Upcoming Medical Conferences in San Jose

Infection Control and Dental Practice Law & CPR Class is organized by Northern California Association of Vietnamese-American Dentists (NCAVAD) and will be held on Nov 03, 2019 at Santa Clara County Dental Society (SCCDS) Office, San Jose, California, United States of America. Unit: 4 CE Credits Topic: Infection Control & Dental Practice Law, OSHA Updates – Eloise Reed, RDA Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

The Upward Spiral: Evidence-Based Neuroscience Techniques for Rewiring the Pathways of Anxiety, Depression and Related Disorders is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Dec 13, 2019 at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel San Jose, San Jose, California, United States of America. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 6.25 clock hours of continuing education/ 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Target Audience: • Psychologists • Social Workers • Licensed Counselors • Marriage and Family Therapists • Nurses • Nurse Practitioners • Psychotherapists • Addiction Counselors • Occupational Therapists Course Description: Early in my career, I recognized a disconnect between neuroscience research and popular treatment strategies. While depression and anxiety are clearly rooted in altered brain function, most clinicians were not taught about specific neural circuits and neurotransmitters that contribute to these disorders. As a result, treatment plans for mood and anxiety disorders were often incomplete – many solutions uncovered by research were overlooked and strategies relied heavily on medication without any changes in a client’s action, activity and environment. There had to be a better way to treat these clients and improve outcomes! Today, I know that using proven cognitive-behavioral interventions like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), and Behavioral Activation Therapy (BAT) in conjunction with exercise, social support and positive habits yields powerful therapeutic effects. Expanding your understanding of the connection between biology and mental health provides you with a pragmatic and holistic lens through which you can view your clients and accommodate their different challenges. And, when your clients understand that what feels “wrong” is actually the activity and chemistry of particular brain circuits, it improves treatment buy-in and compliance. Join me for this must attend conference and I will show you how: • The biology of stress, anxiety and depression informs cognitive therapies like ACT, MBCT, and BAT • Information provided by neuroscientific research can improve treatment outcomes • Simple interventions modulate the activity and chemistry of key brain regions • You can effectively teach clients about complicated brain structures and functions Objectives: • Analyze findings from neuroscientific research exploring the connection between key brain regions, neurotransmitters, and mental health. • Communicate how understanding neurobiological processes can help clinicians establish realistic goals with clients and engage them in therapy. • Explore the role of the amygdala in stress and anxiety and communicate how labeling feelings and mindful awareness of emotions can be used to manage symptoms. • Characterize how habits relate to stress and connect this information to cognitive behavioral approaches that intervene in habit loops and reduce stress related symptoms. • Establish how neuroscience informed explanations of mental health disorders can bring objectivity into your discussions with clients and shift the way they feel about their pathology. • Assess the latest scientific research on gratitude and characterize the potential benefits and research limitations found in these studies.

Grow Your Practice with Dental Sleep Medicine is organized by Sleep Group Solutions (SGS) and will be held from Dec 13 - 14, 2019 at San Jose, California, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 16 CEU. Course Description: 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. Day 1 • Sleep 101 – sleep stages, disorders and the need for sleep apnea treatment • Sleep apnea symptoms/clinical issues • Improving Case Acceptance - Treating snoring and sleep apnea in a dental office. • Prepare overnight home sleep study for select course attendees • Hands on with Pharyngometer / Rhinometer for airway testing • Working with Sleep Physicians and Building relationships with local MD’s Day 2 • Download previous night’s Home Sleep Tests study and review study data and sleep report with class • Dental Sleep Medicine step-by-step protocol flow chart • Oral Appliance Pro’s & Con’s: Dorsal, Herbst, EMA, TAP, Panthera, and SomnoMed • Case presentations and How to Market a Sleep Practice • Review of the latest codes, fees, procedures with medical billing and Medicare. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Exploring And Explaining The Workplace Violence And Burnout Epidemics is organized by National Nurses United (NNU) and will be held on Jan 21, 2020 at San Jose Marriott, San Jose, California, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of CE credit (6 CEHs). Description: Workplace violence is a growing epidemic in hospitals and other health care settings. Nurses and other health care workers encounter 5 to 12 times more workplace violence than workers overall in the United States. Simultaneously, nurses report extremely high rates of stress, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and burnout. Research has shown that as many as 86 percent of nurses report burnout syndrome and 22 percent of nurses have symptoms of PTSD.  This class will investigate the epidemics of workplace violence and burnout and what they mean for nurses today. Using national and state-level data and peer-reviewed literature, we will examine the relationship between the structure and management of the health care industry and risk factors for workplace violence and nurse burnout. Understanding this relationship reveals powerful structural solutions to workplace violence, stress, and burnout for nurses. Course Objectives: Upon completion of this class, participants will be able to:  • Describe the epidemics of workplace violence and burnout among nurses. • Explain the impact of workplace violence and nurse burnout on patient care. • Discuss how direct care nurses can take steps to end the workplace violence and burnout epidemics. Note: CE courses are free to California Nurses Association and National Nurses United members and student nurses. For direct-care and staff RNs. Participants will be notified by U.S. mail and by email if a course is cancelled. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Association For Research In Otolaryngology (ARO) 43rd Annual MidWinter Meeting is organized by Association For Research In Otolaryngology and would be held during Jan 24 - 29, 2020 at San Jose McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, California, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available

Building Better Balance Course is organized by Great Lakes Seminars (GLS) and will be held from Apr 25 - 26, 2020 at Silver Creek Fitness and Physical Therapy, San Jose, California, United States of America.  Accreditation: This course has been submitted for 16 continuing education hours. Approval amounts may vary per state. Certificates of attendance with the number of course hours will be given to each participant at the completion of the course. Course Description: This course is a practical and evidence-based approach to balance dysfunction for the adult population. Course material will include an overview of how the sensory systems (somatosensory, vestibular, visual, and auditory) and contributing elements of the central nervous system relate to balance dysfunction. Clinicians will develop an understanding of the way sensory input is coordinated and implemented to achieve and maintain postural control. This class will allow participants to utilize relevant information from each system to apply effective manual therapy techniques and choose relevant therapeutic exercise to create a comprehensive balance training program for their patients. Course Objectives: At the completion of this seminar, the participant will be able to: • Correctly perform 12 relevant manual therapy techniques which may imporve postural control or address impairments associated with balance dysfunction. • Verbally identify signs and symptoms of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. • Correctly perform the Dix Hallpike test and the Canlith Repositioning Maneuver to address posterior/anterior semicircular canal dysfunction. • Correctly perform the Supine-Roll test and the Appiani Treatment to address horizontal semicircular canal dysfunction. • Correctly perform five tai chi forms or exercises.  • Correctly perform at least 20 exercises which may promote the development of strength, power, flexibility, and balance. • Develop a comprehensive balance rehabilitation regimen.  Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Mobilization of the Cervical and Thoracic Spine and Ribs is organized by Great Lakes Seminars (GLS) and will be held from Jun 06 - 07, 2020 at Silver Creek Fitness and Physical Therapy, San Jose, California, United States of America. Accreditation: This course has been submitted for 16 continuing education hours. Approval amounts may vary per state. Certificates of attendance with the number of course hours will be given to each participant at the completion of the course. Course Description: ​This class focuses on taking an area of the body – the neck, upper back and ribs - and simplifying it so that the therapist feels comfortable treating it. Treatment approaches include Muscle Energy Technique (MET) and direct articulations to the thoracic spine and ribs. The class is evidence based and every technique is repeated multiple times throughout the class so each participant has the chance to learn them well. When you leave this class you will walk away with a comprehensive and strong foundation for treatment of the neck, upper back and ribs. As with all of our manual therapy courses, this seminar will follow a progression of principles and reinforce them throughout the 16 hours, is at least 75% hands-on lab, and will give the clinician hands-on skills they use immediately upon their return to the clinical setting.  Course Objectives: At the completion of this seminar, the participant will be able to: • Correctly describe the normal and abnormal biomechanics of the vertebrae in the Upper Cervical spine (OA, AA), Lower ervical Spine (C2-7), Thoracic spine (T1-I2) and ribs. • Confidently describe 5 specific spinal and rib anatomical structures. • Correctly describe the neurophysiological mechanism behind muscle energy technique (MET) • Correctly and confidently identify 3 key components necessary to administer proper MET. • Correctly and confidently administer 5 cervical spine METs, 5 thoracic spine METs, 4 thoracic spine mobilizations (Grade II-IV), 3 thoracic spine manipulations (Grade V), 1 Cervical Thoracic distraction mobilization/manipulation, 3 Rib METs, and 2 Rib mobilization/manipulations. • Through the discussion of relevant evidence based research, support the use of METs/Mobilization/Manipulations to the Cervical and Thoracic spine and Ribs for specific diagnoses. • Through the use of 3 varying case studies, correctly demonstrate a systematic approach for the treatment progression through the cervical and thoracic spine and rib complex. • Properly locate the correct bony landmarks (I.e. Thoracic and Cervical Transverse Process, Rib angle). • Demonstrate the appropriate force direction for 5 specific MET/Mobilization/Manipulations. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.  

Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) 45th Annual MidWinter Meeting is organized by Association For Research In Otolaryngology (ARO) and will be held from Feb 05- 09, 2022 at San Jose McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, California, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available