Healthcare Speakers

Barb Bancroft has liberally applied her gift of humor to the clinical teaching of healthcare professionals and laymen since the early 1980s. She has provided more than 3,000 continuing education events on topics pertaining to health and wellness, physical assessment, pharmacology and pathophysiology to health care professionals and corporate groups throughout the United States and Canada.

With clarity and wit, Barb dishes up useful, keynote speeches. She has been the keynote speaker for the Association of Practitioners for Infection Control, the National Association of Biology Teachers, the National Association of Orthopedic Nurses, the National Association of Emergency Nurses, and the National Association of Nurse Practitioners, dental groups including The Pacific Coast Dental Association, The Washington State Dental Association, The Edmonton Dental Society, and The Vancouver Island Dental Society. She has provided health and wellness presentations to corporate groups including The MDRT (Million Dollar Round Table), Smith Barney/Citicorp, Country Financial, State Farm Insurance, and more.

Barb has held faculty positions at the University of Virginia, the University of Arkansas, Loyola University of Chicago, and St. Xavier University of Chicago. She has provided courses on Advanced Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Physical Assessment to graduate and undergraduate students.

Barb Bancroft is the author of Medical Minutiae, a humorous look at the fields of medicine and nursing, and An Apple a Day: The ABCs of Diet and Disease; Live a Little, Laugh a Lot; Kiss My Asparagus; Clinical Pharmacology; Plants or Pills?; and her most recent book—A Bacteria, a Virus, and a Parasite Walk Into a Bar –a Quirky Look at the Interpretation of Lab Tests.

Barb is a fascinating and highly informative speaker whose dynamic presentation style makes learning enjoyable. She provides a wealth of clinical information that can be applied to everyday practice.