Upcoming Medical Conferences in Santa Barbara

David Kessler On Grief and Grieving is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on May 15, 2019 at Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6.0 hours of continuing education credit. Target Audience • Counselors • Social Workers • Psychologists • Nurses • Case Managers • Marriage & Family Therapists • Chaplains/Clergy Hospitals • Palliative Care Services • Other Mental Health Professionals Course Description: Grief and grieving. It’s traumatic. It’s awkward. It’s painful. As professionals, we are expected to have the right words at hand, the right actions to recommend, and the right response. Most of us fail shamefully due to a lack of grief emphasis in our training. Every client we will see will experience loss in their life. Join David Kessler, international grief expert, author and practitioner and transform your practice, your life, and learn the art of caring for the grieving. You will then know the right words and actions to truly be of help to the dying and grieving. Course Objectives: • Explore the dynamics of different types of grief and the healing processes associated with each. • Specify age appropriate grieving milestones that occur across the lifespan. • Articulate the somatic response to grief and identify how to manage residual grief in the body. • Consider why children are often the “forgotten grievers” and identify strategies for helping this population. • Analyze the efficacy of positive psychology interventions in treating grief. • Ascertain the relationship between traumatic events and grief as it relates to the healing process.

Trauma Critical Care Symposium - 2019 is organized by Cottage Health (CH) and will be held on Jul 12, 2019 at Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

KJD: Knee Junction Dilemma (KJD) is organized by The Institute of Physical Art, Inc. (IPA) and will be held from Jul 20 - 21, 2019 at Sansum Clinic Eye Center, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 16 Contact Hours. Audience: PT, PTA, OT, SPT Attendees agree to utilize all skills of evaluation, assessment and treatment learned in this course to the extent allowed under the regulations of their professional practice act. By registering you acknowledge that your attendance does not represent authorization by the IPA, or any of its officers, to utilize any of the material learned which may lie outside of the strict interpretation of your practice act. Course Purpose: This course is a lab intensive introduction to the Functional Manual Therapy® system of management for the knee. Through lecture and demonstration, the participant will gain a better understanding of anatomical and biomechanical presentation of efficient knee function, and the interdependence between knee function and healthy motions of the foot/ankle and the hip. With the recognition that the knee is greatly influenced by the motions of the entire lower extremity, the participants will be guided through functional evaluations and assessments to identify key dysfunctions of the lower extremity to better guide interventions aimed at enhancing knee function. The participants will first be guided through select interventions for the foot and ankle and the hip prior to systematically working through an extensive series of direct treatments to the knee and surrounding structures, all with a focus on restoring a more optimal state of function to the lower extremity. Participants will be instructed to utilize the Functional Manual Therapy® clinical reasoning system for examination, evaluation, and development of a plan of care for management of the patient with decreased function secondary to mechanical capacity, neuromuscular function and motor control impairments of the knee. Through demonstration and supervised lab sessions, the participant will implement an appropriate plan of care, and utilize Functional Mobilization techniques to treat the identified dysfunctions. This course includes supervised and systematic pre and post functional and structural assessment to determine the effectiveness of the selected intervention.

Tips and Tricks to Elevate Everyday Restorative Dentistry is organized by Ultradent Products, Inc. and will be held on Oct 04, 2019 at anta Barbara, California, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is Dentists. This CE Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6 CE Credits. Overview: This course will take a look at the restorative procedures we do most often in practice including direct restorations, conservative smile enhancements, routine crown and bridge. This course will provide clinical tips and tricks to allow for everyday dentistry to seamlessly blend with the patient’s dentition. Throughout the presentation relatively low cost techniques and materials will be presented to decrease stress levels while delivering predictable and efficient dentistry. Furthermore the course will also utilize simple mockup techniques that will allow patients to have an emotional connection to their smile and oral health. Objectives: • Be exposed to efficient placement of esthetic posterior composites, utilizing innovative matrixing techniques and new age resin materials • Understand how to efficiently and conservatively restore an anterior fractured tooth • Learn techniques to elevate routine crown and bridge dentistry, yet be conservative • Learn strategies to show patients the possibilities of an improved smile and build an emotional connection.