Upcoming Medical Conferences in Phoenix

S2 - Advanced Evaluation & Manipulation of Pelvis, Lumbar & Thoracic Spine Including Thrust is organized by University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) and will be held from Aug 10 - 11, 2019 at Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. Hours: 18 or 1.8 CEUs (includes 3 online hours) or 2 graduate credits Prerequisite: S1; Intro S2 Webinar is included with S2 Who Attends: Physical Therapists Description: Anatomy and biomechanics of the lumbar spine, thoracic spine, rib cage and the pelvis are discussed. Review and modification of techniques from S1 - Spinal Evaluation and Manipulation, along with the instruction of additional techniques are provided.  An in-depth presentation on the syndromes of the lumbar spine and their treatment is instructed. The utilization of biomechanical and anatomical principles for the enhancement of patient care through manipulation and exercise is emphasized, as is the patient’s role in his/her own welfare. Learning Objectives: At the completion of this seminar, the attendee should be able to: • conduct a detailed physical examination of the lumbar, thoracic spine and pelvis • describe the mechanisms and characteristics of spinal pain and the behavior of pain patients • perform manipulation to the lumbar, thoracic spine/ribs and pelvis • discuss and present cases with spinal dysfunction • describe indications and contraindications of spinal manipulation • discuss the role of therapeutic exercise and preventative measures in the management of spinal dysfunction especially with regard to spinal stabilization  

Critical Care Medicine Board Review is organized by American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and will be held from Aug 16 - 19, 2019 at JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. Who Should Attend: • Physicians in critical care and pulmonary medicine • Physicians in EDs • Physicians in anesthesiology • Physicians in surgery • Advanced critical care nurse practitioners • Advanced respiratory therapy practitioners • Physician assistants • Pharmacists CME credits and MOC points: 35.50 Description: This premier course reviews the information you should know for the ABIM critical care medicine certification exam. The exam tests your knowledge and clinical judgment in crucial areas of critical care medicine. Course content mirrors the ABIM exam content outline for critical care board review. Whether you need to certify, recertify, or simply review, this course offers a thorough review you can put to the test. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Sleep Medicine Board Review 2019 is organized by American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and will be held from Aug 16 - 18, 2019 at JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. Who Should Attend: • Physicians in pulmonary medicine • Physicians in sleep medicine • Respiratory therapists • Nurses CME credits and MOC points: 26.00 Description: This premier course reviews the information you should know for the ABIM sleep medicine certification exam. The exam tests your knowledge and clinical judgment in crucial areas of sleep medicine. Course content mirrors the ABIM exam content outline for sleep board review. Whether you need to certify, recertify, or simply review, this course offers a thorough review you can put to the test. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Pulmonary Medicine Board Review is organized by American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and will be held from Aug 21 - 24, 2019 at JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. Who Should Attend: • Physicians in critical care and pulmonary medicine • Fellows in critical care and pulmonary medicine • Advanced critical care nurse practitioners • Advanced respiratory therapy practitioners • Physician assistants CME credits and MOC points: 31.75 Description: This premier course reviews the information you should know for the ABIM pulmonary medicine certification exam. The exam tests your knowledge and clinical judgment in crucial areas of pulmonary medicine. Course content mirrors the ABIM exam content outline for pulmonary board review. Whether you need to certify, recertify, or simply review, this course offers a thorough review you can put to the test. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Kinesiology Taping® Assessments, Fundamental Concepts and Techniques is organized by Motivations Inc. and will be held from Sep 07 - 08, 2019 at SWAN Rehab, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America.  Target Audience: A Workshop for Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Speech Therapists and Assistants CEU Credits: This is a 16-hour course equivalent to 1.6 CEUs. Course Summary: This two day course designed to introduce participants to the science, assessment and application techniques of the Kinesio Taping® Method. Lecture Tutorials of the history, science and theory of stimulus transmission through skin and resulting therapeutic benefit across efferent and afferent systems is reviewed. Corrections for Epidermis, Dermis, Fascia, Space, and Muscle in case study format are presented. Lecture and demonstration by the instructor, then participants perform the Manual Assessments and Movement Assessments. Discussion of the assessment flow charts to determine correct applications and general progression of treatment clinically. Day Two continues with instruction and demonstration of assessment and taping procedures for the Mechanical, Tendon, Ligament and Circulatory/Lymphatic Corrections in case study format. Time is allotted for questions and discussion of the assessment flow charts to determine correct applications and general progression of treatment clinically. Participants will receive a full color Kinesio Taping® Workbook and a 60-day access code to the KTAI database. Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:  • List 3 unique qualities of Kinesio® Tex Tape.  • List 3 different physiological systems affected by Kinesio® Tex Tape.  • List 3 contraindications and 3 precautions of using Kinesio® Tex Tape.  • List the best use for each type of Kinesio® Tex Tape.  • Describe and demonstrate cutting at least 4 different Kinesio Taping® application tape shapes: I Strip, Y Strip, Web Cut, X Cut, etc.  • Describe 1 situation where it would be appropriate to use each different tape cut.  • Demonstrate 1 of the 3 methods of safely removing Kinesio® Tex Tape from skin.  • Demonstrate the appropriate use of Manual Direction Tests for tissue and muscle.  • Demonstrate the use of Kinesio® Screening Assessments to identify target tissue for treatment.  • Demonstrate the proper application of Kinesio® Epidermis, Dermis and Fascia Taping technique.  • Demonstrate the proper application of corrective techniques: Fascia, Mechanical, Space, Functional, Lymphatic, Tendon, Ligament, and Muscle.  • Describe the difference between an underactive and overactive muscle correction application.  • Identify appropriate tension range for each corrective technique.  • Describe the difference between a ligament correction and tendon correction.  • List 1 condition that the Functional Correction would be used for.  • Describe the difference between “long and short oscillation” and “side to side oscillation” used in the Fascial Correction application.

Fall 2019 IDN summit is organized by Bluegrass Business Media (BBM) and will be held from Sep 09 - 11, 2019 at JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. Why Attend?: The IDN Summit's unique Reverse Expo format provides the most efficient and effective venue for networking opportunities, meetings and idea exchange among all sectors of the healthcare and pharmacy supply chain.   The Reverse Expo provides IDN purchasing executives an exhibit booth to host GPO and supplier executives. These executives greet suppliers in an open format during the second afternoon of the IDN Summit.   The IDN Summit provides a unique forum for senior IDN executives to network with and engage their peers on issues that challenge today's healthcare systems.   IDN purchase-decision makers actively source new vendors from the hundreds of companies participating at the IDN Summit and Reverse Expo.   Dynamic industry thought leaders provide insight and analysis you can put to work for your own organization as they discuss the future of healthcare in a CE-accredited, multi-track educational program and general sessions.   The IDN Summit and Reverse Expo allows attendees to make more efficient use of corporate travel and training resources by providing multiple opportunities for networking and meetings with leading health systems all in one place. The Summit’s format allows suppliers to reduce their corporate travel expense by traveling to each IDN for meetings with key IDN supply chain and pharmacy executives.  Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.  

American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) 2019 Annual Meeting is organized by American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) and will be held from Sep 11 - 13, 2019 at Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. Credits: Pathologists: Get SAMs CME credits you need for CC Pathologists under CC can earn up to 19.5 hours of SAMs CME credit at the ASCP 2019 Annual Meeting. With the majority of our educational sessions offering SAMs CME credits and 100+ sessions offering you up to 22.5 total CME credits, the ASCP 2019 Annual Meeting has the education you need to stay current. Lab Professionals: Discover education to keep you current under CMP For laboratory professionals, the ASCP 2019 Annual Meeting makes earning CE credits toward CMP easy, with up to 22.5 CMLE credits available throughout the meeting. Choose from sessions covering every topic area needed to meet your three-year recertification requirement. Why Attend? Pathologists, laboratory professionals and residents alike will find content taught by some of the most esteemed experts in the field, gaining knowledge to immediately improve patient care while building their skills in essential disciplines. You can customize your learning with our focused learning tracks. Join us and choose from a large offering of practical scientific education. Take the next step and be ready for your future practice-today. Cutting-Edge Focus Areas: Choose from several education tracks in the fastest-growing, most challenging areas, exposing you to critical and emerging subjects. Premier Faculty: Hear from knowledgeable, world-class experts and respected, premier leaders. Networking: Gather with and learn from the foremost leaders in the field, while also forming valuable relationships that will last throughout your career and lifetime. Take advantage of the world-class education at the ASCP 2019 Annual Meeting to gain practical, immediately-applicable knowledge. • Bring advancement to your lab today with strategies to improve outcomes, become more cost effective, and enhance patient care. • Discover how to move appropriate test utilization from principles to practice and convey your expertise to the clinical care team through sessions led by knowledgeable, world-class faculty and respected, premier leaders. • Learn from the foremost experts in the field, fulfill your CC and CMP requirements. • Form valuable relationships that will last throughout your career and lifetime!

47th SNACC Annual Meeting is organized by Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care (SNACC) and will be held from Sep 12 - 14, 2019 at Arizona Grand Resort & Spa, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 21.0 credits AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Target Audience: The SNACC 47th Annual Meeting has been designed to meet the educational needs of neurosurgical and critical care anesthesiologists and neuroscientists involved in the care of patients with neurological disorders and are intended for neurosurgical and critical care anesthesiologists, neuroscientists, faculty, residents, fellows and medical students. The Society supports the attendance by members in the educational sessions of the Annual Meeting. The program is generated from member requests and an assessment of need by the program committee. Statement of Need: The 47th Society of Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Annual Meeting brings a program designed to review and update the educational needs and practice gaps of neuroanesthesiologists and neurocritical care specialists who engage in providing care to the neurologically impaired patients / patients at risk of neurologic injury during the perioperative period as well as neuroscientists who research clinical and basic neuroscience. The workshops, seminars, lectures and poster presentations will specifically address new clinical findings essential to improve the care of patients and advance basic and clinical research in neuroscience. Physicians will learn the current standards of the methodology of evaluating the existing clinical evidence/research in neuroanesthesia and neurocritical care and become ready for translation to clinical practice and clinical guidelines. Many clinicians have not been educated on the implementation science. This new science emphasizes how physician adheres to the clinical guidelines to their practice. Physicians will receive the latest discovery on neuroinflammation, technological advancement/new tools used to assess the cerebropathophysiology in the operating room and neurointensive care units. Physicians need to develop consensus on patient safety in complex multilevel spine surgery in geriatric patients. The program is designed to be useful for both the general anesthesiologist who is occasionally facing a neurologically impaired patient as well as regular neuroanesthesia and neurocritical care specialist. Learning Objectives: • Apply the clinical guidelines and how to effectively adhere to the recommendation to manage patients with neurological disorders. • Manage neurological emergencies guided by the information learned from different modalities of neuromonitoring. • Discuss recent advances and controversies in neuroanesthesiology practice including an emphasis on patient safety. • Discuss recent advances and discoveries in neurosciences and their impact on anesthesiology.

2019 SH/EAHP Workshop: Addressing the Challenges of Eosinophilia and Mastocytosis is organized by European Association for Haematopathology (EAHP), Society for Hematopathology (SH) and will be held from Sep 12 - 14, 2019 at Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Management of Nerve & Tendon Pain in the Upper Extremity is organized by Therapy Network Seminars (TNS) and will be held from Sep 21 - 22, 2019 at 360 Physical Therapy, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. Target Audience: This course is intended for PTs, PTAs, OTs, OTAs and ATs Educational Credit: A certificate of attendance for 15 Contact Hourswill be awarded to each participant. All Therapy Network Seminars are pre‐approved for CEUs in the state where the course is conducted when required for PT, OT, ATC & Assistants. BOC Board of Certification, Inc. Approved Provider  Course Description: This seminar is designed to advance clinical competence in working with the neurological and musculoskeletal issues associated with repetitive stress injuries through the application of current clinical evidence. A thorough review of tendon/nerve physiology, pathomechanics, and surgical techniques will create a foundation for proper intervention. This foundation will then be used to develop assessment and treatment approaches to pathology associated with repetitive stress injuries. Course content includes current conservative and surgical treatment options, ergonomic assessment/intervention, imaging, post-surgical guidelines, splinting options, joint and soft tissue mobilization, modalities and specific therapeutic exercise techniques. The student will participate in lecture and small group discussion before implementing assessment and treatment strategies in laboratory sessions. Objectives: • The participant will be able to identify the anatomical and biomechanical foundations for Repetitive Stress Injuries. • The participant will be able to identify sound biologically based treatment plans for RSI management. • The participant will be able to perform soft tissue mobilization strategies for remediation for the presented pathologies. • The participant will be able to demonstrate and instruct the proper application of ergonomic interventions for the presented pathologies. • The participant will be able select and prioritize appropriate splinting and immobilization strategies for workplace management and pain control.