Overview

Critical Conversations 2022

The Church and Catholic Health Care Post-COVID

This is an invitation-only event.
March 30 – March 31, 2022
West Irving Convention Center
Los Colinas, Texas

Critical Conversations is an exclusive, biennial opportunity for sponsors, system CEOs and system mission leaders to engage in strategic dialogue around critical issues for Catholic health care. The program will begin Wednesday, March 30 at 2 p.m. CT and conclude on Thursday, March 31 at 6 p.m. CT. On Friday, April 1 there will be an invite only MJP Collaborative Gathering.

Topics of focus for the 2022 program:

Best practices for wellness and well-being: What have we learned and where do we go from here?
Interactive unconscious bias session
The We Are Called pledge: One year later
Current developments in transgender care, ministry identity assessment, the ERDs, long-term care and Church relations

Schedule

Wednesday, March 30

2:00 p.m.	Welcome and Opening Prayer
2:15 p.m.	Caregiver Well Being: A Heart to Heart Dennis Gonzales, Ph.D. Senior Director, Mission Innovation and Integration Catholic Health Association Saint Louis Antonina Olszewski Associate Vice President of Mission Integration and Spiritual Care Ascension Saint Louis Heather P. Schmidt, DO System Medical Director Health Work and Wellness SSM Health – Greater Fond du Lac Ministry Fond du Lac, Wisc. Arpan Waghray, MD Chief Medical Officer Providence Behavioral Medicine and Well Being Trust Seattle
3:50 p.m.	Break

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Registration

This is an event open only to CHA Members

March 30 – March 31, 2022
West Irving Convention Center
Los Colinas, Texas

Registration Fee:
CHA Members: $600

Safety Protocols
CHA considers the health and safety of all those onsite at in-person programs our top priority. CHA is committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for all of our in-person programs' participants and staff. CHA will determine onsite safety precautions on a program-by-program basis, depending on local conditions, any requirements imposed by local authorities and other relevant factors.
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Presenters

LaRonda Chastang, MSW
Vice President Diversity and Inclusion
Trinity Health
Livonia, Mich.

Most Rev. Daniel E. Flores, S.T.D.
Bishop of Brownsville, Texas
Chair, Committee on Doctrine
USCCB

Dennis Gonzales, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Mission Innovation and Integration
Catholic Health Association
Saint Louis

Sr. Mary Haddad, RSM
President and Chief Executive Officer
Catholic Health Association
Saint Louis

Antonina Olszewski, MSQ
Associate Vice President of Mission Integration and Spiritual Care
Ascension
Saint Louis

Jorge Perez, MBA, MA
President and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati
Cincinnati

Heather P. Schmidt, DO
System Medical Director Health Work and Wellness
SSM Health – Greater Fond du Lac Ministry
Fond du Lac, Wisc.

Arpan Waghray, MD
System Director for Behavioral Medicine
Swedish Health Services
Seattle, Wash.

Courtney Walton, MA
Chief Learning Officer
Courageous Love

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Certificate of Attendance

Please note: CHA does not offer Continuing Education Units (CEU) for any programs. Participants will receive an email with information on how to acquire a Certificate of Attendance following the program (typically included in the program evaluation email). Certificates of Attendance may be submitted to relevant organizations that accept proof of contact hours as credit. These include:

American College of Healthcare Executives: American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) members may self-report qualifying CEUs using the contact hour information provided on their CHA Certificate of Attendance. To self-report, log in as a member on the ACHE site; use the link on the left-hand side to self-report applicable contact hours for CEU credit.

NACC Board Certified Chaplains: National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC) board certified chaplain members may self-report their continuing education hours (CEH's) using the contact hours information provided on their CHA Certificate of Attendance.

For further information regarding Certificates of Attendance, please contact CHA's Programs and Learning Department at [email protected].

Cancellation Policy

A refund of the full registration fee will be given for cancellations. There is no additional charge for substitute registrants.

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