North Central College Health Association
Annual Conference
October 15-17, 2008
Radisson Hotel
La Crosse, Wis.
Best Practices in College Health: Evidence Based Medicine
NCCHA Conference Goals:
To examine skills and best practices for:
- Establishing life-long health habits for our students.
- Incorporating wellness concepts into our clinical interventions.
- Creating alliances with other campus departments in support of wellness.
- Solid cost-benefit analysis-doing more with less.
- College Health Administrators
- Counseling Staff
- Health Educators
- Medical Assistants
- Nurse Practitioners
- Nurses
- Pharmacists
- Physician Assistants
- Physicians
Note: Anyone who works in the healthcare field is welcome to attend. You do not need to be a member of the NCCHA or work in college health.
Conference Topics:- Best practices for treatment of anxiety, depression and bipolar disorders
- Evidence-based sexually transmitted infection screening
- Tobacco-free campus/tobacco cessation programs
- Emergency preparedness (including or beyond pandemic)
- Best practices for evaluation and treatment of eating disorders
- Campus partnerships with academics, student affairs, etc. to best serve student body
- Pros and cons of mandated student insurance
- Best practices in evaluation and treatment of alcohol related injuries on campus
- Henry Emmons, MD, Allina Mental Health Services, Northfield, Minn.
- John Nicolette, Ph.D., Nicoletti-Flater Associates, Lakewood, Colo.
- Gary Pavela, M.A., University of Maryland, College Park, Md.
The North Central College Health Association provides regional leadership by advancing the health of college students, by advocating and assisting its members with networking and educational opportunities, and by promoting college health services and influencing action on health issues.
