Upcoming Medical Conferences in Stanford

8th Annual Navigating Spine Care is organized by Stanford Center for Continuing Medical Education and will be held on Aug 24, 2019 at Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center, Stanford, California, United States of America. This CME conference has been approved for a maximum of 6.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Target Audience: This national conference is designed to meet the educational needs of physicians specializing in: • Family Practice • Primary Care • Internal Medicine • Neurology • Neurosurgery • Orthopedic Surgery • Physiatry The 8th Annual Navigating Spine Care is a one-day course highlighting best practices and innovations in spine care.  This interprofessional and interdisciplinary CME activity is designed for primary care physicians, family medicine physicians, neurologists, orthopedic surgeons, physiatrists, pain specialists, and physical therapists.  Stanford faculty and guest speakers will discuss diagnostic principles, approaches to management, therapeutic treatments, surgical techniques, and additional topics relevant to patients presenting with complex spinal disorders.  Participants will learn about evidenced-based options and the latest technological advances in spine care through an engaging curriculum that incorporates didactic lectures, a hands-on demonstration, breakout sessions, panel discussions, and a Q&A with experts in the field.  Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to: • Evaluate, diagnose, counsel, manage and/or, when appropriate, refer patients who present with spine conditions. • Interpret and apply current evidence-based treatment options for spinal conditions. • Order and interpret diagnostic imaging for patients with spinal conditions. • Discuss innovative techniques and approaches to caring for patients with spinal-related complaints. • Describe appropriate pain management strategies for patients with spine-related pain. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

2019 Gastroenterology & Hepatology Board Review Course is organized by Stanford Medicine and will be held from Sep 07 - 08, 2019 at Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center, Stanford, California, United States of America. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 19.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Electrophysiology in the West 2019: The Latest Advances in Arrhythmia Care is organized by Stanford Center for Continuing Medical Education and will be held on Sep 13, 2019 at Li Ka Shing Learning and Knowledge Center, Stanford, California, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

The Early Detection of Cancer Conference is organized by Cancer Research UK, Canary Center at Stanford, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute and will be held from Sep 24 - 26, 2019 at Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center, Stanford, California, United States of America. Description: The annual Conference brings together experts in early detection from multiple disciplines to share ground breaking research and progress in the field. The Conference is part of a long-term commitment to invest in early detection research, to understand the biology behind early stage cancers, find new detection and screening methods and enhance uptake and accuracy of screening. 2019 conference topic list includes: • Integrative Early Detection through multiple technologies • Prognostic Early Detection • Signals from beyond the tumor • Integrative Susceptibility for Early Detection • Fostering a translational mentality in Early Detection Research Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) Fall Course 2019 is organized by Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) and will be held from Oct 18 - 20, 2019 at Arrillaga Outdoor Education and Recreation Center, Stanford, California, United States of America. Conference Description: Advanced Wilderness Life Support® (AWLS) is a medical certification course that provides a practical foundation in Wilderness Medicine for medical professionals. The course is a 3-day course that teaches patient assessment and treatment guidelines enabling them to prevent and effectively manage emergency medical situations outside traditional medical facilities until definitive care or evacuation is available and trains the provider in methods to manage medical and trauma emergencies and urgencies in the wilderness when evacuation is unavailable or unnecessary. The course is equally divided between the didactic lecture and hands-on teaching. The AWLS certification is appropriate for any licensed medical professional, or medical professional in training, who has an interest in wilderness activities. Learn Theory, Assessment, & Stabilization of Wilderness Emergencies Including:  Animal, Insect, and Arthropod Bites and Stings, Avalanches, Dive medicine, Head, Ear, Eye, Nose, Throat, & Skin, High Altitude Sickness, Hyperthermia, Hypothermia, & Frostbite, Infectious Diseases, Lightning, Medical Kits, Patient Assessment, Submersion, Water disinfection, Wound and Musculoskeletal Injuries Management, Assessment & Scene Safety, C-spine Management, Dislocations, Fractures, & Splints, Patient Packaging & Evacuation. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

5th Annual Stanford 25 Bedside Teaching Symposium is organized by Stanford Center for Continuing Medical Education and will be held from Nov 01 - 02, 2019 at Li Ka Shing Learning and Knowledge Center, Stanford, California, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 12.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Target Audience: This national program is designed for physicians, fellows, and residents of all specialties. Statement of need: The 2019 Stanford Bedside Teaching Symposium is an annual event which brings together medical educators from around the world to foster clinical teaching skills. We aim to build a sense of community among all those who attend and to increase both individual physical examination skills as well as the ability of those in attendance to teach and evaluate the clinical skills of their learners. We accomplish this with lectures by expert clinicians, live demonstrations and hands on workshops using both real and standardized patients. The content is aimed at early and mid-career physician educators but would also be appropriate for chief residents and senior residents looking for a career in medical education. This year we are excited to offer a poster session for attendees to present research and clinical cases that are related to bedside medicine and physical examination. learning objectives: At the conclusion of the activity, participants should be able to: • Perform a competent physical examination • Interpret examination data • Teach physical exam skills at a patient’s bedside

Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Current Advances in Treatment and Recommendations for Evaluation and Rehabilitation is organized by Stanford Center for Continuing Medical Education and will be held from Dec 06 - 07, 2019 at Li Ka Shing Learning and Knowledge Center, Stanford, California, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Target Audience: This is an international program designed for physicians, nurses, advance practice nurses (APNs), professional nurses (RNs) physician assistants, physical therapists, administrators, researchers, social workers, allied health professionals, occupational therapists, speech language pathologists, residents, fellows and medical students specializing in Neurology, Pediatrics, and Neuromuscular Specialties. Course Description: This two day course is provided to first, teach healthcare providers on the clinical perspective of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) including the broad phenotypic spectrum of pediatric and adult patients, evidence of natural history of the disease, new updates to standards of care, clinical outcome measures/standardized assessments, and the influence of therapies both approved and in development; and second, to support healthcare providers, outside of specialized SMA centers, to manage rehabilitation programs and evaluate patient progress using validated standardized clinical assessments in SMA. At the end of this course, participants will have an understanding of the current advances in treatment as well as recommendations for the evaluation and rehabilitation management in SMA. Attendees will comprehend how to relate the standards of care to clinical practice and assess SMA patients with standardized clinical measures. Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to: • Summarize the clinical perspectives of Spinal Muscular Atrophy including disease pathology, phenotypic spectrum, and evidence of natural history. • Choose and organize suitable rehabilitation programs based on available standards of care recommendations. • Determine and apply appropriate clinical outcome measures based on age and function with correct administration and scoring of motor performance using these common Spinal • Muscular Atrophy measures.