2025 Spring Education Conference

Topics included up-to-date information for:

Acute Care

Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)

Long-Term Care / Skilled Nursing Facilities (LTC/SNFs)

Ambulatory healthcare settings–

including clinics and rural facilities

Skilled rehab settings

Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs)

Professionals from various disciplines are welcome and encouraged to attend! 

Please forward this invitation to your colleagues in: 

Facilities and Management

Environmental Services

Quality Improvement

Emergency Preparedness

Local Public Health Partners

2025 Spring Education Conference Agenda

Wednesday, May 7

State of the State

Rachel Hinnenkamp, MPH, Lead Communicable Disease Epidemiologist - Epidemiology and Scientific Support Bureau, Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services

Thursday, May 8

Keynote Speaker: The Patient Perspective

Rosie Bartel

Coordination & Collaboration: Infection Prevention & Emergency Preparedness

Erika Baldry, MPH, CIC, Section Supervisor & Epidemiologist - Infection Control and Prevention/Healthcare-Associated Infections Section, Epidemiology and Scientific Support Bureau, Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services

Colin Tobin, MIR, CPM, Section Supervisor - Public Health Emergency Preparedness Section, Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services

What's Your Risk: Identifying Waterborne Pathogens & Associated Risks

Erika Baldry, MPH, CIC, Section Supervisor & Epidemiologist - Infection Control and Prevention/Healthcare-Associated Infections Section, Epidemiology and Scientific Support Bureau, Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services

Stories from the field/Lessons Learned: Flooding How Infection Prevention & Emergency Preparedness Work Together

Jude Waerig, Preparedness & Response Coordinator  - Southern Region

Cidnee Merrill, RN, CIC, CMIP, Infection Prevention Officer - Livingston Healthcare 

Stories from the field/Lessons Learned: Evacuation of a Nursing Home

Nick Ramsay, Infection Preventionist - Gallatin Rest Home

Thursday, May 8

Table Top: Applying What You Have Learned

SIMMT

Accommodations

APIC MT has reserved rooms at the hotel where the conference is occurring:

Best Western Premier Helena Great Northern Hotel

835 Great Northern Boulevard

Helena, Montana 59601

To reserve a room at the discounted group rates, please call (406) 457-5500 

and refer to APIC MT Spring Conference 2025 

when making your room reservation by Tuesday, April 8, 2025