Sessions

This workshop is highly recommended for anyone interested in, or relatively new to healthcare traveling.

Sessions Include:

1. The Pros & Cons: What is Traveling Like?
2. Basics of Pay – What Are You Worth?
3. Tax Awareness
4. The Submission Process
5. Interview Tips
6. It’s All About Credentialling
7. Ethics in Healthcare Travel
8. Living Your Best Life as a Traveler

An Expert Lunch & Learn is included, and the day is wrapped up with a fun cocktail reception from 4:15-6:00pm to give you time to connect with your new traveler friends! Experienced recruiters from our Platinum Sponsors will be available to answer any questions you have along the way.

Provides 7 Contact Hrs for RNs & most disciplines (.7 CEUs)        Prerequisites:  None

Instructional Method:  Live lecture with Q&A following each session.    Instructors: Multiple

Desired Outcomes – At the completion of this learning activity, attendees will be able to:

• • Discuss best practices as it relates to finding a staffing agency/recruiter and interviewing for travel jobs
  • Understand the different components that make up a traveler pay package and how to negotiate traveler pay
  • Discuss best practices for being a successful traveler including skills related to managing conflict and acclimating to new work environments and cultures
  • Discuss certification and licensure standards, the uniform licensure requirements of compact licensure, and credentialing best practices

To be eligible for continuing education credit, learners must attend this course in its entirety as evidence by badge scan and complete the post course evaluation form

Pre-conference Sunday Workshop
9am – 4:15pm followed by cocktail reception until 6:00pm

Please ensure your seatbelts are securely fastened…this is a rapid trip through 50 topics in 50 minutes. Come along for the ride as we take an evidence-based journey to debunk classical healthcare myths, discuss some new and trending topics, and learn about some valuable things you can bring to the bedside. Evidence-based clinical updates for a multidisciplinary audience. This rapid-fire session is very entertaining and always a favorite!

The quick & dirty on what’s new & current in your practice. Multidisciplinary.

Instructor: National Institute for Healthcare Education

$158 online (prior to arrival)
$105 skill session (at conference)

The online portion must be completed prior to arrival – please arrive with printed certificate in hand. The instructor will be conducting the Skills Sessions (Parts 2 & 3) only. This is a quick, convenient, and LOW STRESS way for you to stay current on these certifications. Printed cards will be issued at end of course. This blended learning for ACLS, PALS, or BLS is per AHA rules open to ALL new, expired, or renewing students.

You can do the online portion at your own pace – stretch it out over an evening or even several days if you want – then you’ll spend less time in a classroom for the Skills Session review and checkoff – and you’re done! This is especially recommended for those who suffer from test anxiety because you can repeat the online scenarios and final exam until you pass, and the instructor will make sure you know what you need to know to pass the skills portion.

Instructor: National Institute for Healthcare Education

$34 online (prior to arrival & not included in TravCon fee)
$55 skill session (at conference)

The online portion must be completed prior to arrival – please arrive with printed certificate in hand. The instructor will be conducting the Skills Sessions (Parts 2 & 3) only. This is a quick, convenient, and LOW STRESS way for you to stay current on these certifications. Printed cards will be issued at end of course. This blended learning for ACLS, PALS, or BLS is per AHA rules open to ALL new, expired, or renewing students.

You can do the online portion at your own pace – stretch it out over an evening or even several days if you want – then you’ll spend less time in a classroom for the Skills Session review and checkoff – and you’re done! This is especially recommended for those who suffer from test anxiety because you can repeat the online scenarios and final exam until you pass, and the instructor will make sure you know what you need to know to pass the skills portion.

**Registrations are due in advance so we have enough instructors available

Working as an Independent Contractor is a basic part of the “Gig Economy” and there are opportunities for healthcare providers when the right pieces of the puzzle are in place. We will explore the basics of self-employment / contracting vs working as an employee, the additional filing requirements, an introduction to entities (LLC, S Corp etc.), and the regulatory hurdles involved.

The rising Hispanic Latino population in the United States creates potential communication gaps with non-English speaking patients. Clinicians who can learn to speak basic Spanish phrases can increase their confidence and competence to provide quality patient care. Health care professionals who can speak conversational and basic Spanish phrases to Spanish–speaking patients can improve patient satisfaction, decrease communication errors, and potentially avoid medical errors.

Learn how to introduce yourself and speak basic medical phrases in Spanish! This course is designed for the beginner or someone with 1 year or less in Spanish learning. This course will introduce pronunciation, simple grammar, and medical terminology you can use as a healthcare professional to better communicate with your Spanish-speaking patients and families.  This is a 7 hour intensive that gives you lots of time to practice so you can walk out ready to ‘Habla’!”

CE Credit Hours: 7 (.7 CEUs)            Pre-requisites:  None
Instructional Method:  Live lecture with group practice (workbook provided)                                                                                                      2 Introductory Spanish Intensives available: Sunday 9-5pm & Wednesday (repeated)

Course Outcomes – At the completion of this course the learner will be able to:

1. Discuss general cultural and language considerations for Spanish speaking patients with limited English.
2. Introduce self to a Spanish speaking patient.
3. Identify basic Spanish phrases needed to communicate with Spanish speaking patients in your role as a health care provider.
4. Describe resources available for health care providers to learn Spanish phrases and resources for non-English speaking patients to receive translated medical information.
5. Demonstrate the use of assessment questions that stimulate a one-word or yes-no response

To be eligible for continuing education credit, learners must attend this course in its entirety as evidence by badge scan, complete the post-test with a minimum passing score of 80%, and complete the course evaluation form.

This 4-hour workshop will provide health care providers with a review of basic Spanish grammar and pronunciation and will then expand your conversational speaking skills for any medical setting. This course is for those who already have a good foundation of basic Spanish, and it’s suggested that participants have 2 years or more of Spanish learning. The intermediate course will expand your vocabulary and use complex sentences in medical conversations.

CE Credit Hours: 4 (.4 CEUs)            Pre-requisites:  2 or more years of Spanish learning                                                                                    Instructional Method:  Live lecture with group practice (workbook provided)

Wednesday 9am – 2pm

Course Outcomes – At the completion of this course the learner will be able to:

1. Identify patient interview questions to assess a patient’s chief complaint and complete a history & physical
2. Demonstrate conversational medical Spanish in patient-centered scenarios
3. Identify and demonstrate diseases, medical vocabulary, and terminology in Spanish
4. Demonstrate the use of medical terminology to review body systems, explain diagnostic tests and treatments, and provide basic patient education in Spanish

To be eligible for continuing education credit, learners must attend this course in its entirety as evidence by badge scan, complete the post-test with a minimum passing score of 80%, and complete the course evaluation form.

Coming from another country to work temporarily in the US? Working in another country or a US Territory? There is a lot more to your filing than you might expect!

Instructor: Patricia Pitts, RNC-OB
$45 – Online Cert (Prior to Arrival)
$99 – Hands on Session (at conference)

The Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) offers education based on American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)/American Heart Association (AHA) “Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation & Emergency Cardiovascular Care: Neonatal Resuscitation Guidelines.”

For specific questions on NRP or AWHONN Certifications, email Patricia.

This course will provide a CPI approved ‘Blue Card’ for health professionals requiring this certification. 6 CEs will be provided in addition to the certification. This course is provided by and co-sponsored by Healthtrust Workforce Solutions.

Instructor: National Institute for Healthcare Education

$158 online (prior to arrival & not included in TravCon fee)
$115 skill session (at conference)

The online portion must be completed prior to arrival – please arrive with printed certificate in hand. The instructor will be conducting the Skills Sessions (Parts 2 & 3) only. This is a quick, convenient, and LOW STRESS way for you to stay current on these certifications. Printed cards will be issued at end of course. This blended learning for ACLS, PALS, or BLS is per AHA rules open to ALL new, expired, or renewing students.

You can do the online portion at your own pace – stretch it out over an evening or even several days if you want – then you’ll spend less time in a classroom for the Skills Session review and checkoff – and you’re done! This is especially recommended for those who suffer from test anxiety because you can repeat the online scenarios and final exam until you pass, and the instructor will make sure you know what you need to know to pass the skills portion.

Understanding per diem eligibility and limits is critically important for healthcare travelers. This session will make these complex issues clear and understandable.

Get your day started with an easy yoga session led by a fellow traveler and certified yoga instructor Mark Zajac. Mark has been leading our yoga sessions for many years, stretching out traveler’s aching muscles, and showing them how to do yoga on your own while traveling anywhere. Yoga classes are held at 8am Monday and Tuesday mornings in the conference center.

This session will cover basic, everyday aspects of tax reporting, and how it affects you. Crucial for new travelers, and even for experienced travelers who have been ducking these topics.

The Tax Home never fails to be the most important, yet least understood, concept for the Healthcare Traveler. Learn how to keep it (legally), and how it is different from a permanent address. Learn how to tell if you even have a tax home, and how it is different from a permanent address.

While Joseph covers the technical details of Tax Homes for Travelers, Donna goes into the questions about what can be defended in an audit. What a tax preparer needs to have, and what a traveler needs to do is important know to protect both parties in a potential IRS audit.

Still have questions left unanswered about taxes? This session is open to everyone as an open Q&A session lead by Joseph Smith & Donna Robinson.