Upcoming Medical Conferences in Buenos Aires

Topics in Anesthesia Course is organized by Northwest Anesthesia Seminars (NWAS) and will be held from Jan 20 - Feb 03, 2019 at Celebrity Eclipse, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The target audience for this medical event is physicians, certified registered nurse anesthetists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses and other medical care providers who must maintain state-of-the-art knowledge of the specialty or are impacted by it. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 24.00 ​AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Program Purpose: Presentations are designed to facilitate the physician, nurse specialist, and other providers maintaining skills of the same kind to review and update knowledge and abilities in one or more of these areas vital to the practising professional: • Possess the scientific background for clinical practice • Maintain state-of-the-art knowledge of not only the speciality but also of all additionally related disciplines which may impact it • Maintain an up-to-the-minute armamentarium of knowledge and skills for the selection and use of complex equipment, pharmacological agents, and procedures necessary for the provision of quality patient care • Manage self and colleagues to function toward common goals in the clinical setting, the clinical and educational institutions, and the community in which the practice resides • Serve as an expert in matters involving health care delivery; serve as an informed manager of clinical and educational services provided, including the acquisition and distribution of resources necessary for meeting professional goals • Provide assistance with and support of other service providers, departments, institutions, and organizations dependent upon the professional expertise of the practitioner Conference Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to: • Apply the pertinent physical and behavioral sciences - to include but not be limited to advanced anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, chemistry, physics, psychology, and social sciences - as they impact and are affected by the planning, delivery, and monitoring of anesthesia and related services inherent in the anesthesia professions. • Explain the selection, dosing considerations with methods of administration, safe use, and contraindications and precautions of presented pharmacological agents through the understanding of their physico-chemical properties, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, updated uses, and more recently developed additional, related, and similar drugs. • Outline comprehensive management plans for the group of patients discussed, whether related in age, physical status, cultural background, invasive procedure, anesthetic or analgesic requirements, clinical setting, adverse reactions, and/or goals of care. • Apply the principles of safety and asepsis in the performance of anesthetic procedures and administrations, equipment use, and other applications encountered during the provision of anesthesia and analgesia whether in the surgical unit, the labor and delivery suite, the pain management clinic, or other more remote location of anesthetizing services. • Incorporate the appropriate recommendations and/or requirements of pertinent external organizations, institutions, and professional groups - recognized as serving as the authority for and/or holding the responsibility to compile and approve such tenets - in the provision of anesthesia and related services, whether medical, legal, philosophical, ethical, or health care management standards. • Apply the new techniques in the clinical setting of the participant. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Women's Health, including Cardiometabolic Disease, Obesity, and Lipid Management is organized by Continuing Education, Inc and will be held from Feb 27 - Mar 10, 2019 at Celebrity Eclipse, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The target audience for this medical event is Primary Care Physicians, Internists, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners. Accreditation: 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) 20 (part II) MOC points in medical knowledge in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program 20 Contact Hours 8½ Hours of Pharmacology for NPs Program Purpose: • Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: Newer Terminology and Management >Apply current techniques of endometrial ablation as a viable alternative to hysterectomy • Treating and Screening for STD's: Current CDC Guidelines >Utilize current CDC Guidelines in managing sexually-transmitted disease • Update on Hormonal Contraception: the Move towards LARC >Evaluate contraceptive options to provide a personalized approach to contraceptive counselling • Medications and Pregnancy: an Overview with new FDA Guidelines >Identify meds to use, meds to avoid, and meds to consider in pregnancy • Hormonal Alternatives in Managing Menopause: Guidelines from the North American Menopause Society >Apply current hormone therapy guidelines to menopausal patients using an individualized approach • Communicating with Patients: Medical Writing, Health Literacy, Medical Websites and more >Assess and utilize objective health information from a range of internet sources • Obesity and Pregnancy >Apply contemporary strategies in managing risks associated with obesity in pregnancy • Managing Abnormal Pap Smears: Current Guidelines from the ASCCP >Utilize an evidence-based algorithm for managing cytologic abnormalities in Pap smear screening • Osteoporosis Assessment in Women's Healthcare >Utilize current therapy in women at increased risk for osteoporosis • Case Histories in Women's Healthcare >Apply evidence-based standards in managing difficult cases in women's healthcare Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

XXXVII Annual Meeting of Latin American Dermatologists (RADLA) 2019 is organized by Annual Meeting of Latin American Dermatologists (RADLA) and will be held during May 04 - 07, 2019 at Buenos Aires, Argentina. The target audience for this medical event is Dermatologists. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

4th National Conference of Auxology - 1st National Conference on Development is organized by Argentine Society of Pediatrics / Sociedad Argentina de Pediatria (SAP) and will be held from May 20 - 22, 2019 at Exe Hotel Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The target audience for this medical event is Pediatricians, pediatric endocrinologists, nutritionists, public health professionals, anthropologists, biologists, statisticians, pediatricians of development, psycho pedagogues, psychologists, psycho-motorists, occupational therapists and all those professionals interested in human growth and development, individually or in groups of populations. Course Objectives: • Disseminate the latest scientific and technological advances in growth and development among the members of the health team. • Offer a space to exchange, share and discuss information, experiences, projects and visions among the different groups of professionals working in the study of child growth and development, facilitating the emergence of new interdisciplinary approaches. • Analyze the challenges of the new public policies on health, about the importance of monitoring the growth and development of the child as axes for the prevention of adult morbidities. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

10th Argentine Congress of Integral Adolescent Health is organized by Argentine Society of Pediatrics / Sociedad Argentina de Pediatria (SAP) and will be held from May 20 - 22, 2019 at Exe Hotel Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The target audience for this medical event is health professionals, teachers, community leaders, and all those professionals interested in the adolescent's life course. Course Objectives: • Reflect on the new paradigms of adolescence • Discuss new family paradigms • Explore and deepen aspects related to the current sociocultural context in order to understand the different demands, needs and projects according to gender, age, socio-economic and cultural situation. • Share progress in addressing "emerging difficulties". • Update concepts and provide tools to improve our clinical practice with adolescents. • Understand and discuss the comprehensive approach to new sexualities. • Generate a space for debate and intersectoral reflection, in order to stimulate the articulation and integration of health, education, justice and community sectors. • Update the legal framework related to adolescent health care. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

2nd Argentine Congress of Pediatric Internal Medicine is organized by Argentine Society of Pediatrics / Sociedad Argentina de Pediatria (SAP) and will be held from May 20 - 22, 2019 at Exe Hotel Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Course Objectives: • To achieve the participation of all health professionals interested in acquiring updated scientific information about the concepts and advances related to Pediatric Internal Medicine. • Create a space in which we can exchange ideas and knowledge as well as expose experiences and opinions interacting with prestigious colleagues, both inside and outside the country. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

5th National Conference of Physical and Sports Activity in Children and Adolescents is organized by Argentine Society of Pediatrics / Sociedad Argentina de Pediatria (SAP) and will be held from May 22 - 24, 2019 at Exe Hotel Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The target audience for this medical event is Pediatricians, Pediatric Specialists, Professionals in Training, General Practitioners, Other Members of the Pediatric Health Team (Nurses, Kinesiologists, Psychologists, Psychopedagogues, Pharmacists, Physical Education Teachers, Graduates in Physical Activity and Sports, Coaches, Teachers). Conference Goals : That pediatricians and healthcare professionals can acquire the necessary tools to : • The integral care of the child and adolescent athlete. • Promote the systematic practice of physical activity in children and adolescents as a means of education / health prevention. • Use physical exercise for prevention and treatment of sedentary lifestyle, chronic diseases, and facilitating social integration. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

4th Argentine Congress of Neonatology is organized by Argentine Society of Pediatrics / Sociedad Argentina de Pediatria (SAP) and will be held from May 22 - 24, 2019 at Exe Hotel Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The target audience for this medical event is nurses, neonatologists, pediatricians and obstetricians, child care workers, kinesiologists, psychologists, bioethicists, maternal and child health officials. Conference Description : The vision that moves the contents of the Program is that which places the child and his family in the center of care, with special emphasis on the equity of perinatal care, the quality of care and the hierarchy of bioethical aspects. With this framework, we will not only deal with typical problems of the newborn in the NICU and their management based on evidence, but we also invite you to reflect on the communication between us, the care of health professionals, the effectiveness of certain interventions prenatal care, the challenges in the delivery room, the relevance of the continuity of care after discharge and the true importance of teamwork. Conference Sessions : • Bioethical problems in Neonatology and Perinatology. • Improvement in the quality of neonatal care. • Equity and health policies in perinatology. • Regional heterogeneity in perinatal health. • Regionalization and Perinatal Transport. • Monitoring of high risk newborns. • Keys in neonatal nursing care. • Advances in the care of high-risk pregnancies. • Neonatal resuscitation. • The first minutes after birth. • Respiratory disorders and their management. • Optimization of the nutrition of newborns. • Evaluation and adequate treatment of cardiovascular problems. • Prevention of infections. • Retinopathy of prematurity. • Care for neurodevelopment. • Peri operative management of the newborn with surgical pathology. • Effective and integral communication. • Simulation, a necessary tool for current learning. • Patient safety. Conference Objectives are : • Define strategies to improve the quality of care and results in the short and long term. • Reflect on our practices in all areas of modern neonatology. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

1st Argentine Congress of Allergy and Immunology in Pediatrics is organized by Argentine Society of Pediatrics / Sociedad Argentina de Pediatria (SAP) and will be held from May 22 - 24, 2019 at Exe Hotel Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina.The target audience for this medical event is Pediatricians, allergists, generalists, pediatric subspecialists and other members of the health team. Course Objectives: • Generate a space for debate about new knowledge of allergic diseases, in a global context, and its relationship with the environment and epigenetics. • Hierarchize the transdisciplinary discussion to achieve an opportune diagnosis, adequate therapeutic and improve the quality of life of our patients. • Raise the index of suspicion of primary immunodeficiencies and update diagnoses and treatments. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

50th International Annual Meeting is organized by Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR) and will be held during Jul 03 - 07, 2019 at Buenos Aires, Argentina. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.