Register Now for Correctional Health Care CME Conference

​May 4, 2012:

Do you treat some of the millions of adults and juvenile patients who pass through our nation’s correctional systems? If you do, then don't miss Updates in Correctional Health Care - Preventing Recidivism: Where Do You Fit In? This continuing medical education (CME) conference is hosted by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC).

The conference will feature presentations on a broad array of correctional health care topics as well as a special series with a focus on the role of correctional health services in reentry programming and prevention of recidivism. The conference is available for certified correctional health professionals, nurses, physicians, psychologists and social workers and offers approximately 27 CME credits. It's also a great opportunity to network with other professionals in the correctional health services field.

What are this year's presentation topics?

More than 50 presentations will be featured at this year's conference, including:

• Behavioral Health Challenges and Solutions for Inmate Reentry

• Correctional Psychopharmacology: Strategies for Reducing Costs While Maintaining Clinical Quality

• Enhancing Health Care Processes in Jails: A CQI Approach

• Evidence-Based Nursing Practice

• Grievances: Changing the Paradigm

• Health Care Cost Containment, Risk Mitigation and Service

• Improvement Using Community-Based Partnerships

• Repairing the Family: Therapeutic Work With Youth Offenders and Their Families

• A Tool to Assess When an Intoxicated Arrestee Requires Hospital Clearance

• When an Inmate Death Leads to Litigation

• Women’s HIV Prevention and Reproductive Health Services in the Correctional Setting

For a full program, download the Schedule at a Glance.