LLCC-Medical District is committed to helping health care professionals meet the increasing challenges of today’s health care environment and to promote and improve the health of society. Please review continuing education opportunities below. New health care continuing education classes are added throughout the year. We also offer custom training solutions to meet your performance goals. We will train at a location convenient for you: your workplace, off-site or at our location.
One last time — Barb Bancroft returns to Springfield!
Hormonal Chaos: Why Can't a Man Be More Like a Woman
Wednesday, April 12, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (total of 5.5 CEUs)
Northfield Inn and Suites, 3280 Northfield Dr, Springfield, IL 62702
Registration fee is $145. After March 15, the fee is $165.
Registration, payment and refund deadline is March 29, 2023. Reservations must be cancelled prior to March 29 to receive a refund.
If needing to stay overnight at Northfield Inn, request the LLCC Barb Bancroft rate of $85/night by calling 217-523-7900.
In 1873, Edward H. Clarke, an esteemed Harvard physician, claimed to have discovered the reason for “female sterility.” The cause, he wrote, was the education of women, which diverted energy from the reproductive machinery to the brain, resulting in women with “monstrous brains and puny bodies.” It took another 50 years for esteemed researchers to reluctantly admit that low sperm counts in men were also a significant cause of sterility.
We have come a loooooong way since 1873 in understanding gender differences. Join Barb for a fascinating and funny day delving into the myriad of anatomic similarities and dissimilarities, physiologic modifications, responses to pharmacologic agents and susceptibility to various diseases and conditions. Women are more spastic than men (migraines, spastic colon, coronary vasospasms), women have a more difficult time losing weight and women are more prone to autoimmune diseases. Men are more susceptible to infections and cancer, men have an earlier onset of coronary artery disease and men are more prone to neurological conditions (ADHD, Tourette’s syndrome, schizophrenia). So, what’s the scoop? Barb Bancroft will take you on a journey starting with the moment of conception through adolescence, adulthood and finally the Golden Years.
About the presenter
Barb Bancroft, R.N., M.S.N., P.N.P., is a widely acclaimed national speaker, noted for her humorous, entertaining and information-packed seminars. She has authored eight books to date including her latest, “Laughing My Asprin Off.” Many people can conduct health seminars or write books on health, but very few can make them both thoroughly informative and entertaining. Barb makes complex health topics easily understandable, appealing and hilarious. She has provided more than 3000 educational and motivational seminars on clinical topics and health maintenance topics to health care professionals and corporations throughout the U.S. and Canada. Barb has held faculty positions at the University of Virginia, the University of Arkansas, Loyola University of Chicago, and St. Xavier University of Chicago. She has taught courses on Advanced Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Physical Assessment to graduate and undergraduate students. Barb is currently the executive director and president of CPP Associates, Inc., a continuing education firm for corporations and health care professionals based in Chicago, Ill.
LLCC-Medical District is approved by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to offer continuing education credit to nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, professional counselors and massage therapists. LLCC is approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health to offer continuing education units to emergency medical technicians. If you have any questions about certification please let us know.