Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1|Discuss current and potential opportunities for robotic assistance in nursing.
2|Describe survey results of undergraduate and practicing nurses on their perspective of robotic technology.
3|Discuss the latest research on the use of robots in healthcare. 

Faculty

Frank C. Sup IV
Professor, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Director, Mechatronics & Robotics Research Lab
Co-Director, Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Gina Georgadarellis
PhD Student
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Nurses
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 contact hour(s).
Nurses should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.