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| Health Professions Network News July 2008 | |
Dear Reader, Although it's summertime and the living is easy, our programs committee has been hard at work on the draft agenda (PDF, 15KB) for our fall meeting in St. Louis, October 22-25 (see below for more details). Also, the HPN Nominating Committee has issued an official Call for Nominations for the 2008-2009 HPN Board of Directors Election. In non-HPN news, art therapy is our featured profession in this issue; we also include a link to a successful clinical laboratory science meeting in Minnesota earlier this year as well as to a recent Washington Post article on health care's effect on the environment. Be sure to register now (PDF, 28KB), and we'll see you in St. Louis!
HPN Board of Directors Contents
1. St. Louis meeting theme is "Evolving Scopes of Practice and their Implications" The agenda for the HPN fall meeting, October 22-25 in St. Louis, is coming together, with the following scheduled items (Note: Speakers and topics are subject to change). Be sure to complete your registration form (PDF, 28KB) now for this important event.
Reminder: In addition to our fall meeting, the following dates are scheduled for 2009:
Be sure to mark your calendars now! 2. Want to serve on the HPN Board of Directors? The HPN has issued an official Call for Nominations for the 2008-2009 HPN Board of Directors Election. Interested? Please e-mail Greg Morrison, chair of the HPN Nominating Committee, to secure your place on the ballot, or call HPN headquarters at (703) 708-9000. There are nine Board Member positions for the 2008-2009 ballot. Members of the HPN Board are expected to attend the HPN Spring and Fall meetings as well as participate on HPN Board of Directors conference calls. The deadline is September 15, 2008 for receipt of the Curriculum Vitae and all required items of each nominee. 3. Featured profession: Art therapist This month's featured profession on the HPN Web site is art therapy. Art therapy integrates the fields of human development, visual art (drawing, painting, sculpture, and other art forms), and the creative process with models of counseling and psychotherapy. Art therapy is used with children, adolescents, adults, older adults, groups, and families to assess and treat everything from anxiety, depression, and substance abuse to social and emotional difficulties related to disability and illness. Learn more about the field's history, education, and practice. Also, be sure to consult the AMA's chart of health care career income ranges, for salary in this and other health professions fields. Speaking of art therapy, Cathy Malchiodi, HPN representative from the American Art Therapy Association, has written some interesting art therapy-related pieces in her Psychology Today blog: Unplug that Plasma Screen, Take Two Doses of Nature, and Call Me in the Morning When Trauma Happens, Children Draw Songs to Soothe the Panicked Pooch Dance Like Your Life -- and World-- Depends On It 4. Clinical laboratory science organizations collaborate at Minnesota meeting Eight different laboratory professional organizations hosted a collaborative meeting in St Paul this spring. More than 600 attendees turned out for the three-day conference, titled "Laboratorians: The Ultimate Team Players in Patient Care." 5. Is the health care industry making us (and the planet) sick? A growing number of hospitals and health professionals believe it is, and are taking steps to make health care more "green." An article in the July 22 Washington Post, "Medicine Gears Up for a Code Green", covers this topic and mentions Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E). At HPN's spring meeting in Baltimore, attendees heard a fact-filled (and sobering) report (PDF, 3MB) on this issue from H2E's Cecelia DeLoach. About us The Health Professions Network (HPN) includes provider organizations, educators, accreditors, credentialing agencies, and administrators. The group works together in a cooperative and interactive manner on issues relevant to workforce development and the delivery of health care in the United States. Identity Statement The HPN is a volunteer-run association representing health care professional associations and other organizations interested in interdisciplinary communication, discussion, and collaboration. Participants meet at least annually to discuss issues relating to health care and to serve as a conduit for interdisciplinary problem solving and preparation for future health care delivery. Vision The HPN is the premier network of health care professions working to positively influence the delivery of quality health care. Mission The HPN provides a forum for collaboration among health care professions on issues of common interest. The HPN will accomplish this mission through:
Values The HPN affirms that effective collaboration among health care professions is based on the values of:
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