Dates: March 4-5, 2005

Location: UIC Student Center West (formerly, Chicago Illiniois Union), 828 South Wolcott Street, Chicago IL 60612

Sponsored by: Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago

Funded by: Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, United States Department of Health and Human Services

Supported by: Society for Teachers of Family Medicine; American College Health Association; Illinois Department of Public Health; Council of American Muslim Professionals; UIC National Center of Excellence in Women's Health; UIC Center for Research on Women and Gender; UIC School of Public Health; UIC College of Nursing; and, UIC Great Cities Institute.

This forum will serve as an important first step in gathering together researchers, health care providers, Islamic scholars, and consumers to share information and set the agenda for a larger research project aimed at comprehensively studying the perspectives of Muslim women and primary care providers, in order to identify and overcome barriers to the provision of high quality, culturally appropriate, patient-centered care for Muslim women in the United States.

This project is part of our Department's larger efforts to seek ways to provide quality care for diverse populations. Hence, the conference will be of interest to all those interested in the provision of culturally appropriate, patient-centered health care.

Continuing Education Credits: The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 10 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

For additional details and registration information, please visit the conference website at: www.uic.edu/depts/ci/mwhconf

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Memoona Hasnain, MD, MHPE, PhD
Director of Research
Assistant Professor of Public Health in Family Medicine
Department of Family Medicine
UIC College of Medicine
1919 W. Taylor Street, M/C 663
Chicago IL, 60612

Phone: 312-996-8214
Fax: 312-996-2579
email: memoona@uic.edu