Mosby's Faculty Development Institute

Conference Overview

In these challenging times, collaboration and competency assessment surface as the underwriters of emerging trends in nurse education. Our country is evaluating Health Care Reform that will move us hopefully into better alignment with patient centered care. The nursing shortage is still very real and our task as nurse educators is to look at ways to develop programs that produce expert practice nurses at all levels and in most cases with shrinking budgets. Weaving technology into our curriculums offers consistency and improved outcomes, but is costly. Collaboration and communication are the skills that can take us to the level of continued best practice in these changing times. Join us in the sun of San Diego for a tune-up and opportunity to meet colleagues from across the nation that are working with similar challenges and find innovative solutions that may work within your own institution.

Highlights and Benefits

• 4 half-day Pre-Conferences designed to give you a concentrated session on one or more areas of your practice: Legal Issues, Teaching Strategies, Simulation, and Virtual Experiences.
• Comprehensive training on selected Evolve products from Elsevier.
• Poster presentations and exhibits of teaching tools that help promote quality and efficiency in nurse education.
• A Welcome Reception for networking with poster presenters and exhibitors.
• Ability to design the program to fit your needs by selecting from 5 workshops during each time frame on Tuesday.
• Join us at the beautiful new Manchester Grand Hyatt hotel, and enjoy the mild weather and fun in the sun activities of San Diego.

Program Planning Committee Members

Judith Karshmer, PhD, APRN, BC
Elizabeth C. Poster, PhD, RN, FAAN
Ann B. Schlumberger, EdD, RN
Mary J. Yoho, PhD, RN, CNE

Program Manager

Julie Malone, MA, RN • Contemporary Forums

Partners In Education

Elsevier (Mosby, W.B. Saunders, and Churchill Livingstone) and Contemporary Forums are proud to provide nurse educators with the outstanding tools they have relied on for years. We continually strive to meet the needs of today’s health care professionals and remain at the forefront of nursing education. Faculty Development Institute 2010 reflects our constant commitment to being your preferred information source for all of your nursing education needs.

Conference Objectives

Upon completion, participants will be able to:

• Examine current and emerging trends in nursing education and the implications for faculty practice and development.
• Describe strategies for linking nurse education curriculum to nursing practice.
• Discuss methods to measure program and course outcomes.
• Identify options of instructional delivery and course management that can assist in addressing essential course content in the most time effective manner.
• Explore how to prioritize critical aspects of course content and distinguish from “nice-to-know” content.

Who Should Attend?

• Nursing Faculty/Educators
• Deans of Nursing & Allied Health
• Staff Development Educators
• Clinical Nurse Educators
• Allied Health Faculty
• Clinical Nurse Specialists
• Nurse Practitioners
• Administrators
• Directors
• Clinical Directors
• Supervisors
• Consultants

Conference Program

Sunday, January 3 | Monday, January 4 | Tuesday, January 5

Pre-Conference A

From Handheld Computing to Virtual Clinical Experiences: Simulation on the Go

Sunday, January 3 (Morning)

Tim J. Bristol, PhD, RN, CNE
Simulation is being looked at as a methodology that can help us take nursing education to the next level, ensuring consistency and quality in performance. Unfortunately, the cost and complexity of high fidelity simulation limits access to this innovation for many educators. We will analyze a number of simulation tools that can be used for low fidelity simulation and simulation online. These tools can offer much of the same benefits as simulations experienced in leading lab and may be more readily available for integration into your program. Join us for a morning of introduction and practice with some of these cost effective tools.

7:00am	Pre-Conference A Registration Check In • Coffee and Rolls
8:00	Handhelds and Interactive Learning
10:00	Refreshment Break
10:15	Virtual Reality that Can Be Reality in Your Curriculum
12:00pm	Adjourn

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Pre-Conference B

Case Study Approach: Legal Issues in Nursing Education

Sunday, January 3 (Morning)
Mark A. Hagemeier, Esq.
Ann B. Schlumberger, EdD, RN
This session is designed to make you aware of potential liabilities as a nursing educator or administrator of a nurse education program. Offered by a university based lawyer and a nursing education administrator, the workshop will use a case study approach to illustrate some of the more common issues that surface, and strategies that may help avoid some of the potential lawsuits that could surface in nurse education practice.

7:00am	Pre-Conference B Registration Check In • Coffee and Rolls
8:00	Threat of Negligence Lawsuits in Nurse Education Context
	Elements of any negligence claim. Can a negligence claim be brought against a nurse educator for failure to properly educate a student? Acts of omission or commission that might result in a negligence claim against a nurse.
9:00	Threat of Lawsuits Against Faculty or Administration By Other Faculty
	Technique(s) to avoid a discrimination lawsuit. A hostile work environment sexual harassment lawsuit versus a quid pro quo sexual harassment lawsuit. Other potential lawsuits that faculty members may bring against administrators.
10:00	Refreshment Break
10:15	Threat of Lawsuits Against Faculty by Students
	Strategies to avoid hostile work environment sexual harassment and quid pro quo sexual harassment lawsuits involving students. The accommodation process for students with disabilities. Policies to have in place to avoid student lawsuits and problems.
11:15	Questions and Discussion Faculty Panel
12:00pm	Adjourn

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Pre-Conference C

Gifts: Great Ideas for Teaching Staff and Students

Sunday, January 3 (Afternoon)
Michelle Deck, MEd, BSN, RN, LCCE, FACCE
What gifts do you bring to your job? Are you looking for some new ideas for teaching students or staff hard to grasp concepts like trust and collaboration? Do you want to find a new way to teach critical thinking skills? Come to this session and discover some teaching methods that can bring out the best in your learners and yourself.

In this session you will:

• Experience concrete ways to illustrate conceptual ideas so that everyone “gets it.”
• Learn ideas and methods to teach difficult concepts your staff needs.
• Discover a new way to hone critical thinking skills.

12:00pm	Pre-Conference C Registration • Check In
1:00	Illustrating Conceptual Ideas in Concrete Ways
3:00	Refreshment Break
3:15	Teaching Critical Thinking
5:00	Adjourn

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Pre-Conference D

Simulation: Strategies to Integrate Team Based Simulation into Your Curriculum

Sunday, January 3 (Afternoon)
Amy A. Nichols, EdD, RN, CNS
K. T. Waxman, DNP, MBA, RN, CNL
There are many challenges when setting up simulation programs within an institution. This workshop will focus on two key issues: interdisciplinary team training and designing simulations. Sample scenarios will be reviewed that include communication, professionalism and management of responsibilities during a simulation experience.

Upon completion, participants will be able to:

• Identify important strategies for integrating team based strategies into the hospital or school curriculum.
• Develop a plan to address areas for potential integration of simulation methodology into your curriculum.
• Prepare a sample interdisciplinary scenario with the provided template.

12:00pm	Pre-Conference D Registration • Check In
1:00	Strategies for Integrating Interdisciplinary Team Approach into Simulation
2:00	Developing a Plan to Integrate Simulation into the Curriculum
3:00	Refreshment Break
3:15	Practice Session: Prepare a Sample Interdisciplinary Scenario
4:30	Questions and Discussion Faculty Panel
5:00	Adjourn

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Main Conference

Monday, January 4

7:00am	Main Conference Registration Check In • Exhibits • Posters • Coffee and Rolls
8:00	Trends in Nursing Education: A Competency Focus Sharon J. Tanner, EdD, RN Focuses on the impact of emerging education and practice trends on nursing programs and faculty members. Examines the emergence of promising responses to the numerous challenges that nursing programs currently face. Discusses how recently-published competencies are intended to guide future nursing curricula and address the emerging trends and patterns in healthcare environments.
8:45	Integrating Technology into Nurse Education Practice Diane J. Skiba, PhD, FAAN, FACMI The educator’s portfolio must now include a repertoire of technology tools to teach students, communicate with students and colleagues, to conduct research and publish their scholarship. This presentation will highlight these tools and how faculty can take steps to incorporate them into their nursing education practice.
9:30	Refreshment Break • Exhibits • Posters
10:00	Educational Redesign: Practice Education Partnerships Judith Karshmer, PhD, APRN, BC Discusses rethinking the boundaries between education and practice in order to advance nursing education. Presents a tool kit to implement strategies that work.
10:45	Realigning Health Care Education Systems for Coordinated Patient Centered Care: Movement Towards Interdisciplinary Competencies Alyce A. Schultz, PhD, RN, FAAN As the complexities of care management and the number of the providers involved with each patient’s care have escalated, the patient and family often feel lost in a sea of unfamiliar faces speaking a language they don’t understand. Interdisciplinary teamwork, initiated in our educational systems, are the core of improved patient outcomes and professional healthcare.
11:30	Questions and Discussion Faculty Panel
12:00pm	Lunch Break
1:30	From Stress to Zest: Assess & Address Interactions with Colleagues that Steal Your Joy Kathleen Heinrich, PhD, RN What if, instead of fighting or fleeing when under stress, educators mended the disconnects in their relationships with faculty and administrative colleagues? During this interactive session, you will learn how to slow down the action in your professional life to assess and address interactions that steal your joy.
2:15	Defining and Evaluating Competency-Based Nurse Education: The Texas Model Susan Sportsman, PhD, RN The development of the Texas Board of Nursing Competencies for Transition into Practice (BON G-TIPS), including historical and theoretical foundations, as well as the development process will be discussed.
3:00	Refreshment Break • Exhibits • Posters
3:30	Inject New Life Into Teaching Michelle Deck, MEd, BSN, RN, LCCE, FACCE Seeking new and creative ideas to breathe life into some tired programs? Do your participants sometimes need resuscitation after a particularly long program? Is that program “sick” enough to need some “intensive care”? If so, experience some first aid ideas to rejuvenate even the most ailing programs. Session includes ideas to review critical content points, strategies to begin a training program, ways to resuscitate boring content; and how to use a new idea in your next program.
4:15	Questions and Discussion Faculty Panel
4:45	Adjourn
4:45- 6:00pm	WELCOME WINE & CHEESE RECEPTION Exhibit Hall Poster Presentations On Monday, January 4, following the close of the first Main Conference Day, you are invited to a Welcome Reception in the exhibit hall. Light hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar will make this 2010 social event a pleasant way to meet your colleagues and our nationallyknown faculty. Take this opportunity to review the posters and meet the authors as well as the exhibitors.

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Tuesday, January 5

7:00am	Exhibits • Posters • Coffee and Rolls
8:00	CONCURRENT SESSIONS #1
#11	Joy-Stealing Be Gone: Partnership Practices That Double Your Productivity and Pleasure Kathleen Heinrich, PhD, RN If you have ever leapt into a collaboration with your hopes flying as high as your assumptions and come away disappointed, this workshop is for you. During this interactive session, you will learn four partnership practices proven effective in keeping collaborations zestful from start to finish.
#12	Innovations in Simulation: Adding Outcomes Measurements to Scenarios • Adding Outcomes Measurements to Scenarios Susan A. Walsh, MN, RN, CCRN Describes challenges and barriers to applying outcome measures when using simulation; Discusses design and implementation of outcome measurements for simulation scenarios; Applies principles of outcome measurement to simulation scenarios. • A Simulation Strategy for Novice Registered Nurses Terri W. Summers, MSN, RN Examines how human patient simulation can contribute to the knowledge, critical thinking and confidence of new graduate registered nurses in the acute care setting. Discusses concepts related to new graduate nurses transition into professional nursing practice. Describes how a human patient simulation strategy can be incorporated into a nursing orientation program.
#13	Teaching Informatics Competencies: Tips for Incorporating into Your Nursing Curriculum Diane J. Skiba, PhD, FAAN, FACMI The need for all nurses to have the necessary knowledge and skills to practice in a technology-rich environment is now a reality. Learn how to incorporate informatics competencies throughout your nursing curriculum. The presentation will provide strategies for the incorporation as well as examples about how schools are teaching their students how to use the electronic health record.
#14	Nurse Ed Policies: Love Em or Leave Em Ann B. Schlumberger, EdD, RN Discusses current trends in nursing education student policies; Explores strategies to assess sample policies for pertinence, clarity, and consistency; Examines a systematic method of policy documentation, assessment and analysis.
#15	SOS (Success on State Boards) Program Martha Spies, PhD, RN, CNE Describes the evolution of a program to guide students as they prepare for the NCLEX-RN. Discusses the resources and processes involved in the program. Provides methods for measuring risk for not being successful on the first attempt on the NCLEX-RN and strategies for using tracking data to inform curriculum revision.
9:30	Refreshment Break • Exhibits • Posters
10:00	CONCURRENT SESSIONS #2
#21	Evidence-Based Practice in the Clinical Setting: Promoting the Spirit of Inquiry in the Clinical Setting Alyce A. Schultz, PhD, RN, FAAN Almost 30 years ago, Dr. Janelle Krueger argued that direct care nurses are the link between research and practice. But how do we provide that link for students and promote excitement in a busy clinical setting? Come learn about and participate in strategies that can successfully help you promote clinical scholarship and generate clinical questions that create excitement and commitment in clinical practice.
#22	Implementing a Pre-Nursing Admission Matrix to Predict Nursing Student Success Martha Spies, PhD, RN, CNE With the implementation of a newly revised curriculum in 2006, an Admission Matrix was developed to foster more consistent and accurate admission decisions. Describes the success of this matrix as well as the evolution in the components and use of the matrix.
#23	The Impact of Hi Fi Patient Simulation on Clinical Competence Susan Sportsman, PhD, RN Evaluation results of the impact of scenario-based high fidelity patient simulation as a component of the clinical experience of an associate degree and baccalaureate nursing program will be shared.
#24	Creating a Climate of Civility: Issues of Concern in Faculty Practice Susan Luparell, PhD, ACNS-BC, CNE Have you been unpleasantly surprised and emotionally drained by the nature of your interactions with some of your student? Explores the extent and impact of incivility in nursing education; Addresses incivility more assertively based on a solid base of rationale. Examines critical discourse that may prove beneficial in fostering a more civil educational environment overall.
#25	Developing Alternate Format Test Items as a Platform for Effective Critical Thinking Exams Mary J. Yoho, PhD, RN, CNE Designed to help you improve the quality of alternate-format items which reflect various cognitive levels; construct exams which promote critical thinking concepts throughout the curriculum; evaluate and edit test items in terms of their ability to test critical thinking.
11:30	Lunch Break
1:00pm	CONCURRENT SESSIONS #3
#31	Evidence that Guides Nursing Care: What Nursing Evidence Faculty Should Teach NOW! Betty J. Ackley, EdS, MSN, RN An examination of new relevant nursing evidence that directs nursing care. The power of nursing care will be presented to improve patient outcomes. Examples will be given of evidence that should be shared with nursing students in many nursing courses.
#32	Inquiry-Based Learning: Teaching for Life-Long and Life-Wide Learning Suzan Kardong-Edgren, PhD, RN Are you lecturing more but enjoying it less? Are your students achieving the learning outcomes you expect? Envision converting one lecture into an inquiry based learning format. Turn Bloom’s taxonomy upside-down and produce a life-long learner using inquiry based learning. This methodology is not for the faint of heart but it will invigorate you and your students. Move your students from content to concept mastery and build their ability to think like a nurse for lifelong, life-wide learning.
#33	Incivility Issues: Strategies to Create a Climate of Civility Susan Luparell, PhD, ACNS-BC, CNE Shares proactive strategies for preventing incivility and other inappropriate student behavior. Multiple reactive strategies including specific language, will be shared for dealing with uncivil behavior or other difficult student circumstances.
#34	The Business of Simulation: Building the Case for a Return on Investment K.T. Waxman DNP, MBA, RN, CNL The current health care environment requires leaders to create program plans that build a case for maximum return on investment (ROI). Focuses on strategies and guidelines to support the building and sustaining a case for a simulation program.
#35	Seventh Study on Predicting NCLEX Success with the Exit Exam Pamela Willson, PhD, RN, FNP, BC Anne Young, EdD, RN A national random stratified sample was implemented to determine accuracy of the HESI Exit Exam (E2) in predicting students’ NCLEX success for the academic years of 2006–2007. The E2 predictive rates, schools benchmarks, remediation techniques and retesting outcomes will be discussed.
2:30	Refreshment Break
3:00	CONCURRENT SESSIONS #4
#41	Interactive Learning Techniques and Tools: Integrating into the Curriculum Tim J. Bristol, PhD, RN, CNE Reviews educational innovations that will not only provide for more interaction in the classroom but also will assist the learners outside the classroom. As audio and video make learning content available outside of class, the classtime can become a dynamic time of collaborations and discovery. Learn the tips and tricks needed to easily implement audio and video as a supplement and expeditor of learning within your curriculum.
#42	Developing Critical Thinking Multiple Choice Test Items Mary J. Yoho, PhD, RN, CNE Describes five (5) guidelines for developing effective critical thinking test items; Identifies the components of a three (3) step method for exam item analysis; Evaluates test items in terms of their ability to test critical thinking.
#43	Methods to Infuse EBP into Nursing Education Programs and Courses Betty J. Ackley, EdS, MSN, RN Evidence-based Nursing has the inherent power to transform nursing from a job to a scientifically based profession. Participants will receive helpful information on how to teach EBN as part of their nursing courses, and integrate EBN into the curriculum of the nursing program. For Baccalaureate and Associate Degree nursing programs.
#44	Writing for Publication: You CAN Do This! Suzan Kardong-Edgren, PhD, RN The ability to write for publication is sought after in academia, health care management, and the practice arena. What does it take to produce that first article? What is the process for submitting, review, and publication of a manuscript? Discuss all of these ideas with a nursing journal editor and come away feeling inspired and believing that you CAN write for publication.
#45	Integration of Adjunct Clinical Faculty into the Nursing Program: Giving Them Ownership and Maintaining Program Consistency Barbara Winckler, MS, RN, FNP Identifies three (3) strategies that can be used to transition clinical staff nurses into the role of clinical educator; examines three (3) strategies that can be implemented to give adjunct clinical adjunct faculty ownership of the curriculum and role of clinical nurse educator; Discusses ways to incorporate the NLN Nurse Educator Core Competencies into a plan of mentoring novice adjunct clinical faculty.
4:30	Conference Summary and Evaluation
4:45	Adjourn

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Conference Faculty

Betty J. Ackley, EdS, MSN, RN Nursing Consultant, Evidence-Based Nursing Care and Process President and CEO The Betty Ackley LLC Jackson, Michigan Tim J. Bristol, PhD, RN, CNE Consultant, E Learning Principal/Owner Nurse Tim, Inc. Waconia, Minnesota Michele Deck, MEd, BSN, RN, LCCE, FACCE President and CEO G.A.M.E.S. CEO, Tool Thyme for Trainers Baton Rouge, Louisiana Mark A. Hagemeier, Esq. Associate General Counsel University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, Arkansas Kathleen Heinrich, PhD, RN Principal/Owner KTH Consulting Guilford, Connecticut Suzan Kardong-Edgren, PhD, RN Editor in Chief, Clinical Simulation in Nursing Journal Assistant Professor of Nursing Washington State University Spokane, Washington Judith Karshmer, PhD, APRN, BC Program Planning Committee Member Dean and Professor, School of Nursing University of San Francisco San Francisco, California Susan Luparell, PhD, ACNS-BC, CNE Associate Professor College of Nursing, Great Falls Campus Montana State University-Bozeman Great Falls, Montana Amy A. Nichols, EdD, RN, CNS Associate Professor, School of Nursing San Francisco State University Director, Center for Nursing Excellence Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, California Elizabeth C. Poster, PhD, RN, FAAN Program Planning Committee Member Dean, School of Nursing University of Texas Arlington Arlington, Texas Ann B. Schlumberger, EdD, RN Program Planning Committee Member Professor and Chairperson Department of Nursing University of Arkansas at Little Rock Little Rock, Arkansas Alyce A. Schultz, PhD, RN, FAAN Consultant: EBP Concepts Alyce A. Schultz & Associates, LLC Chandler, Arizona

Diane J. Skiba, PhD, FAAN, FACMI Professor & Project Director I-Collaboratory: Partnerships in Learning University of Colorado Denver Denver, Colorado Martha Spies, PhD, RN, CNE Professor Chamberlain College of Nursing St. Louis, Missouri Susan Sportsman, PhD, RN President, Texas Nurses Association Dean, College of Health Sciences and Human Services Minnie Rhea Wood Professor of Nursing Midwestern State University Wichita Falls, Texas Terri W. Summers, MSN, RN Assistant Professor, School of Nursing Clayton State University Doctoral Student Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia Sharon J. Tanner, EdD, RN Executive Director National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, Inc. Atlanta, Georgia Susan A. Walsh, MN, RN, CCRN Assistant Professor, School of Nursing Clayton State University Morrow, Georgia K. T. Waxman, DNP, MBA, RN, CNL Director, California Simulation Alliance and Bay Area Simulation Collaborative California Institute for Nursing & Health Care President & CEO Waxman & Associates, LLC Health Care Consultants San Ramon, California Pamela Willson, PhD, RN, FNP, BC Director of Research, Review and Testing Elsevier Associate Professor, Graduate Studies Principal Investigator, Nurse Scientist College of Nursing Prairie View A&M University Houston, Texas Barbara Winckler, MS, RN, FNP Nursing Program Director Maricopa Nursing Chandler Gilbert Community College Mesa, Arizona Mary J. Yoho, PhD, RN, CNE Program Planning Committee Member Director of Faculty Development and Consultation, eEducation Elsevier Review and Testing Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Nursing Texas Women’s University Houston, Texas Anne Young, EdD, RN Professor, College of Nursing Texas Women’s University Houston, Texas

Accreditation

A Certificate of Attendance is given upon completion of course requirements, enabling you to register your credit with the appropriate licensing boards or associations. To apply for credit not listed below, use the procedure established by the specific organization. Additional brochures and evaluation forms provided upon request.

Nurses and Nurse Practitioners

Pre-Conference A or B:
3.75 ANCC/4.5 CA BRN contact hours

Pre-Conference C or D:
3.75 ANCC/4.5 CA BRN contact hours

Main Conference:

12.5 ANCC/15 CA BRN contact hours
Contemporary Forums is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Contemporary Forums is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #04516. (CA BRN contact hour = 50 minutes)

Other Professionals

Pre-Conference A or B: 3.75 hours
Pre-Conference C or D: 3.75 hours
Main Conference: 12.5 hours
You will receive a Certificate of Attendance verifying your attendance at this course. Please comply with the guidelines of the appropriate boards, organizations or agencies in registering your credit.

Exhibits

To enhance your educational experience, we are inviting representatives from professionally relevant companies, organizations and hospitals to exhibit equipment, supplies, services and career opportunities. The schedule provides participants time for one-on-one discussion with exhibitors. For exhibit space availability or additional information:

Call the Exhibitor Information Line: (925) 828-7100, Ext. 5260

For prospectus information

Email: exhibits@cforums.com

Location

San Diego

Beautiful San Diego, the well-known Southern California vacation spot, has all the ingredients to provide a warm, pleasurable environment for “Mosby’s Faculty Development Institute.” Famous for its white sand beaches, sparkling Pacific waters and near-perfect climate, San Diego is a favorite fun-time destination.

Experience the best of the city at the brand new Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego Hotel. Boasting a spectacular waterfront location and lavish amenities, this unique urban resort offers a retreat the whole family will enjoy. Take in stunning views from the inviting pool area, play tennis, or be pampered in the serine Kin Spa. Our luxury hotel in downtown San Diego is ideally placed to let you explore all this area has to offer. Step outside our conference site’s doors to Seaport Village and cruises on the Bay, walk to the Gaslamp Quarter, visit the San Diego Zoo and SeaWorld then browse museums in Balboa Park. Relax in one of the four restaurants or take in the views from the Top of the Hyatt lounge.

For more info, visit www.sandiego.org/nav/Visitors

Hotel/Travel

Hotel Accommodations

The Conference will be held at the Manchester Grand Hyatt, One Market Place, San Diego, CA 92101. A limited block of rooms is being held for you and your guests at special group rates which will be in effect, based on room availability, from January 1, 2010 to January 6, 2010 for those wishing to extend their stay to enjoy area activities or qualify for discount airfares.

Rates: $165 single/double, $190 triple
Rates are per room and subject to prevailing state and local taxes.

To obtain the special group rates, make your reservation early and before the “hotel room block release date” which is December 11, 2009. Rooms may sell out before this date so be sure to make your reservation now. After the release date, rooms and group rates may no longer be available so call the hotel regarding availability.

To reserve your room online, please click here.

For room reservations, call (800) 233-1234 and inform them that you are attending the Contemporary Forums Conference Mosby’s Faculty Development Institute. Request a confirmation number and written confirmation of your reservation. Reservations must include a first night’s deposit.

Please contact the hotel regarding cancellation policy. For arrivals after 3 p.m., call the hotel on the day of travel to reconfirm reservations.

For additional hotel information, call the Manchester Grand Hyatt at (619) 232-1234.

For assistance in locating a roommate, please call Contemporary Forums at (800) 377-7707, Ext. 0.

Travel Discount

Contemporary Forums has a special discount agreement with United Airlines unavailable to the general public. To obtain these special conference fares either go online at www.united.com or call the Special Meeting Desk at (800) 521-4041, Account Code 510CW.

You can now enjoy JetBlue’s award-winning service and roomy leather seats for less! Book now and choose your way to save:
Traveling by yourself — Use convention code: Mosbys as you book on jetblue.com/promo to save 5% off your travel.
Traveling as a group of five or more - Use JetBlue’s Meetings & Convention program to receive a customized fare. Simply call our dedicated desk at 888-JETBLUE, prompt 4. Your group will also receive one free change waiver per traveler.

Hertz is the official car rental agency for the conference. Special rates will be in effect throughout the conference as well as one week before and after. For special rates, call HERTZ at (800) 654-2240 and refer to Contemporary Forums plus the conference discount code CV# 03000225.

Fees

Registrations must include full tuition payment to be accepted. Registrations faxed without payment will not be processed.

Confirmation is sent by email if your completed registration form and payment are received two weeks before the conference begins. Since Conference registration and hotel rooms are limited, early registration is advised.

Out of consideration to registrants, children of any age and spouses may not attend the sessions.

Tuition Fee (U.S. Funds)
	Pre-Conferences A or B, C or D Sunday, January 3	Main Conference Monday - Tuesday January 4 - 5
Early Registration Fee* (On/Before November 23)	$175 each	$450
Regular Registration Fee (After November 23)	$199 each	$495

* Postmarked or phone/fax/online registration and fees received on/before November 23.

Your tuition includes Certificate of Attendance, Evolve Training, Welcome Reception, refreshment breaks and access to the Online CE Library for the Pre-Conference(s) and/or Main Conference for which you registered. Main Conference registrants have access to all Concurrent Sessions that were recorded. See page 5 for Library details.

Group Discounts (Mail, fax or call in together)

Tuition discounts are given to groups of 3 or more registering for the complete Main Conference. Discounts do not apply to the Pre-Conferences. To qualify for the group discount, all registration information must be complete for all group members, payment included and forms sent together. If faxing, list all group members on the cover sheet. Subtract the discount from the tuition fee.

Groups may not be formed after individual registrations are received. Group registration not available online.

• $25 per person discount for 3 or 4 in a group
  $45 per person discount for 5 or more in a group

Method of Payment for Tuition

Make payment by check (payable to Contemporary Forums and enclose with Registration Form), Visa, MasterCard, Discover Card, American Express or Purchase Order. A $30 fee is charged for any returned check. Personal checks are NOT accepted at the Conference. Purchase Orders must be received with registration by the Conference date and include the P.O. number, invoice address, tuition, approval signature, and contact name, email address and phone number.

Register by Phone, Fax, Mail or Online(Payment is required to register)

Register only ONCE, by mail, or click here, fax (800) 329-9923 or call (800) 377-7707, Ext. 5252, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Pacific Time). Before calling, complete all registration information.

Tax Deductibility

Expenses of training, including tuition, travel, lodging and meals, to maintain or improve skills in your profession may be TAX DEDUCTIBLE. Consult your tax advisor.

Partial Attendance (No online registration available)

To register, call Contemporary Forums for tuition and CE credit for individual days. Group discounts do not apply. Registrations may not be shared. Online registration is not available for partial attendance.

Cancellations

Cancellations may be made by phone or in writing. Cancellations received on/before November 23 receive a full tuition refund. Cancellations received after November 23 are assessed a $20 processing fee. No refunds for cancellations received after the conference begins or for “no shows.” If this meeting is cancelled for any reason, including labor strikes or acts of God, liability is limited to a full refund of registration fees.

Program Changes

Contemporary Forums reserves the right to make necessary changes in speakers, topics or schedule. The most current program can be found on our website.

Questions? Contact Contemporary Forums at (800) 377-7707, Ext. 0, Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Pacific Time) or info@cforums.com.

If you require special arrangements at this conference, call (800) 377-7707, Ext. 5252, at least 30 days prior to the Conference.