When I arrived just after 8 AM at
the Primary Health Care Institute (PHCI), there were many attendees already
present, chatting and waiting for it to begin.
I wasn’t long until the Ilula crew arrived, however and dug in to
registration and set up. I got the new
projector set up and felt pretty smug that the files were all organized and
present on the ol’ 2008 Mac Book and raring to go. Oh, that new projector is nice!
Colleagues were putting out the
sign-in sheet and distributing snazzy packets, each with a notebook, a couple
evaluation sheets, a pen (Blue Pilot G-2 07) and a USB drive with all the
lectures and handouts on it. (There was
applause for that!) That made access to
the info much easier and the drives have lots more room for storage.
After all were properly signed in
and formal introductions made, Rev. Peter Harrits gave an insightful meditation
and invocation, comparing the attendees to the devoted and faithful caregivers
of the man lowered through the roof so Jesus could heal him. This is an apt description of the hospital
staffs at the conference, clinicians, nurses, pharmacists, administrators,
nursing school principals and others.
Each and every one of the presentations was excellent! And more to come tomorrow. We were honored to have a guest speaker, Dr.
Jose Debes who capped off the day. All
the talks were excellent and Louise Myers gave an outstanding keynote. The other speakers for today and tomorrow are
listed to the right, since they are also the blog authors and conference
faculty.
Our faculty and attendees were
honored by a group from Gustavus Adolphus College on interim, led by veteran
African traveler Barb Zust, who brought her guitar-playing brother as accompaniment
for the groups excellent mini-concert.
The entire audience loved it!
There are photos to post too, but
that will wait a day or so!
Ken
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