Originally published Spring Newsletter 2024. Written by Alexis Cardinali, PA-C.
Thank you to all of those who helped to make our 37th Annual Charter Oak Conference one of our best yet! Our conference took place from March 24th through March 27th of this year. As always, we are so grateful to our attendees, members, sponsors, and exhibitors for all that you do!
We would like to offer special thanks to our Platinum Sponsor, Trinity Health of New England; Gold Sponsors, Kyowa Kirin, Ledge Light Health District, Pharming Healthcare; Silver Sponsors Exact Sciences, GSK, Yale New Haven Health, Hartford Healthcare. We truly appreciate your support!
During this four-day event, speakers covered a variety of topics to provide both in person and virtual CME hours. In providing virtual options for CME this year, we were able to provide more break time and a more comfortable flow for our attendees. Thank you to our new and returning speakers – we hope that you will join us again in the future, and know you have inspired attendees to remain involved! We appreciated the attendance of Dr. Darcy Leutzinger, PhD, for speaking during our Annual Business Luncheon. This informative and interactive presentation covered a wide variety of topics, from leadership, to workplace safety, to how to effectively and respectfully interact with patients and colleagues.
This year’s welcome reception was sponsored by the Connecticut Orthopedic Institute and offered food, drinks, networking opportunities as well as student poster presentations! CTPAF held their fundraiser for PA scholarship as well. ConnAPA decided to bring back Monday’s Trivia Night again this year, and it was amazing to get together as friends and colleagues in a relaxed environment. Thank you to those who attended, and we hope to see you again next year!
Our 2025 Charter Oak Conference will take place March 23-25, 2025 at the Mystic Marriott in Groton, and we hope to see you there! If you are interested in speaking or would like more information, please reach out to us at connapa@ssgmt.com. As always, we would love to hear from you! If you are interested in presenting, hearing about new topics, or have ideas on how we can make next year even better, do not hesitate to contact us! We are open to all comments and suggestions so that we can continue to make this conference a valuable experience for all. If you are interested in joining our committee and want to become involved in planning our 2025 event, visit our website and fill out the “Committee Interest Form” or send us an email to the above address.
Thank you again for your membership and involvement in ConnAPA! We look forward to seeing you next year!