Two NAP Volunteer Leadership Opportunities Available
NAP is currently seeking two qualified volunteer leaders to fill the roles of Vice President for Public Policy and Vice President for Professional Development. We are asking for a 2-3 year commitment for both of these roles which will lead committees within NAP and serve on the Executive Committee and Council governing bodies.
More details on the qualifications and duties of these volunteer roles are available
here. Letters of interest and CVs should be sent to NAP Executive Director
Melanie Bowzer by March 8.
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NAP Announces New Co-Editor In Chief of JIEP
Please join NAP in welcoming Dr. Al Rundio as the
new Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice.
Dr. Rundio is currently the Associate Dean for Nursing & CNE and Chief Academic Nursing Officer as well as a Clinical Professor of Nursing at Drexel University. Along with his academic duties, he practices part-time as a nurse practitioner in a chemical dependency treatment center in southern New Jersey and the China Town Clinic, an interprofessional practice site of the Drexel University College of Medicine. Dr. Rundio was inducted as a Fellow in the National Academies of Practice in 1999; the International Academy of Addictions Nursing in 2014 and the American Academy of Nursing in 2015. His publications include numerous books and articles in nursing, nursing leadership and addictions nursing and he has served as a column editor for the Journal of Addictions Nursing since 2009.
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Difficult Conversations in Healthcare:
Teaching and Practice in an Interprofessional World
1-day course offered twice in 2017:
Saturday, May 13, 2017 * Saturday, June 17, 2017
Boston, MA * 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
We are pleased to invite you to a 1-day interprofessional faculty development course that offers the opportunity to learn about a variety of innovative methods and strategies for teaching and enhancing relational capacities, communication skills, attention to values and 'everyday ethics', professionalism, and interprofessional teamwork, collaboration and practice.
The course has an interprofessional focus, and offers
CME, Risk Management credits, and MOC points
for Physicians and continuing education credits for Psychologists, Social Workers, Nurses, and Pharmacists.
For more information and to register, visit this link.
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NAP Forum Sponsor, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, names new CEO
Richard Besser, MD, former acting director for the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) and ABC News' current chief health and medical editor, has been named president and chief executive officer of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the nation's largest charitable foundation devoted exclusively to health and health care.
"Richard Besser is a superb choice to lead RWJF into the next st
age of our work," said Roger Fine, chairman
of the foundation's Board. "He is a smart, empathetic leader and communicator-someone who can build on the great energy we have been developing around our
Culture of Health vision."
A Culture of Health-as championed by the Foundation-envisions everyone in America having the opportunity to live the healthiest lives they can, regardless of their financial situation, geographic location, job or background. The Foundation recognizes that access to healthy food, safe housing, transportation, education and jobs are all major determinants of whether someone is healthy or not. Building a national Culture of Health will enable all to live longer, healthier lives now and for generations to come.
"It is truly an honor to be selected to lead RWJF, a foundation so deeply committed to building a Culture of Health in this country," said Dr. Besser. "Working to improve the health and well-being of all Americans is a high calling. Doing it here, with an organization of such stature and credibility will be a great honor and privilege."
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MEMBER NEWS
Elizabeth Rider, MSW, MD, SFNAP receives
international award from The European Society for Person Centered Healthcare
Congratulations to Elizabeth Rider, Chair, Medicine Academy, and Carlton Horbelt Senior Fellow of NAP receiving the Platinum Medal for Excellence in Person-centered Healthcare by The European Society For Person Centered Healthcare (ESPCH) in London, UK.
When ESPCH President and Chairman of Council Sir Jonathan Asbridge, DSc, presented the award to Dr. Rider at the organization's annual conference, among the achievements he acknowledged was her leadership of the International Charter for Human Values in Healthcare. He noted the Charter was a "major contribution to the development of more person-centered healthcare system globally."
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MEMORY BOOK
We are collecting photos from NAP's 2016 Annual Forum to be used in a memory book of photos for Capt. Luis Carlos Montalván's family.
If you have any photos of Capt. Luis or Tuesday that you would like to add to the book, please send them to
[email protected].
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