Call for Conference Workshops & Expert Lectures
Deadline – Friday, September 27, 2024
International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) members are advancing family nursing through their innovations in research, education, practice, and policy. Workshops and Expert Lectures provide an opportunity for all of us to benefit from recent advances in the field. While this call for abstracts is for workshops and expert lectures, please keep in mind that the call for abstract presentations and posters is also open. Thus, you may want to consider submitting an aspect of this work for consideration through the abstract submission process, should this Workshop/Expert Lecture application not be accepted for presentation.
The Conference Planning Committee invites submissions of applications to offer a Workshop or Expert Lecture at the 17th International Family Nursing Conference (June 17 – 20, 2025). The application must be submitted in English. Priority will be given to those who address the conference theme, “Promoting Family Strengths Globally in Challenging Times“.
Workshop: Workshops provide attendees with an opportunity to undertake in-depth examination of family nursing research, practice, education, or policy topic. Workshops are an opportunity for presenters to share didactic information and implement interactive strategies and discussions to engage participants. Workshops will be held on Tuesday, June 20, 2025. We anticipate having a limited number of workshops and the educational content should be planned for 3 hours, including a ½ hour break. An accepted application is a wonderful way to enhance your professional development and Curriculum Vitae. Accepted Workshops will receive up to two discounted IFNC17 Conference Registrations per group of presenters.
Expert Lecture: Expert lectures provide didactic content on a focused topic related to family nursing research, education, practice, or policy (e.g., synthesis of family research, family content in education courses or programs, family research methodology, family health or family nursing policy development, developing a family consultation service, etc.). We expect to have a limited number of expert lectures (each 45min, including Q&A). An accepted application is a wonderful way to enhance your professional development and Curriculum Vitae. Accepted Expert Lectures will receive one discounted IFNC17 Conference Registration.
Application Guidelines: Consider applying to present a Workshop or Expert Lecture. Applications are due by Friday, September 27, 2024 and should include the following information.
- Workshop Organizer/Expert Lecturer
Name; Position/Title; Affiliation; City, State Country; Email Address - Workshop/Lecture Title:
Workshop/Lecture Description (not to exceed 100 words). This statement will be used to promote the workshop and will appear on the website and in conference related materials. - Proposed Level of Workshop/Lecture
a. Novice Level is aimed toward those who may be new graduates or are new to the topic of presentation. Workshop learning activities provide new strategies and tools for use by participants.
b. Intermediate Level is aimed at those who have some familiarity with the topic, but little firsthand experience. Workshop presenters coach participants in novel implementation strategies.
c. Experienced Level is aimed at the highly experienced, who are looking for a stimulating learning experience that challenges them and addresses issues they are likely to be confronting in their research, teaching, or practice. Workshops will give opportunities to be highly interactive.
Workshop/Lecture Objectives. At the end of the workshop/lecture, attendees will be able to: (list objectives)
Content: Provide an outline of the content to be presented for each objective. For workshops, identify the workshop faculty responsible for specific content.
Workshop Faculty: For each faculty presenter, provide the following information: name, credentials, affiliation, city, state, country, citations for 2-3 publications relevant to objectives of workshop.
Expert Lecturer: List 2-3 presentations given on the topic in the past three years and 2-3 publications relevant to the expert lecture.
Click here for the Application Form.
Completed applications can be uploaded here! Deadline, Friday, September 27, 2024
