The registration deadline for this year’s ‘Sizzlin’ Summer 2014: A Patchwork of Care’ — sponsored by the KU Medical Center Area Health Education West — is Thursday.

The two-day program for rural health care providers will be July 17 and 18 at Whiskey Creek.

This year’s program will feature topics such as national patient safety goals, healthy work environments, leadership, and evidence-based practice at bedside. There also will be a self-defense presentation.

Online registration is available at www.kumc.edu/AHECcalendar. Call (785) 628-6128 for more information.