Conference information

The conference includes keynote presentations, a workshop, an exhibition and posters, together with core and theme presentations chosen from the overwhelming response to the call for abstracts.

Keynote speakers

We are delighted to announce that Oluyinka Adejumo, Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO Afro) Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Education in Community Problem-solving and Head of School, School of Nursing, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa will be one of our keynote speakers at NET2006.
He holds a doctoral degree in Nursing Education from South Africa, an MSc in clinical psychology, and a first class honours degree in nursing education. A professional nurse educator with over 20 years international teaching experience at the Diploma, degree and post-graduate levels for Nursing and allied health professions in Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Botswana, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates.
Specialised interests in Nursing Education, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, Community Health Nursing and Primary Health Care. Lifelong learning, learner-centred nursing education and curriculum consultant, community based problem based learning expert, with research interests focusing on nursing education programming, innovative teaching and mental health promotion.
Further keynote speaker will be announced as soon as possible.

Professional development workshop

We will be offering a professional development workshop at the conference and details of this will be posted as soon as they are confirmed.

Working in themes

The NET conference philosophy is unique in that delegates select a theme session to attend and remain with that session for its duration.

This year there will again be the opportunity to attend two theme sessions. You will be able to choose the themes which are most relevant to your interests. You will find that all the papers, subsequent discussions and issues raised are then relevant to your field of expertise. The uniqueness of staying within your session with the same group of people allows for more in-depth discussion than is usually found at more traditional conferences.

This year's conference theme groups are:
	Curriculum Innovations
	Developing Teachers
	Education in Clinical Practice
	Innovative Approaches to Assessment
	Interprofessional Learning
	Quality Enhancement
	Research in Nurse Education
	Student Experience
	Teaching and Learning Strategies
	The Role of the User
	Work-based Learning.

Presentation of core papers

Each theme group starts with the presentation of a relevant core paper which is academically rigorous and sets the scene for the theme. The presentation of the core paper is followed by a number of theme papers.

Presentation of theme papers

Whether or not you have presented a paper at the NET conference before this section may well be helpful to you. It gives you some ideas that might make your presentation participative and interactive.
	Give a brief introduction to your paper
	Extract the key points from you paper and present these as bullet points
	Engage with the participants in a way that suits your presentation style
	Draw your presentation to a close by giving an appropriate summary of lessons learnt and implications for healthcare education and practice.

Posters

Posters are not linked to the theme groups and are a chance to cover topical and emerging issues regarding the future of healthcare education. Posters will be displayed in the main tea and coffee area and authors will present their posters at key times.

There will be a special prize, kindly donated by Elsevier, for the best poster. During the conference, delegates will vote for the poster which best meets the following criteria:
	The contribution the poster makes to healthcare education
	Clarity of purpose and message
	Accuracy and quality of content
	Presentation and impact
	Innovation in design.