Upcoming Medical Conferences in Bahamas

Radiology After Hours: Acute Diagnoses on Evenings and Weekends is organized by Penn Radiology CME and will be held from Mar 25 - 28, 2019 at Atlantis Bahamas, Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas. The target audience for this medical event is Radiologists. CME Credits​: Physician Continuing Medical Education: The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designation this live activity for a maximum of 19 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The credit breakdown by day: Day 1: 4.5 Day 2: 5 Day 3: 5 Day 4: 4.5 The total hours covered in each modality include: CT: 9.5 | MRI: 9.5 | US: 6.5 | R: 2.0 | XR: 6.0 | F: 1.5 | NM: 1.0 | IR: 0.5 F - Fluoroscopy; R - Radiography Course Overview : Rapid changes in health care and recent technological advances have steadily increased the demand for real-time imaging interpretation 24 hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week. As a result, radiologists in most major health care centers as well as in private practice have been asked to provide after-hours, 'final' interpretations. This course is specially designed for general and sub-specialized radiologists who are working these non-traditional schedules, including rotating after hours shift work, have dedicated evening and overnight radiology shifts, and take call on weekends. Radiologists on call after hours are often required to interpret studies in areas which are different from their weekday routine. This program will review commonly seen disorders in all the key areas of the body to assist you the next time you are covering a shift outside of your comfort zone. The discussion will focus on pitfalls you want to avoid and how to search for subtle findings. Over four days, faculty will provide participants with practical information to enhance image acquisition and interpretation skills and identify the best modality for a given clinical presentation. Selected topics within neuroradiology, head and neck imaging, abdominal imaging, musculoskeletal radiology, chest and pediatric radiology will be covered. Daily case conferences and the opportunity to earn SAM credits are included. Learning Objectives :  • Rapidly determine the appropriate imaging study to perform in the acute setting • Identify common and uncommon clinical conditions encountered in the after-hours setting • Select the correct imaging protocol particularly for pediatric emergencies to optimize diagnostic accuracy and minimize radiation • Explain how to handle incidental findings and make appropriate management recommendations

Internal Medicine for Primary Care: Bariatrics/Endo/ID/Pulm is organized by Medical Education Resources (MER) and will be held from May 16 - 19, 2019 at Atlantis Paradise Island, Paradise Island, New Providence, Bahamas. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 16 Credit Hours. Target Audience: This program is targeted to office-based primary care providers and other health professionals with updates in primary care medicine Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this program, participants should be better able to: • Discuss practical steps to prepare the primary care office for emergency situations • List procedures to treat common, uncommon, orthopedic and wounds that present in the primary care office • Discuss the most important approaches to the febrile patient with potentially lifethreatening diseases in both hospital - and clinic-associated settings • Diagnose and manage important infectious disease syndromes in a range of organbased systems (respiratory and skin and soft-tissue) • Discuss obesity treatment including both surgical and non-surgical options • Describe the approach to patient management after bariatric surgery • Identify the pathophysiology and diagnostic approach of asthma, COPD and common respiratory infections • Design treatment strategies reflective of current evidence based medicine for asthma, COPD and common respiratory infections Learning Outcome: To provide updates in primary care medicine to office based providers

Internal Medicine for Primary Care: Cardio/Gastro/ID/Pulm is organized by Medical Education Resources (MER) and will be held from Nov 07 - 10, 2019 at Atlantis Paradise Island Resort, Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Target Audience This program is targeted to office-based primary care providers and other health professionals with updates in primary care medicine. Learning Objectives Upon completion of this program, participants should be better able to: • Discuss the most important approaches to the febrile patient with potentially lifethreatening diseases in both hospital - and clinic-associated settings • Diagnose and manage important infectious disease syndromes in a range of organbased systems (respiratory and skin and soft-tissue) • List current diagnostic principles and treatment strategies for lower GI bleeding fatty liver disease • Evaluate the efficacy of treatment options for IBS • Identify at risk patients, institute diagnostic criteria, and manage fatty liver disease • Identify the pathophysiology and diagnostic approach of asthma, COPD and common respiratory infections • Design treatment strategies reflective of current evidence-based medicine for asthma,COPD and common respiratory infections • Perform a range of pulmonary diagnostics and be better prepared to handle pulmonary nodules and lung cancer • Describe recent advances in ultrasound technology and rationale for ordering radiologic tests • List strategies for incorporating stem cell therapy and platelet-rich plasma into practice Learning Outcome To provide updates in primary care medicine to office based providers  

Internal Medicine for Primary Care: Endocrinology/Gastroenterology/Infectious Disease/Toxicology is organized by Medical Education Resources (MER) and will be held from Dec 05 - 08, 2019 at Atlantis Paradise Island Resort, Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Target Audience This program is targeted to office-based primary care providers and other health professionals with updates in primary care medicine. Learning Objectives Upon completion of this program, participants should be better able to: • Discuss current diagnostic and treatment approaches to thyroid nodules and disorders • Review the diagnostic criteria and therapeutic approaches to osteoporosis and other bone-health related disorders • Identify at risk patients, institute diagnostic criteria, and manage fatty liver and celiac disease • List current treatment recommendations for celiac disease and lower GI bleeding • Describe the approach to the poisoned patient as seen in primary care • Discuss strategies to treat individuals abusing both legal and illegal substances • Diagnose and manage important infectious disease syndromes in a range of organbased systems (respiratory, gastrointestinal, skin and soft-tissue) • Identify updates for immunizations Learning Outcome To provide updates in primary care medicine to office based providers

Topics in Emergency Medicine is orgaized by Northwest Seminars (NWS) and will be held from Jan 08 - 11, 2020 at Grand Hyatt Baha Mar, Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas. Target Audience: This course is designed for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, and all other medical care providers who must maintain state-of-the-art knowledge of the specialty or are impacted by it.  Accreditation: The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Physician Assistants: The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 20 hours of Category I credit for completing this program. Registered Nurses: NWS is an approved provider for the following state nursing boards: Arkansas State Board of Nursing (Provider Number 50-7480), California Board of Registered Nursing (Provider Number 4833), District of Columbia Board of Nursing (Provider Number 50-7480), Florida Board of Nursing (Provider Number 50-7480), Georgia Board of Nursing (Provider Number 50-7480), and the South Carolina Board of Nursing (Provider Number 50-7480). This program offers 20 contact hours. Course Description: The practitioner of emergency medicine must possess evidence-based scientific background for competent clinical practice; maintain state-of-the-art knowledge of the specialty and all additional related disciplines; maintain an up-to-the-minute armamentarium of knowledge and skills for the selection and use of complex equipment, pharmacological agents, and procedures; manage self and colleagues to function toward common goals in providing consistent care in all settings in which emergency care is provided; serve as an expert in matters involving quality, safe and equitable health care delivery and support of other service providers, departments, institutions, and organizations dependent upon professional expertise. Presentations are designed to facilitate the acquisition of cognitive and technical skills as defined through evidenced based data translated to best practice standards by the pertinent governmental and professional organizations including the American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Surgeons and the Emergency Nurses Association and abilities in one or more of the disciplines vital to the practicing professional.  Course Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to: • Apply the pertinent physical and behavioral sciences as they impact and are affected by the planning, delivery, and monitoring of services inherent in the professions • Explain the selection, dosing considerations with methods of administration, safe use, contraindications and precautions of drugs based on their chemical and pharmacologic properties • Outline comprehensive patient management plans for the special patient population discussed • Apply the principles of safety and asepsis in the performance of all aspects of patient care regardless of the clinical environment in which the practice resides • Incorporate the published tenets of pertinent, recognized external organizations, institutions, and professional groups defining medical, legal, philosophical, ethical, and health care management standards.  Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

19th Annual Caribbean Dermatology Symposium is organized by Global Academy for Medical Education and will be held from Jan 21 - 25, 2020 at Atlantis Bahamas, Paradise Island, New Providence, Bahamas. The target audience for this medical event is Dermatologists, Dermatology Residents, Family Practitioners, Internists, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses and other Healthcare Professional. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Imaging in Bahamas Course is organized by CME Science and will be held from Feb 03 - 06, 2020 at Grand Hyatt Baha Mar, Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas. Target Audience: The course is intended for practicing radiologists and radiologic nurses, physician assistants, technologists, scientists, residents, fellows and others who are interested in current techniques and applications for advanced diagnostic imaging.JK Accreditation Statement: Physician Continuing Medical Education: The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 18.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Technologists: This course is pending approval for up to 18.0 ARRT Category A CE credits Objectives: The Imaging in Bahamas course is designed to provide the tools for participants to enhance interpretation skills utilizing the latest imaging technologies. Lectures and cases will cover evidence-based practice techniques and protocols for improved diagnostic accuracy in multiple applications. At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to: • Describe the common challenges in interpreting PET/CT. • Optimize Abdominal Imaging Methods. • Explain the performance and processing of MRI and CT studies designed to depict anatomy and pathology. • Use contemporary imaging techniques and protocols to accurately diagnose, stage and manage diseases and injuries of the musculoskeletal system. • Develop differential diagnosis that relates to the pertinent imaging and clinically relevant findings for each of the cases covered in this course. • Outline the fundamentals of the latest advanced techniques in MRI and CT and their current roles and limitations in clinical practice. • Integrate information presented in this course into efforts to improve the imaging skills of the participants.

Internal Medicine for Primary Care: Allergy & Immuno/Gyn/Neuro/Ortho is organized by Medical Education Resources (MER) and will be held from Feb 06 - 09, 2020 at Atlantis Bahamas, Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 16 Credit Hours. Early Bird Physician Fee - $ 995 Early Bird Non-Physician - $ 895 Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

4th DNA Repair/Replication Structures and Cancer Conference is organized by Fusion Conferences Ltd and will Conference is from Feb 16 - 20, 2020 at Melia Nassau Beach All Inclusive, Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas. Course Description: The remarkable stability of the human genome is lost in cancer cells due to the failure of efficient and accurate repair in the context of oncogene-induced replication stress and elevated transcription. DNA replication is furthermore emerging as a surprisingly complex process requiring fork protection and restart, template-switching, R-loop resolution, gap-filling, and repair. Unresolved replication and repair intermediates signal apoptosis. Similar complexity is being elucidated for the intertwined roles of transcription with replication and repair proteins with physical and functional interactions being important for genome stability and its loss in cancer. Moreover, the synthetic lethality and essentiality resulting from replication-transcription-repair stresses suggest inhibitors as tools to examine pathway selection and damage outcomes and to design advanced therapeutics. Course Key Sessions: Sessions will include emerging results and breakthrough methods concerning: • Repair and replication complexes, structures and mechanisms. • RNA damage responses and actions in repair. • Mutational signatures, DNA repair, and cancer. • Intertwined interactions in transcription-replication-repair. • Damage signaling, pathway selection & cross-talk. • Targeting synthetic lethality and essentiality for damage responses. • Chromatin and chromosome instability. • Epigenetics, DNA damage and repair. • PARP, PARG, and metabolic signaling. • Mitochondrial replication/repair and damage signaling. • DNA repair, apoptosis and cancer. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

2nd DNA and Interacting Proteins as Single Molecules - In Vitro and In Vivo Conference is organized by Fusion Conferences Ltd and will be held from Feb 20 - 23, 2020 at Melia Nassau Beach All Inclusive, Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas. The target audience for this medical event is DNA metabolic events at the single molecule level: both in vitro and in vivo. Processes to be focused on – DNA replication, DNA recombination, DNA repair and transcription. In addition, single cell sequencing/genomics groups will also be targeted. Course Description: The advent of single-molecule approaches has revolutionized our understanding of Molecular Biology. Combined advances in light microscopy, microfluidics, atomic force microscopy, and DNA sequencing have opened ways to bypass population averages and study individual molecular events for a variety of cellular processes. This meeting aims to present the most recent advances in the mechanistic understanding of DNA metabolic processes at the single-molecule level, using both in vivo and in vitro approaches. Sessions will cover various aspects of: • DNA replication • DNA recombination • DNA repair • Transcription • Chromosome dynamics • Genomics Each session will be divided into in vitro and in vivo sections to highlight differences and complementary information obtained. Course Objectives: • To further understanding of DNA metabolic processes. • Single molecule approaches in vitro and data analyses. • Live cell single molecule approaches. • Single cell genomics. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.