Upcoming Medical Conferences in Gainesville

Local Anesthesia for Today’s Dental Hygienist: Certification Course is organized by University of Florida Health (UF Health) and will be held from Jan 24 - 26, 2020 at UF College Of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. Accreditation: 60 contact hours. Participation. 30 hr. didactic (5 hr. live and 25 hr. web-based and self-instruction) 30 hr. clinical (15 hr. live and 15 hr. observational) Course Description: Today’s dental hygienist must be knowledgeable in all aspects of the hygiene profession including providing local anesthesia administration to provide comfort to the dental patient. Presented by the *ADA CERP recognized University of  Florida Office of Continuing Dental Education and utilizing University of Florida faculty, this course provides the participant with the mechanics to create a positive patient environment with competent pain and anxiety management. All aspects of local anesthesia are explored from pharmacology to anatomy and managing all dental patients requiring local anesthesia. Special emphasis is placed on administering anesthesia to a periodontal patient. Practice management aspects are provided with “pearls” to utilize quality local anesthesia administration by the dental hygienist as a practice builder involving today’s demanding patient. As with any hands-on training course, the participant should realize that competency, and ultimately proficiency, in the administration of local anesthesia requires repeated administration and periodic self-reeducation. Course Goals: The goals of this class are to assist the dental hygienist to become: • Knowledgeable in the use and administration of local anesthetics in all aspects of dentistry including periodontal patients • Knowledgeable in the pharmacology, neurophysiology, neurochemistry and anatomy related to the administration of local anesthetics in a practical common sense approach • Knowledgeable and competent in the physical and psychological evaluation of the patient prior to receiving local anesthetic or dental treatment • Knowledgeable in the side effects, complications and the management of those problems associated with local anesthetics to maintain safety as a priority Course Objectives: At the conclusion of the course, the participant will be trained in: • Scope of pain and anxiety control • Neurophysiology • Pharmacology of local anesthetics and vasoconstrictors • Armamentarium • Physical and psychological evaluation • Anatomic considerations, clinical application and supplemental injection techniques • Local and systemic complications Prerequisites – Due the Monday prior to the course. • Read and study textbook (listed under Required Materials) and Course Curriculum Guide • Complete all online course assignments

Expanded Functions for Dental Auxiliary: Certification Course is organized by University of Florida Health (UF Health) and will be held from Jan 25 - 26, 2020 at UF College Of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 36 contact hours. January 25-26, 2020 (Phase 2) and February 8-9, 2020 (Phase 3). Phase 2: Part I Clinical Instruction. Students will participate in a review of the online modules and begin clinical participation. Phase 3: Part II Clinical Instruction. Students will continue with clinical participation, complete the written examination and complete a final clinical examination. Course Description: This three phase participation course is designed to teach the auxiliary to perform those expanded functions listed below including fabrication of provisional crowns. This course will include those duties which may be performed under the supervision of a dentist and for which formal training is required. Course Objectives: To provide training for certification in the following expanded functions: • Laws & Rules • Infection Control • Taking impressions for study casts • Topical application of fluoride (including foam & varnish) • Placing and removing rubber dams • Placing and removing periodontal dressings • Polishing clinical crowns for removal of stains • Polishing amalgam restorations • Placing and removing matrices • Placing intra-coronal provisional (temporary) restorations • Placing bases and liners • Suture removal • Application of pit & fissure sealants • Preliminary charting • Packing and removing retraction cord • Fabricating provisional crowns • Cementing provisional crowns with temporary cement Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Basic Airway Management Course for Dentists: Required Course for Conscious Sedation Permit Holder is organized by University of Florida Health (UF Health) and will be held on Jan 31, 2020 at University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 4 CEUs. Course Description: Any dentist performing sedation or providing care to a sedated patient should be able to provide airway management and ventilation for a patient encountering respiratory distress. The goal of the basic airway course is to educate the practitioner in basic airway assessment via history and physical assessment of the patient and to review relevant anatomy, physiology and equipment. The practitioner will learn the motor skills necessary to initiate basic airway management with regards to relieving obstruction, insertion of airway adjuncts, mask ventilation, and intubation. Motor skills will be developed under supervision utilizing simulation. Participants will complete a post-course evaluation of their airway skills. Course Goals: • Educate the dental practitioner in basic airway assessment and pre-anesthetic history and physical evaluation • Review relevant anatomy of the airway • Review respiratory physiology and the effects of sedative drugs on respiration • Practice motor skills necessary to initiate basic airway management: relieve obstruction, utilize adjuncts (nasal and oropharyngeal airways) and perform mask ventilation • Practice motor skills necessary to place and maintain an advanced airway including laryngeal mask airway (LMA) and endotracheal tube (ETT) • Learn the value of team preparation in emergency response Course Objectives: • Describe basic airway anatomy • Review basic pulmonary physiology and understand the effects of sedation on respiration • Review basic airway exam • Identify patients with an abnormal pre-sedation airway evaluation and how this affects sedation risk • Understand the role of monitoring in respiratory surveillance including observation, auscultation, pulse oximetry and end-tidal CO2 monitoring • Describe clinical situations in which oxygen, bag-valve-mask ventilation or intubation may be needed, and review various airway-related emergency situations that may occur with sedated patients, including laryngospasm, foreign-body obstruction, emesis and aspiration, and bronchospasm • Demonstrate understanding of indications for utilization of airway equipment and describe sizing and placement for the following: oxygen, stethoscope, bag-valve-mask, oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal airways, laryngeal mask airway (LMA), endotracheal tube (ETT), bougie, stylet, laryngoscope; glidescope, Yankauer suction • Review basic techniques of ventilation using simulated experiences • Review basic techniques of intubation using simulated experiences with LMA, ETT • Demonstrate confirming tube placement and ventilation using chest rise and EtCO2 • Teamwork in emergency response

Advanced Ultrasonic Instrumentation in Periodontal Management: Creating Success in Today’s Dental Practice. A Hands-On Workshop is organized by University of Florida (UF) and will be held on Feb 08, 2020 at University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. Continuing Education Units: 7 CEUs (Participation) Course Description: Micro-thin ultrasonic instrumentation decreases fatigue and enhances efficiency with new topical anesthetics and techniques to manage difficult access, including the pesky furcation! Incorporating power driven instrumentation into the periodontal component of the practice provides a time effective adjunct to definitive root planing and the biofilm removal process of the periodic supportive maintenance. Enhance your armamentarium in treating today’s initial and recare periodontal patient where surgical therapy may not be feasible. By incorporating a combination of both ultrasonic instrumentation in tandem with air glycine technologies, the participant is taken to new heights in providing a synergistic level of care. Course Objectives: • Determine which device will work best for you to achieve effective results • Explore techniques to remove biofilm and calculus in the least accessible areas, such as furcas, and how to enhance patient comfort with thin tip technology • Learn power driven instrumentation and how to incorporate it into the periodontal component of the practice • Understand how to provide local anesthesia without mandibular blocks and painful palatal injections • Provide ergonomic techniques to decrease physical fatigue and enhance time efficiency Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Fundamentals of Dental Assisting is organized by University of Florida Health (UF Health) and will be held from Feb 22 - 23, 2020 at UF College Of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 14 contact hours. Target Audience: Pre-dental students and/or individuals seeking an entry-level dental assisting position or pursuing dental auxiliary certification training. Course Description: This course provides an introduction to basic dental assisting theory and skills for pre-dental students planning to participate in the UFCD Dental Clinic Volunteer Program; and for individuals seeking an entry-level dental assisting position in a dental office. Course Objectives: At the completion of the course participants will be able to: • Participate in the UFCD Dental Clinic Volunteer Program • Seek an entry-level dental assisting position in a dental office • Meet pre-requisite for registering for Expanded Functions Dental Assistant and Radiology certification courses Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Maximizing Important Information Seen in Panoramic Radiographs is organized by University of Florida (UF) and will be held on Feb 29, 2020 at University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. Continuing Education Units 6 Contact hours Course Description The panoramic imaging physics, indications, basics principles of interpretation, panoramic anatomy, technique errors and their correction will be discussed. Development of a differential diagnosis and the rationale for need of additional imaging or referral will also be included. Several cases will be discussed in an interactive session to introduce a critical thinking component with examples of pathoses observed in daily radiographic practice. Course Objectives This course will enable participants to understand the following: • Principles of panoramic image formation • Basic interpretation of panoramic radiographs • Recognition of important anatomic landmarks • How to distinguish normal from abnormal • Normal anatomic variants • Technique errors and artifacts • Radiographic features of different lesions • Development of a differential diagnosis • Rationale for requirement of additional/advanced imaging Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Primary Care Innovations 2020 is organized by University of Florida (UF) and will be held on Mar 06, 2020 at Harrell Medical Education Building, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. Accreditation: Physicians: The University of Florida College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Description: Join us on March 6, 2020! Now in its 4th year, the Primary Care Innovations Conference offers a venue to learn, connect, and collaborate with health professionals working to improve primary care throughout Florida and the Southeast. Together, we can innovate and make primary care better. Why You Should Attend: Now in its 4th year, the Primary Care Innovations Conference offers a venue to learn, connect, and collaborate with health professionals working to improve primary care throughout Florida and the Southeast. The conference is designed for anyone working to improve primary care – physical therapists and pharmacists to social workers and administrators. Together, we can innovate and make primary care better. Our aim is to create a collaborative space in which the primary care community can share and learn from each other’s innovative practices and ideas. With your participation we strive to: • Share primary care practice innovations which improve access, quality, and coordination of care • Think beyond our current traditional medical culture/framework to push the status quo in primary care forward • Bring all members of the interdisciplinary primary care team together to innovate • Build a community of innovators in primary care who will have the opportunity to continue to collaborate into the future Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

The 7th Annual Stroke Conference presented by UF Health Shands Hospital this year takes place on April 18th, 2020 at the Harrell Medical Education Building in Gainesville, FL. Description: This CME program is designed to improve the knowledge, competence and performance of healthcare providers engaged in the care of patients with cerebrovascular diseases. The goal of the program is to reduce the gap between current evidence and existing practice in stroke care as well as review the most recent clinical trials that impact patient care algorithms and practices. This conference will focus on science, technology and practical applications in order to equip participants with the tools needed to deliver high quality, evidence-based, patient centered stroke care. Speakers include internationally recognized stroke experts offering specialized topics that cover stroke care across the continuum. Target Audience: This program is intended for adult neurologists, neurosurgeons, neurointerventionalists, neuroradiologists, interventional radiologists, emergency medicine specialists, primary care physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, rehabilitation specialists, physical, occupational and speech therapists, respiratory therapists, radiology technologists, case managers, social workers, pharmacists and researchers in the field of cerebrovascular function and disease. Accreditation: Physician Credit The University of Florida College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Nursing Credit UF Health Shands is a CE Provider recognized by the Florida Board of Nursing (FBN# 50-1790). Participants will be awarded up to 5 contact hours. You must attend the entire program in order to receive credit. Physical Therapy Credit Suwannee River Area Health Education Center, Inc. is a Florida Board of Nursing and Occupational Therapy approved provider of continuing education. CE Broker Provider ID #50-1922. This program meets the requirements for up to 5.0 contact hours. Radiography Credit Up to 4.5 CEU credits will be available for Radiography through the FL DOH pending eligibility of presentation and participant attendance. Occupational Therapy Credit This course has been sanctioned by the Florida Occupational Therapy Association (FOTA) for 12 contact hours. Sanctioning of this course does not imply endorsement of specific content, products or clinical procedures by FOTA Why You Should Attend: • Speakers are recognized experts in their fields • Designed for an interdisciplinary group of participants with Physician and Nursing Tracks • Lectures created with a clinical application in mind Learning Objectives: Upon conclusion of this program, participants should be able to: • Identify best practices for the acute phase of care for the stroke patient population • Identify stroke and treatment options in unique populations • Identify late breaking updates to the care of the stroke patient population.

Cone Beam Computed Tomography: Interpretation Clerkship is organized by University of Florida (UF) and will be held from Apr 23 - 24, 2020 at UF College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. Continuing Education Units 16 contact hours. Participation. Course Description This course offers a 2 day clerkship opportunity to observe and learn the basic principles of CBCT imaging in dentistry and interpretation, including live lectures by Board Certified Oral & Maxilofacial Radiologist, Prosthodontist, and Endodontist. The clerkship will provide a general overview of the interpretation process through hands-on experience with several maxillofacial CBCT cases. Participants will be trained on the use of software and become competent in the reformation of images in multiple planes and cross-correlation of anatomy and variants. Participants will be trained in interpretation using several cases with a variety of maxillofacial and related pathology, including TMD. This is a radiology interpretation experience, no specific training in implant placement will be provided. The clerkship includes lectures on the physics and biology of radiation, basics of interpretation of maxillofacial pathology, CT anatomy, variants, artifacts, protocols, indications, contraindications, doses, and position papers from different specialty groups. Participants may bring up to two anonymized cases each for discussion, following informed consent from the patient. This will be the participants’ responsibility. Following self-interpretation, over-reads will be done by radiologists as a team-effort. Course Objectives At conclusion, the attendees will: • Be familiar with basic radiographic anatomy and anatomic variants • Understand rationale for using CBCT and specific protocols for specific diagnostic tasks • Be able to provide basic interpretation of CBCT data • Be able to use two different types of client viewing CBCT software • Understand the advantages and disadvantages of CBCT • Understand the capabilities of different imaging units and limitations • Understand radiation safety as it pertains to the use of CBCT, doses, guidelines for use Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Basic Airway Management Course for Dentists: Required Course for Conscious Sedation Permit Holder is organized by University of Florida Health (UF Health) and will be held on Apr 24, 2020 at University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 4 CEUs. Course Description: Any dentist performing sedation or providing care to a sedated patient should be able to provide airway management and ventilation for a patient encountering respiratory distress. The goal of the basic airway course is to educate the practitioner in basic airway assessment via history and physical assessment of the patient and to review relevant anatomy, physiology and equipment. The practitioner will learn the motor skills necessary to initiate basic airway management with regards to relieving obstruction, insertion of airway adjuncts, mask ventilation, and intubation. Motor skills will be developed under supervision utilizing simulation. Participants will complete a post-course evaluation of their airway skills. Course Goals: • Educate the dental practitioner in basic airway assessment and pre-anesthetic history and physical evaluation • Review relevant anatomy of the airway • Review respiratory physiology and the effects of sedative drugs on respiration • Practice motor skills necessary to initiate basic airway management: relieve obstruction, utilize adjuncts (nasal and oropharyngeal airways) and perform mask ventilation • Practice motor skills necessary to place and maintain an advanced airway including laryngeal mask airway (LMA) and endotracheal tube (ETT) • Learn the value of team preparation in emergency response Course Objectives: • Describe basic airway anatomy • Review basic pulmonary physiology and understand the effects of sedation on respiration • Review basic airway exam • Identify patients with an abnormal pre-sedation airway evaluation and how this affects sedation risk • Understand the role of monitoring in respiratory surveillance including observation, auscultation, pulse oximetry and end-tidal CO2 monitoring • Describe clinical situations in which oxygen, bag-valve-mask ventilation or intubation may be needed, and review various airway-related emergency situations that may occur with sedated patients, including laryngospasm, foreign-body obstruction, emesis and aspiration, and bronchospasm • Demonstrate understanding of indications for utilization of airway equipment and describe sizing and placement for the following: oxygen, stethoscope, bag-valve-mask, oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal airways, laryngeal mask airway (LMA), endotracheal tube (ETT), bougie, stylet, laryngoscope; glidescope, Yankauer suction • Review basic techniques of ventilation using simulated experiences • Review basic techniques of intubation using simulated experiences with LMA, ETT • Demonstrate confirming tube placement and ventilation using chest rise and EtCO2 • Teamwork in emergency response