Registration is open for the 27th annual Women’s Health and Wellness Conference, presented by the Olson Center for Women’s Health, UNMC and Nebraska Medicine.
Join the conference for a day of education, exhibits and health screenings. This year’s conference will be held at the Scott Conference Center from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25.
Presentations:
- Social Media Influence: Life Without Filters, Denai Gordon, MD, UNMC Department of Family Medicine
- ADHD Unmasked: Separating Fact from Fiction in Adult Women, Kimberly Vacek, PhD, Family Medicine Clinic at Bellevue Health Center
- Why Opioids Become a Drug of No Choice: How Opioids Can Take Away Our Ability to Choose, Kenneth Zoucha, MD, UNMC Department of Psychiatry
- Strong and Stunning: A Millennial Woman’s Guide to Your Best and Healthy Self, Carly Jennings, MD, UNMC Department of OB-GYN
- An Introduction to Myofascial Release, Dry Needling and Aquatic Therapy and How They Can Provide Pain Relief, Airon Seitz, DPT, Nebraska Medicine Chronic Pain Management Program
- Trust Your Gut: Embracing Intuitive Eating for a Healthier You, Courtney Aken, Nebraska Medicine Patient-Centered Medical Home
- Menopause and the Mind: Hormones, Mood, Cognition and Well-Being, Jennifer Griffin Miller, MD, UNMC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Promoting Positive Behavior in School-Aged Children Through Values-Based Approaches, Abigail Kennedy, PhD, BCBA-D, and Mindy Chadwell, PhD, Munroe-Meyer Institute
- Another Day to Love, Lisa Kelly, Nebraska Medicine patient and survivor
The Omaha Women’s Health and Wellness Conference is designed for the community, as well as nurses and social workers seeking continuing education credits. The cost to attend is $75 for general registration and $110 for nurses and social workers. Health screenings are an additional cost.
The registration deadline is Friday, Oct. 11. Register online here. For assistance with online registration, call 402-559-6618.
To learn more about the conference, visit the conference website.
Accredited Continuing Education
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Olson Center for Women’s Health. University of Nebraska Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team
Nurses
The University of Nebraska Medical Center designates this activity for 5.0 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit for the actual time spent participating in the activity.
Social Workers
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the University of Nebraska Medical Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers participating in this conference will receive up to 5.0 clinical/general continuing education credits. The content level of this activity is intermediate.