Every year, the Canadian IBD Nurses (CANIBD) holds an annual conference in collaboration with the Canadian Society of Gastroenterology Nurses & Associates (CSGNA) and Crohn’s and Colitis Canada (CCC). In 2020, CANIBD held its conference on Thursday, November 5, 2020. This learning event was made possible thanks to the generous support of AbbVie, Pfizer, and Takeda.
2020 Conference
CANIBD Nursing Forum (6:00 pm to 6:30 pm EST)
The Nursing Forum provided an opportunity to highlight CANIBD member activities and successes during the past year.
Plenary Session (6:30 pm to 9:00 pm EST)
IBD Nursing Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
This session featured international perspectives on the evolution of IBD nursing over time. Presenters each described the history of IBD nursing in their country, and highlighted how these roles have changed. Presenters discussed the role of virtual care, and best practices that have emerged – or been accelerated by – COVID-19.
Faculty
Presenters/ Expert Panelists
Palle Bager, PhD, MPH, RN
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Senior researcher, Associate Professor
Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology,
Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Heidi Jensen Harris, RN
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical Nurse Consultant
Vice Chair IBDNA
Mater Hospital Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Kelly Phalen-Kelly,
RN, MHSc
Nova Scotia Collaborative IBD Program, Division of Digestive Care and Endoscopy, QEII Health Sciences Centre
Halifax, NS
Michele Rubin, APN, CNS, CGRN
Associate Director, University of Chicago IBD Center
Co-Director of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation Nurse and Advanced Practice Provider Committee, Crohn's & Colitis Foundation, Chicago, IL
Facilitators/ Expert Panelists
Jennifer Stretton, ACNP, MN, BScN
St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, ON
Melanie Watson, MN, NP Pediatric
Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre
London, ON
You can also read a summary of the 2019 CANIBD Conference
HERE.