August 28, 2017
Submit Your Interprofessional Abstract for the NAP Forum
NAP invites you to submit interprofessional abstracts for educational sessions and/or posters at the 2018 NAP Annual Forum, April 13-14 in Atlanta, GA.  
The 2018 Annual NAP conference seeks to promote collaboration within clinical, educational, research, and/or policy settings. Our overall themes this year focus on leveraging technology, collaborative teams, advocacy for quality healthcare and relationship-centered care through an interprofessional lens.
 
Click here to learn more and submit your abstract today! Abstracts are due September 12.
Submit Your Interest for New ONC Shared Work Group
NAP has a very unique opportunity as a key stakeholder for the next year with the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) in DC. You may have recently seen our survey on the Electronic Health Record in the NAP Times, which was the first step in identifying issues and trends our members deal with in the digital healthcare world. As a stakeholder, the ONC is looking to NAP to provide recommendations on the digitalization of healthcare and how technology can be designed to advance interprofessional care.
 
We are looking for NAP members interested in volunteering for this shared work group that will meet periodically via conference call between now and next summer 2018 to develop recommendations for the ONC. If you are passionate about and familiar with how technology can help us move forward in interprofessional care and have ideas on interoperability, usability, and cost-effectiveness that are innovative and ‘outside the box', we’d love your participation and input on this group!
 
Please email info@napractice.org with a short paragraph explaining what you would bring to this shared work group and identify your academy. We appreciate your responses by August 31, 2017 as we will be forming this group soon. 

Year-Round Professional Development Opportunities from NAP
As President Michelle Troseth announced earlier this year, NAP Now has a Professional Development Committee. Part of this group's charge is to assess the need for and interest in professional development opportunities from NAP to occur throughout the year, outside of the face-to-face annual meeting and forum. The first step in this process is to obtain feedback directly from you, our members, on your preferences and needs. Please take a few moments and complete this survey. We are asking for feedback by Wednesday, September 13th.
NAP Nominations and Recruitment Resources 

The NAP Membership Committee has been hard at work streamlining and reorganizing the new member nomination and application process on ourwebsite. The Class of 2018 nomination process is currently underway so as you consider colleagues that should be part of NAP, we hope you findthe information on the membership section of the site helpful and clear.

In addition to outlining the nomination steps, we also have descriptions of each NAP membership category. NAP fellowship remains the chief membership type, however the professional and associate member categories exist to help bring new people into the association that believe in the benefits of interprofessional healthcare but may not have a tenure of ten or more years in their profession.

Resources for sharing who NAP is and recruiting new members are available in the NAP Membership Toolkit.

Nominations are open  until October 27 for the NAP Class of 2018 so be sure to put your colleagues names forward soon! 
Leading NAP into the future: A strengths-based interprofessional approach
Michelle R. Troseth
Journal of Interprofessional Education Practice
Published Online: August 11, 2017
Visit the Journal of Interprofessional Education Practice website to view all articles
Meet Your NAP Council
Jody Frost, PT, DPT, PhD, FNAP, President-Elect

Year Inducted as NAP Fellow: 2014

Title: Education Consultant and Facilitator

Academy: Physical Therapy 

Education: DPT from Marymount University, PhD from Temple University

Fun Fact: My husband and I sail for 6 months from Lusby, MD to the Bahamas and back

Number One Reason You Volunteer for NAP: NAP is the only organization where advocacy for interprofessional practice, research and education are a priority in making healthcare better for society through collaborative team based care. Interprofessional care will transform health and wellness for everyone!

Anything Else You Would like NAP Members to Know:  NAP's members are its richest resource and together we can accomplish amazing outcomes because of our passion, heart and collective wisdom! Together we can make a difference!

Twitter handle: @jodyfrost62