This study investigates the experiences of staff and students involved in an identified Common Learning unit (module) named "Preparation for Practice". The unit was studied by those undertaking pre-registration undergraduate pathways in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Diagnostic Radiography and Therapeutic Radiography at London South Bank University. The study comprised uni-professional, inter-professional and staff focus groups. The main themes that emerged from the student focus groups were "Interprofessional awareness", "Impact on patient care" and "Positive and negative aspects of unit delivery". These themes were reflected in the staff focus group which also highlighted the impact of different learning and teaching strategies in working with interprofessional groups. Students and staff were able to understand the benefits of interprofessional education but they also identified barriers that detracted from the students' learning. Overall a variety of views were expressed which reflected the diversity of the student group and the challenges that this presented in the delivery of interprofessional education.

The energy community is defined as a "cooperative/partnership/non-profit organization of final customers (municipalities, public and private entities, citizens) aimed at achieving energy independence in order to guarantee energy security, low environment impact and affordable energy costs". This work defines a place-based methodology for the dimensioning of energy communities, according to the requirements of the first Italian law on energy communities issued by the Piedmont Region. The aim is to evaluate the correct size and optimal aggregation of municipalities for future energy communities, considering the energy consumptions and the renewable energy sources available in a territory. In particular, with a place-based methodology, the electricity potentially produced by forest and agricultural biomass, waste, wind, solar and hydraulic sources was evaluated, in accordance with regulations and constrains. Thus, a renewable energy sources atlas was implemented to provide a tool for the estimation of energy, environmental and socio-economic performance indexes of the municipalities of the Piedmont Region. In conclusion, considering the energy production, productivity and consumption of each municipality and the requirements of energy communities, a tool to optimally aggregate municipalities for creating energetic communities is described.

Disparities in access to cancer care and treatment outcomes among racial, ethnic and underserved populations have been observed for decades. Despite a plethora of national and local initiatives aimed at addressing these disparities, progress to date has been limited. Guided by the domains of the cancer care continuum (CCC) established by the IOM/NASEM [1] the Diverse Cancer Communities Working Group [2] (CWG) will deliver a framework with domains, processes and activities which when disseminated and implemented in the US, will contribute in an impactful way to addressing cancer care disparities. To achieve our goal, we utilized methodology similar to that used to identify best practices in recruiting diverse patients into cancer clinical trials.[3] We conducted an environmental scan to identify strategies and associated experts who successfully provided community and/or patient-centric, IOM defined domain standards in our population of interest. The environmental scan was conducted between March and September 2018, resulting in the identification of 84 unique experts and 44 unique patient organizations. The identified experts had documented processes and best practices along the six CCC domains as follows: Prevention & Risk Reduction (29%); Screening (30%); Diagnosis (11%); Treatment (8%); Survivorship (18%); and End-of-Life (5%). Of the 84 participants, 26% are experts in all six domains, 36% are experts in multiple domains, and 14% are also experts in Patient Navigator Research Programs. Drawing from our environmental scan, the CWG engaged the experts and advocates to develop the foundation for a theoretical underpinning of an evidence-based, practical continuum of care framework. Highest cross-cancer-continuum areas of impact included 1) patient navigation which addresses barriers to enable patients to progress successfully along the cancer continuum of care, 2) excellence in community engagement, a necessary mandate to build trust in among minority and underserved populations, and 3) implementation of health care system changes based on real-world examples. Additionally, experts focused on opportunities to close gaps between the CCC domains with specific emphasis on screening, diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship, with the understanding that health care system change is often effectively sustained by long-term policy implementation that ultimately increases access, utilization and standardization across the continuum. This adapted framework is intended to guide researchers, health care leaders and policy leaders to promote health equity in cancer outcomes. References: [1] Institute of Medicine 2013. Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care; Charting a New Course for a System in Crisis. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/18359; [2] URL: http://shcllc.info/cancer-working-group/ [3] URL: http://ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/JOP.18.00638 Citation Format: Jeanne M. Regnante, Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD, Ellen Sonet, JD, MBA, Evelyn Gonzalez, Karen M. Freund, MD, Simon Craddock Lee, PhD, Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD, MPH, Nina Bickell, MD, Lynette Bonar, PhD, Michelle Vichnin, MD, Nicole Richie, PhD, Richardae Araojo, PharmD, Andrea Ferris, MBA, Thomas Farrington, Linda Fleisher, PhD, MPH, Carolyn Fang, PhD, Laura Lee Hall, PhD, Renee Nicolas, Shyrea Thompson, Marilyn Metcalf, PhD, Patti Fine Jewell, PhD, Marianne Gandee, Anna Forte, PhD, Elizabeth Franklin. PhD, Patti Doykos, PhD. Securing the cancer continuum of care model for racially and ethnically diverse and medically underserved populations [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Twelfth AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved; 2019 Sep 20-23; San Francisco, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2020;29(6 Suppl_2):Abstract nr D080.