# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Cost of Caring Conference: Understanding Compassion Fatigue and Burnout in Healthcare Providers
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 am – Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 03:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Healthcare professionals across disciplines are experiencing increasing emotional, ethical, and productivity demands.

The Cost of Caring Conference is a one-day, interdisciplinary professional learning event open to all healthcare professionals. Sessions examine compassion fatigue, burnout, trauma exposure, and ethical considerations relevant to healthcare practice, supervision, education, and leadership.

This conference emphasizes clear definitions, system-level contributors, and evidence-informed perspectives applicable across clinical, academic, and community-based settings.

Event Details
📅 Friday, April 17, 2026
📍 University of North Dakota, Grand Forks
⏰ 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM
👥 Open to all healthcare professionals and students

Featured Speakers

Dr. LaVonne Fox, PhD, MOTR/L
Project Director & Youth Outreach Specialist, ND THRIVES; Research Assistant Professor, University of North Dakota

Katie Francis, MSW, LCSW, LICSW
Psychotherapist, Assessment and Therapy Associates, Grand Forks, ND

Elizabeth Evenson, PsyD
Program Director, Postdoctoral Psychology Residency, Sanford Health

🔗 Registration required: 
https://www.ndota.info/the-cost-of-caring-conference

This conference is supported by the University of North Dakota Occupational Therapy Program and Sheri’s Smile.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/grand-forks/the-cost-of-caring-conference-understanding-compassion-fatigue-and-burnout-in-healthcare-providers/200029656576416
- **Event Categories**: business, conferences, health-wellness
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 114

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Grand Forks
- **state**: ND
- **country**: United States
- **location**: University of North Dakota
- **lat**: 47.907677057284
- **long**: -97.089005064087
- **full address**: University of North Dakota, 1350 S 42nd St, Grand Forks, ND 58201-3724, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is The Cost of Caring Conference: Understanding Compassion Fatigue and Burnout in Healthcare Providers being held?
  - **A:** The Cost of Caring Conference: Understanding Compassion Fatigue and Burnout in Healthcare Providers takes place on Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 am to Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 03:30 pm at University of North Dakota, 1350 S 42nd St, Grand Forks, ND 58201-3724, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing The Cost of Caring Conference: Understanding Compassion Fatigue and Burnout in Healthcare Providers?
  - **A:** The Cost of Caring Conference: Understanding Compassion Fatigue and Burnout in Healthcare Providers is organized by North Dakota Occupational Therapy Association.

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