Office of Professional and Educational Development

Newfoundland and Labrador Nurse Practitioner Association Conference 2018: Partnering Today for a Healthier Tomorrow

Saturday, September 29, 2018


Topics and Speakers

Continental Breakfast, Registration, & View Exhibits
NLNPA Business Meeting
Welcome / Greetings
Keynote Address
Presenter: Hon. Dr. John Haggie MB ChB, MD, FRCS
A-Fib
Presenter: Dr. Frederic Paulin MD, FRCPC
Updates in Atopic Dermatitis
Presenter: Dr. Ian Landells MD, FRCPC
Time for visiting booths and changing rooms
Opioid Crisis
Presenter: Ms. Trena Snook NP
Developing & Testing the Cardiovascular Assessment Screening Program (CASP) to Promote Healthy Aging in NL
Presenter: Ms. Jill Bruneau MHSc PhD(c) NP
Nutrition Break / View Posters and Booths
The First Once Daily Single Inhaler Triple Therapy for COPD in Canada
Presenter: Dr. Liesel D'silva MD
ER Quick Snaps
Presenter: Mr. Derrick Walsh NP
Time for visiting booths and changing rooms
Depression in the Young Adult
Presenter: Ms. Courtney Coish BN RN MN NP
NP Private Practice
Presenter: Mrs. Ellisa Sinnicks-House RN NP
Nurse Practitioner Training in Rural NL Emergency Departments: ‘A Best Kept Secret’
Presenter: Mrs. Susan Snelgrove RN, NP
Contraceptive Counselling
Presenter: Dr. Krista Brown MD, FRCSC
Lunch (provided), View Posters & Booths
De-Prescribing
Presenters: Ms. Lori Barbour NP Ms. Andrea Purchase NP
Men’s Health
Presenter: Ms. Teri-Lynn Parrell BN, RN, MNNP
Time for visiting booths and changing rooms
What’s new with NP Practice in NL- An update by ARNNL
Presenter: Ms. Michelle Carpenter RN BN MEd
RNUNL Address
Presenter: Ms. Debbie Forward MA, RN
Nurse Practitioner Association of Canada (NPAC) Address
Presenter: Ms. Lenora Brace MN, NP
Closing Remarks and Evaluation


Planning Committee

Ms. Denise Cahill
Mrs. Valda Duke
Ms. Wanda Emberley Burke
Ms. Kimberly French
Ms. Dena King
Mrs. Jessica Peddle
Ms. Marie Powell
Mrs. Susan Snelgrove
Mrs. Heather Tracey Michelin
Mrs. Jennifer Williams

The Office of Professional and Educational Development (OPED), Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME), a subcommittee of the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS). This standard allows OPED to assign credits for educational activities based on the criteria established by The College of Family Physicians of Canada, and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.