Call for Pre-conference Workshops & Expert Lectures
(in Virtual Format)
Deadline – Thursday, October 15, 2020

International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) members are advancing family nursing through their innovations in research, education, practice, and policy. Pre-conference Workshops and Expert Lectures provide an opportunity for all of us to benefit from recent advances in the field. In addition, you may want to consider submitting an abstract to present an aspect of this work for consideration through the abstract submission process, should this Pre-conference/Expert Lecture application not be accepted for presentation.

The Conference Planning Committee invites applications for offering a Pre-conference Workshop or Expert Lecture at the 15^th International Family Nursing Conference (in Virtual Format).  The application should be submitted in English. Priority will be given to those who address the conference theme.

• Pre-conference Workshop: Pre-conference workshops provide attendees with an opportunity to undertake in-depth examination of a 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. All workshops are half-day sessions. Workshops will be held on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 and Thursday, June 24, 2021. We anticipate having three each day for 3 hours. Having an accepted application, would be a wonderful addition to your professional development and Curriculum Vitae. Accepted Pre-conference Workshops will receive up to two discounted IFNC15 Conference Registrations per group of presenters.
• Expert Lecture: Expert lectures provide didactic content on a focused topic related to family nursing research, education, or practice (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 six expert lectures (each 1 hour) presented during two concurrent sessions the week of Monday, June 28 – Friday, July 2, 2021. Having an accepted application, would be a wonderful addition to your professional development and Curriculum Vitae. IFNA is unable to provide any compensation for accepted Expert Lecture applications.

Please consider applying to present a Pre-conference Workshop or Expert Lecture.  Applications are due by Thursday, October 15, 2020 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
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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 a bulleted list of main topics to be covered
• Learning Activities for Workshops only. (Strategies to engage participants)
• Workshop Faculty: For each faculty presenter, provide the following information: name, credentials, affiliation, city, state, country.

Click here for the Application Form.

We have opened a late-breaking call for abstracts which closes on March 1, 2021. 

Late-breaking Abstract Submissions will be accepted through Monday, March 1, 2021.

We are pleased to announce a Call for Late-breaking Abstracts for the 15th International Family Nursing Conference, ‟Family Nursing Throughout the Life Course” The conference will be held virtually June 28 – July 2, 2021.

Presentations that demonstrate state of the science family-related research, education, and evidence-based practice projects or papers that address the intersection of family health and policy are invited. Presenters are expected to provide information, strategies, and/or tools relevant to family researchers, educators, clinicians, and/or policy makers to advance their work.

Conference Outcomes
At the end of the conference, attendees should be able to:

Education: Disseminate innovative educational approaches from around the globe to assess, intervene/promote, and measure family health outcomes throughout the life course across all levels of nursing education.

Practice: Appraise family nursing practice innovations and models to inform evidence-based family health practice throughout the life course internationally.

Research: Examine influencing factors, innovative methodologies, advanced technologies, research evidence for practice, and translation of family nursing research related to education, practice, and policy throughout the life course worldwide.

Policy/Leadership: Analyze opportunities for encouraging family nurses to take active roles in health care policy and leadership to support family health and family care throughout the life course globally.

The 15^th International Family Nursing Conference will focus on engaging nurses,¹ interdisciplinary colleagues, and families worldwide in exploring and discussing family nursing throughout the life course.  Our conference will address family nursing at any points throughout the life course, (i.e., from the perinatal period to childhood and young adulthood, through adulthood to older adulthood, and at end-of-life and during times of bereavement at any life course period). The conference will emphasize promoting national and international collaborations among families, researchers, educators and clinicians to promote the capacity and capability of family nurses as advocates for optimal family health and well-being throughout the life course.

 1When using the term Nursing we mean Nursing & Midwifery

Click here for additional conference information.

Due dates and notification:

Late-breaking Abstract submissions will be accepted through Monday, March 1, 2021.

After your abstract is received, you will receive e-mail notification of receipt via the Oxford Abstract System.  Further notification of the decision to accept or decline your abstract will be sent to you by April 1, 2021.

Please read the Instructions for submitting an abstract. Sample Abstracts are included within the instructions.

If you have any questions, please contact Debbie Zaparoni at [email protected].