Upcoming Medical Conferences in Banff

3 Day Intensive: Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) in Mental Health Practice is organized by Jack Hirose & Associates Inc and will be held from Jul 03 - 05, 2019 at Banff Park Lodge Resort Hotel & Conference Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 18 CEUs Who Should Attend: Clinical Professionals: All mental health professionals including, but not limited to Clinical Counsellors, Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Social Workers, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Hospice and Palliative Care Workers, Youth Workers, Mental Health Workers, Addiction Specialists, Marital & Family Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Vocational Rehabilitation Consultants and all professionals looking to enhance their therapeutic skills. Workshop Description: • Cultivate fluid and flexible use of ACT in practice • ACT techniques for a broad range and severity of mental health disorders • An interactive workshop including experiential exercises, demonstrations, clinical worksheets and practical tools • Transformative for you and your clients! Learning Objectives: • List of the three pillars of ACT • Define the ACT model of human suffering (six inflexahex processes) • Define the ACT model of psychological health (six inflexahex processes) • Explain a functional contextual approach to ACT case conceptualization • Recognize clinical concerns (e.g. anxiety, depression, problem anger) within an ACT framework • Identify exemplars of excessive struggle and avoidance and describe mindful and compassionate alternative behaviours • Distinguish between ‘fusion’ and ‘experiential avoidance’ and their role in various forms of human suffering • Rehearse essential ACT intervention skills to cultivate psychological flexibility • Deliver values clarification exercises in skills to cultivate psychological flexibility • Deliver values clarification exercises in dyads and small groups • Demonstrate experiential exercises and metaphors in dyads and small groups • Discriminate ACT consistent and ACT inconsistent strategies in clinical practice • Describe strategies to foster the ongoing development of ACT consistent clinical competencies • Apply and integrate mindfulness and acceptance processes with commitment and behaviour change processes in dyads

CBT Canada supratentorial medicine - CBT Banff is organized by Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) Canada and will be held from Jul 08 - 10, 2019 at The Rimrock Resort Hotel, Banff, Alberta, Canada. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 36.0 ​Mainpro+ ​credits. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

3 Day Intensive: DBT Made Simple is organized by Jack Hirose & Associates Inc and will be held from Jul 08 - 10, 2019 at Banff Park Lodge Resort Hotel & Conference Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada.  Who Should Attend Clinical Professionals: All mental health professionals including, but not limited to Clinical Counsellors, Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Social Workers, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Hospice and Palliative Care Workers, Youth Workers, Mental Health Workers, Addiction Specialists, Marital & Family Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Vocational Rehabilitation Consultants and all professionals looking to enhance their therapeutic skills. Workshop Description In this intensive 3-day workshop, DBT will be de-mystified and you will learn how to use this highly effective therapy to better treat your clients with problems managing emotions. Sheri’s unique workshops emphasize the flexibility of DBT and the benefits of using this therapy to treat disorders other than borderline personality disorder, including bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, and concurrent substance use; as well as other difficulties clients experience such as problems with self-esteem, anger, and grief. Through lecture, experiential exercises, and case consultation you will explore the four modules of DBT: Core Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance and Interpersonal Effectiveness. Explore tools and strategies to improve the therapeutic relationship and reduce feelings of ineffectiveness and burn-out. Viewing video-tapes of Sheri’s real-life sessions will provide you with a better understanding of the flow of individual sessions as well as how to balance accepting clients where they are with pushing them to make positive changes. Bringing her years of clinical experience in both private practice and as part of a community hospital; and working with both individuals and DBT-informed groups, Sheri’s practical, inspiring, and highly praised workshop will give you evidence-based skills that can be immediately put into practice. Learning Objectives: • Learn more about the origins of DBT in order to more fully understand it, including a brief look at DBT versus CBT; the traditional DBT model; and research showing that adaptations of DBT can be very effective. • Describe the biosocial theory and how this applies to BPD and other disorders of emotion dysregulation. • Discuss behavior theory and the importance of these concepts to building stronger relationships with clients, and to assist clients in making behavioural changes. • Demonstrate a variety of mindfulness techniques to make mindfulness more understandable and acceptable to clients. • Explain the basics of dialectics and some dialectical strategies for the individual session to help get clients unstuck and to build the therapeutic alliance. • Practice the Behavioral Analysis • Reduce therapist burn-out through observing limits and use of skills such as nonjudgmental stance and radical acceptance • Develop a basic understanding of neuroplasticity and how mindfulness relates to this, as well as how you can translate this into skills and use these ideas to help increase client motivation. • Explain skills in the Emotion Regulation module to give clinicians a basic understanding of how to teach these skills to clients to regulate emotions more effectively. • Demonstrate the distress tolerance skills that will help clients survive crisis situations and learn how to not act on urges. • Discuss Interpersonal Effectiveness skills: the importance of increasing and maintaining positive relationships and improving communication. • Discuss how these skills can be helpful in treating a wide array of psychiatric conditions and problems, including major depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, and problems with anger and self-esteem.

3 Day Intensive: Working with Oppositional, Defiant and Anger Issues with Children and Adolescents is organized by Jack Hirose & Associates Inc and will be held from Jul 15 - 17, 2019 at Banff Park Lodge Resort Hotel & Conference Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Who Should Attend Education and Clinical Professionals: All education and mental health or healthcare professionals who work with children or youth including, but not limited to K–12 Classroom Teachers, School Counsellors, Learning Assistance/Resource Teachers, School Administrators, School Paraprofessionals including Special Education Assistants, Classroom Assistants and Childcare Workers, All other professionals who support behavioural challenges and complex learning needs including but not limited to: Nurses, Social Workers, Psychologists, Clinical Counsellors, Family Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Addiction Counsellors, Youth Workers, Mental Health Workers, Probation Officers and Community Police Officers. Workshop Description Children diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) can present a monumental challenge to therapists, teachers, parents and siblings. ODD and other conduct problems are the single greatest reasons for referrals to outpatient and inpatient mental health settings for children, accounting for at least half of all referrals. Complicating the success of therapeutic interventions is the high rate of comorbidity with anxiety and depressive disorders or ADHD. Current research also correlates a variety of cognitive skill deficits including executive function, emotional regulation, language processing, and social processing. These complicating comorbidities and correlations mean that ODD often requires multidisciplinary assessment and components of mental health care, case management, and educational intervention for students and clients to improve. This dynamic workshop will address a full range of behavioural disturbances, from mild to severe, in order to identify the therapeutic techniques that have proven effective. Participants will review and discuss strategies which can be immediately applied across a variety of settings including home, community, social groups, classrooms, or therapeutic. Participants will examine the intersection of ODD with a variety of issues such as trauma, ADD, learning disabilities, bipolar disorder, and depression and discuss how these affect and alter treatment decisions. Participants will leave this workshop with a much improved diagnostic and treatment approach to ODD and other behavioural disorders. Benefits to Attending • Beyond behaviour charts – Truly intervene with difficult behaviours • Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder & important DSM-5 updates • The #1 reason families inadvertently fuel defiant behaviours • How educators and clinicians may be fuelling exactly what they are trying to stop • Why child/adolescent “terrorist behaviours” work • Technology and behaviours… video games, electronic bullying, learning styles • Case studies & experience  

UCSF Imaging Update in the Canadian Rockies is organized by The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Office of Continuing Medical Education and will be held from Aug 04 - 09, 2019 at Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Credits: UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 25.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The total credits are inclusive of 8.0 in CT, 7.5 in MRI, 2.25 in Ultrasound, 4.0 in Breast Imaging, and 1.5 in PET Self-Assessment (SAM) Credits This course will off er 24.5 Self-Assessment credits (pending approval and subject to change): 4.0 in Breast, 4.0 in Abdomen-Pelvis, 4.0 in Musculoskeletal, 4.0 in Neuro and 8.5 in Thoracic.  Course Outline: This course is a diverse review designed for the practicing radiologist, with an emphasis on practical approaches for reading real-life cases in the daily clinical setting. Lectures focus on common diagnostic issues utilizing radiography, CT, MRI and Ultrasound as applied to abdominal, breast, thoracic, neuro and musculoskeletal imaging. Course Objectives: At the completion of this course, the attendee should be able to: • Differentiate between common and uncommon appearances of lung cancer on CT and PET/CT; • Recommend the use of cross-sectional imaging in the evaluation of ovarian cysts, the acute abdomen, and endometrial and cervical cancers; • Identify the diagnostic challenges in utilizing ultrasound in the evaluation of abdominal abnormalities; • Develop a practical approach to evaluating spine abnormalities on CT and MRI; • Recognize important pitfalls in the interpretation of MR brachial plexus imaging; • Describe current issues in breast imaging, including evaluation of the male breast, cysts and the role of breast MRI.

Clinical Topics in Anesthesia is organized by Northwest Anesthesia Seminars (NWAS) and will be held from Aug 05 - 09, 2019 at The Rimrock Resort Hotel, Banff, Alberta, Canada. The target audience for this medical event is designed for 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 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Conference Description: 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 practicing professional: • Possess the scientific background for clinical practice • Maintain state-of-the-art knowledge of not only the specialty, but also of all additional 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 in 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: • 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. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (AAED) 44th Annual Meeting is organized by American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (AAED) and will be held from Aug 08 - 10, 2019 at Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Conference Sessions: • Innovations & Controversies In Implant Dentistry • Interdisciplinary Therapy • Restorative Dentistry • Surgery, Prosthodontics, & Implantology Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Internal Medicine for Primary Care: Endo/Nephro/Ortho/Vasc is organized by Medical Education Resources (MER) and will be held from Aug 15 - 18, 2019 at Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Accreditation Physician Accreditation Medical Education Resources is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Credit Designation Medical Education Resources designates this live activity for a maximum of 16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. ABIM MOC Recognition Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 16 (part II) MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. American Academy of Family Physicians This Live activity, Internal Medicine for Primary Care, with a beginning date of August 15, 2019 has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 16 Prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. American Osteopathic Association These programs are approved for 16 hours in Category 2-A by the American Osteopathic Association. American College of Emergency Physicians This program is approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for a maximum of 16 hours of ACEP Category I credit. Canadian Physicians The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) has a reciprocal credit agreement with the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) for activities which offer Prescribed credit. CFPC members who complete these conferences may claim the equivalent number of MainproM1 credits. American Academy of Physician Assistants AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for Category I credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 16 hours of Category I credit for completing this program. Nursing Accreditation Medical Education Resources is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This CE activity provides 16 contact hours of continuing nursing education. This activity is designated for 6.5 ANCC pharmacotherapeutic contact hours. The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) Certification Board recognizes and accepts continuing education (CE) contact hours from activities approved by AMA, ACCME, ANCC, AANP, AAFP and AACN. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 12299, for 16 contact hours. Pharmacy Accreditation Medical Education Resources (MER) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. MER designates this continuing education activity for 16 contact hours (1.6 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. 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: • Describe the anatomy and function of the major joints including shoulder, hand, ankle and knee joints • Describe how and when to utilize joint aspiration and injection for the shoulder, knee and other major joints • List steps to diagnose and treat bone disease and its cardiovascular consequences in CKD • Identify herbal preparations with the potential to cause nephrotoxicity • Describe treatment options for hematuria and glomerulonephritis • Diagnose and tailor treatment strategies for Type 2 diabetes • Review the diagnostic criteria and therapeutic approaches to osteoporosis and other calcium-related disorders • Discuss current diagnostic and treatment approaches to thyroid disorders • Define the spectrum of maladies included in peripheral vascular disease • Describe the evaluation and treatment of venous thrombosis • Discuss the presentation and interventional treatment of stroke patients as well as the swelling and ulcers of dysvascular limbs Learning Outcome To provide updates in primary care medicine to office-based providers Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

3rd Annual Global Summit on Genitourinary Malignancies is organized by Oncology Meeting Innovations (OMI) and will be held from Oct 10 - 13, 2019 at Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Overview: Oncology Meeting Innovations’ (OMI’s) Global Summit on Genitourinary Malignancies is a four-day meeting fostering discussion and debate on the evolution of treatment in prostate cancer, renal cell carcinoma, and bladder cancer. Topics will include current standards of care, and the evolving clinical landscape in the treatment of GU cancers. The summit features a focused approach towards individual patient populations through case-based discussions. Panel discussions will highlight the clinical application of approved and emerging agents as well as the challenges within the field of GU Oncology. The Summit will assemble translational scientists, clinical researchers, and key community oncologists to further progress this rapidly evolving area of oncology. Key Topics: • Using biomarkers and genomics in prostate cancer • The spectrum of metastatic disease in prostate cancer • Genomic profiling of RCC • Advances in immunotherapy in RCC • Targeted therapy in bladder cancer • Using immunotherapy to target bladder cancer. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

2019 Canadian Transplant Summit is organized by Canadian Society of Transplantation (CST) / Societe canadienne de transplantation (SCT) and will be held from Oct 16 - 19, 2019 at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Event themes • Improving precision in decision-making around accepting/declining high-risk or marginal organ offers for individuals. • Low grade inflammation is damaging to long-term transplant outcomes. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.