{"id":846,"date":"2013-08-27T14:14:43","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T19:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mchtulane.wordpress.com\/?p=846"},"modified":"2013-08-27T14:14:43","modified_gmt":"2013-08-27T19:14:43","slug":"reasons-to-attend-apha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatscourtney.space\/blueprint\/reasons-to-attend-apha\/","title":{"rendered":"Reasons to attend APHA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>While this was written after 2011&#8217;s meeting, the descriptions it shares hold true from year to year.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>by Lori Andersen, MEd, CHES<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Spending a week in Washington, D.C. learning from public health leaders was the perfect way to spend Halloween week.\u00a0 Though this was my second APHA attendance, I felt much more prepared and able to \u201cmake the most\u201d of the conference.\u00a0 The Tulane APHA preparation seminars aided in a personally successful APHA conference.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite part of APHA was attending poster sessions in my fields of interest.\u00a0 I was able to network with others that conduct research and I also enjoyed the flexibility to discuss the presented research in more depth than is sometimes feasible during oral sessions.\u00a0 While at the poster sessions, I gained confidence in my ability to analyze research for its strengths and weaknesses.\u00a0 I also had the opportunity to present research during a poster session.\u00a0 This was my first time presenting a poster at APHA and I was initially really nervous.\u00a0 Presenting at APHA increased my self-efficacy for presenting at future conferences.<\/p>\n<p>Another reason I was grateful I was able to attend APHA was to touch base with other colleagues that live in different parts of the country. I reconnected with a former classmate and a former professor.\u00a0 I was able to collaborate with my former professor regarding research that may turn into future publications.\u00a0 I feel APHA was a great sphere to increase opportunities for my future career.<\/p>\n<p>I also gleaned a lot from the many oral sessions I attended.\u00a0 As usual, there was a large amount of information to process and digest at these sessions.\u00a0 But, attending sessions in my field of interest helped me rediscover my passion for public health.\u00a0 I can\u2019t wait to celebrate public health next year in San Francisco!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Lori Andersen is a doctoral candidate in the department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences. 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