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Polarity Institute Conference - October 2018
July 30, 2018
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International Conference for Polarity Thinking™ in Healthcare
Offered by: The Interprofessional Institute for Polarity
Thinking™ in Healthcare
Bonnie Wesorick Center for Health Care
Transformation
Grand Valley State University, Kirkhof College of Nursing
October 15-17, 2018
Alumni House- Allendale Campus
Grand Valley State
University
Allendale, Michigan
The legacy of today’s interprofessional health care leaders will be
the successful transformation of the health care system at the point
of care. Most health care leaders and providers are masters of
problem
solving. However, the major issues haunting health care
today are combinations of problems and polarities. When health care
professionals are not clear about how to differentiate between
problems
and polarities, then we waste time, money and energy. The
Polarity Institute brings foundational and advanced skills of Polarity
Thinking™ to interprofessional teams in academia, research and
practice. The sessions move from theory to daily realities.
This workshop explores both simple and complex applications of
Polarity Thinking™ and is intended for interprofessional clinicians,
managers, executives, consultants, educators and researchers.
Polarity Thinking™ is an essential skill of highly effective leaders and organizations; it can be used to supplement traditional problem solving skills. We limit enrollment numbers to ensure the best possible experience. Learn to leverage values and points of view that may appear to compete, but in reality, need each other to gain and sustain positive outcomes over time.
Foundations of Polarity Thinking™ in Healthcare
Monday, October 15, 2018 – 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. $400
Addresses the ability to decrease resistance to change and increase
the ability to sustain the positive
outcomes of change by using
the skills of managing and leveraging polarities. Participants will
learn to:
1. Explain the process to “See, Map and Act” on polarity
pairs.
2. Explain the fundamental principles of Polarity
Thinking™.
3. Differentiate between problems to be solved and
polarities to be managed.
4. Identify steps for successfully
managing healthcare polarities over time.
5. Apply Polarity
Thinking™ concepts to personal and organizational polarities.
Advanced Concepts: Applying Polarity Thinking™ to Daily Accountabilities
*Foundations of Polarity Thinking™ is a pre-requisite for this course.
Tuesday and Wednesday, October 16 & 17, 2018 – 8:30 a.m. -
4:30 p.m. $800
Includes polarities related to the safety of those who give and
receive care; interprofessional education
and practice; cost
containment; implementation of electronic health record; integrated
teams; continuity
of care; and individualized integrated plans of
care. Participants will learn to:
1. Create polarity maps around a
variety of chosen pairs.
2. Correlate the fundamental principles
of Polarity Thinking™ to complex realities.
3. Teach others the
fundamentals of Polarity Thinking™.
4. Review a tool designed to
assess an organization’s skill to manage healthcare polarities.
5.
Contribute to the worldwide body of knowledge related to Polarity Thinking™.
Save $200
Register for both Foundations & Advanced
Concepts
Monday through Wednesday, October 15 - 17, 2018 – $1000
Testimonials:
“Empowering and intriguing.”
Marcia H. Participant June 2018 Polarity Institute
“I have never attended a conference where I have been so
attentive and captivated. You loved on
us, encouraged us, taught
us at a high level and shared knowledge with us. This has recharged
my
batteries and I appreciate all the work you have put into
these three wonderful days.”
Heidi O. Participant June 2018 Polarity Institute
Our Faculty:
Bonnie Wesorick, RN, MSN, DPNAP, FAAN has
connected
thousands of healthcare professionals across the
continent in the mission
to create the best places to give and
receive care. The nexus of her work is
the development and
implementation of a framework, providing tools,
infrastructures
and resources that guide pointofcare culture and
practice
transformation. She introduced Polarity Thinking™ to
healthcare as a
fundamental logic needed to achieve sustainable
outcomes. She is a
Polarity Master and has taught this logic to
thousands of interprofessional
health care clinicians, managers,
educators and executives in both practice
and academia. Bonnie is
the author of Polarity Thinking™ in Healthcare:
the Missing Logic
to Achieve Transformation (2016).
Evelyn Clingerman, PhD, CNE, RN, FNAP is the
Executive Director of
The Bonnie Wesorick Center for Health Care
Transformation in Kirkhof
College of Nursing (KCON) at Grand
Valley State University. Dr. Clingerman
leads the Center in its
mission to transform healthcare through
interprofessional
collaboration that brings education and practice together
around
scholarly research and projects. Dr. Clingerman also directs the
Interprofessional Institute of Polarity Thinking™ in Healthcare and
serves as
a consultant, develops research and projects, provides
workshops and
teaches Polarity Thinking™.
Michelle Troseth, MSN, RN, FNAP, FAAN is the
cofounder of
MissingLogic, LLC, a company dedicated to
unleashing the power of Polarity
Thinking™ in healthcare. Michelle
is also the president for the National
Academies of Practice (NAP)
representing 14 different interprofessional
academies committed to
advancing interprofessional care in America. She
has taught
Polarity Thinking™ to thousands of healthcare leaders and
clinicians across the globe, as well as authored articles on relevant
polarities
in healthcare. Michelle is a Polarity Scholar with the
Interprofessional
Institute for Polarity Thinking™ in Healthcare.
Tracy Christopherson, PhDc, BAS, RRT is the
cofounder of
MissingLogic, LLC, a company dedicated to
unleashing the power of Polarity
Thinking™ in healthcare. Tracy is
an interprofessional studies doctoral student
at Rosalind Franklin
University of Medicine and Science. Her research focuses
on the
effect the management of polarities has on interprofessional
collaborative practice. She is a Polarity Scholar with the
Interprofessional
Institute for Polarity Thinking™ in Healthcare.
Tracy has used Polarity
Thinking™ in her work as a consultant
supporting healthcare leaders and
professionals, taught thousands
of clinicians and leaders, and speaks about
polarities at national
and international conferences.
Important Details:
Continuing Education Contact Hours
Grand Valley State University - Kirkhof College of Nursing, a
Michigan Board of Nursing approved nursing education program, is
authorized by Administrative Rule 333.10602g to award contact hours to
participants at continuing education programs provided by the
Kirkhof College of Nursing. Nurses who are in attendance for the
entire three-day program will receive a certificate awarding 14.75
contact hours (4.25 hours for one-day course, 10.5 hours for two
day course). Upon completion of either course offering, the Institute
also provide a Certificate of Attendance, which enables attendees from
disciplines outside of nursing the possibility to register for credit
with their corresponding licensing boards or associations.
Discounts:
• Students enjoy a 50% discount on registration fees.
•
Discounts are available for groups of 5 or more
• Attend both
Foundational and Advanced Courses and save
GVSU Alumni House Details
Located at One Campus Drive in Allendale, Michigan, the Alumni
House is on the north end of GVSU’s
Allendale campus. Driving
directions and parking details are provided at
https://www.gvsu.edu/meetatgvsu/alumni-house-directions-parking-176.htm.
Hotel Information
The hotel in closest proximity to the GVSU Allendale Campus is
The Sleep Inn & Suites located at 4869
Becker Dr. Allendale,
MI 49401 (https://www.choicehotels.com - (616) 892-8000). We encourage
you to
make reservations early as hotels in the area tend to fill
quickly in the fall. Several dining options are
within close
proximity to the hotel. The institute will be serving breakfast and
lunch. Additional lodging
options are available in the Grand
Rapids area and are just a short commute to Allendale.
Please
visit https://www.experiencegr.com
for more information.
Transportation Information
The Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) is 35-40 minutes
from the Allendale Campus. A taxi
stand is located at Ground
Transportation Door #4. Rental car agencies also are based within
the
airport. https://www.grr.org/.
A $100 per day fee will apply to cancellations made less than 14 days
before the conference date.
Please contact the Wesorick Center at
(616) 331-5767 for information on cancellation or substitutions.
Space is limited. Please register online at: gvsu.edu/wesorick
Contact
us at: (616) 3315767 or [email protected]