REGISTER HERE: https://upend.irisregistration.com/Form/BFSymposium
The University of Pennsylvania Health System invites you to attend the: Ten Steps Symposium: Striving for Baby-Friendly Designation. This conference will take place on Friday, December 2, 2016 from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm at the Smilow Center for Translational Research, Rubenstein Auditorium located on the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania’s Campus at 3400 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA.
The conference will feature a keynote address by Trish MacEnroe – Executive Director, Baby-Friendly USA, Inc.
Conference Description:
The Ten Steps Symposium will address a wide variety of topics, with panelists who can offer multi-disciplinary viewpoints on some of the most challenging aspects of implementing Baby-Friendly practices. The conference will also offer small specialized group breakout session topics. For more information on the conference agenda and the breakout session topics, please use the links provided on the right.
Target Audience:
This conference is intended for Hospital Administrators and those who care for Mothers and Babies including Practice or Unit Managers, Staff and Parent Educators, Physicians, Physician Assistants, Advance Practice Nurses, Clinical Nurses, Lactation Consultants, Registered Dieticians, and other Clinical Support roles. This conference will benefit those who are on the journey to achieve Baby-Friendly designation, or those who work in outpatient settings that support patients with a Baby-Friendly focus.
Conference Objectives:
•Recognize the importance of Baby-Friendly designation and how it relates to best patient outcomes.
•Identify successful techniques for implementing Baby-Friendly practice changes at your organization.
•Synthesize the principles learned to procure executive support, facilitate change, and measure data, for building sustainable best practices in your institution.
Registration Fees:
$125/ individual or $100 each for groups of three or more. For groups of three of more, you will be prompted to enter a coupon code at the check out portion of the registration site. This coupon code will only need to be entered once to remove $25 per person. If you have any questions please email Tessa Mansell at tmansell@upenn.edu
The $125 registration fee will automatically be added to your registration and in the final stages of registering you will have payment options to choose from: Check or Credit Card (Visa, American Express or MasterCard).
Breakfast, lunch, and parking will be included in your registration.
This program was submitted for contact hours. Penn Medicine – Nursing is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation, Approval # 124-3-H-15.
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