Elderwerks – Continuing Eduction – Implicit Bias in Healthcare – Biaggi’s Algonquin
May 22 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Description
Bias affects all of us in ways we often don’t realize. It can be devastating for everyone, particularly those in healthcare settings. Chris will help us to understand bias, how it develops, and provide strategies to reduce bias in the healthcare setting. This presentation satisfies the Illinois yearly Implicit Bias training requirement.
Please join us for this important presentation!
5:30 pm Sign-in, Networking and Buffet
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Introductions & Presentation
LOCATION
Biaggi’s Ristorante
1524 S. Randall Rd.
Algonquin, IL 60102
Thank you to the following sponsors for making this event possible.
Forum Pharmacy
The Heathers Senior Homes
The Pearl of Crystal Lake
Northwest Home Health & Rehab
Visiting Angels
Vitas Healthcare
Presenter
Chris Petrik, RN, BS, DCCS-C1
- Director of Education
- Elderwerks Educational Services
Chris Petrik comes to Elderwerks with over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry. From bedside nursing to education, Chris brings a cross section of experience. As past adjunct faculty at a local community college, Chris helped develop and implement curriculum. Holding positions of Director of Staff education and Resident wellness, Chris soon learned her passion surrounded the arena of education of Dementia, and became a certified dementia educator so that staff could learn about the disease, leading to a more positive interactions between staff and the person living with dementia Chris is also available for various onsite and offsite trainings related to IDPR regulations as well as other relevant topics related to senior living. In Chris’s spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband Russ and her seven grandchildren who fondly call her ”GiGi”.