Upcoming Medical Conferences in Phoenix

2019 Society for Neuro-oncology Annual Meeting is organized by Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) and will be held from Nov 20 - 24, 2019 at JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Arizona Health and Physical Education (AZHPE) 2019 State Convention is organized by Arizona Health and Physical Education (AZHPE) and will be held from Nov 20 - 22, 2019 at Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America.  Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

2-Day Certificate in Nutrition for Mental Health Disorders: Non-Pharmaceutical Treatment Strategies that Work! is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held from Nov 21 - 22, 2019 at Embassy Suites by Hilton Phoenix Biltmore, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 12.6 contact hours. Target Audience: • Counselors • Case Managers • Psychotherapists • Social Workers • Dieticians • Marriage & Family Therapists • Psychologists • Addiction Counselors • Therapists • Nurses • Chiropractors • Other Mental Health Professionals Conference Description: We have all had clients who come into the office in a depressed or anxious state, and yet they cannot identify just what is bothering them. Children are brought in with symptoms of ADHD, clients with addictions struggle to gain control of themselves, and others suffer with physical complaints in addition to mental health issues. It’s frustrating when traditional talk therapy is not quite enough to break through and it feels like something else is needed to meet your treatment goals. That missing piece you’re looking for? It’s here – the mind-body connection. Kristen Allott is a naturopathic physician specializing in alternative and nutritional approaches to mental health disorders, and she is here to help you bring this missing piece to your clients. Imagine an increase in your client’s energy and mental clarity, allowing them to be more engaged in the therapeutic process. Simplify sessions when you readily have dozens of effective, simple strategies at your fingertips that enhance and complement your current treatment interventions. Feel your confidence improve when you identify nutritional deficiencies that contribute to anxiety, anger, depression, PTSD or ADHD. Conference Objectives are: • Articulate which nutrients are beneficial for reducing symptoms of anxiety, anger and depression. • Assess clients’ potential nutritional deficiencies that could be negatively affecting their mental health. • Communicate the potential complications of combining nutritional supplements and • psychotropic medications as related to clinical treatment. • Analyze the impact of fats and proteins on clients’ mental and physical health. • Determine when and how to refer clients to Complementary and Alternative Medicine providers. • Incorporate complementary strategies to help improve your clients’ energy and mental clarity. • Identify physiological causes of fatigue, depression, and anxiety to improve treatment outcomes. • Differentiate between mental illness versus nutritional and hormonal imbalances as it relates to clinical practice. • Distinguish symptoms of nutritional deficiencies to inform the clinician’s choice of treatment interventions. • Integrate holistic assessment and treatment interventions to improve client level of functioning. • Assess diet, exercise, and sleep in session without shaming a client. • Evaluate how improved nutrition can improve therapeutic outcomes for clients with ADHD, anxiety, depression, addictions, and other mental health disorders. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Expert-Led Seminars on Psoriatic Diseases, Atopic Dermatitis & Rheumatoid Arthritis for practitioners in Federal & Public Health Services is organized by Prime Education, LLC and will be held on Nov 23, 2019 at Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. Accreditation: In support of improving patient care, PRIME® is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 6.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change. Physician Credit Designation Statement: PRIME® designates this Live activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 6.0 Medical Knowledge 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. Physician Assistant Accreditation Statement: PRIME® has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credits for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 6.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. Nurse Practitioner Accreditation Statement: Nurse Practitioner LogoPRIME® is accredited by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education. Provider number: 060815. This activity is approved for 6.0 contact hours of continuing education (which includes 1.49 hours of pharmacology). Pharmacist Accreditation Statement: This Application-based activity has been approved for 6.0 contact hours (0.6 CEUs) by PRIME® for pharmacists. The Universal Activity Number for this activity is JA0007144-0000-19-060-L01-P. Pharmacy CE credits can be electronically submitted to the NABP upon successful completion of the activity. Pharmacists with questions can contact NABP customer service (custserv@nabp.net). Nurse Accreditation Statement: PRIME® designates this activity for 6.0 contact hours. Learning Objectives: • Identify major barriers to evidence-based treatment and management in federal and public sectors • Implement appropriate methods for diagnosis and assessment of disease activity • Assess current evidence on targeted biologic and small-molecule therapies to guide treatment decisions for patients with moderate to severe disease • Monitor treatment responses according to treat-to-target principles and methods • Apply current evidence and guidelines to inform treatment decisions for patients with inadequate responses to initial therapies • Incorporate patient-reported outcomes and shared decision-making into clinical practice • Apply effective strategies for multidisciplinary care coordination and shared patient management

Desert Foot - The Annual Multi-Disciplinary Limb Salvage Conference is organized by PRESENT e-Learning Systems and will be held from Dec 04 - 07, 2019 at Sheraton Phoenix Downtown, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America.  Target Audience: This continuing educational conference is intended for practicing surgical and wound care health care professionals. Accreditation: The New York College of Podiatric Medicine has estimated this activity for a maximum of 20 continuing education contact hours. Physicians: Affinity CE designates this live educational activity for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. A maximum of 20 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM will be awarded. Nurses: AffinityCE is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. AffinityCE is awarding a maximum of 20 contact hours for this activity. Description: The conference brings together six groups involved with limb salvage preservation of the lower extremity from the Veterans Administration, VA Podiatric Residency Directors, Arizona Podiatric Medical Association, Indian Health Service, Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC), and the Department of Defense from across the country to a single conference to best meet their educational needs. This important conference is always held at a great venue in Phoenix, and the education is taught by our nation’s top key opinion leaders focused on evidence-based and best practices to improve limb salvage techniques, advanced wound care skills, and treat surgical and medical disorders of the lower limb. Our state-of-the-art rotating interactive workshops focus on advanced technologies that provide our attendees with hands-on practical experience and training on surgical procedures, advanced wound care, and new techniques in healing the lower extremity that will advance their skills and patient outcomes Learning Objectives: • Identify the basic pathophysiologic mechanisms involved in chronic wounds to be able to determine and utilize appropriate interventions to affect final healing. • Demonstrate the basic principles of managing ischemic skin and nail disease. • Recall the underlying etiopathogenesis of foot ulcers and how this relates to appropriate management. • Recognize the presenting characteristics of infections of the skin, nail, soft tissue and bone and demonstrate their appropriate management. • Understand current classification systems for foot ulcers and infections. • Recognize the ischemic and neuroischemic foot through clinical and diagnostic modalities and understand various treatment options for management. • Demonstrate knowledge of the evidence supporting multiple advanced wound technologies that can be used to expedite chronic wound healing. • Identify the role for surgical interventions in the management of high risk lower extremity disorders. ○ Lower Extremity Training Camp: Wounds, Bioburden, Edema, Biomechanics, and More Wednesday, December 4th from 2:00 to 7:00 PM in the Encanto Room on the 2nd Level • Credits - 4.75 CME/CECH Credit Hours Description: Any chronic non-healing wound on the body is evidence of failing physiology. Attend this fast-paced information-packed program to learn updated and current evidence-based information regarding the most common wound etiologies on the lower extremity with emphasis on edema manifestations and complications. Course content will introduce new and emerging concepts for assessing and treating lower extremity wounds. Topics such as the lymphedema resulting from micro and macro-lymphatic impairments and how these vascular dysfunctions set patients up for skin barrier failure will be presented. Compression interventions and challenges, biomechanical/mobility changes in the lower extremity contributing to calf-pump failure, offloading interventions along the continuum, and biofilm and infection topics will be provided. In addition, pertinent case studies demonstrating, successes, challenges, and failures of care will be included. Learning Objectives: At the end of the program participants will be able to: • Recognize components of the patient, skin, and wound assessments • Verbalize lower extremity chronic wound treatment interventions that meet current standards of practice • Discuss new and emerging concepts for lymphatic failure and resulting impairments to the skin ○ IHS Limb Preservation Winter Meeting Saturday, December 7 from 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM in the Encanto Room on the 2nd Level Description: The Indian Health Service (IHS) Limb Preservation Summit is an innovative, evidenced-based, one-day conference that attracts a multidisciplinary team from the IHS, tribal, academic, and other healthcare entities, including vascular, endovascular, podiatric, wound care, and primary care professionals. The Summit focuses on wound healing, vascular, and podiatric interventions.

Conference on Practice and Quality Improvement is organized by Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) and will be held from Dec 05 - 08, 2019 at Sheraton Grand Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

7th Annual Mayo Clinic Esophageal Diseases Course 2019 is organized by Mayo Clinic and will be held from Dec 06 - 07, 2019 at Mayo Clinic Franke Education Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. Target Audience: This course is designed for practicing gastroenterologists, fellows and residents in gastroenterology. Thoracic surgeons, otolaryngologists and pulmonologists, as well as other healthcare professionals with an interest in esophageal diseases may benefit from this program. Accreditation: AMA: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this live activity for a maximum of 14.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. AAFP: Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending. ANCC: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this live activity for a maximum of 14.50 ANCC nursing contact hours.  Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. AOA: The American Osteopathic Association designates this program for a maximum of 14.50 AOA Category 2-A credits. American Board of Certification for Gastroenterology Nurses: According to the criteria of the American Board of Certification for Gastroenterology Nurses (ABCGN), 14.5 hour(s) earned in this activity are considered GI Specific for the purpose of recertification by contact hours through the ABCGN. (ABCGN tracking number: GI2019-095) ABIM Maintenance of Certification: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 14.50 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Description: Esophageal disease is a rapidly-developing medical area marked by significant advances in diagnosis, therapy and identification of new diseases. In this continuing medical education, a comprehensive approach will be taken to explore these exciting advancements including high-resolution manometry and impedance monitoring, new techniques in endoscopic detection and treatment of Barrett’s esophagus, and insights into new diseases such as eosinophilic esophagitis.   A special feature is a hands-on workshop for interpretation and performance of motility studies, new endoscopic imaging techniques, and endoscopic mucosal resection and ablation. Learning Objectives Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to: • Demonstrate a structured approach for the evaluation of patients with noncardiac chest pain.  • Recognize current management options for diffuse esophageal spasm.  • Summarize the appropriate use of tools to diagnose and assess treatment response in eosinophilic esophagitis.  • Identify patients with Barrett's esophagus who are appropriate candidates for endoscopic ablation.  • Examine the potential role of opioid medications as a cause of abnormal esophageal motility. • Describe the appropriate management of patients with refractory esophageal strictures.

4-day Intensive Conversational Medical Spanish & Cultural Competency Workshop is organized by Rios Associates and will be held from Dec 06 - 09, 2019 at The Clarendon Hotel and Spa, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. Accreditation: The University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 45 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. • This program is approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for 43 hours of Category 1 CMEs. • This program has also been reviewed and is acceptable for 45 prescribed hours by the American Academy of Family Physicians. • This Program has been approved for 45 contact hours of continuing education by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Description: This 4-day intensive, individually tailored conversational, medical and cultural Spanish Workshop consists of over 45 hours of medical dialogues, role-plays, many colorful visual aids, cross-cultural discussions, "edutainment", daily practice, plus evening study with a Text workbook and USB Flash drive including all 15 corresponding lessons (Flash Drive available for $35). This method is highly suitable for those with limited time who must use their new language skills immediately. Participants who complete this 4-day intensive course will: • Acquire the ability to interview patients in Spanish in a culturally competent manner, take a medical history, conduct a physical examination, give prescription and follow-up instructions and intervene with medical emergencies, while taking cultural sensitivity into account to increase compliance. • Recognize a Spanish vocabulary of 1,500 to 2,000 general and medical terms. • Develop a good flow of speech in present, future, and past tenses, as well as the command form. • Obtain some degree of Cultural Competency concerning time, personal space, family dynamics, foods, health and particularly medical care. • Utilize the skills necessary to continue language acquisition through daily practice and personal experience. Learning Objectives: Intermediate/Advanced students will be able to do all of this with more facility and fluency utilizing more idiomatic expressions, complex tenses (conditional, present & past progressive, present & past perfect tenses), as well as the subjunctive mood and its various tenses. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

The 13th International Congress on Ericksonian Approaches to Hypnosis & Psychotherapy is organized by The Milton H. Erickson Foundation and will be held from Dec 12- 15, 2019 at Hyatt Regency Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. Credits: Physicians: 43 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Nurses: 43 contact hours. Social workers: 43 continuing education clock hours. Main Conference (Thursday through Sunday): 31.0 credits Pre-Conference + Main Conference + Post-Conference: 43.0 max credits possible Styles: • Directive Therapy • Family Therapy • Feedback Informed Treatment • Impact Therapy • Improvisational Therapy • Mind-Body • Psychosocial Genomics Methods: • Nature Guided • Neo-Ericksonian • Neurobiological Orientations • Neuro-Linguistic Programming • Possibility Therapy • Self-Relations • Solution-Focused Therapy Practices: • Strategic Psychotherapy • Strategic-Cognitive • Hypnosis • Ego-State Therapy • Sports Psychology • Child and Adolescent Treatment • Cross Cultural Approaches Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Addressing Patient Behavior by Brain Lesion Site: Clinical Tools & Strategies Specific to Patient Deficits is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Dec 12, 2019 at Four Points by Sheraton Phoenix North, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 6.0 contact hours. Target Audience: • Physical Therapists • Physical Therapist Assistants • Occupational Therapists • Occupational Therapy Assistants • Speech-Language Pathologists • Certified Brain Injury Specialists • Recreational Therapists Course Description: Neuroanatomy is admittedly complex and overwhelming. Clinicians working in rehabilitation are faced with growing caseloads, diminished resources/reimbursement, and increasingly medically complex patients with the expectation of improving outcomes and reducing length of stay. Honing knowledge of clinically-relevant neuroanatomy and neuropathology can predict dysfunction and intuitively create a scaffold for assessment and treatment even before meeting the patient. Predetermining potential deficits leads to a more tightly defined diagnostic battery and expedites treatment formulation. By deducing the patient’s experience, the clinician can also prepare for behavioral barriers to engagement and understand the healing process with greater compassion.  In this one-day seminar, participants will learn intermediate level neurophysiology as it relates to cognitive-linguistic skills and behavioral control, as well as explore mindfulness techniques for stress reduction. The overlying foci of the course are to arm treating professionals with an improved clinical eye, predicting dysfunction, and expedite the pathway to treatment. Course content will also include patient-focused educational materials for stroke and traumatic brain injury ready to utilize by treating practitioners. Objectives: • Categorize the anatomy and function of lobes of the brain as they apply to behavioral control. • Characterize the neurophysiology of memory and effect of fear/anger upon new learning and memory. • Analyze the effect of traumatic and non-traumatic injuries upon cognitive centers. • Connect neurotransmitters with the communication system within the brain. • Evaluate the optic system and lesion locations that affect engagement and accuracy in therapy. • Recommend simple neuroanatomy-based techniques to rapidly de-escalate stress for patients and caretakers. • Assess neuro-behavioral barriers that impact new learning.