Posted February 21, 2008
Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare: News
NPSF Offers Scholarship for Patients and Families to Attend Patient Safety Congress
North Adams, MA, February 6, 2008 — The National Patient Safety Foundation recognizes the importance of involving patients and their families as partners in our work to create safer healthcare environments. NPSF has developed a scholarship fund that will support the participation of patients and families at the 2008 Annual NPSF Patient Safety Congress to be held May 14 - 16th in Nashville, Tennessee. The scholarship award recipient will receive:
- Roundtrip Airfare to Nashville from anywhere in the United States, arranged by NPSF
- Transportation to and from the Airport
- Complimentary Congress Registration
- Complimentary Registration for the Pre-Congress Program: Community Engagement From the Patient and Family Perspective
- Complimentary hotel accommodations for May 13th through 15th (and May 16th for recipients who live on the West Coast)
- Meals provided as part of the Congress
Scholarship Guidelines and Application Process:
In order to support patients and families who are actively engaged in the patient safety movement, we request a 250-word essay that describes how you and your community will benefit by your attendance at the NPSF Congress.
We are seeking responses to the following questions:
- How did you become involved in patient safety?
- How long have you been involved with patient safety?
- What do you hope to learn at the NPSF Congress and with whom will you share this knowledge?
- How do you to plan to disseminate this information throughout your community?
Please include your name, address, telephone and email information in the application. Please email your application to:
Christy Norcross, CMP
christy_norcross@conferencedirect.com
National Account Manager
ConferenceDirect®
7551 Chapel Ridge Road
Charlotte, NC 28269
Phone: 704-208-9321
Fax: 704-323-7237
Deadline:
The deadline for entries is March 7, 2008. The selected candidates will be notified by March 24, 2008. We anticipate providing 5 scholarships.
For additional Congress information please visit http://www.npsf.org/npsfac/.
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