Upcoming Medical Conferences in Waimea

UCSF CME: Essentials of Women's Health: An Integrated Approach to Primary Care and Office Gynecology 2019 is organized by The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Office of Continuing Medical Education and will be held from Jun 30 - Jul 05, 2019 at The Westin Hapuna Beach Resort, Waimea, Hawaii, United States of America. Accreditation: UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 19.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Nurses: For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME. Pharmacotherapeutics CEUs for Nurses: For the purposes of recertification the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME. This activity is designated for a maximum of 14.00 pharmacotherapeutic credits towards meeting the requirement for nursing pharmacology continuing education. Nurses should claim 0.1 CEUs for each contact hour of participation in designated pharmacotherapeutic continuing education. Physician Assistants: AAPA accepts category 1 credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME. Pharmacy: The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and have been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Maintenance of Certification: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 19.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. ACOG: The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has assigned up to 19 cognate credits to this program. Overview: Increasing appreciation of the unique needs of women patients and women's health care providers has created a need for innovative educational programs on women’s health. This program, designed for family physicians, internists, gynecologists, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, and all others involved in providing quality health care for women, will provide a practical update on a full range of common but controversial issues in women’s health. The course will serve to enhance the skills of those already working in women’s health as well as help develop new skills for those expanding their work to include more primary care and office gynecology. Developed and taught by UCSF faculty in both general internal medicine and obstetrics and gynecology, the course will present an integrated approach to women’s health. Emphasis will be placed on new developments in preventive care and cardiovascular risk factors in women, issues in reproductive health, and clinical strategies in the diagnosis and treatment of common gynecologic complaints and common medical problems of women. Special emphasis will be placed on office skills needed for modern day practice including: enhanced skills in physical examination, patient counseling, common office procedures, assessment of new medical technologies and therapeutics, clinical nutrition, and reading the medical literature. The course will use interactive lectures, clinical vignettes, hands-on workshops, small group discussions, audience response, and questions and answers. A detailed syllabus will be provided. Objectives: The purpose of this course is to increase competence and improve clinician practice in women’s health. We specifically anticipate improvements in skills and strategies to: • Implement new guidelines for prevention and early detection of cancer with clinical exam, pap tests, genetic testing, and diagnostic imaging. • Implement new guidelines for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular risk factors in women. • Diagnose and treat common problems in women's health including abnormal uterine bleeding, menopause, hypertension, high blood cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, thyroid disorders, osteoporosis, sleep disorders, family planning, STI’s, and sexual health. • Recognize and treat common lesions of the vagina, vulva, and cervix. • Diagnose and treat common sports injuries. • Facilitate counseling and informed decision-making in preventive medicine, contraception, and abortion. • Perform physical examinations and common office procedures in gynecology and sports medicine. • Counsel patients about dietary change, exercise, vitamins, and supplements. • Treat pain with minimal amounts of opiod medication. • Improve communication with all patients. • Effectively prescribe new diagnostic tests and new medications. • Increase quality and decrease costs in medical practice.

29th Annual UCLA Hawaii Symposium is organized by UCLA School of Dentistry and will be held from Jul 01 - 05, 2019 at  Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii, Waimea, Hawaii, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of  24 CA CDE credits. Description: Our 29th Annual UCLA Hawaii Symposium will be held at The Fairmont Orchid resort on west shores of the island of Hawaii. This 5 day conference will take place between 8 am and 12:30pm each day, allowing you and your family plenty of time to relax and enjoy the resort. We have assembled an outstanding line-up of world-class speakers on the hottest topics in dentistry.  In addition, we will have one extended afternoon session on practice/patient management.Make no mistake about it, despite the gorgeous location, this symposium is of the highest caliber. Every year hundreds of participants come to our course looking for a beautiful vacation and take away outstanding new information and techniques to apply in their practices on Monday. We hope you’ll consider bringing some of your team members with you as well. Year after year, we see so many of the same colleagues that we think of them as our UCLA Hawaii family. We have arranged exceptional travel packages, at significantly reduced group rates through University Travel. We hope you’ll come join us this year for a great vacation and an exceptional education. Aloha! Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Mayo Clinic Radiation Oncology: Current Practice and Future Direction 2020 is organized by Mayo Clinic and will be held from Jan 06 - 10, 2020 at Hapuna Beach Resort, Waimea, Hawaii, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is designed for radiation oncologists, radiation oncology residents, radiation biologists, radiation physicists, dosimetrists, oncologists working in related specialties, radiation therapists, radiation oncology nurses, oncologic surgeons, radiation oncology administrators, diagnostic radiologists, and all other health professionals involved in the field of radiation oncology. Course Description: This conference is intended to provide a balanced and multidisciplinary discussion of contemporary cancer treatment using didactic lectures, panel discussions, and poster sessions. The course will cover several specific clinical areas including Breast, Prostate, and CNS cancers as well as Lymphoma and Sarcomas. The course will also address several important advances in the field, such as the use of hypofractionation, integration of surgery, new chemotherapies including immunotherapy and their integration into clinical practice. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

UCSF Body Imaging is organized by The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Office of Continuing Medical Education and will be held from Jan 12 - 17, 2020 at Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii, Waimea, Hawaii, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.  

UCSF Neuro and Musculoskeletal Imaging is organized by The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Office of Continuing Medical Education and will be held from Feb 09 - 14, 2020 at Fairmont Orchid Hawaii, Waimea, Hawaii, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

California Society of Anesthesiologists (CSA) 2020 Fall Anesthesia Meeting is organized by California Society of Anesthesiologists (CSA) and will be held from Oct 26 - 30, 2020 at Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii, Waimea, Hawaii, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Anesthesia Update is organized by Northwest Anesthesia Seminars (NWAS) and will be held from Mar 08 - 11, 2021 at The Fairmont Orchid, Waimea, Hawaii, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is physicians, certified registered nurse anesthetists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses and other medical care providers who must maintain state-of-the-art knowledge of the specialty or are impacted by it. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 20.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Program Purpose: Presentations are designed to facilitate the physician, nurse specialist, and other providers maintaining skills of the same kind to review and update knowledge and abilities in one or more of these areas vital to the practicing professional: • Possess the scientific background for clinical practice • Maintain state-of-the-art knowledge of not only the specialty, but also of all additional related disciplines which may impact it • Maintain an up-to-the-minute armamentarium of knowledge and skills for the selection and use of complex equipment, pharmacological agents, and procedures necessary for the provision of quality patient care • Manage self and colleagues to function toward common goals in the clinical setting, the clinical and educational institutions, and the community in which the practice resides • Serve as an expert in matters involving health care delivery; serve as an informed manager of clinical and educational services provided, including the acquisition and distribution of resources necessary in meeting professional goals • Provide assistance with and support of other service providers, departments, institutions, and organizations dependent upon the professional expertise of the practitioner Course Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to: • Apply the pertinent physical and behavioral sciences - to include but not be limited to advanced anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, chemistry, physics, psychology, and social sciences - as they impact and are affected by the planning, delivery, and monitoring of anesthesia and related services inherent in the anesthesia professions. • Explain the selection, dosing considerations with methods of administration, safe use, and contraindications and precautions of presented pharmacological agents through the understanding of their physico-chemical properties, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, updated uses, and more recently developed additional, related, and similar drugs. • Outline comprehensive management plans for the group of patients discussed, whether related in age, physical status, cultural background, invasive procedure, anesthetic or analgesic requirements, clinical setting, adverse reactions, and/or goals of care. • Apply the principles of safety and asepsis in the performance of anesthetic procedures and administrations, equipment use, and other applications encountered during the provision of anesthesia and analgesia whether in the surgical unit, the labor and delivery suite, the pain management clinic, or other more remote location of anesthetizing services. • Incorporate the appropriate recommendations and/or requirements of pertinent external organizations, institutions, and professional groups - recognized as serving as the authority for and/or holding the responsibility to compile and approve such tenets - in the provision of anesthesia and related services, whether medical, legal, philosophical, ethical, or health care management standards. • Apply the new techniques in the clinical setting of the participant. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.