Call for student abstracts for the Fall Symposium on Geriatrics
Liberty Chapter of Pennsylvania
Call for Abstracts
2021 Fall Student Symposium (live zoom)
Date: Saturday, October 23rd, 2021
Title: Aging Gracefully: A Fall Update on Hot Topics in Geriatric Care
Time: 9am-12 noon
Platform: Live Zoom
We are looking for student/s who are NP or DNP students who are involved or interested in geriatric care/issues who would like to present on a topic that affects the older patient.
DNP projects at mid or completed stages or Case presentations of a complex geriatric patient would be most welcome.
Presentations can be 30 or 50 minutes with approximately 5 minutes for a Q&A session. Each presenter will have a live zoom presentation with a PowerPoint shared.
Posters
We are also looking for 6 student posters for the symposium. These will be presented virtually, and each poster presenter will record a 3-4 minute overview of the poster.
Student presenters will be provided with an honorarium of a one year student membership in GAPNA (worth $50.00) that includes student benefits: https://www.gapna.org/membership/student-membership
Topics of interest for the Symposium:
Palliative Care
Hospice
Social Isolation
Suicide risk, especially during covid
Smart Homes for the Aging
Exercise for the Elderly
Nutrition
Cognitive Decline
Depression
Alzheimer’s disease
Parkinson’s disease
Mobility/ Falls
Geriatric H&P
Please email me or Dr. Lois Chappell if you are interested in being a presenter with your potential topic of interest. We are in the planning stages and are hoping to obtain CEUs for each presentation.
Dr. Ann Kriebel-Gasparro, DrNP, MSN, FNP-BC, GNP-BC
Education Committee Chair
Liberty Chapter of GAPNA
Or text me: 267 971 8180