Upcoming Medical Conferences in Carlsbad

Borderline, Narcissistic, Antisocial and Histrionic Personality Disorders: Effective Treatments for Challenging Clients is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Jun 27, 2019 at Cape Rey Carlsbad, a Hilton Resort, Carlsbad, California, United States of America. Target Audience • Counselors • Social Workers • Psychologists • Psychotherapists • Therapists • Addiction Counselors • Marriage and Family Therapists • Case Managers • Nurses • Other Mental Health Professionals Course Description: Join Dr. Kenneth Cairns as he delivers an intensive workshop and seminar designed to provide you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to accurately identify and treat your most difficult personality disordered clients. Better understand your clients with Antisocial, Narcissist, Histrionic and Borderline Personality Disorder client and make a breakthrough in clinical treatment. • Manage the manipulative and possibly violent Antisocial Personality Disorder in-session. • Overcome the Narcissistic Personality Disorder trait of perfectionism and combat their need to overpower you as the therapist. • Better understand your clients diagnosed with Histrionic Personality Disorder whose intense emotions and need for attention will test your patience and compassion. • Help the Borderline Personality Disorder client deal with their explosive emotions, self-harm tendencies and cravings for chaos. Case studies and video examples will be used to illustrate client symptom presentation, treatment, and management of each Cluster B client type. You will explore various modalities that are effective with antisocial, narcissistic, histrionic, and borderline personality disorders, such as Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive-Behavioral, Interpersonal, and Dialectical therapies. Each of these theories will be explored to provide you with solid and useable skills to include in your daily practice. Objectives: • Determine how the changes with the DSM-5® impacts diagnosis and treatment of the Cluster B Personality Disorders. • Identify and diagnose clients with antisocial, narcissistic, histrionic and borderline Personality Disorders to effectively inform your choice of treatment interventions. • Utilize case studies to differentiate symptom overlap, effective treatment and emotional management of each Cluster B Personality Disorders client type. • Manage the manipulative and potentially violent behaviors with your clients diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder in session to make therapeutic progress. • Implement CBT techniques to clarify behaviors, values and goals with clients diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. • Incorporate techniques to decrease explosive emotions, self-harm tendencies and cravings for chaos for clients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. • Utilize MI and DBT techniques with clients diagnosed with Histrionic Personality Disorder to help manage cognition and improve emotional regulation. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

36th Annual Primary Care Summer Conference is organized by Scripps Health and will be held from Aug 09 - 11, 2019 at The Westin Carlsbad Resort & Spa, Carlsbad, California, United States of America. Target Audience: • Family Medicine • Internal Medicine • General Practitioners Accreditation: Physicians: Scripps Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Scripps Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Credit Breakdown: • Three-Part Dermoscopy Workshop (Fri-Sun): 3 • Main Conference (Fri-Sun): 12 • Total Credits Available: 15 ABIM MOC Credits: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 12 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. Board of Registered Nursing: For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME. For the purpose of re-licensure, the California Board of Registered Nursing accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. American Academy of Physician Assistants: NCCPA accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Course Overview: Scripps Health’s Primary Care Summer Conference was designed by primary care physicians for primary care physicians and will present content from their unique perspective. This important CME conference will educate and promote improved patient outcomes in a broad range of therapeutic areas commonly encountered in the busy primary care practice. The 2019 conference will include updates on infectious diseases, diabetes management, human trafficking, neurology, cardiology, and a number of other important conditions providers come across in practice. In addition to an overview of the history and current science of a variety of specialty areas, content will be presented in a very practical, patient-focused manner relevant to the specific primary care setting and challenges. Conference Highlights: • Presentation of a wide variety of therapeutic areas commonly encountered in primary and family practice settings • Practical and useful content, including pearls, additional resources, course materials and recordings for later reference • Dynamic and interactive formats including case studies, audience response system, and ample opportunities for Q&A • Half-day schedule at one of San Diego’s most popular vacation destinations allowing time for learning and relaxation Educational Objectives: After attending this live activity, participants should be able to: • Discuss the history, science and evidence of commonly encountered therapeutic areas. • Integrate current trends in preventive health care into patient care strategies. • Diagnose frequently encountered medical conditions using office examinations and formal diagnostic techniques. • Formulate a comprehensive treatment program for various health issues, coordinating other team members within the practice to support the patient care strategy. • Manage the specialist referral process: assess when to refer, recognize what the specialized treatment will consist of, and determine the role of the primary care physician in cohesive care and follow-up. • Identify common overlapping or related conditions. • Access and/or recommend resources for both physicians and patients to acquire additional information pertinent to a range of therapeutic areas. • Effectively discuss with patients their personal responsibilities in prevention and treatment. Three Part Pre-Conference Workshop: Dermoscopy and Melanoma: What Have You Been Missing? Friday-Sunday, 7-8 a.m. each day. Speakers: Michael L. Van Buskirk, MD, ABFM, Robert Alan Bonakdar, MD, FAAFP, FACN, Tonya Chaffee, MD, MPH, Nancy F. Crum-Cianflone, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA, Joel C. Diamant, MD, FACP, David Feifel, MD, PhD, Vikram K. Garg, MD, James Q. Hwang, MD, RDMS, RDCS, FACEP, Michael A. Lobatz, MD, James D. McCallum, MD, Raymond A. Plodkowski, MD, Poulina Q. Uddin, MD, Christopher J. Suhar, MD Time: 7:00 am - 12:30 pm

Pacific Coast Surgical Association (PCSA) 91st Annual Meeting is organized by Pacific Coast Surgical Association (PCSA) and will be held from Feb 14 - 17, 2020 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, Carlsbad, California, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Seventh Annual Clinical Advances in Heart Failure and Arrhythmias is organized by Scripps Conference Services & CME and will be held from Apr 24 - 26, 2020 at The Westin Carlsbad Resort & Spa, Carlsbad, California, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

California Society of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery - CalDerm Symposium is organized by CalDerm - California Society of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery and would be held during Sep 25 - 27, 2020 at La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad, California, United States of America.