| 7:30 - 9:00 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. | Networking Tables |
| 9:15 - 9:30 a.m. | Welcome |
| 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. | Keynote Address: Unleashing Joy and Abundance in Rural Communities: Pathways to Health Equity - Dr. Somava Saha, President and CEO, Well-Being and Equity in the World
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| 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. | Break in Exhibit Hall |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Breakout Session #1 (Session Tracks: Social Drivers of Health, Innovations and Sustainability, Workforce, and a Student Track designed for professionals-in-training) - 1A: Addressing Healthcare Staffing Changes Through a Regional Consortium
- Shawn Herhusky, Essentia Health
- Shayla Drake, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
- Michelle Hargrave, Wilderness Health
- 1B: Rural Maternal and Child Determinants of Health
- Kristen Tharaldson, Minnesota Department of Health
- Karla Decker Sorby, Minnesota Department of Health
- Jill Schuchard, Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe
- 1C: KEY to Community Collaboration
- Sadie Broekemeier, Recovering Hope Treatment Center
- Patti Miller, Kanabec County Public Health
- Kristie Bryant, Welia Health
- 1D: Critical Access Hospitals Navigate to Population Health
- Debra Laine, National Rural Health Resource Center
- Jodi Martin, Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital
- Jessica Schmit, Windom Area Health
- 1E: Student Loan Repayment Opportunities
- Elizabeth Fenske, Minnesota Department of Health
- Brenda Flattum, Minnesota Department of Health
- Maria Rogness, Minnesota Department of Health (Facilitator)
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| 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | Lunch in Exhibit Hall |
| 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. | Plenary Panel: Rural Health Workforce Shortages in a Post-Pandemic World: Strategies to Improve a Long-Term Problem - Dr. Teri Fritsma, Minnesota Department of Health
- Dr. Andrew Olson, University of Minnesota Medical School
- Dr. Carrie Henning-Smith, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
- Missy Lindow, Lakewood Health System
- Nitika Moibi, Minnesota Department of Health (Facilitator)
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| 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. | Breakout Session #2 (Session Tracks: Social Drivers of Health, Innovations and Sustainability, Workforce, and a Student Track designed for professionals-in-training) - 2A: Recruit, Retain, Sustain: Strategies to Maintain the Behavioral Health Workforce
- Thad Shunkwiler, Center for Rural Behavioral Health, Minnesota State University, Mankato
- 2B: Resetting, Reigniting, and Refreshing the Leech Lake Reservation Community Health Assessment
- Carrie Howard, Stratis Health
- Eleanor Morin, Cass Lake Indian Health Service Hospital
- 2C: Improving Access and Outcomes with Community Paramedics
- Aimee Zeinert, Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service
- Andrew Torres, Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service
- Dr. Rozalina McCoy, Mayo Clinic
- 2D: Impact Through Innovation: Creating Equity in Access to Dental Care
- Prasida Khanal, Minnesota Department of Health
- Dr. Mike John, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry
- Dr. Lyubov Slashcheva, Apple Tree Dental
- Nicole Ferrian, Apple Tree Dental
- Monisha Washington Richard, Park Nicollett Health Services
- 2E: Practicalities of Practice — Resiliency
- Amanda Peterson, United Hospital
- Kim McCoy, Stratis Health (Facilitator)
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| 3:00 - 3:30 p.m. | Break in Exhibit Hall - Rural Emergency Hospital Roundtable Session (Joe Schindler, Minnesota Hospital Association)
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| 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. | Minnesota Rural Health Association Policy Forum - Sue Abderholden, National Alliance on Mental Illness Minnesota
- Kelly Asche, Center for Rural Policy and Development
- Mary Krinkie, Minnesota Hospital Association
- Buck McAlpin, Minnesota Ambulance Association
- Marti Paulson, Minnesota Alliance of Rural Addiction Treatment Programs
- Toby Pearson, Care Providers of Minnesota
- Mark Jones, Minnesota Rural Health Association (Facilitator)
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| 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. | Networking Reception and Student Snapshots |
