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What are COMMONS?

The commons were traditionally defined as the elements of the environment - forests, atmosphere, rivers, fisheries or grazing land - that are shared, used and enjoyed by all. Today, the commons are also understood within a cultural sphere. These commons include literature, music, arts, design, film, video, television, radio, information, software and sites of heritage. The commons includes public goods such as public space, public education, health and the infrastructure that allows our society to function (such as electricity or water delivery systems). There also exists the ‘life commons’, e.g. the human genome.

Peter Barnes, an American Journalist and Entrepreneur, describes commons as a set of assets that have two characteristics: they’re all gifts, and they’re all shared. A shared gift is one we receive as members of a community, as opposed to individually. Examples of such gifts include air, water, ecosystems, languages, music, holidays, money, law, mathematics, parks and the Internet.

There are a number of important aspects that can be used to describe true commons, The first is that the commons cannot be commodified - and if they are - they cease to be commons. The second aspect is that unlike private property, the commons is inclusive rather than exclusive - its nature is to share ownership as widely, rather than as narrowly, as possible. The third aspect is that the assets in commons are meant to be preserved regardless of their return of capital. Just as we receive them as shared gifts, so we have a duty to pass them on to future generations . . .

From: Wikipedia: The Commons. Accessed April 23rd, 2011.

Interprofessional Education

REACH: Realizing Educational Advancement for Collaborative Health

Interprofessional Day at AMC

Our Interprofessional Faculty are currently developing a longitudinal curriculum that will integrate preclinical and clinical training for all of our health profession students, and will develop competencies in teamwork, communication, collaborative interprofessional practice, quality and safety with an additional focus on vulnerable and underserved populations.

Our goal is to create a curricular thread that is shared across all schools and programs beginning the day our students walk on campus and continuing throughout their educational experience here at AMC.

IPE builds on our existing educational offerings, including Ethics and our Student Academic Communities -- and is designed to weave new content deeply into the experience of each student and into the sites where they will do their clinical training.