• Admission is free
• Registration includes morning coffee and a boxed lunch
• Up to 4.25 ANCC contact hours available to all attendees at no cost

The School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Background: Approximately 9% of U.S. adults experience fecal incontinence, and this has a devastating impact on quality of life for both patients and their families. Effective treatments are available but ¾ of patients do not receive these treatments because few health care providers screen for bowel control problems and patients are reluctant to talk about it.

Featured Speakers:

• Christine Norton, PhD, DMS, MA, RN - Professor of Clinical Nursing and Innovation, Buck New University and Imperial College Hospitals NHS Trust, London
• Diane Newman, DNP, FAAN, BCB-PMD - Adjunct Associate Professor of Urology in Surgery, Research Investigator Senior Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Co-Director, Penn Center for Continence and Pelvic Health, Division of Urology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center

UNC Speakers:

Drs. Jan Busby-Whitehead, Steve Heymen, Mary Palmer, Reza Rahbar, Yolanda Scarlett, and William E. Whitehead

Sponsors:

• Center for Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders
• Center for Aging and Health
• Institute on Aging

Continuing Education Information:

To successfully complete this program you must attend the symposium  and complete an on-line evaluation.

Physicians:  You may use the certificate of attendance provided by the Center for Lifelong Learning for your records if you choose to self-designate our course for AMA PRA Category 2 Credit.