19th Annual Conference Emergency Medicine Update Hot Topic

19th Annual Conference Emergency Medicine Update Hot Topic is organized by UC Davis Conference and Event Services (CES) and will be held from Oct 21 - 25, 2024 at Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort and Spa, Koloa, Hawaii, United States of America.

Description:
Health care is changing rapidly. Urgent and emergent conditions require rapid, accurate diagnosis and treatment decisions. This educational activity provides an opportunity for practitioners to learn about current and progressive trends in the practice of emergent, urgent, and critical care. The course provides a setting in which attendees will practice their own decision-making with concurrent feedback and instruction.

Course participant evaluations and community practitioner annual needs assessment surveys have identified the need for information about urgent and emergent care. The course is designed to change practitioner competencies in areas identified in the needs assessments with focus on the extremes of age, pediatric care, point of care ultrasound, common intoxicants, EKG interpretation, resuscitation, syncope, and current dosing practices. This year’s four-day conference specifically addresses these identified educational needs and provides practitioners with state-of-the-art tools to deliver improved treatment to patients. Faculty at the course have been selected on the basis of specialized training, comprehensive experience, and excellence in education.

Educational Methods:

• Interactive lectures with expert panels will be utilized to facilitate dissemination of cutting edge information.
• Audience response systems are utilized to determine effective conveyance of information.
• Case studies and discussions with highlight conditions commonly seen in clinical practice.
• Expert panel discussions will be used to provide an opportunity for experts to present differing viewpoints on audience-driven topics.
• Journal club to present the latest literature on key clinical topics.

Educational Objectives:
At the end of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Apply pertinent medical knowledge in adult and pediatric diagnosis and treatment.
• Discuss current topics in the literature.
• Explain the management of patients with dizziness, syncope, abnormal EKGs.
• Outline the approach to managing chronic wounds.
• Choose medications safely in the setting of prolonged QT.