Join us on September 9-11 for the Addiction Research & Clinical Health (ARCH) Symposium - Making the Connection: Exploring the Intersectionality of Social Justice and Addiction Care. The ARCH Symposium is unique in that it brings together professionals and experts from several different fields—from physicians and public health experts to counselors and journalists—to take a broader look at addiction care and the many systems involved. Oftentimes, the topics of addiction and recovery focus solely on the individual and overlook the many systems that individuals interact with and how these systems can work with—but more often against—someone seeking care for their substance use.
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You Don’t Want to Miss the Addiction Research & Clinical Health (ARCH) Symposium - With Nationally Recognized Experts
Jul 19, 2021 9:00:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in Social Determinants of Health, mental health, Substance Use, research, recovery, addiction, trauma, social justice, equity, health disparities, motivational interviewing, treatment
Save the Date November 4th for Basic Fetal Monitoring ~ Fall 2021
Jul 16, 2021 8:30:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in Perinatal, Nursing, childbearing
To introduce basic fetal monitoring principles to the new perinatal nurse.
Objectives Include:
Beach Meetings are BACK for 2022! Save the Dates for this Week.
Jul 13, 2021 2:03:22 PM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in Primary Care, Dentistry, Nursing, family medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine and Northwest AHEC would like to invite you to Save The Date July 25-27 for Beach Week 2022! Beach Week will take place at Kingston Plantation / Embassy Suites in Myrtle Beach, SC. Sign up to be added to the list to receive more information.
Perinatal Post Summer 2021
Jul 13, 2021 8:30:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in Perinatal, Pregnancy, gravidas
The Perinatal Post is a biannual online newsletter distributed to perinatal care providers within the Northwest North Carolina area. It is published in winter and summer of each year.
More Details on Upcoming Updates on Hospital Medicine Conference @ the BEACH!
Jul 13, 2021 8:30:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in Medicine, hospital
Registration is Now OPEN so sign up to join us on Friday & Saturday, October 1-2, 2021 at the BEACH! Check out all the details below.
Camp Med Reaches High School Students In Person and Online This Year
Jul 1, 2021 1:18:00 PM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in health careers, students, camp med
Our typical Camp Med Program has traditionally been held in person throughout the Northwest AHEC 17-county region for students in grades 9-12. The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 created an opportunity to transition this program to a virtual platform where we reached 900+ students last year!
NCPAT Conference: How Do I Become a Better Facilitator Going Forward from COVID
Jun 29, 2021 8:30:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in trauma, healing
For the first time in most of our lives, we shared a worldwide experience that profoundly challenged our everyday assumptions and disrupted our day-to-day reality. COVID-19 brought an unprecedented mix of new stressors, emotions, difficulties and possibilities, for the people in our programs, as well as for each one of us. We ALL had to figure out how to respond. For most of us at the conference our individual response included the decision to continue doing transformative work with other people--many of whom had challenges that become even more complex and exacerbated by the fear, disruption and extreme stress of the times. It’s was a lot.
October 1st Mark Your Calendar for the 16th Annual Breast Cancer Symposium
Jun 28, 2021 2:03:49 PM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in symposium, cancer
Join us for this event October 1st, 8:30am-4:30pm. We are offering virtual or in person options so you can choose what works best for you. Breast cancer represents a complicated family of diseases for which detection, diagnosis, and multimodal management strategies continually are evolving. Therefore, practice-focused education will enable you to integrate the highest-quality methodologies into the treatment of your patients. For 16 years, the multidisciplinary Annual Breast Cancer Symposium has met this educational need - bringing together surgical, medical, and radiation oncologists, as well as geneticists, radiologists, pathologists, and nurses - to improve the care for patients with breast cancer.This activity will be VIRTUAL or IN PERSON, you choose what works best for you. Register today! In person option will be held at McCreary Tower (475 Deacon Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC) and Virtual option via Webex.
S.T.A.B.L.E.: What to Do After Neonatal Resuscitation Is Next Week!
Jun 25, 2021 3:30:00 PM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in neonatal, hospital
S.T.A.B.L.E. is a nationally recognized program involving care of the neonate beyond resuscitation. This webinar is taking place next Wednesday, June 30 8:30am - 4:00pm. Limited to 12 participants so be sure to register ASAP.
S.T.A.B.L.E. stands for the six assessment and care modules in the program: Sugar, Temperature, Airway, Blood pressure, Lab work and Emotional.
How are you taking care of your mental health?
Jun 25, 2021 11:00:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in COVID-19, mental health
We’ve all been through a lot lately. As we continue to persevere, let’s remember to make mental health a priority. Problems with mental health are very common in the United States, with an estimated 50% of all Americans diagnosed with a mental illness or disorder at some point in their lifetime.