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Healthcare Educators NET Conference 2026: Practice ready: Journeys, transitions, and professional growth

A conference brought to you by the Networking and Innovation in Healthcare Education Committee and Advance HE.

The NET Conference has been running for over 30 years and has become the leading UK and International conference for networking in healthcare education. Over the years, it has fostered national and international collaborations in research and education development.

Networking is at the heart of the conference, fostering a supportive and collegial environment where participants can share research, innovations, and best practices. Delegates have described the conference as:

“An inclusive, collegial, and welcoming conference.”
“A vibrant event with a great atmosphere for networking.”
“A positive and rewarding experience for new presenters.”

Event Information

Date: 2 December 2026, 9:00-17:00 (GMT)
Location: Virtual

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Who should attend?

We welcome healthcare education professionals from diverse disciplines, including but not limited to: nursing, midwifery, medicine, pharmacy, physiotherapy, radiography, dentistry, veterinary sciences, psychology, paramedicine, speech and language therapy, social care, social workers and other allied health professions.
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Call for papers

We invite healthcare educators in the UK and internationally to submit abstracts for sessions at the forthcoming Healthcare Educators NET Conference 2026: "Practice ready: journeys, transitions, and professional growth".

Through the five themes outlined below, the conference will explore journeys, transitions and professional growth across healthcare education. As this year’s conference will take place fully virtually, it also offers an opportunity to consider the creative and innovative ways in which the sector is responding to a fast-changing educational landscape.

a. Recruiting, retaining and nurturing the future workforce

b. Regulatory standards, inclusion and fair access

c. Transformative support and professional journeys

d. Digital readiness for contemporary practice

e. Quality, safety and evidence-based practice

For more information, download the document below.

Submission deadline: 9 July 2026 09:00 (BST)

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Call for papers - Healthcare Educators NET Conference 2026

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Booking Information

We are pleased to offer a 5% early booking discount on bookings made before 30 September 2026:

Member and Non-Member Early Booking Ticket: £235 
Member and Non-Member Ticket: £245 (for bookings made after 30 September 2026)

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Speakers

Professor Arunangsu Chatterjee

Dean of Digital Transformation and Professor of Digital Health and Education
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University of Leeds
Professor Arunangsu Chatterjee
Professor Arunangsu Chatterjee is Dean of Digital Transformation and Professor of Digital Health and Education at the University of Leeds, where he is responsible to the delivery of the University's digital transformation strategy, working to translate innovation into sustainable, measurable improvement. His academic work sits at the intersection of health and education technologies, with a focus on how emerging digital innovations, such as AI, robotics and extended (immersive) realities (XR) can build capability and enable more personalised, context-sensitive learning and care in complex systems such as universities and the NHS. In his keynote, he will draw on a long-standing commitment to technology enhanced learning, underpinned by self regulated learning and adaptive, learner centred design, to explore how healthcare educators can translate innovation into measurable educational and patient centred impact as people transition across roles and professional identities.
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Professor Lisa McKenna

Director of the Health Professions Clinical Education Unit and Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery
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La Trobe University
Lisa Mckenna
Professor Lisa McKenna is Director of the Health Professions Clinical Education Unit and Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at La Trobe University where, she was previously Dean for over 9 years. Lisa is a passionate Registered Nurse and Midwife with postgraduate qualifications in business administration, education and history. She is a Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) and Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (ANZAHPE).
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