Well being care professionals: Mark your calendar for the Pulmonary Hypertension Affiliation (PHA)’s PH Skilled Community Symposium, set for Sept. 28-30 in Arlington, Virginia.
This yr’s PHPN Symposium, “PHoundation for a Brighter Future,” will concentrate on the supply of top quality, patient-centered care by way of multidisciplinary care workforce collaboration and the most recent therapy tips and therapies.
One of many featured classes will probably be on wellness and psychological well being for pulmonary hypertension (PH) suppliers and sufferers. Joan Cain, M.S., FNP-BC, ACHPN and Jeffrey Lauzon, M.A., Ph.D., will deal with affected person response and supplier fatigue associated to traumatic occasions, in addition to trauma diagnostic standards, prevalence charges and therapy suggestions. Their presentation additionally will supply suggestions to assist sufferers to have management in navigating their persistent situation.
Cain is a nurse practitioner and adjunct school member on the Medical College of South Carolina. She works with the palliative care division in an 700-bed hospital and multidisciplinary well being care groups to supply glorious care.
Dr. Lauzon is a licensed scientific psychologist at Aurora Well being in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He develops cardiac psychology companies in his post-residency fellowship and his scientific apply (inpatient and outpatient) at St. Luke’s Medical Middle coronary heart failure and stomach transplant clinics. He works intently with PH sufferers by way of the center clinic.
Different session matters on the 2023 PHPN Symposium will embrace:
Finest practices for efficient PH care groups.
New improvements in medication/therapies.
2022 tips for the prognosis and therapy of pulmonary hypertension.
The PHPN Symposium Committee settle for late-breaking summary submissions starting Friday, March 17. The committee is especially enthusiastic about personalization of care, well being disparities and therapy entry, transition to new therapies and pediatric PH care.
In case your summary proposal is accepted by the PHPN Symposium Committee, you may be invited to current it throughout a number of Poster Corridor classes.
If you’re enthusiastic about presenting a poster on the biennial occasion, please submit a proposal between March 17 and Might 19.
PHA’s PHPN Symposium attracts lots of of well being care professionals to study from famend PH specialists. Be a part of greater than 500 well being care professionals for alternatives to community along with your friends, earn persevering with training hours and have interaction within the need-to-know matters led by famend PH specialists. All well being care professionals are inspired to attend. Registration will open this month.