New NP looks for Conferences

BlueDevil,DNP, DNP, RN · Mar 17, 2013

I always go to the AANP conference every year. When AANP is in Orlando, the family comes along; when it is in Las Vegas as it is this year, my partner and I go alone and the kids stay home, lol. I also attend a regional family medicine conference. I have chosen different ones every year. Check with larger medical schools near you, or your state medical association; they either organize them or know who does, and they are always happy to have NPs/PAs. I've done some very good networking at those, as well as gotten some excellent reference materials gratis!

I also pick a discipline I want to bone up on and attend a conference in that specialty, usually in a terrific location because we bring the family and make a vacation out of it. This year I chose the rheumatology winter clinical symposiumlast month in Hawaii, and it was excellent. There are also educational cruises if you are a fan of cruising. We are not, but to each their own.

RNGO4IT · Mar 17, 2013

I'm also going to the ARNP conference in Las Vegas in June, I've heard from Barbara Phillips one of the presentors there, that it's a great place to network...see you there, Char