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Health care education conference planned
The dates for the 2001 Health Care Education Institute sponsored by the Philadelphia-based Health Care Education Association (HCEA) are set for Oct. 4-6. The conference will be held at The Holiday Inn City Centre in downtown Chicago. Professionals involved in staff development, patient and community education, management and leadership development, accreditation and compliance issues are encouraged to attend. This year’s theme is "Managing the Whirlwind of Health Care Education," and will include sessions on such issues as accreditation, compliance, technology, research, outcomes, management strategies, and leadership skills.
The cost of the conference is $395 for HCEA members and $465 for nonmembers before Sept. 14. After that date, the registration cost to members is $445 and $515 for nonmembers. One-day registration is available for $240 before Sept. 14 and $260 after that date. A preconference activity will take place at Northwestern Memorial Hospital Oct. 4 and costs $65.
For more information about the 2001 Health Care Education Institute contact: HCEA, 1211 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA 19107. Telephone: (888) 298-3861. Fax: (215) 545-8197. E-mail: [email protected].
Cancer’s Gift’ offers support for families
During her son’s four-year struggle with neuroblastoma, Donna Breen kept a journal chronicling the pediatric cancer diagnosis, treatment, and eventual remission. From those notes, she wrote a book, Cancer’s Gift, in which she shares coping mechanisms her family developed during the ordeal that others going through a similar experience might benefit from.
The "gifts" were many, including the strength the family developed and new friendships with other families going through the same experience. The book is an excellent selection to add to the book collection at patient education resource centers for family caregivers going through the cancer experience.
The book is available for $12.95 from RockWren Publishing, P.O. Box 70326, Reno, NV 89570-0326. Telephone: (877) 481-8248 or (775) 829-4489. Fax: (775) 829-4459. E-mail: [email protected].
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Do you have any insights into persisting problems in patient education or new ideas that have improved patient education? If so, we invite you to share them with readers of Patient Education Management as a guest columnist.
Topics covered by past guest columnists include an innovative educational material review process, ways to motivate changes in behavior so the patient is not only learning information but applying it, and insight into creating a better form for documentation of patient education. If you would like more information about the column format, a copy of a previously printed column, or to inquire about a topic you would like to cover as a guest columnist please contact Susan Cort Johnson, editor, at: (530) 256-2749 or E-mail: [email protected].
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