Wed, Sep 20
|Saskatoon
18th Biennial Custody and Caring International Conference
Time & Location
Sep 20, 2023, 7:00 p.m. CST – Sep 22, 2023, 7:00 p.m. CST
Saskatoon, 612 Spadina Crescent E, Saskatoon, SK S7K 3G9, Canada
About the event
Custody and Caring Conference
September 20-22, 2023 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Conference information can be found here: https://nursing.usask.ca/custody-and-caring/custody-and-caring.php
Call for Abstracts https://nursing.usask.ca/custody-and-caring/custody-and-caring.php#CallforAbstracts
The College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, in collaboration with Correctional Service Canada and other conference planning committee partners, is pleased to announce that the 18th Biennial Custody and Caring International Conference on the Nurse’s Role in the Criminal Justice System will be held September 20 – 22, 2023, at the Sheraton Cavalier Hotel in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.For over 30 years, the Custody and Caring conference has highlighted innovations in practice, education, research, and policy development in the field of correctional and forensic health care in Canada and throughout the world. Many of the issues facing healthcare professionals working in correctional and forensic health care environments are universal in nature. The Custody and Caring conference fosters capacity building within this specialized area of practice.
Who should attend? The Custody and Caring Conference brings together practitioners, scholars, researchers, administrators, policy makers and students. Nurses, physicians, correctional officers, psychologists, social workers, and other professionals who work with criminal justice involved persons.Conference theme: Contemplating Correctional and Forensic Health Care: Dream, Dare, Deliver. Conference objectives: The overall goal of the conference is to provide a forum for highlighting innovations in practice, education, research, and policy development in correctional and forensic health care in Canada and throughout the world. Clinical issues and work life issues unique to nurses, interdisciplinary health care professionals, and other professionals working within custodial environments and forensic health settings will be featured. Conference participants will be able to:
- Discuss issues unique to the provision of correctional and forensic health care in institutional and community based settings.
- Report innovations in program and policy development relevant to correctional and forensic health care practice, education, research, and leadership.
- Consider clinical and ethical issues unique to correctional and forensic health care.
- Promote correctional and forensic mental health care as specialized areas of practice.
- Explore opportunities to address work life issues unique to health care professionals practicing within correctional and forensic health care environments.