The event will provide students and the community an opportunity to learn about various health topics from local and national experts and receive wellness services from local vendors. Free wellness services include chair messages, mammograms and vein screenings as well as demonstrations by CAE Healthcare.
A Community Health track includes presentation and roundtable discussion on topics such as substance abuse, diabetes management, reducing the risk of heart disease, the opioid epidemic, trends in vaping, patient safety, and other current topics in health care.
The second track, Future Healthcare Leaders, led by SCF students will include posters and presentations in the areas of healthcare team collaboration best practices, patient safety, ethics, career paths, and STEM research and community involvement.
Keynote Speakers:
Troy Smith, MBA, MA, Operations Manager, Stay in Step Spinal Cord Injury Recovery Center
Romulo “Romy” Camargo, CW3®, Founder, Stay in Step Spinal Cord Injury Recovery Center
Ana Warren, APRN, CDE, BC-ADM, CDE, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Advanced Practice Nurse, Board Certified in Endocrinology
Javier Cordova, MPA, President/Chairman (ex-officio), Board of Trustees, Manatee County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition Drug Free Manatee (DFM); Senior Fellow, Comprehensive Drug Research Center (CDRC) University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Judy Young, RN, BSN, MBA, Chief Nursing Officer, Lakewood Ranch Medical Center
Abbie Robinson, LHRM, CPHRM, Director of Risk/Quality and Patient Safety, Lakewood Ranch Medical Center
Joan Dixon, BA, CTTS, Director of Student Programs, Area Health Education Center (AHEC); GulfCoast South AHEC
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