Professional Development
Upcoming Events
3rd Annual Opioid Conference
Date: March 3, 2023
Time: 8:00 am - 4:45 pm
Keynote speaker: Dr. Stephen Loyd, CMO of Cedar Recovery
Location: FedEx Events Center at Shelby Farms Park, 415 Great View Dr E Suite 103, Cordova, TN 38018
Pre-Conference for Prescribing Providers
Date: March 2
Time: 5:15 pm - 7:45 pm
Topic: The Opioid Crisis: "Prescribing Laws, Harm Reduction, and the Role of Naloxone."
This optional pre-conference offers the 2 hours of required continuing education for
prescribing controlled substances.
Registration information, a program agenda, and information on panelists for the conference and pre-conference
can be found at cenow.uthsc.edu.
The Mary L. Morris Distinguished Visiting Professorship
Date: March 28
Time: 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Memphis Botanic Garden, 750 Cherry Road, Memphis, TN 38117
Topic: Professional Identity Formation
Speaker: Nelda Godfrey, Ph.D., ACNS-BC, FAAN, ANEF
About Dr. Godfrey: Dr. Nelda Godfrey is Associate Dean for Innovative Partnerships and Practice at the University of Kansas School of Nursing; and Professor, University of Kansas School of Nursing. She is the founder of the International Society for Professional Identity in Nursing and the 2017 recipient of the Amy Ladner O'Brien Women in Science and Medicine Award for Innovation, University of Kansas Medical Center. Dr. Godfrey has more than 20 years of experience in academic leadership, entrepreneurialism and innovation. She also has 24 years of bedside nursing experience as both an RN and an advanced practice nurse, working in acute care, rehab, cardiac, ICU, and cardiac stepdown areas
Registration: Link will be available soon.