Upcoming Medical Conferences in Irvine

Grow Your Practice with Dental Sleep Medicine is organized by Sleep Group Solutions (SGS) and will be held from Nov 15 - 16, 2019 at Irvine, California, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 16 CEU. Course Description/Agenda This is a Must attend for any dental office that is looking to implement a Sleep Protocol, or learn how to increase existing Sleep revenues. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

High-Functioning Autism: Proven & Practical Interventions for Challenging Behaviors in Children, Adolescents & Young Adults is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Dec 02, 2019 at Atrium Hotel, Irvine, California, United States of America. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 6.3 contact hours / 6.25 clock hours of continuing education / 6.25 hours of continuing education credit.  Target Audience: • Speech-Language Pathologists • Speech-Language Pathology Assistants • School Administrators • Special Education Teachers • General Education Teachers • School-based Personnel • Social Workers • Counselors • Occupational Therapists • Occupational Therapy Assistants • Behavioral Intervention Specialists • Psychologists • Marriage & Family Therapists • Educational Paraprofessionals • Nurses • Youth Leaders • Probation Officers • Other helping professionals who work with children/adolescents/young adultsCourse  Description: This intensive, full-day seminar provides proven intervention strategies, essential treatment tools, and behavioral techniques to help you analyze behaviors and actions, identify consequences for behaviors, and teach new skills to children, adolescents and young adults with high-functioning autism (HFA). Walk away with practical intervention techniques for social success, behavior changes and overcoming challenging co-occurring behaviors that deliver success through adulthood. The challenging co-occurring issues to be addressed are: • Social skills • Sensory • Depression • ADHD • Psychotropic medications • Communication • Anxiety/Rigidity • Meltdowns • OCD • Non-compliance Gain valuable insight into common psychotropic medications, including both the helpful effects and potentially problematic side effects, that these individuals are prescribed. We will explore HFA and the new DSM-5® diagnosis of Social-Pragmatic Communication Disorder. You will receive the necessary tools to gain effective collaboration between clinicians, educators and parents. Through case studies, video clips and class participation you will leave this seminar with the confidence to identify actions that cause impediments in change, utilize more successful consequences for behaviors, and teach new skills to children, adolescents, and young adults with HFA. Don’t just manage these individuals; provide interventions that can lead to successful independence into their adult years! Objectives: • Implement interventions to teach children/adolescents diagnosed with High-Functioning • Autism (HFA) the skills to independently manage their own regulation, anxiety and fears. • Design effective strategies to approach transitions and routine life challenges for children/adolescents diagnosed with HFA. • Utilize specific interventions to improve long-term social-emotional success for children/adolescents diagnosed with HFA. • Suggest specific sensory-based calming techniques to reduce anxiety for children/adolescents diagnosed with HFA. • Recognize the potential side effects of psychotropic medication that can mimic or cause behavioral issues related to HFA. • Design specific behavioral interventions to reduce frequency, intensity and duration of difficult behaviors in children/adolescents with HFA.

PBI Professional Boundaries and Ethics: Essential Edition is organized by Professional Boundaries Education and will be held from Dec 06 - 08, 2019 at UCI Student Center & Event Services, Irvine, California, United States of America. Course Credit: 24 CME/CE hours Summary: With pre-seminar preparation in addition to the three day in-person course, the Enhanced Edition offers a comprehensive educational experience. The 10-hour pre-course, consisting of readings and written exercises, prepares participants for the conceptual, emotional, and practical work that will occur in the seminar. Our suite of Professional Boundaries and Ethics courses employ the premise that everyone has the potential to commit a boundary or ethics violation-yet not everyone does. As in many other similar boundaries and ethics courses, participants learn why they are being held to account. But in our course, participants also open their eyes to what predisposed them to violate professional or ethical norms at the particular time and in the particular manner that they did. These learnings drive an intensive process of self-assessment and introspection, culminating in the development of a Personalized Protection Plan that each participant designs to avoid future wrongdoing, safeguard patients and colleagues, and honor the reputation of their profession. Professions this course is suitable for: Physicians, dentists, veterinarians, chiropractors, physician assistants, nurses, mental health providers, EMT's, physical therapists, students, and a wide variety of other clinicians. This course addresses issues such as: • Professional misconduct • Non-Sexual and sexual boundary violations • Workplace relationships and disruptive behavior • Recognizing power imbalances • General boundary crossing & violations • Board-mandated or anticipated disciplinary action • Team or clinical communication issues Learning objectives • Express why and how healthcare professionals are held accountable for adhering to standards of practice, codes of ethics, and state statutes • Discuss attributes and behaviors that constitute professionalism in the context of health care, and identify specific lapses in their own professionalism • Explain how professional problems evolve, employing the model of a continuum of boundary impingements • Express how professional lapses can adversely affect clinical judgment and cause a range of other impacts and harms • Describe the components of the Boundary Formula™ and apply them to their own violation potential and, if applicable, their infraction • Create and implement a Personalized Protection Plan that includes strategies, safeguards, and systems to reduce the risk of relapse and improve accountability • Detect early warning signs of professional problems in themselves and others in order to reduce the risk of future violations

PBI Medical Ethics & Professionalism (ME-22) is organized by Professional Boundaries Education and will be held from Dec 06 - 07, 2019 at UCI Student Center & Event Services, Irvine, California, United States of America. Course Credit: 22 CME/CE hours Summary: Like all PBI Education offerings, this course is grounded in the premise that everyone has the potential to commit a boundary or ethics violation. In this course, participants examine how and why their professional practices, responses to stress, and personal or situational factors put them at risk for exercising poor judgment or rationalizing improper behavior. Participants arrive at the seminar primed by the pre-course readings, assignments, and self-assessment exercises—springboards for the process of introspection and self-critique. Participant complete the course by producing a Personalized Protection Plan designed to avoid future wrongdoing, safeguard patients and colleagues, and honor the reputation of their profession. Professions this course is suitable for: Physicians, dentists, veterinarians, chiropractors, physician assistants, nurses, mental health providers, EMT's, physical therapists, students, and a wide variety of other clinicians. This course addresses issues such as: • Misrepresentation, falsification, cheating • Financial improprieties • Breaking laws • HIPAA or confidentiality violations • Practicing on an expired license Learning objectives: • Comply with standards of practice, codes of ethics, and state statutes • Improve clinical decision making by minimizing negative influencers • Adhere to professional ethics with resultant improvements in professional-patient interaction, which can improve clinical outcomes • Reduce their potential transgressions through the development of systems that can be implemented into clinical practice • Become aware of the early warning signs indicative of ethical dilemmas and boundary problems • Create and implement a tiered Protection Plan to maintain appropriate boundaries

PBI Professional Boundaries and Ethics: Enhanced Edition is organized by Professional Boundaries Education and will be held from Dec 06 - 08, 2019 at UCI Student Center & Event Services, Irvine, California, United States of America. Course Credit 34 CME/CE hours Summary With pre-seminar preparation in addition to the three day in-person course, the Enhanced Edition offers a comprehensive educational experience. The 10-hour pre-course, consisting of readings and written exercises, prepares participants for the conceptual, emotional, and practical work that will occur in the seminar.  Our suite of Professional Boundaries and Ethics courses employ the premise that everyone has the potential to commit a boundary or ethics violation-yet not everyone does. As in many other similar boundaries and ethics courses, participants learn why they are being held to account. But in our course, participants also open their eyes to what predisposed them to violate professional or ethical norms at the particular time and in the particular manner that they did. These learnings drive an intensive process of self-assessment and introspection, culminating in the development of a Personalized Protection Plan that each participant designs to avoid future wrongdoing, safeguard patients and colleagues, and honor the reputation of their profession. Professions this course is suitable for: Physicians, dentists, veterinarians, chiropractors, physician assistants, nurses, mental health providers, EMT's, physical therapists, students, and a wide variety of other clinicians. This course addresses issues such as: • Professional misconduct • Non-Sexual and sexual boundary violations • Workplace relationships and disruptive behavior • Recognizing power imbalances • General boundary crossing & violations • Board-mandated or anticipated disciplinary action • Team or clinical communication issues Learning objectives • Express why and how healthcare professionals are held accountable for adhering to standards of practice, codes of ethics, and state statutes • Discuss attributes and behaviors that constitute professionalism in the context of health care, and identify specific lapses in their own professionalism • Explain how professional problems evolve, employing the model of a continuum of boundary impingements • Express how professional lapses can adversely affect clinical judgment and cause a range of other impacts and harms • Describe the components of the Boundary Formula™ and apply them to their own violation potential and, if applicable, their infraction • Create and implement a Personalized Protection Plan that includes strategies, safeguards, and systems to reduce the risk of relapse and improve accountability • Detect early warning signs of professional problems in themselves and others in order to reduce the risk of future violations

Childhood Apraxia of Speech: The Kaufman K-SLP Methods and Behavioral Strategies To Build Successful Vocal Communication is organized by Northern Speech Services (NSS) and will be held on Dec 06, 2019 at Irvine Marriott, Irvine, California, United States Of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of  0.6 ASHA CEUs. Target Audience: Speech-language pathologists, ABA technicians, special education teachers, and parents of children with apraxia. The focus will be children ages 2-8 years with apraxia of speech and/or other speech sound disorders. Description: • This clinical presentation will focus on evaluation and treatment strategies for Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) using the Kaufman Speech to Language Protocol (K-SLP) methods. It will include defining CAS, establishing motivation, using reinforcement, implementing and fading cues, and scripting functional expressive language. It will also include implementing the principles of motor learning for practice schedules and how to move from the acquisition stage to the retention stage of learning to be an effective vocal communicator. • The methods, strategies, and techniques presented in this program follow the most current research in CAS and will provide clinicians with the information they need to help children with CAS progress from a simple core vocabulary to phrases and eventually to sentences and conversational speech. In addition, treatment videos will be used to enhance the learning experience. Course Objectives: • Understand and analyze a norm-referenced, standardized test which relates directly to this approach in order to identify this unique population of children. • Use evaluation information to establish goals for single words and phrases. • Implement a specific treatment approach using phonological processes to simplify the motor plans for CAS. • Provide five lists of single words to target in therapy. • List principles of motor learning for the acquisition vs. the retention stages of learning. • Explain the importance of mixing and varying tasks/blocked vs. random practice.

PBI Pharmacy Ethics and Professionalism (PE-22) is organized by Professional Boundaries Education and will be held from Dec 07 - 08, 2019 at UCI Student Center & Event Services, Irvine, California, United States of America. Course Credit: 22 CPE hours Summary: Although all clinicians are at risk for lapses in ethical or professional conduct, some issues are unique to pharmacists. This course was designed by a forensic pharmacist to present these unique topics against a background of other areas of common professional concern. In an intensive two-day curriculum, participants learn about topics such as the legal and regulatory framework in which they function, corresponding responsibility, and a pharmacist-specific professional identity that can predispose to problematic conduct. They then weave that information into a Personalized Protection Plan to elevate their accountability and prevent recidivism. Professions this course is suitable for: Pharmacists, PIC's, pharmacy managers, and pharmacy executives. This course addresses issues such as: • Misrepresentation, falsification, cheating • Financial improprieties • Breaking laws • HIPAA or confidentiality violations • Practicing on an expired license Learning objectives: • Define the concept of professionalism as it relates to pharmacists • Identify unique risk factors that create legal, regulatory, and risk management issues for pharmacists • Discuss the important statutes and regulations that govern the practice of pharmacy, how and why they were created, and what boards of pharmacy do to enforce them • Identify how and why pharmacists enter the legal/regulatory system • Define the concept of unprofessional conduct • Identify and define violation potentials for ethical issues utilizing the Ethics Formula • Create a personal Ethics Protection Plan to maintain professional ethics and safeguard against ethics violations • Demonstrate the use of peer group discussions to solve ethical dilemmas

PBI Medical Record Keeping: Extended Edition (MR-17EX) is organized by Professional Boundaries Education and will be held from Dec 07 - 08, 2019 at UCI Student Center & Event Services, Irvine, California, United States of America. Course Credit: 30 CME/CE hours Summary: Deficiencies in medical record keeping is a common reason for referral to a remedial course, yet many clinicians fail to recognize why they are being held to account for what they may consider a chore—even a distraction from patient care. Our course illustrates why the process of keeping complete, clear, and accurate medical records is critical to the responsible provision of patient care and explores perceived obstacles to adhering to better practices. The pre-seminar review of provided medical records sets the stage for the in-person, interactive instruction in standards of record keeping, including trouble-shooting to ensure that newfound habits can be maintained.  The Extended Edition is the most comprehensive option of our medical record courses. Through post-seminar follow-up, via weekly, telephonic post-course Maintenance and Accountability Seminars participants reinforces what was learned in the classroom, elevate accountability through revisiting their Personalized Protection Plans, and engages them in a community of peer review and support. Professions this course is suitable for: Physicians, physician assistants, nurses, veterinarians, dentists, podiatrists, and other clinicians. This course addresses issues such as: • Incomplete or illegible records • EMR and coding inaccuracies • Other record keeping deficiencies as determined by employer, regulator, or law Learning objectives: • Understand and implement the regulations and laws regarding medical record keeping • Improve documentation in support of appropriate billing codes • Document with clarity to reduce misinterpretation and errors • Provide improved documentation for risk management • Apply improved skills for maintaining electronic medical records

PBI Prescribing: Opioids, Pain Management, and Addiction (RX-21) is organized by Professional Boundaries Education and will be held from Dec 07 - 08, 2019 at UCI Student Center & Event Services, Irvine, California, United States of America. Course Credit: 21 CME/CE hours Summary: More than just a course in sound prescribing practices, this course reaches beyond. We examine the personal and professional reasons why clinicians fail to prescribe properly. Both broad and deep, the curriculum covers common misconceptions about opioids, assessment of patients for misuse potential, setting prescribing-related boundaries, team-based pain management approaches, and compliance with documentation, laws, and rules. In addition, and building on insights into why clinicians prescribe inappropriately, participants develop a Personalized Protection Plan. This plan is designed to help them maintain their newfound knowledge base and prevent prescribing-related lapses. Professions this course is suitable for: Prescribers from all disciplines will benefit from this course. This course addresses issues such as: • Inappropriate or unsafe prescribing of CDS • Inadequate treatment and management of patients with chronic pain • Documentation that does not comply with laws and regulations • Poor understanding of drug dependence, addiction, and abuse potential Learning objectives: • Implement safer, more effective treatment with improved outcome through the application of a comprehensive knowledge of the spectrum of pain medications • Apply the prescribing laws and regulations into clinical practice for the safe and effective use of opioids and controlled substances • Produce and maintain medical records documenting compliance prescribing laws and documenting appropriate management and treatment of chronic pain • Differentiate opioid dependency and addiction to minimize abuse potential and maximize pain management

PBI Prescribing: Opioids, Pain Management, and Addiction Extended Edition (RX-21EX) is organized by Professional Boundaries Education and will be held from Dec 07 - 08, 2019 at UCI Student Center & Event Services, Irvine, California, United States of America. Course Credit: 33 CME/CE hours Summary: More than just a course in sound prescribing practices, this course reaches beyond to examine the personal and professional reasons why clinicians fail to prescribe properly. Both broad and deep, the curriculum covers common misconceptions about opioids, assessment of patients for misuse potential, setting prescribing-related boundaries, team-based pain management approaches, and compliance with documentation, laws, and rules. In addition, and building on insights into why clinicians prescribe inappropriately, participants develop a Personalized Protection Plan to help them maintain their newfound knowledge base and prevent future prescribing-related lapses. This Extended Edition includes a two day in-person course, followed by weekly, telephonic Maintenance and Accountability Seminars. These seminars reinforce what was learned, elevate accountability through revisiting Personalized Protection Plans, and engages participants in a community of peer review and support. Professions this course is suitable for: Prescribers from all disciplines will benefit from this course. This course addresses issues such as: • Inappropriate or unsafe prescribing of CDS • Inadequate treatment and management of patients with chronic pain • Documentation that does not comply with laws and regulations • Poor understanding of drug dependence, addiction, and abuse potential Learning objectives: • Implement safer, more effective treatment with improved outcome through the application of a comprehensive knowledge of the spectrum of pain medications • Apply the prescribing laws and regulations into clinical practice for the safe and effective use of opioids and controlled substances • Produce and maintain medical records documenting compliance prescribing laws and documenting appropriate management and treatment of chronic pain • Differentiate opioid dependency and addiction to minimize abuse potential and maximize pain management