Upcoming Medical Conferences in Little Rock

4th Annual Otology Fellows Congress and Advanced Course in Ear & Skull Base Surgery is organized by CME Outfitters, LLC and will be held from Apr 26 - 28, 2019 at UAMS - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America. Course Description: Thanks to robust financial support, CME Outfitters is able to accommodate 24 fellows from the United States and abroad free of charge, with lodging and meal expenses also covered. The deadline to sign up is January 25th. This unique meeting will feature lectures, extensive laboratory dissections, and ample networking opportunities that will provide fellows with an opportunity to focus on some advanced surgical techniques that are well beyond the scope of a typical temporal bone course, while also working alongside fellows from the USA and abroad. Upwards of ten renowned teaching faculty members, including international distinguished members, will be in attendance to guide the fellows throughout this course and provide expert insights.  Each attendee will have access to half of a whole head specimen, as well as two temporal bones. Attendees will be covering topics such as soft tissue flaps in tympanomastoid surgery, revision stapes surgery, endoscopic ear surgery, and difficult cochlear implant cases/cochlear ossification. Additionally, this course offers dissection sessions on a variety of lateral skull base approaches including infratemporal fossa, complex middle ear and advanced cochlear implant techniques, meatoplasty, jugular foramen approaches, petrous apex approaches, and more. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Arkansas Rheumatology Association (ARA) 2019 Annual Meeting is organized by WJ Weiser and Associates, Inc. and will be held on Apr 27, 2019 at Crowne Plaza Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Intermediate Concepts for Today's Ortho Practice Session 2 of 4 is organized by American Orthodontic Society (AOS) and will be held from May 03 - 04, 2019 at Homewood Suites by Hilton Little Rock Downtown, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America. Course Description : This Course wil focus on impacted teeth, Crossbite and TMJ problems. The student will learn the most effective treatment to help correct these conditions as well as the removable and fixed appliance suitable for each condition. The student will learn surgical exposure techniques and torque. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

2019 ExpedMed - Little Rock, AR is organized by Well-Assembled Meetings and will be held from May 17 - 18, 2019 at Statehouse Convention Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America. Accreditation: Schumacher Clinical Partners designates this live activity for a maximum of 16.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This course is co-provided by Amedco and Well Assembled Meetings. Maximum of 16.0 contact hours. Description: Attending an ExpedMed event is a refreshing alternative to the typical CME course. Our ExpedMed CME curriculum is based on the textbook entitled Expedition and Wilderness Medicine edited by Drs. Gregory Bledsoe, Michael Manyak, and David Townes. Drawing from a wide range of wilderness medicine and expedition medicine topics - with a particular emphasis on wilderness, tropical, and travel medicine - an ExpedMed CME course will provide you with the information you need on a variety of important topics, all in a concise and practical format. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Over 75 Quick "On-The-Spot" Techniques for Children and Adolescents with Emotional and Behavior Problems is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on May 21, 2019 at Crowne Plaza Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America. Target Audience • Counselors • Social Workers • Psychologists • Marriage and Family Therapists • Speech-Language Pathologists • Teachers • School Guidance Counselors • Case Managers • Nurses • School Administrators • Educational Paraprofessionals • Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants • Other Helping Professionals who Work with Children Course Description: Leaving nothing to the abstract, “75 Quick, ‘On-The-Spot’ Techniques for Children and Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioral Problems” will guide you through focused, clear and successful methods for treating children. Every professional who seeks to fill their toolbox with tested methods will leave this seminar with a wealth of fresh ideas and rejuvenated spirits. If you do not have a lot of experience working with children and teens, you will leave with a defined strategy for success. If you are a seasoned professional, you will learn new tricks and techniques to re-energize and revitalize your practice! With nearly 25 years of clinical experience and a background in improvisational comedy, Dr. Steve is a strong proponent of “Edu-tainment.” Namely, he uses charm, wit and humor to enhance your seminar experience, thus improving the retention and utilization of the specific skills covered. We change the world when we touch a child’s life! Objectives: • Utilize effective, clinical techniques for the treatment of behavior disorders in children. • Develop specific behavioral interventions that address the developmental stage of the child and adolescent. • Consider the efficacy of biologically-based interventions to address behavioral and emotional disorders in children. • Explore clinical manifestations among anxiety disorders, ADHD, mood disorders, ODD and Conduct Disorder as it relates to diagnosis. • Develop clinical skills for establishing a therapeutic rapport to overcome treatment resistance in children and adolescents. • Analyze the diagnostic symptoms of behavioral/emotional disorders in children and adolescents and establish how this informs your choice of intervention strategies. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

ATS Trauma Registry Course (TRC) is organized by American Trauma Society (ATS) and will be held from May 28 - 29, 2019 at Arkansas Department of Health, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America. Course Description: The TRC provides a more standardized understanding of the specialty and approach to the task of maintaining a trauma register for the seasoned registrar. Lectures are designed to build upon experience, program maturity, and institutional needs. In this manner the TRC is designed and appropriate for trauma registrars / data managers of all levels of experience. The TRC provides the student with national standard definitions, and methodologies essential to a comprehensive trauma registry. The TRC is taught in a two day format that is broken down into 18 interactive sessions which provide a comprehensive overview of trauma registry practices and functions. Sessions include lectures, case studies, real world examples, group interactions and take-home supplemental materials. This course has been recognized by the American College of Surgeons in the Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient since 1999 as an avenue for comprehensive trauma registry training. Course Objectives: • Identify the fundamental elements of a trauma registry, • Identify the fundamental elements of the National Trauma Data Standard dataset patient inclusion criteria, • Achieve familiarity with the National Trauma Data Standards, their definitions, field values, and required associated elements, • Achieve familiarity with anatomical and medical terms frequently used in trauma, and understand their relevance to injury data collection, • Identify the basic principles for various scaling and scoring tools such as the ICD-10-CM, Trauma Score, Revised Trauma Score, Abbreviated Injury Scale, Injury Severity Score, TRISS, etc., • Understand the assignment of injury severity values using the tools listed above, and their importance, • Identify the process of reviewing and abstracting medical records of seriously injured trauma victims, • State the assignment of e-codes and their significance, • Utilize ICD-10-CM coding of complex multiple trauma patients with solid organ injuries in practice, • Identify various methods of data presentation, • Identify the basic principles of Inter-Rater Reliability audits, • Describe the differences between coding for reimbursement versus injury severity, • Identify multidisciplinary members of a trauma quality and process improvement committee and discuss methodology for process and quality improvement, • Achieve familiarity with computer hardware and software commonly used in trauma registers, • Understand the significance of confidentiality concerning patient data and be able to develop safeguards to maintain these standards in the safe use of Trauma Register data and reports, • Verbalize the importance of complete and comprehensive documentation as it relates to injury severity and reimbursement and imbursement.    Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

The Hip: Key to Back & Leg Pain Course is organized by CE International and will be held on Jun 06, 2019 at Four Points by Sheraton Little Rock Midtown, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6 Contact Hours. Target Audience: Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, and other medical professionals with exercise therapy focus. Description: To succeed in this changing environment, evaluation must be more definitive and treatment interventions must be functional and customized to meet the demands of the patient. This course will provide therapists with the tools to do just that. This course will consist of lecture and “learn by doing” lab. Hip and core anatomy, function and assessment will be reviewed. It will further enhance the participants ability to recognize muscle imbalances and their relation to compensatory action (in the integrated link system) which leads toinjury in the low back and lower extremity. Functional rehabilitation will be defined and discussed and a wide variety of exercise modalities will presented, analyzed and practiced. This course will provide you with the ability to choose and progress, or regress, functional exercise for the treatment of back, hip and leg pain Objectives: • Review and discuss anatomy of the core, hip & lower extremity and their relation to pathology.  • Discuss and define CAM & Pincer lesions.  • Review Hip and Core assessments.  • Review hip special tests.  • Define & discuss Dormant Butt Syndrome (DBS).  • Discuss how hip dysfunction can lead to pain in the back, hip and knee.  • Define function for purpose of rehabilitation and fitness.  • Discuss isolation versus integrated approach to rehabilitation and fitness.  • Discuss the characteristics of the human body and the operational environment in relation to the application of injury & functional exercise.  • Discuss the four pillars of human movement and why you need to incorporate them into your program.  • Provide functional exercise progressions & regressions for rehab and fitness. 

Dry Needling Part I - Instructed by Eric Krell, PT, DPT, Cert DN, MTC, MSKUS Cert is organized by University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) and will be held from Jun 07 - 09, 2019 at Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America. Hours: 25 or 2.5 CEU Prerequisite: None Who Attends: Physical Therapists Description: This 3 day seminar will provide the physical therapist with a thorough understanding of the history and current evidence regarding the use of Dry Needling in clinical practice.  The seminar will build a foundation on which the attendee may then integrate Dry Needling into clinical physical therapy practice. This seminar is a lab intensive, hands-on class.  Participants will safely handle needle manipulation and acquire motor skills necessary to perform a skilled needling session.  Participants should come prepared to practice dry needling and also be prepared to play the part of the practice patient. Intramuscular Dry Needling Part I is the first seminar of a two part certification program divided into upper and lower quadrants. Practical observation and testing occurs at the conclusion of each class (Part I & Part II) with a final written exam taking place after the completion of Part II.  The testing is conducted in order to assure that the clinician attains a safe and effective level of clinical practice in DN techniques.  Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this seminar, attendees will: • Discuss the origins, history and evolution of dry needling • Classify the origins and distinguishing factors of Latent and Active Myofascial Trigger Points • Describe the neurophysiological effects of dry needling on Myofascial Trigger Points and Myofascial Pain Syndrome • Demonstrate appropriate communication to the patients of the risks, benefits and potential for  adverse events of dry needling • Develop a comprehensive dry needling treatment regimen for the cervical, scapulo-thoracic, craniofacial and upper extremity regions based on common patient complaints, current evidence and physical exam findings to support manual therapy and therapeutic exercise • Identify and incorporate the most effective manual therapy techniques, coupled with dry needling and neuromuscular training to bring about improved outcomes for cervical, scapulo-thoracic, cranio facial and upper extremity dysfunction • Perform accurate needle penetration based on neuromusculoskeletal anatomy and targeted patient outcomes • Demonstrate safe needling techniques and decision making as to tissue area selection, needle length and depth of needle penetration • Recognize the utility of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound for improving dry needling accuracy and the identification of pathological tissues

Legal and Ethical Issues with Technology in Mental Health is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Jun 13, 2019 at Crowne Plaza Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America. Target Audience: • Counselors • Psychologists • Social Workers • Psychotherapists • Addiction Counselors • Therapists • Marriage & Family Therapists • Case Managers • Nurses • Other Mental Health Professionals Course Description: In today’s technologically advanced world it is difficult to keep up with the ever-changing laws and standards for using technology in our field. There are issues that are not clearly defined. Joni Gilbertson, MA, NCC, LCPC, will use her wealth of experiences, real-life case examples, entertaining videos, and thought provoking scenarios to make challenging topics and concepts easy to discuss and learn. Be recognized for your experience and knowledge in compliance and ethics and technology and move your practice forward. Attend this engaging workshop and walk away being more confident with : • New laws regarding using technology in your mental health practice. • What the code of ethics states and how to apply this information. • Navigate the gray areas and practice safely. • The ability to immediately apply the information and new skills with your clients near and far. Course Objectives: • Articulate the legal and ethical codes that relate to utilizing technology while providing mental health services. • Establish ethical practices to ensure safety when utilizing telemental health services. • Consider ethical dilemmas clinicians may face related to therapeutic boundaries with respect to utilizing technology in clinical practice. • Specify interjurisdictional laws and regulations for using technology in clinical practice. • Consider cultural differences when using technology and articulate how this may inform the clinician’s choice of treatment interventions. • Utilize an ethical decision making framework to recognize, analyze, resolve or prevent ethical dilemmas in your clinical practice. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Disarming the Suicidal Mind: Evidence-Based Assessment and Intervention is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Jun 18, 2019 at Crowne Plaza Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America. Target Audience • Social Workers • Psychologists • Psychiatrists • Counselors • Teachers • School Administrators • Marriage and Family Therapists • Case Managers • Addiction Counselors • Therapists • Nurses • Other Mental Health Professionals Course Description:  From Triage to Tomorrow Suicide deaths have increased dramatically in recent years to 40,000 Americans annually, a leap that has been attributed variously to the Great Recession, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and access to guns and prescription pain killers – but what about medical error? Thirty-nine percent of suicide completers have been seen in an ER within the past year (many for mental health complaints and self-harm), while 59% of ER patients with injuries from deliberate self-harm do not receive a psychiatric assessment. Despite these trends, graduate training in assessment of imminent self-harm is often limited, offering little practical experience in counseling labs due to intake policies designed to avoid liability.  This course offers a revealing look inside the complex and rapidly expanding knowledge-base concerning the epidemiology of suicide and self-harm, while exploring the most effective measures you can take to save your patients’ lives. Learn to recognize risk factors associated with suicide attempts, as well as long-term and imminent warning signs, and accurately assess self-harm and suicide risk. Discover evidence-based interventions and explore the challenges of treatment across populations, including patients with addictive behaviors. Finally, we will deconstruct the emergency mental health protocols of today and identify common thinking errors leading to diagnostic and intervention mistakes that actually worsen crisis situations. Objectives: • Analyze the rapidly expanding knowledge-base concerning the epidemiology of suicide and self-harm as it relates to clinical practice. • Recognize risk factors associated with suicide attempts, as well as long-term and imminent warning signs to improve client level of functioning. • Articulate common assessment and clinical intervention errors that can be lethal. • Identify ethical issues related to suicidal assessment and involuntary psychiatric commitment. • Implement comprehensive assessment/intervention strategies to put to practical use in session. • Overcome clinical challenges with suicidal clients to improve treatment outcomes. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.