In October, our project coordinator and research assistant traveled to Las Vegas to attend the National Conference for the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC). Health care and correctional professionals from across the U.S. attend this conference to network with other professionals and learn from industry experts. The conference included over 100 presentations, a poster exhibit, keynote session, exhibit hall, and networking events. Our project coordinator and research assistant had the opportunity to attend sessions to learn from industry experts and connected with health and correctional professionals from across the U.S. They also took part of the poster exhibit where they had the opportunity to share information about our study on NCCHC accreditation and recruited experts in corrections and health care to complete a survey where they were asked to predict the outcomes of our study. Once our study concludes, we will compare these expert predictions to what our study finds.
