator. Dr. Knight was also encouraged to reach out to
individual SIG Chairs to see if there is any interest in financial support for the course.
h. Other
No updates.
6. New Business:
No additional business
Next meeting:
Monday, July 28, 2014
Time: 3 pm ET, 2 pm CT, 1 pm MT and 12 pm PT
Please RSVP
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