Tenth Annual Northwest Nursing Education Institute

June 16-19, 2008
Portland, OR

Exciting Educational innovations are transforming nursing education in Oregon and beyond. Have you wanted to know more about the Oregon Consortium on Nursing Education (OCNE), revolutionary curriculum models, new approaches in clinical education and the applicability of arts and sciences in nursing education? Join us this summer in beautiful Portland, Oregon, to learn and to share in a highly practical, hands-on educational institute designed for educators from academic and clinical staff development.

June 16. Innovations in nursing education to inspire transformation across the country, including the unprecedented community college-university collaboration of the Oregon Consortium for Nursing Education, and a keynote presentation by Dr. Beverly Malone, Chief Executive Officer, National League of Nursing.

June 17. Emerging approaches to enhancing cultural diversity, new pedagogies and curriculum models, including a plenary session by Dr. Christine Tanner on "Whatever Happened to the Curriculum Revolution? New Models for Nursing Education."

June 18. New strategies for clinical education to increase capacity and improve quality with plenaries by Paula Gubrud-Howe on "Clinical Education Redesign in Oregon" and Dr. Patricia Ebright on "Factors Leading to Near Misses in the Neophyte Nurse."

June 19. Teaching patient-centered care, including a plenary session on "Helping our students understand the lived experience of our patients: Arts and science in nursing education" by Phillip Darbyshire, University of South Australia.

Watch our website for details and a Call for Posters.

Oregon Health & Science University, School of Nursing
Co-sponsored by Northwest Health Foundation and Oregon Center for Nursing