CAHNference 2024 Program
We are please to announce a new partnership with the Gathering to Share Indigenous Knowledge Symposium. Delegates from both symposia are invited to attend a combined, complimentary networking event. The planned schedule for the weekend is as follows:
Friday, Nov 1, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (All Delegates Are Invited)
Networking Event for all delegates
Friday, Nov 1, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM (CAHN Members Only)
Member Appreciation Dinner Celebrating CAHN’s 25-Year Anniversary + Award Ceremony
Saturday, Nov 2, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM (CAHN Symposium)
CAHNference 2024 (Glacier Ballroom)
Program
8:30 AM Opening remarks from CAHN President
Viral Hepatitis
Updates (INHSU) – Michelle Pittman, NP River Stone Recovery Centre & Fredericton Downtown Community Health Centre
Hepatitis B and Delta Hepatitis updates – Dr. Carla Coffin University of Calgary
Action Hepatitis Canada: Immigration Health is Public Health – Jennifer van Gennip Action Hepatitis Canada
10:05 AM – 10:30 AM Coffee Break (Rocky Mountain Room)
MASLD, ALD, and Cirrhosis
Non-invasive tests for fibrosis assessment- application to MASLD and ALD pathways in Alberta – Abdel-Aziz Shaheen, MBBCh, MPH, FRCPC Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Non-invasive tests to determine clinically significant portal hypertension – Dr. Stephen Congly University of Calgary
Best Practices in Cirrhosis Care: updates from a Cirrhosis Care Clinic – Sandra Anderson, NP University of Calgary; Cirrhosis Care Clinic, Calgary Liver Unit
12:00 PM – 1 PM Lunch (Rocky Mountain Room)
CATIE Resource Announcement – Melisa Dickie Catie
Nurse-led innovation and quality improvement
Nurse-led outreach program and the impact of work on communities – Tamara Barnett, RN Cool Aid, BC
Abstract Presentatations
2:30 PM – 2:55 PM Afternoon Break
Clinical challenges and successes in management of viral hepatitis: nursing achievements
HCV-HIV co-infection: current landscape and clinical challenges – Lesley Gallagher, RN SIDCN – Saskatchewan Infectious Disease Care Network
CUPS Clinic – Kate Newcombe, RN BN & Nicola Gale RPh CUPS Calgary Clinic
Workshop
Burnout In Healthcare: The Root of the Problem and the Path To The Solution – Ann Becks, NP
5:00 PM Final Remarks
Are you a nurse in Canada who works with patients with liver disease?