Conference
The 27th Annual STSW
International Conference
will be held on Sept. 5-7, 2012 at the
Sheraton Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, CA.
Please click on the link above to make your hotel reservation now!
Please click here for the Call For Papers and Abstract Guidelines.
The deadline for submission is March 23, 2012.
The Planning Committee is requesting abstracts for presentation at this conference and encourages you to submit a proposal. We plan to make most breakout sessions specialty centered so people may network. Those specialty areas will include: heart, lung, liver, kidney, pancreas, intestinal, pediatrics & research.
Please note the topics listed below are suggestions. We are open to reviewing any other transplant related topics which might be of interest to members.
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Addiction issues/recidivism Adherence issues Assist devices / VAD's Caregiver support Clinical interventions family issues cultural Issues donation Issues cardiac death vs. brain death donor/recipient relationship Electronic charting Ethical issues |
Financial /insurance Group work Legislative updates Living donor issues Mental health issues & treatment adjustment mood disorders PTSD treatment modalities Paired kidney exchange Palliative care
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Pediatric issues Protocols/evaluation tool Quality of life Research research 101 results / impact on practice Transition from peds to adult program Transplant Issues death and dying impact of transplant on family |
Further Information about the upcoming conference will be available in the near future. Check the "Conference" link on the website www.transplantsocialworker.org
Please encourage your colleagues (nursing, psychiatry, etc) who may be interested in sharing their innovative ideas with transplant social workers, to submit their work.
Scholarships covering the cost of the registration fee are available to a limited number of qualifying Society members.
Bio/CV and three learning objectives must be included with abstract. Please download the Abstract Guidelines for your reference. Submissions should be sent online in Microsoft Word attachment format, no later than March 23, 2012. Please send to:
Kay Kendall, MSW, LISW, CCTSW, ACSW
kendalk@ccf.org 216-444-7598
Anne Lawler, LCSW-R, CCTSW, ACSW, BCD
anl9005@nyp.org 212-305-8083
The 26th Annual International Conference was held October 4-6, 2011 in Tampa, Florida.
The 2011 STSW Conference included 16 CEU's, 3 of which focused on ethics.
Download the 2011 STSW conference brochure.
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Pictures from the 2010 STSW Annual Conference
The 2010 Annual Conference took place October 20-22 at the Georgian Terrace Hotel in Atlanta, GA.
Anne Lawler, Laurie McDonald, Deb Gordon and Sallie Smith.
Nancy McDow, Laurie McDonald, Leslie Goldstein
Anne Lawler and Pat Tatro at Gala.
Kay Kendall & David Cooper
Elvis sings to Beth Mosele about social work ethics.