Current Realities and Future Vision: Developing an Inter-Professional, Integrated Healthcare Workforce
This one-day symposium will explore methods to better integrate healthcare delivery across professions. Social workers, educators, administrators, and medical practitioners will have opportunities during the conference to share effective models currently used in Massachusetts and to identify future partnerships and resources.
Symposium Schedule
8 - 8:45 a.m. Registration
9 - 9:15 a.m. Greetings and Introduction of Keynote Speaker Geraldine "Polly" Bednash, Executive Director of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing
10 - 10:15 a.m. Networking break
10:15 - 11 a.m. Policy Panel Discussion moderated by Liz Walker: Policy-level issues surrounding integrated care (roundtable discussion featuring Philip Johnston, Erica Piedade and David Seltz)
11:15 - noon Provider Panel Discussion moderated by Liz Walker: Frontline issues in integrated care (roundtable discussion featuring Dr. Ramon Cancino, Alexander Blount, and Fred Rocco)
Noon - 12:30 p.m. Lunch break (boxed lunch included with registration)
12:30 - 2 p.m. Brainstorming break-out sessions
2 - 2:30 p.m. Report out on brainstorming to larger group
2:30 - 4 p.m. Action break-outs (meet with others on specific actions)
