Session: Career Development in Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Prevention (21st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (April 1-4, 2011))

Saturday, April 2, 2011: 7:00 AM-8:20 AM

Metropolitan Ballroom (Hilton Anatole)

CME Credits: 1.25

Registration Code: M2

Type: Meet-the-Consultants

Summary: Infection prevention and healthcare epidemiology are increasingly important career paths for nurses, physicians, and public health professionals. Career opportunities are expanding in hospitals, outpatient settings, long-term care facilities, dialysis units, intensive care units, health departments, and many other settings.

Learning Objectives:

Identify methods to promote effective partnerships between diverse groups of healthcare workers
Discuss career development opportunities, essential skills sets, and methods to enhance abilities in prevention of HAIs

7:00 AM

Denise M. Murphy, RN, MPH, CIC, Main Line Health System

7:15 AM

Robert A. Weinstein, MD, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County and Rush University Medical Center

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