Live Events & Conference Calendar
UPCOMING LIVE EVENTS
March 2025
MSU College of Nursing Research Day
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 | 9a - 3p
Join in this annual scholarship event for Students, Registered Nurses, Clinical Nurse Educators, Clinical Nurse Leaders, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Nurse Scientists, and College/University Nursing Faculty. Come learn about the latest advancements in nursing science on the beautiful Michigan State University campus! More information to come for registration in the new year
MCRH Special Topics GR: Health Outcomes with Positive Experiences (HOPE) Introduction
Michigan Center for Rural Health
March 11 | 12-1 pm FREE and ONLINE
These sessions will provide increased knowledge of the Health Outcomes from Positive Experiences (HOPE) Framework. Mary Neumaier, RD, ACEs Master Trainer, will describe the difference between Type one vs.Type two thinking, Introduce HOPE and Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) and Review ACEs, and explain the four building blocks of HOPE. Target Audience: Community Health Workers, Nurses, Registered Dieticians, Physicians, Dietetic Technicians, Social Workers and Nutritionists. Participants attending the entire session and completing an evaluation form will receive a certificate for 1 contact hour. CE/CNE: 1 contact hour
Implicit Bias
SANE Seminar Series
March 11 | 4-5 pm FREE and ONLINE
Often, clinicians are unaware of the bias they bring with them into their clinical practice when caring for patients. Research suggests that this bias experienced by patients often causes inequities in the care provided and in the outcomes for these patients. This learning activity will discuss how care is affected when clinicians are unfamiliar with the various forms of bias that exist. Presenter Angelita Olowu, BSN, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P, Forensic Nursing Director, International Association of Forensic Nurses will help the audience identify some of the common forms of bias and provide ways to identify them through case scenarios. All healthcare providers are welcome! At the completion of this session, learners will have an increased knowledge of how to define bias and identify it within their clinical practice.
This session meets criteria for state of Michigan implicit bias content. CE/CNE: 1 contact hour
Implicit Bias Training
In partnership with Ingham County Health Department
March 20 | 1:30-4:30 pm FREE and IN PERSON
With this training, participants will understand what implicit bias is and its importance to health and healthcare. Presenters Dana Watson, HFSJ Coordinator and Keyante Saxon, Program Assistant will help attendees see how implicit bias maintains and reinforces racial oppression, discrimination and marginalization, will identify the ways implicit bias shows up and will consider strategies for counteracting implicit bias. Target audience: all are welcome. Participants attending the entire session and completing an evaluation form will receive a certificate for 3 contact hours. Location: 5303 S. Cedar St. Conference Room D/E. For more information and to register, please email dwatson@ingham.org. CE/CNE: 3 contact hours
**Meets criteria for 3 hours of State of Michigan implicit bias continuing education credit for healthcare professionals.
MCRH Special Topics GR: New Benefits for Michigan's Complex Children
Michigan Center for Rural Health
March 20 | 12-1 pm FREE and ONLINE
These sessions will provide increased knowledge of Children's Special Healthcare Services, including program benefits and processes for patient access. Danielle Pitchford, BA, will describe the Children's Special Healthcare Services (CSHCS) program and benefits, Discuss key components and associated benefits of the CSHCS CMC program, and explain the process for enrolling patients in CSHCS and the CMC program. Target Audience: Physicians, Nurses, Social Workers. Participants attending the entire session and completing an evaluation form will receive a certificate for 1 contact hour. CE/CNE: 1 contact hour
April 2025
The Pain of Pain: Revising Our Management Perspectives
Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University
April 1 | 12 - 1 pm FREE and ONLINE
This session will focus on defining pain and highlighting the patient perspective of what pain and suffering is to them. Presenter John Mulder, MD, FAAHPM, HMDC, will discuss how best to advocate for patients and use a team-based approach to pain management, and outline palliative care management strategies to help guide and treat patient suffering. Target Audience: Registered Nurses, Registered Nurses in specialty area, Advanced Practice providers, physicians, medical providers and other healthcare workers.
Participants attending the entire session and completing an evaluation form will receive a certificate for 1 contact hour.
MCRH Special Topics GR: Understanding the Grief of Older Adults
Michigan Center for Rural Health
April 2 | 12-1 pm FREE and ONLINE
This session will provide improved understanding of the accumulated depth of grief for older adults. Linda Keilman, DNP, MSN, GNP-BC, DEGN, FNAP, FAANP, will describe the process of grieving, and discuss models, theories & frameworks for the grieving experience, including behaviors. Target Audience: Physicians, Nurses, Community Health Workers, Social Workers. Participants attending the entire session and completing an evaluation form will receive a certificate for 1 contact hour. CE/CNE: 1 contact hour
Public health is a team sport: Interdisciplinary practice
Michigan Public Health Association Public Health Nursing Section
Tuesday April 8, 2025 | 9a - 4p
This year's MPHA PHN annual conference will provide participants with strategies for interacting with clients with an interdisciplinary lens to incorporate holistic and team-centered health promotion and disease prevention concepts into their daily practice. Conference sessions will include interprofessional collaboration in public heath including tribal health and the role of Community Health Workers in addressing SDOH in rural northern Michigan. Additional presentations will highlight challenges for collaboration in a health education center and partnerships in programs including MDHHS asthma, lead control and air quality programs. Target audience: the program's content is intended to inform public health nurses and all healthcare providers in various settings, disciplines, and contexts. Cost: $50.00 MPHA members; $80.00 non-MPHA members; $10.00 Pre-licensure students. In the spirit of Interdisciplinary Practice, Public Health Nurses may invite a non-nurse PH colleague to accompany him/her at no charge. Registration and information via email at CrystalHepburnRN@gmail.com.
CE/CNE: 5 contact hours
MCRH Special Topics GR: Introduction to Advance Care Planning - Level Setting
Michigan Center for Rural Health
April 9 | 12-1 pm FREE and ONLINE
This session will improve understanding of advance care planning basics and related laws in Michigan. Amy Bailey, LMSW, Advance Care Planning Specialist, will define the Advance Care Planning (ACP) Process for Michigan, Discuss laws and common vocabulary used in ACP, and connect information learned with case scenarios. Target Audience: Community Health Workers, Nurses, Social Workers. Participants attending the entire session and completing an evaluation form will receive a certificate for 1 contact hour.
CE/CNE: 1 contact hour
MCRH Special Topics GR: Bias and Obesity
Michigan Center for Rural Health
April 15 | 12-1 pm FREE and ONLINE
This session will provide participants increased knowledge of weight bias and tools to challenge bias in their communities and practices. Joe Nadglowski, President/CEO, Obesity Action Coalition, will define weight bias and stigma and its various forms and types, discuss the consequences of weight bias and its impact on physical, emotional, and social health, and explain actions to stop or minimize weight bias and stigma. Target Audience: Registered Dieticians, Nutritionists, Dietetic Technicians, Social Workers, Community Health Workers, Nurses. Participants attending the entire session and completing an evaluation form will receive a certificate for 1 contact hour.
CE/CNE: 1 contact hour
**Meets criteria for State of Michigan implicit bias continuing education credit
Creating Healthy Environments Through Climate Action
Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Psi Chapter, Michigan State University
April 23 | 12-1 pm ONLINE
Now more than ever, nurses have a critical role in promoting understanding of climate change as a health issue, advancing nursing practice to prevent and protect against health threats, and advocating for health protective policies. Come and join speaker Sarah Bucic, MSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC in dialoguing about the health impacts of climate change. In this 1 hour session, we will outline and explain the relationship between health and environment and the current science on climate change including equity considerations, describe 3 ways that environmental health exposures affect patient and community health, and identify 2 actionable steps that nurses can engage in environmental health advocacy. FREE for Alpha Psi members, $10 for non-members (membership validated at checkout). Register via link below.
CE/CNE: 1 contact hour
**Meets criteria for 1 hour of State of Michigan implicit bias continuing education credit
May 2025
MSU College of Nursing Practice Day
Thursday May 8, 2025 | 9a - 3:30p
MSU College of Nursing Practice Day is a nursing professional development event designed for registered nurses, advanced practice registered nurses, nurse leaders, faculty, and other healthcare professionals. This conference fosters nursing excellence by exploring innovative practices, emerging technologies, and evidence-based solutions that shape the future of healthcare. Through engaging discussions and interactive sessions, participants will gain valuable insights to enhance patient care, drive quality improvement, and lead advancements in nursing practice.
Implicit Bias Training
Ingham County Health Department
May 13 | 1:30-4:30 pm FREE and IN PERSON
With this training, participants will understand what implicit bias is and its importance to health and healthcare. Presenters Dana Watson, HFSJ Coordinator and Keyante Saxon, Program Assistant will help attendees see how implicit bias maintains and reinforces racial oppression, discrimination and marginalization, will identify the ways implicit bias shows up and will consider strategies for counteracting implicit bias. Target audience: all are welcome. Participants attending the entire session and completing an evaluation form will receive a certificate for 3 contact hours. Location: 5303 S. Cedar St. Conference Room D/E. For more information and to register, please email dwatson@ingham.org. CE/CNE: 3 contact hours
**Meets criteria for 3 hours of State of Michigan implicit bias continuing education credit for healthcare professionals.
MCRH Special Topics GR: Updates in Asthma Care: The Dangers of OCS & SABA Overuse
Michigan Center for Rural Health
May 20 | 12-1 pm FREE and ONLINE
These sessions will provide increased knowledge of the risks of SABA and OCS overuse in patients with asthma and resources available for patient and provider education. Karla Stoermer Grossman, MHSA, BSN, RN, AE-C, will describe negative impacts of both short-acting beta-agonist (SABA) and oral corticosteroid (OCS) overuse in patients with asthma, contrast NAEPP and GINA guidelines and highlight key differences, and connect updated guidelines to changes in educational strategies for patients and providers. Target Audience: Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacists, Nurses, Physicians, Social Workers. Participants attending the entire session and completing an evaluation form will receive a certificate for 1 contact hour. CE/CNE: 1 contact hour
The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis: MPHA Book Discussion
MPHA Public Health Nursing Section
May 20 | 6-7 pm FREE and ONLINE
Spanning the Great Depression and moving through World War II and beyond, this remarkable true story follows the intrepid young women known by their patients as the “Black Angels.” For twenty years, they risked their lives working under appalling conditions while caring for New York’s poorest residents. But despite their major role in desegregating the New York City hospital system—and their vital work in helping to find the cure for tuberculosis at Sea View—these nurses were completely erased from history. The Black Angels recovers the voices of these extraordinary women and puts them at the center of this riveting story, celebrating their legacy and their journey combatting bias in healthcare delivery. You do NOT need to have read the book to join! No registration required. CE/CNE: 1 contact hour
June 2025
Alternatives to Opiates & Patient Selection for Opiate Management
Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University
June 18 | 12 - 1 pm FREE and ONLINE
This session will focus on maximizing multi-modal approaches to chronic pain by exploring both non-opiate and opiate pain management options. Presenter Samvid Dwivedi, DO, will discuss the most appropriate processes to manage opiates for chronic pain by using evidence-based guidelines. Target Audience: Registered nurses, registered nurses in specialty area, advanced practice providers, physicians, medical providers, social workers, pharmacists, community health workers, and other healthcare workers.
Participants attending the entire session and completing an evaluation form will receive a certificate for 1 contact hour.
July 2025
Implicit Bias Training
In partnership with Ingham County Health Department
July 17 | 1:30-4:30 pm FREE and IN PERSON
With this training, participants will understand what implicit bias is and its importance to health and healthcare. Presenters Dana Watson, HFSJ Coordinator and Keyante Saxon, Program Assistant will help attendees see how implicit bias maintains and reinforces racial oppression, discrimination and marginalization, will identify the ways implicit bias shows up and will synthesize active strategies for counteracting implicit bias. Target audience: all are welcome. Participants attending the entire session and completing an evaluation form will receive a certificate for 3 contact hours. Location: 5303 S. Cedar St. Conference Room D/E. For more information and to register, please email dwatson@ingham.org. CE/CNE: 3 contact hours
**Meets criteria for 3 hours of State of Michigan implicit bias continuing education credit for healthcare professionals.
August 2025
The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis: MPHA Book Discussion
In partnership with MPHA Public Health Nursing Section
Aug. 19 | 6-7 pm FREE and ONLINE
The most enduring feature of U.S. history is the presence of Native Americans, yet most histories focus on Europeans and their descendants. This long practice of ignoring Indigenous history is changing, however, as a new generation of scholars insists that any full American history address the struggle, survival, and resurgence of American Indian nations. Indigenous history is essential to understanding the evolution of modern America. Ned Blackhawk interweaves five centuries of Native and nonNative histories, from Spanish colonial exploration to the rise of Native American self-determination in the late twentieth century. Blackhawk’s retelling of U.S. history acknowledges the enduring power, agency, and survival of Indigenous peoples, yielding a truer account of the United States and revealing anew the varied meanings of America. You do NOT need to have read the book to join! No registration required. CE/CNE: 1 contact hour
November 2025
The House on Henry Street: The Enduring Life of a Lower East Side Settlement: MPHA Book Discussion
In partnership with MPHA Public Health Nursing Section
Nov. 18 | 6-7 pm FREE and ONLINE
Henry Street Settlement became one of the most influential social welfare organizations in American history. Through personal narratives, vivid images, and previously untold stories, Ellen M. Snyder-Grenier chronicles Henry Street’s sweeping history from 1893 to today. From the fights for public health and immigrants’ rights that fueled its founding, to advocating for relief during the Great Depression, all the way to tackling homelessness and AIDS in the 1980s, and into today―Henry Street has been a champion for social justice. Its powerful narrative illuminates larger stories about poverty, and who is “worthy” of help; immigration and migration, and who is welcomed; human rights, and whose voice is heard. You do NOT need to have read the book to join! No registration required. CE/CNE: 1 contact hour
Please save all CE certificates for your records. Starting January 1, 2025, replacement certificates will not be issued more than 30 days after the event.