Nurse and Midwife-2020
"Reducing Stigma, Increasing Professionalism and Transforming Policy"
About Conference
IIHS kicks of the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife” on the 11th of February 2020 alongside James Cook University (Australia) . The Conference will focus on the “Contemporary image of a Nurse in the first world vs. South Asia; Paradigm shift in the Nursing Profession” and will feature local and international speakers.
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Event Schedule
| Topic | Speaker |
| Demand and Supply of Nurses in the World | Dr. Kithsiri Edirisinghe
Co-Founder, CEO, Director Academic, Strategy & International Affairs International Institute of Health Sciences, Sri Lanka Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer University of Aberdeen |
| Current Image vs the Profile of a Nurse in South Asia | Ms. Thilanka Jagoda
Nursing Tutor, Nurses Training School, Galle, Sri Lanka |
| The Development of the Professional Image of a Nurse in Australia | Prof. Melanie Birks
Head Nursing and Midwifery- College Healthcare Science, James Cook University |
| Future of the Nursing Profession in the World | Dr. Helena Harrison
Lecturer Nursing and Midwifery- College Healthcare Science, James Cook University |
| Contribution of Nursing Education to Develop the Image of the Contemporary Nurse | Dr. Nihal de Silva
Co- Founder and Dean – International Institute of Health Sciences- Sri Lanka Former Associate Professor, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Former Clinical Professor, University of Hawaii, School of Medicine |
| Contribution of the Private Sector to Improve the Image of Nurse in South Asia | Mr. Nadun Rathnayake,
Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing, IIHS |
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