Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health

June 5-7, 2013
Seven Seas Hotel & Waterpark
Mandan, North Dakota

The Dakota Conference provides an opportunity for over 300 health care professionals, educators, and students to share strategies for building and sustaining healthy communities in North Dakota. It includes two and one half days of pre-conference workshops, keynote speakers, breakout sessions, poster presentations, evening workshops, and an awards banquet.

Why attend the Dakota Conference?

Network with health care professionals
Learn about current rural and public health issues
Experience the collaboration of organizations, health and human service disciplines, and communities
Get a taste of the professional side of being in health care

Who Should Attend

• Rural health care professionals
• Public health professionals
• Mental health professionals
• Researchers
• Social workers
• Administrators - nursing home, hospital and clinic
• Nurses
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• Dietitians
• Educators
• Health professions students
• All individuals interested in improving health care service in rural areas

Mission

• Provide quality education for rural and public health professionals.

Vision

• Improve the health and well-being of North Dakota Communities.

Objectives

1. Provide continuing education to health and human service administrators, managers, researchers, and clinical providers in the areas of:
   • Health care administration,
   • Health promotion and disease prevention,
   • Environmental health and occupational health, and
   • Diverse populations and health disparities.
2. Create an environment of learning that is informative and educational to an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary audience of health and human service professionals.
3. Provide conference participants with the opportunity to formally present community-based solutions to common rural and public health issues.
4. Provide conference participants with the opportunity to informally network with others to share skills and strategies meant to address access, financial, and quality-of-care issues found in rural and public health.
5. Foster an environment that is conducive to collaboration between different organizations, health and human service disciplines, and communities.

Sponsors

Gold Level - $1000
	UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Jessica Sobolik Director, Alumni & Community Relations jessica.sobolik@med.und.edu
	Prognosis HIS Melanie Thompson Director of Marketing mthompson@prognosishis.com
	Sanford Health Network Brittni Wiechmann brittni.wiechmann@sanfordhealth.org
	Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Jeremy Ostrowski, Rural Provider Business Partner jeremy.ostrowski@bcbsnd.com
	Essentia Health Ahren Dosch Stroke Program Coordianator ahren.dosch@essentiahealth.org
	Essentia Institute of Rural Health (EIRH) Charles Gessert, MD Sr. Research Scientist cgessert@eirh.org
	Video Guidance Dan Driscoll, Director ddriscoll@videoguidance.com
Silver Level - $750
	CPSI Leslie Mayhall, Marketing Manager leslie.mayhall@cpsinet.com
	Healthland Brett Frith, Client Executive brett.frith@healthland.com
	Prairie St John's Melissa Markegard, Child & Adolescent Community Liaison melissa.markegard@uhsinc.com
	North Dakota Health Care Review, Inc. Geneal Roth, Communications Coordinator groth@ndhcri.org

 

Conference Planning Committee

• Lynette Dickson (Chair), UND SMHS Center for Rural Health
• Tracy Evanson, UND College of Nursing
• Jon Green, Altru Health System
• Kristine Morin, UND SMHS Center for Rural Health
• Theresa Knox, North Dakota Public Health Association
• Kylie Nissen, UND SMHS Center for Rural Health
• Julie Andersson, UND SMHS Family and Community Medicine
• Pete Antonson, North Dakota Rural Health Association

The Dakota Conference is Coordinated and Facilitated by

• The Center for Rural Health, The University of North Dakota (UND) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS)

The Dakota Conference is Supported by

• Altru Health System
• Center for Rural Health (UNDSMHS)
• College of Nursing (UND)
• Department of Family and Community Medicine (UNDSMHS)
• North Dakota Public Health Association
• North Dakota Rural Health Association

For more information about the 2013 Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health visit ruralhealth.und.edu/dakotaconference.

Questions

Kylie Nissen, Project Coordinator
701.777.5380
kylie.nissen@med.und.edu