**Updated May 12, 2025: The symposium has been moved to the fall 2025 semester. More details are forthcoming.
Linfield University’s School of Nursing hosts a dynamic and educational symposium from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, May 17, 2025, at the Linfield University Portland Campus (2900 NE 132nd Ave). The focus of the inaugural Linfield School of Nursing Healthcare Symposium is gender-affirming health care.
Highlighting the symposium is a keynote lecture from Rook Bartz, RN, BSN, the gender and sexual health program manager at Legacy Health. Bartz, an acclaimed speaker, author and nurse educator, brings decades of experience providing training on gender-inclusive and gender-affirming care.
“This is an opportunity for health care professionals and students to deepen their understanding of inclusive care practices that are vital to equitable and effective patient outcomes,” said Paul Smith, dean of Linfield’s School of Nursing “The event, and especially Rook’s talk, provides for a professional, timely and relevant discussion for today’s workforce.”
In addition to the lecture, the symposium also includes a coffee and networking break, sponsored by the Oregon Center for Nursing.
The symposium is open to health care workers and students in medical fields. Registration is $50 for professionals and $25 for current students with a valid student ID. Registration is available online at https://www.linfield.events/store/p843/Linfield%27s_School_of_Nursing_Healthcare_Symposium.html.
This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by Oregon Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (approval valid through 05/17/2027. OCEAN ID #2025-25). Participants must attend and complete the pre- and post-event surveys provided at the symposium to earn contact hours. No planners or presenters for this activity have relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
Support for the Linfield School of Nursing Healthcare Symposium comes from presenting sponsor Legacy Health Good Samaritan Medical Center.
The Linfield University School of Nursing is nationally accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Linfield offers an accelerated and traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing, an RN to BSN program and the state’s only Master’s Entry to Professional Nursing (MEPN) program. For more information, contact SON@linfield.edu.
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