Upcoming Medical Conferences in Honolulu

2-Day: Oppositional, Defiant & Disruptive Children and Adolescents: Non-medication Approaches to the Most Challenging Behaviors AND ADHD, ASD, ODD & Mood Disorders: Over 50 Behavior-changing Techniques for Children and Adolescents is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held from Feb 10 - 11, 2020 at Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort&Spa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America. Target Audience: • Counselors • Social Workers • Psychologists • Marriage and Family Therapists • Speech-Language Pathologists • Teachers • School Guidance Counselors • Case Managers • Nurses • School Administrators • Educational Paraprofessionals • Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants • Other Helping Professionals that Work with Children Accreditation: 1. Oppositional, Defiant & Disruptive Children and Adolescents: 6.3 contact hours / 0.6 CEUs 2. ADHD, ASD, ODD & Mood Disorders: Over 50 Behavior-changing Techniques for Children and Adolescents: 6.3 contact hours / 0.6 CEUs Description: DAY 1: OPPOSITIONAL, DEFIANT & DISRUPTIVE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: Non-Medication Approaches to the Most Challenging Behaviors Children and adolescents with ODD, ADHD, Asperger’s, anxiety, mood and disruptive disorders provide constant clinical and parenting challenges. Attend this seminar and learn new, effective non-medication strategies for your client’s most challenging behaviors including: • Tantrums • Running out/away • Noncompliance • Nagging • Refusing to work/help • Yelling/screaming • Bullying • Panic/anxiety reactions • Lack of follow through • Not following directions You will walk away with immediate strategies for out-of-control behaviors and techniques for emotional regulation along with long-term treatment strategies to help kids at home and school. Jennifer Wilke-Deaton is a clinical expert and has worked with the most challenging kids both in clinical and school settings. Through the use of case studies and action-oriented handouts, you will leave this seminar with solutions to turn your most challenging kids around. DAY 2: ADHD, ASD, ODD & MOOD DISORDERS: Over 50 Behavior-changing Techniques for Children and Adolescents It’s guaranteed … this seminar will guide you through focused, clear and successful methods for treating children. You will walk away with evidence-based techniques that will not only re-energize your practice but also help your clients to: Decrease: • Aggression • Distractibility • Impulsivity • Over-Activity • Sensory Sensitivity • Irritability/Temper Tantrums • Hopelessness • Panic/Anxiety Increase: • Effective Communication • Self-Control • Coping with Environmental Change & Transitions • Task-Focus & Persistence • Empathy & Remorse • Respect • Social Skills Join Jennifer Wilke-Deaton, M.A., L.P.A., national speaker, expert and author as she teaches you more than 50 proven techniques to quickly improve the lives of children and adolescents with ODD, ASD, ADHD and mood disorders. Learn how to troubleshoot and adapt techniques for preschool through high school aged kids through real-life case studies, video/audio clips, reproducible client-friendly worksheets, and step-by-step directions for every intervention. Jen’s passion, caring, humor, and time-tested approaches will make this day of learning fly by! You will leave invigorated and empowered to treat the top childhood disorders. Objectives: DAY 1: OPPOSITIONAL, DEFIANT & DISRUPTIVE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: Non-Medication Approaches to the Most Challenging Behaviors • Utilize clinical strategies to reduce the frequency, duration and severity of behavioral episodes that challenge therapists, educators, professionals and parents. • Implement both proactive and reactive strategies for oppositional, defiant and disruptive behavior in children and youth. • Discriminate between the clinical presentation of behavioral episodes and psychiatric symptoms to inform treatment. • Communicate how a skilled observation of behavior informs your treatment approach. • Develop clinical skills for establishing a therapeutic rapport to overcome treatment resistance in children and adolescents. Effectively develop a behavior intervention plan and safety plan across all settings including home and school. DAY 2: ADHD, ASD, ODD & MOOD DISORDERS: Over 50 Behavior-changing Techniques for Children and Adolescents • Utilize effective clinical techniques for working with kids with behavioral issues, high functioning ASD, ADHD and mood disturbance. • Determine how to promote “whole brain” change to improve clinical outcomes in children with verbal processing and auditory learning issues. • Develop tools for daily mindfulness and self-regulation practice to improve child/adolescent level of functioning. • Analyze the diagnostic symptoms of behavioral/emotional disorders in children and adolescents and establish how this informs your choice of intervention strategies. • Dissect how to reduce power struggles & anger through CBT and validation techniques. • Explore clinical manifestations among anxiety disorders, ADHD, mood disorders and ODD as it relates to diagnosis.

PRIMO 2020 Annual Meeting is organized by Meetings Events & Conference Coordinators, (MECC) and will be held from Feb 12 - 15, 2020 at Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America. Target Audience: This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of Academic and Community Practitioners, as well as Registered Nurses and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Pharmacists and Physician Assistants from all oncology specialties, treating all disease sites involved in the care of patients with cancer. Accreditation: This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 15.75 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change. Physician: "Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 15.75 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit." Nursing: The Medical Educator Consortium designates this activity for 15.75 contact hours. Pharmacotherapy contact hours for Advance Practice Registered Nurses will be designated on your certificate. Pharmacist: This Application-based activity has been approved for 15.75 contact hours (1.57 CEUs) by the Medical Educator Consortium.  Physician Assistant: The Medical Educator Consortium has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 15.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. Description: The Conference is a unique opportunity to receive CME/CE credits while staying ahead of the latest advances in immuno and molecular oncology. The Annual PRIMO Meeting is designed to summarize key developments in cancer care over the past 12 months and features anticipated advances that you and your patients will likely see in the upcoming year. Educational Objectives: After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to: • Describe the rationale for mechanisms of action for molecular targeted and immunologic therapies used to treat cancer today; • Summarize recent advances in targeted and immunologic treatment of hematologic malignancies and solid tumors; • Identify patients who are appropriate candidates for targeted and immunologic therapies; • Implement strategies from a healthcare team approach to reduce treatment-related toxicities, and optimize patient outcomes; • Discuss promising targeted and immunologic approaches being tested in late-stage clinical trials. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

2-Day Intensive Workshop: Treating Complex Trauma with Internal Family Systems (IFS) is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held from Feb 13 - 14, 2020 at Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort&Spa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 12.6 contact hours / 12.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ / 12.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Target Audience: • Counselors • Psychiatrists • Social Workers • Psychologists • Psychiatrists • Therapists • Addiction Counselors • Nurses • Marriage and Family Therapists • Other Professionals Who Work within the Mental Health Fields Course Description: Most modes of psychotherapy believe to have “parts” is pathological. NOT in Internal Family Systems (IFS). In IFS, the idea of multiplicity of the mind is normal. Every part has a good intention, and every part has value. Even for trauma survivors. In the treatment of trauma, IFS is different from traditional phase-oriented treatments. Instead of starting with building resources in clients before processing traumatic memories, it welcomes extreme symptoms from the onset, learns about their positive protective intentions and gets their permission to access the traumatic wounds. IFS also differs from traditional attachment focused therapies, both value the therapeutic relationship; however, IFS additionally supports the relationship between the client’s “Self” and their part as the primary healing agent. Hailed by Dr. van der Kolk, the world’s leading expert in trauma, IFS is the treatment method that all clinicians should know. Nearly all clients with a trauma history have innate abilities that help them improve their mental health if they listen to their parts. IFS does just that. IFS is an evidence-based approach for clinicians working with traumatized clients. Once you see it in action, you’ll want to incorporate it into your practice. Join IFS and trauma expert Frank Anderson, MD, colleague of Dr. Bessel van der Kolk and Dr. Richard Schwartz, in this transformational certificate training. Clients will leave your office with skills to use outside the therapy room to help them master their emotions. This experiential training will show video demonstrations and include exercises and meditation techniques to use with your clients. Objectives: • Integrate the IFS model into your clinical practice and accelerate the healing from complex trauma. • Identify, specify and clarify the protective parts of clients with trauma histories to help with assessment and treatment planning. • Offer an alternative view of symptoms and psychopathology, showing how client’s parts are actually trying to protect them from emotional pain and psychological pain. • Demonstrate how IFS translates common comorbidities into parts language, showing a non-pathological perspective of mental health disorders. • Communicate how IFS increases the therapist’s curious and compassionate self when working with clients who have trauma histories. • Differentiate a therapeutic issue from a biological condition for better decision making in your clinical practice. • Compare traditional attachment theory perspectives on healing to the IFS view (an internal attachment model) and learn to trust the clients’ internal relationship to heal their traumatic wounds. • Determine if trauma symptoms are rooted in sympathetic activation or parasympathetic withdrawal to help inform the treatment process. • Demonstrate IFS specific therapeutic techniques that shift arousal and withdrawal, allowing quicker access to clients’ traumatic vulnerabilities. • Develop a deep understanding of how neuroscience informs therapeutic decisions in IFS therapy. • Integrate IFS with your current treatment approaches including EMDR, DBT, and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. • Compare IFS to traditional phase-oriented treatment and learn accelerated ways of accessing and healing traumatic wounds.

UCSF CME: Pacific Rim Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Update 2020 is organized by The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Office of Continuing Medical Education and will be held from Feb 15 - 18, 2020 at Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort & Spa, Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Psychopharmacology for Advanced Practice Clinicians: Proven Strategies for Prescription Success is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Feb 17, 2020 at Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort&Spa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6.3 contact hours. Target Audience: • Nurse Practitioners • Physician Assistants • Physicians • Pharmacists • Nurses • Social Workers • Counselors • Therapists • Psychologists • Case Managers Course Description: Psychiatry is one of the most challenging areas of medicine, secondary to the subjective nature of the specialty. As clinicians, we have no objective data to base our course of treatment on. Psychopharmacology and psychotherapy are our best options in terms of treatments and therapy is only successful if the patient is committed to attending every session, completing their homework, and willing to make the necessary life changes to improve their mental health. Medication can be very helpful in terms of alleviating mental health symptoms; however, choosing the right medication and/or combination of meds is crucial to achieving successful outcomes. Secondary to the psychiatry shortage, providers in other specialties find themselves treating mental health patients, which can present additional challenges. This course will arm attendees with a valuable update on the different classes of psychiatric medications and facilitate a deeper level of understanding in terms of how these medications work on their respective neurotransmitters and how they work in conjunction with one another. It is uncommon for mental health patients to be on only one medication, as a combination of medications is often required to reach the desired level of improvement. After this course, you will be able to identify effective medication regimens for patients based on their psychiatric history and presenting symptoms, ultimately contributing to quality of life improvements in patients with mental health conditions. Course Objectives: • Recognize ways to conceptualize psychiatric symptomatology outside the box. • Evaluate common medical conditions that you may inadvertently diagnose as psychiatric in nature. • Analyze the 4 main neurotransmitters and how their imbalance influences different psychiatric disorders. • Compare efficacy of the newer class of serotonin modulators to the other widely-used antidepressant classes. • Examine frequently asked questions regarding the impact of alcohol and marijuana for patients taking psychotropic medications. • Learn strategic ways to customize treatment plans based on your patient's individual needs.

High Risk Obstetrics: Current Trends, Treatments & Issues is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Feb 24, 2020 at Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort&Spa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6.0 contact hours. Target Audience: • Nurses • Clinical Nurse Specialists • Nurse Practitioners • Nurse Midwives • Certified Childbirth Educators/Doulas Course Description: Jamie Otremba will delve into the most common obstetrical emergencies presenting in today's obstetrical patients. She will provide you with a comprehensive look at pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, HELLP, the pitfalls of diagnosing and treating preterm labor, shoulder dystocia, abruption, previa, postpartum hemorrhage, placenta accreta, amniotic fluid embolism, venous thromboembolism, VBACs, and inductions. Jamie's extensive experiences in high risk obstetrics have provided her with keen insight into these often challenging and frightening situations. She is eager to share with you many of the effective interventions that she has acquired throughout her career! Through enlightening case studies, persuasive evidence-based research, and an engaging presentation style, she will teach you the current trends, treatments and issues in high risk obstetrics. Attend this seminar to learn new strategies and techniques that can immediately impact the maternal and fetal outcomes of your obstetrical patients! Learner Objectives: • Evaluate the two-phase process that results in pre-eclampsia. • Compare the pharmacologic management options for preterm labor. • Determine the two most important factors in assessing risk in elective induction. • Explain the most effective way to change medical staff practices related to high risk elective inductions. • Interpret the possible causes of a post-partum hemorrhage and appropriate management for each. • Discuss strategies for collaborative care with the ICU and Emergency Department. • Explain why a d-dimer is no longer recommended as part of the evaluation for pulmonary embolism in pregnancy. • Utilize the latest ACOG recommendations for preventing blood loss during the delivery with an accreta. • Compare the varying degrees of abnormal placental implantation and how management might differ for each. • Analyze why neurological outcomes with amniotic fluid embolism are so poor and the rapid interventions that could make a difference.

Taking Control of Your Diabetes (TCOYD) & MTC Conference is organized by Taking Control of Your Diabetes (TCOYD) and will be held on Feb 29, 2020 at Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Medication Error Prevention Training: 30+ Best Practices to Minimize the Risk of Making a Life-Threatening Mistake is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Mar 11, 2020 at Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort&Spa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America. This course has been approved for a maximum of 6.3 contact hours. Target Audience: • Nurses • Nurse Practitioners • Nurse Educators • Legal Nurse Consultants • Pharmacists • Risk Management • Paralegals • Attorneys Description: A seasoned nurse had drawn up the right dose of a drug hundreds of times in her career. But once … she made a life-changing error. A patient died, she was suspended, and then fired from a profession she loves. Patient safety is a sacred bond. For nurses, keeping patients safe is the top priority. But long shifts, high acuities, confusing dosing calculations, an ever-changing list of drug interactions, and similar drug names create an environment where even the most competent clinician can make a serious medication mistake. Are you confident that you have the tools you need to avoid making a headline error? This program will give you all the resources you need to fulfill this critical aspect of your job and dramatically reduce your risk of making a life changing error. Join Cyndi Zarbano as she shares with you what she has learned working with the Board of Nursing in five states consulting and educating nurses who have received corrective action and suspension related to their medication errors! Objectives: • Compare the major categories of adverse drug events (ADEs). • Evaluate the barriers to and benefits of reporting ADEs. • Solve medication dosage calculations. • Analyze actual medication errors to avoid the pitfalls. • Demonstrate how available tools and strategies can assist with error prevention and safe medication use. • Develop new skills to predict high risk medication error scenarios.

The Ultimate One-Day Diabetes Course is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Mar 27, 2020 at Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort&Spa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 6.5 contact hours / 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Target Audience: • Nurses • Nurse Practitioners • Clinical Nurse Specialists • Physician Assistants • Certified Diabetes Educators • Pharmacists • Registered Dietitians & Dietetic Technicians. Course Description: While 1 in 13 Americans have diabetes; 1 in 4 are diagnosed with pre-diabetes. All healthcare professionals will care for patients with diabetes, pre-diabetes or metabolic syndrome on a daily basis, regardless of specialty. As management of diabetes becomes increasingly complex, it is imperative to keep up to date on new treatment options and standards regarding complication prevention. You play an important role in diabetes prevention, care, and management. Your role begins with a solid undertanding of diabetes and its treatment. Attend this seminar and increase your understanding of diabetes and pre-diabetes, and learn evidence-based pharmacological and non-pharmacological techniques for glucose control. You will leave with an in-depth understanding of the latest approaches in assessing and treating patients with diabetes, as well as new skills to apply for those at risk for diabetes. Laurie Klipfel will provide you with strategies to optimize patient education and empowerment so you can improve the care you provide to diabetes patients. Objectives: • State diagnostic criteria for diabetes and understand the differences between Type 1, Type 2 and pregnancy induced (gestational) diabetes. • Evaluate metabolic syndrome ("the deadly quartet": diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and obesity) and pre-diabetes. • Recognize the symptoms of hyper- and hypoglycemia and use current research for optimal pharmacologic and non-pharmacological treatment based on ADA Standards of Care and AADE-7™ behavioral goals. • Discuss the basal/bolus concept of insulin administration including various insulin administration schedules to achieve optimal control. • Assess risk and employ prevention/treatment techniques for acute and chronic complications, including how to address weight issues. • Utilize current research to support the nationwide impetus for tight glycemic control for hospitalized patients, including management strategies during illness or surgery. • Explain what to do when a patient is wearing an insulin pump. • Analyze motivational techniques to assist patients to progress from knowing to doing. • Describe new treatment therapies and what is on the horizon.

Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine - Aloha BEEM 2020 is organized by Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine (BEEM) and will be held from Apr 08 - 10, 2020 at Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America. CME Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine (BEEM) presents 14 hours of accredited CME content on...: • BEEM BITs (all other emergencies) = 2 hours • Cardio-Resp Emergencies = 2 hours • Infections = 1 hour • Neuro/Stroke = 1 hour • Pediatrics = 3 hours • Trauma/Critical Care = 2 hours • LLSA Review = 2 hours • BEEM Jeopardy Review = 1 hour Accredited with the American Medical Association, The College of Family Physicians in Canada, and The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.