Advocate Seminars and Events - Information and Registration
Advocate Health Care is an approved provider of continuing education by the Illinois Nurse’s Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Below are links to seminar activities for which online registration is available. Please note that location, length and costs are different for each event.
View or download the event brochure by clicking on the event title below.
Online registration for classes offering CME credit is available at www.advocatehealth.com/cme
2008 Events
September
Med/Surg Certification Review Course
Description:
This three-day course prepares medical-surgical nurses with two or more years of experience to successfully pass a Med-Surg Certification exam. Course content is based on the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Med-Surg and Academy of Med-Surg Nursing test blueprints.
When:
September 12, 19, and 26, 2008
8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
(Lunch will be on your own)
Where:
Kensington Building
1400 Kensington Road
Oak Brook, IL 60523
630.575.3200
Online Registration:
Advocate Associates: No Cost - Register For Event (Section 76713)
Non Advocate Associates & Guests: $150.00 - Register For Event
Registration Deadline is September 6, 2008
(Register Early, enrollment is limited)
Course may be canceled due to low enrollment. If course is canceled, you will be notified via mail at the address on your registration or address listed at Advocate. If the course is canceled, a full refund will be given.
For conference information, contact Joanne LaMantia at 630-990-5432 or e-mail Joanne.LaMantia@advocatehealth.com.
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Trauma Nurse Specialist Course
Program Description:
State of Illinois sponsored preparation course to sit the certification exam for TNS.
When:
September 22, 2008 - November 11, 2008
Every Monday and Tuesday
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Where:
EMS Academy
4201 W. 93rd Street (rear entrance)
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
Fees / Registration:
Course Fee: $350 (Includes pin and State of Illinois testing fee)
Register for Event
For more information please contact Sue Barry at (708)684-4409, or by email at sue.barry@advocatehealth.com.
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Achieving Excellence in Clinical Research
This 5th annual all day conference will feature nationally recognized plenary speakers as well as afternoon breakout sessions with other national and regional research experts in important areas related to "excellence" in clinical research (see brochure). The conference will take place on September 25, 2008 at McDonald's Hamburger University in Oak Brook, Illinois. Physician CME (6.0 category 1 credit hours) and nursing contact hours (6.0 INA contact yours) will be available.
Objectives:
- Identify when QI activities should be reviewed by an IRB and which guidelines should govern QI research.
- Consider the evidence that supports the performance of IRBs in protecting human subjects.
- Examine the key issues that merit consideration related to cutting-edge research, such as those involved in gene transfer.
- Identify important considerations and practices when conducting research with children and their families.
- Identify new strategies to satisfy clinical trial recruitment milestones.
- Identify techniques to use for budgeting, billing and creating study documents to achieve compliance with billing rules and requirements.
- Describe the definition of fraud and its prevalence and discuss the different ways that fraud occurs in clinical trials.
- Examine the use of local versus central IRBs in ensuring human subject protection.
- Examine the growing paradigm of professionalism in clinical research.
- Identify skills and strategies for building an active program of research
When:
Thursday, September 25, 2008
7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- 7:30 a.m. - Conference Check-in, Continental Breakfast and Exhibit Viewing
- 8:15 a.m. - Seminar Begins
Where:
Hamburger University
McDonald's Office Campus
2815 Jorie Boulevard
Oak Brook, IL 60523
630-990-5800
Online Registration:
Cost:
Advocate Associates , Residents, and Fellows - $75.00
(After September 6, 2008-$90.00)
Advocate Attending Physicians - $100.00
(After September 6, 2008-$125.00)
Non-Advocate Trainees and Full-Time Students - $100.00
(After September 6, 2008-$125.00)
Non-Advocate Attendees - $175.00
(After September 6, 2008-$200.00)
Register for the Event
If you are involved or interested in clinical research, don't miss this unique opportunity to hear from these experts at a local conference. This conference will be an excellent opportunity to enhance your continuing education and network with other colleagues involved in clinical research. Be sure to register early, as space is limited.
For additional information, please contact 847-723-2164.
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September 2008 Journey to Magnet Excellence Workshop
Objectives:
Within the context of your organization:
- Describe the structure, purpose and evolution of the new Magnet Model
- Explain the 5 components of the new magnet model as the framework for professional nursing process
- Generate exemplars for each component of the Magnet Model
- Describe the role of critical thinking, creativity and innovation in transforming nursing practice through the Magnet™ program
When:
Thursday, September 25, 2008 and Friday, September 26, 2008
7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- 7:00 a.m. - Continental Breakfast and Registration
- 8:00 a.m. - Seminar Begins
Lunch is served both days Where:
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
1775 Dempster St
Olson Auditorium
Park Ridge, IL 60068
301-628-5142 (ANCC phone)
Online Registration:
Registration Fee: $460.00 per person
Early Bird Rate: $430.00 per person
Group Rate: $430.00 per person if registering 3 or more people from the same facility/organization at the same time
For additional information and to register, click here.
October
The 2008 Faith and Health Summit
View Program Agenda
Description:
The 2008 Faith and Health Summit will provide an opportunity
to talk with others who are working at the intersection of faith and health
about how we can move together to support healthy, whole and hopeful
communities where everyone can be healthy—able to live out their God-given
potential and calling.
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Sharon Welch, Provost and Professor of Religion and
Society at Meadville Lombard Theological
School in Chicago, will frame our day by talking about
how risk, jazz and improvisation can inform how we create responses to the
critical social issues we face.
We will apply her ideas as we engage the lauded PBS series,
Unnatural Causes, which examines how racism, economics, immigration, housing
and other realities impact people's health. In the afternoon we will talk with
each other, exploring how we can continue to build a faith and health movement
that can truly improve the quality of people's lives in metropolitan Chicago.
We will also be mapping all the resources are for faith and health initiatives
throughout metropolitan Chicago. We are gathering information about
faith-based programs, services, collaboratives, coalitions, etc. in Chicagoland
and will display them on an on-line Google map on the day of the Summit. This map will be available after the Summit for others to
access. Please click here
to find instructions for how to enter your information.
When:
Thursday, October 16, 2008
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Where:
DePaul Center, Lower Level
333 S. State Street
Chicago, IL 60604
Parking Map
Fees / Registration:
Cost: $25.00
Because this is an event built on dialogue, space is limited to 100 people. Please RSVP as soon as possible to reserve your place. The registration deadline is Wednesday, October 1, 2008.
Register here to attend this event.
For more information, please contact Kirsten Peachy at 847.384.3552.
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7th Annual Breast Imaging Symposium
Description:
Educational symposium for technologist and RNs that work with breast cancer patients.
This program provides 8 CEU credits.
When:
Saturday, October 25th, 2008
6:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
A continental breakfast, lunch and snacks will all be provided.
Where:
Doubletree Hotel Chicago Oakbrook
1909 Spring Road
Oak Brook, IL 60523
Seminar Fees:
Advocate Employees: No Cost
Non-Advocate Employees: $85.00
Register for event
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Marketing Your Practice
Description:
This program, offered to you free of charge, will give you a comprehensive plan that you can use to develop and expand your practice. We will have experts in marketing, public relations, community relations and web development to offer tips and tools crucial to growing your business.
View program agenda here.
There will be two sessions offered to accommodate your schedule:
When:
Wednesday, October 1th, 2008
Dinner and Registration: 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Program: 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Or
When:
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Breakfast and Registration: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Program: 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Where:
Advocate Christ Medical Center
Auditorium Conference Center
4440 W 95th Street
Oak Lawn, IL 60453 Free Valet parking will be available.
Fees:No Cost
Register here for this event
For additional information or questions, please contact
Physician Relations at 708.684.3150.
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