ANNUAL NACNAH CONFERENCE:
Strategic Summit on Academic Internationalization for the Health Professions
November 9-10, 2006
Wednesday, November 8th
6:00-9:00
(or whenever)
NACNAH Board Meeting
Thursday, November 9th
8:00-9:00
Registration and Coffee
9:00-9:15
Welcome and Opening Remarks:
Ann M. Mitchell, RN, PhD, APHN-BC, President, NACNAH
Karen L. Miller, RN, PhD, FAAN, Dean, School of Allied Health
and School of Nursing, University of Kansas Medical Center
9:15-10:30
Panel on International Planning and Cooperation:
International Cooperation for Doctoral Education
Lillie M. Shortridge-Baggett, RN, EdD, FAAN, FNAP, Professor,
Lienhard School of Nursing, Pace University; Keville
Frederickson, RN, EdD, FAAN, Professor and Director of
Research and Scholarship, Lehman College; and Martha Velasco
Whetsell, RN, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Nursing,
Lehman College
Recruitment and Retention of International PhD Students
Lisa Stehno-Bittle, PhD and Riana Smirnova, PhD, Department of
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, School of Allied
Health, University of Kansas Medical Center
10:30-10:45
Break
10:45-11:45
Group Discussion on International Planning and Cooperation:
Recommendations for NACNAH and COHEHRE
11:45-1:00
Lunch
1:00-2:30
Panel on General Educational Strategic Planning:
Global Health Roles That Work: Nurses, Allied Health, and
Community Health Workers
Sherry Kirkpatrick, PhD, Vice President for Graceland, University
of Kansas Medical Center’s Independence Campus
Educating Faculty Who Can Then Develop Professional
Programs in Other Countries
Winnie Dunn, PhD, Chair, Department of Occupational Therapy,
School of Allied Health, University of Kansas Medical Center
International Clinical Experiences in Allied Health: A Starting
Point
Yvonne Searls, PT, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Allied
Health, University of Kansas Medical Center
Evaluation of a Graduate Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)
Program: US and Korea
Kathryn S. Hegedus, RN, PhD, Associate Professor, School of
Nursing, University of Connecticut
2:30-2:45
Break
2:45-3:45
Group Discussion on General Educational Strategic Planning:
Recommendations for NACNAH and COHEHRE
[To be included: Formation of dual Academies]
3:45-4:00
Break
4:00-5:00
General NACNAH Membership Meeting
NOTE: COHEHRE attendees are invited to attend
5:00-5:15
Official Signing of the Memorandum of Agreement:
Networking the Americas Consortium for Nursing and Allied
Health (NACNAH) for International Cooperation and the
Consortium of Institutes of Higher Education in Health and
Rehabilitation in Europe (COHEHRE)
Champagne Toast
5:15-6:00
Cocktail Hour
School of Nursing Building, University of Kansas Medical Center
Friday, November 10th
8:00-9:00
Registration and Coffee
9:00-9:15
Welcome and Opening Remarks:
Keville Frederickson, RN, EdD, FAAN, Executive Director,
NACNAH
Lou Loescher-Junge, PhD, Associate Dean, School of Allied
Health and School of Nursing, University of Kansas Medical
Center
9:15-10:30
Panel on Academic Internationalization:
What can African Traditional Healers Teach us about Early
Intervention for HIV Disease: The International Center for
Indigenous Phytotherapies
Kathy Goggin, PhD, Professor, University of Missouri, Kansas
City
The Status of Study Abroad Opportunities for Undergraduate
Nursing Student in the US
Mary Ann Thompson, RN, DrPH, Associate Professor,
McKendree College, Louisville Campus
Shaping World Views: Responding to the Challenges of
Developing a Global Perspective in Baccalaureate Nursing
Education
Vicki Hicks, RN, MS, Clinical Assistant Professor, School of
Nursing, University of Kansas Medical Center
Enhancing English Communication Skills and Promoting
Cross-Cultural Exchange at the University of Kansas Medical
Center
Amber Cordell, MS, Coordinator, ESL and Cultural Programs,
Department of International Programs, University of Kansas
Medical Center
10:30-10:45
Break
10:45-11:45
Group Discussion on Academic Internationalization:
Recommendations for NACNAH and COHEHRE
[To be included: continuation on formation of Academies]
11:45-1:00
Lunch
1:00-2:30
Panel on Professional Health Sciences Projects:
A Cross-Cultural Examination of Respite: US and Caribbean
Deborah Dysart-Gale, PhD, Assistant Professor, Faculty of
Engineering and Computer Science, Concordia University and Ann
M. Mitchell, PhD, RN, APHN-BC, Assistant Professor of Nursing
and Psychiatry, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh
The Development of a Multi-Cultural Family Support Room in
an Intensive Care Unit
Michelle Harris, RN, BSN, CCRN, University of Pittsburgh
Medical Center
Toward a Culture of Measurement: Simple Methods of
Analysis Demonstrate the Impact of Neuroscience Critical
Care
Nicholas G. Bircher, AB, MD, Physician and Associate Professor
of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, School of
Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
2:30-2:45
Break
2:45-3:45
Group Discussion on Professional Health Sciences Projects:
Recommendations for NACNAH and COHEHRE
3:45-4:00
Break
4:00-5:00
Summarization of the Strategic Summit on Academic
Internationalization for the Health Professions:
Implications for the Future of NACNAH and COHEHRE
Saturday, November 11th
8:00-12:00
NETWORKING “In the Land of OZ”
(on your own)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
Assessments of HIV Infection Risks in Clinical Situations by Medical Students: A
Comparison of Surveys from 1994, 1999, and 2004
Klewer, J, MD, PhD, DrPH, Professor, Health Care Management, Department of Public
Health and Nursing Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Zwickau
The Effect of a Central L5 Posterior Anterior Mobilization of the Straight Leg Raise
Luleich, T, BcH, Physiotherapist and Barthel, P, VWA, Director of Medizinische
Berufsfachschule, Bad Elster, Saxony, Germany
Implementation of an Evidence Based Practice (EBP) Model within a Hospital
Setting
Mitchell, AM, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of
Pittsburgh; *Beacom, D, MSBI, RN, Coordinator Clinical Care; *Ferdiani, B, MSN, RN,
Clinical Nurse Specialist:; *DeCicco, D, MSN, RN; Clinical Nurse Manager; *Barrett, T,
BSN, RN; Clinical Nurse Manager; *Gaus, T, BSN, RN; *Gordon, J, RN; *Patterson, G,
RN; *Witt, M, BSN, RN; Clinical Nurse Manager; *Wood, M, BSN, RN; **Boucek, L;
**Franzetta, J; *Nurses at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, **Student Nurses at
the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA