Call for abstracts for Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies conference in Vancouver

Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies: New Research and Best Practice, an inaugural conference hosted by Perinatal Services BC (an agency of PHSA), is an opportunity for health care professionals who are interested in the care of pregnant women and their newborns to be updated on new research and best practices across the continuum of perinatal and newborn care.

February 21-22, 2014
Coast Coal Harbour
1180 W Hastings Street, Vancouver

This conference will engage health care professionals from a wide range of disciplines in knowledge transfer and interprofessional collaboration in order to provide the best care possible and ensure healthy mothers and babies. The format will include plenaries, breakout sessions, and poster sessions.

Who should attend
This conference will be of interest to all those who are interested in the care of pregnant women and their newborns. The interdisciplinary audience includes but is not limited to: administrators, managers, planners, parents, physicians, allied health professionals, midwives, nurses, and nurse practitioners.

Abstract submission
Abstract submissions are now being accepted for concurrent sessions. View the Abstract Submission Guidelines and submit online or by email to katia.ipce@ubc.ca in a Word document format using minimal text formatting (i.e. tables, etc.). Submission deadline is September 30, 2013.

For more information
View the Advance Notice for the conference, including hotel details.