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International and Indiana State Conference Updates:
At
least seven of us from Indiana made the trip to Montreal, Canada
for the international Society for Social Work Leadership In HealthCare
Conference during the first week of April. One of our state chapter
members was a presenter at the conference and Polly Jones; Past
President received the Ida B. Canon Award at the conference. It
was a very good conference and Montreal is a beautiful historic
city. Next year’s conference is scheduled to help in the City
of New Orleans. I believe the dates for this are April 22nd-25th
2009. Please check the SSWLHC website for more information as it
is posted. The SSWLHC website has been updated and has an Indiana
Chapter page as well.
I attended
the chapter president’s meeting and the website updates were
brought up. Another issue that was brought up will affect state
chapters. There is an interest and need to change the membership
dues structure. This has generated a lot of discussion. Two Indiana
members (including myself) participated in a national task force
on this issue last fall. No decision has been made on this at this
time. The change in whatever form it takes is not immediate and
you will hear more about it at our conference. The Society for Social
work Leadership In health Care will send a board representative
to our conference in May to present information on this and to get
your input. We will keep you informed on this.
Our conference
with the theme “Social Work Leadership In Action for Indiana”
will be held May 8th and 9th at St. Vincent’s Marten House
in Indianapolis. Our conference committee has done a very good job
and has a great conference ready to go. If you would like more information,
flyers and registration can be found at our website at www.isswlhc.org
on the Events or Education pages. It is an important time in Social
Work, for the Society for Social Work Leadership In Health Care
and our Indiana state chapter. The board and conference committee
hope to see you there! If you have friends or co-workers who would
like to attend please pass this information along to them with a
flyer or registration. Dr. Rob Stone will present our keynote address.
Montreal
was great but there was still a lot of snow there…It is good
to be back home, Cher!
Click
here for pictures from Montreal SSWLHC Conference.
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