Professional Enrichment Day 2023
Tuesday, August 29, 2023, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
“Expanding the capacity to create culture of belonging in the University: Trauma Informed Care in Practice to support SMU students”
Three years of the COVID-19 pandemic has taken effects on all of us personally and professionally. The aftermath has effected both our mental and physical health and changed our ways of socialization and work. Individually we are processing and centering in a new normal, all the while being present for our students and others at the University.
2023 Professional Enrichment Day focuses on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at a Healthcare University level engaging trauma informed care so to help SMU faculty and staff support SMU students by ways of best practice.
Breakout sessions will focus on SMU Veterans students, and LGBTQ+ communities.
Event Objectives:
- Define what trauma is.
- Recognize the manifestations of trauma in college students.
- Identify student populations at-risk of trauma.
- Explain the significance and principles of a trauma-informed lens.
- Demonstrate the practical application of trauma-informed care at the campus level.
- Demonstrate the practical application of trauma-informed care at the classroom level.
- Implement effective self-care strategies to prevent compassion fatigue while practicing trauma-informed care.
Continuing Education Units
See expandable below for sign-in and sign-out.
COVID Update
Although SMU does not have new changes to the masking policy, you are likely aware of the increasing COVID cases in the Bay Area. Please take into consideration your health and risks and mask accordingly.
Program Agenda
In-person and Hybrid from Oakland Bechtel Room.
9:00 – 9:20 Welcome
Opening by
Dr. Catherine Tanner
FDC Chair
Welcome
Provost Brian Clocksin
9:20 – 9:30
Wellness Check
Dr. Alice Vestergaard
9:30 – 10:45 Keynote and Q&A
Introduction of the Keynote Speaker
Provost Brian Clocksin
Keynote
Dr. Patricia Nabal, DNP, BS, FNP, RN-BC
About Dr. Nabal
10:45 – 11:00 Preview to Breakout Sessions / Break
11:00 – 12:00 Lunch in the Atrium
12:10 – 1:10 Breakout Session 1
Veteran Community, HEC-311
Erica Silvestre, Director of Military and Veterans Success Center
LGBTQ+ Community, Bechtel Room
Sam Alavi-Irvine, Director of Center for Community Engagement
Vivie Nguyen, Assistant Chief of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
1:20 – 2:20 Breakout Session 2 (repeat sessions above)
2:30 – 2:50 Closing
Wrap Up
Dr. Cynthia Stacy
Closing
Dr. Catherine Tanner
FDC Chair
2:50 – 3:00 Transition to Town Hall
Provost Brian Clocksin and President Ching-Hua Wang
3:00 - 4:00 Town Hall
Transitions to Town Hall
President Ching-Hua Wang
4:00 - 5:00
Retirement celebration in honor of
Dr. Celeste Villanueva and Dr. Michael Negrete
Continuing Education Units
The Faculty Development Committee is pleased to offer continuing education units to nursing and occupational therapy attendees at this event. If you wish to receive CEUs for attendance at Professional Enrichment Day, please complete the “sign in” and “sign out” surveys for your respective profession. To receive CEUs, you will be required to complete the feedback surveys at the end of the day. Your certificates will be emailed to you within 90 days after the event.
Approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 11258, for 5.0 contact hours. Attendance at this event is free of charge.
