Live Events & Conference Calendar
UPCOMING LIVE EVENTS
February 2025
Implicit Bias Training
Ingham County Health Department
February 5 or 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 heatlh 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.
Understanding Veteran Culture to Overcome Bias
Michigan Center for Rural Health
February 12 | 12-1 pm FREE and ONLINE
After attending this session, participants will have increased knowledge of veteran culture to aid in overcoming bias when treating veterans in healthcare settings. Presenters Adam McGuire, PhD, and Emre Umucu, PhD, will describe unique characteristics of veteran culture, to assist in the application of veteran culture to identify differences in culturally-informed healthcare for veterans, and summarize treatment options available for veterans experiencing a mental health crisis. Target Audience: nurses, social workers, community health workers, and physicians. 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
MCRH Special Topics GR: Palliative Care Communications and Resources
Michigan Center for Rural Health
February 18 | 12-1 pm FREE and ONLINE
These sessions will provide strategies for effective communication with patients and families living with advanced, challenging, and terminal diseases. John Mulder, MD, FAAHPM, HMDC, will discuss how to facilitate effective conversation, list techniques for building trust, and highlight negativistic terms used when caring for patients with terminal illnesses, including suggestions for more appropriate language. Target Audience: Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, and 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
Supporting Rural SANE Programs
SANE Seminar Series
February 18 | 4-5 pm FREE and ONLINE
These sessions will provide increased knowledge of strategies and practices that provide patient centered care and an increased understanding of support and interventions for sexual assault victims. Susan Chasson, JD, MSN, SANE-A, SANE-P, will discuss focus on direct patient care issues including barriers to care, explore the difficulties in recruiting and retaining SANE nurses in these communities, and identify strategies for maintaining SANE competency. Active discussion, real world examples, and case studies will be utilized. Target Audience: SANE nurses, registered nurses, advanced practice providers, and other healthcare workers. Participants attending the entire session and completing an evaluation form will receive a certificate for 1 contact hour. CE/CNE: 1 contact hour
Structural Racism and Supporting Black Lives: The Role of Health Professionals
DEI, MSU College of Nursing
February 21 | 5-7:30 pm Kellogg Center, Auditorium
Dr. Rachel R. Hardeman is a tenured Professor in the Division of Health Policy & Management at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, the Blue Cross Endowed Professor in Health and Racial Equity, and the Founding Director of the Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity. Target Audience: registered nurses, physicians, APRNs, Faculty, Social Workers and other healthcare workers. All participants must register, complete the learning activity, and submit the evaluation to receive a certificate of completion. CE/CNE: 1.5 contact hour
**Meets criteria for State of Michigan implicit bias continuing education credit
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
April 2025
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
May 2025
MSU College of Nursing Practice Day
Thursday May 8, 2025 | 9a - 3:30p
NEW conference event for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses. This event is an opportunity to network and learn with providers and leaders within the practice setting to discuss current advancements in clinical care, scholarship and research dissemination. More information to come for registration in the new year.
*Registration coming soon
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 heatlh 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.
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.