Upcoming Medical Conferences in Glenview

Advanced Diagnostic and Therapeutic Bronchoscopy is organized by American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and will be held from Jun 28 - 29, 2019 at CHEST Global Headquarters, Glenview, Illinois, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 14.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Get an intensive review of therapeutic and advanced diagnostic bronchoscopic techniques in this 2-day interactive, hands-on opportunity. Designed around the flipped classroom model, this course will include interactive case-based discussions and hands-on sessions,while procedural skills assessments will be used to track knowledge gain and retention.Topics include malignant and benign airway obstruction, rigid intubation, pulmonary node diagnosis and therapeutic strategies, and more. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Bronchoscopy and Pleural Procedures for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellows is organized by American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and will be held from Jul 19 - 20, 2019 at CHEST Global Headquarters, Glenview, Illinois, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is for Pulmonary and critical care medicine fellows are encouraged to attend. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 7.25 CME credits and MOC points. Fellows will acquire essential diagnostic bronchoscopy and pleural technique training in several topics, including: • Airway anatomy • Biopsy • Brushings • Ultrasound-guided thoracentesis • Small bore chest tube placement Attend to experience: • Cognitive and skills testing on issues essential to conventional bronchoscopy, and pleural procedures. Pre-and post-course cognitive knowledge testing and testing of procedural skills during breakout sessions offer a personalized, learner-centric approach to teaching. • Case-based, interactive session to encourage honest, individual responses. Group responses will allow faculty to focus on both group and individual learning needs. Only interactive lectures are used in this course as they lead to better retention, better knowledge gain, and learner satisfaction. Prerequisites: Prior to attending, you will receive materials that form the cognitive base of the course. You are expected to become familiar with the content prior to the course start in order to reduce the need for lectures, so the focus can be on hands-on, interactive training Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.  

Mechanical Ventilation: Advanced Critical Care Management is organized by American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and will be held from Jul 25 - 27, 2019 at CHEST Global Headquarters, Glenview, Illinois, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is for Pulmonary and critical care fellows, physicians, intensivists, advanced practice providers, and respiratory therapists are encouraged to attend. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 18.75 CME credits and MOC points. Description: Acquire extensive knowledge in advanced techniques and skills for mechanical ventilation in the critically ill patient-including the latest advances in ventilator technology-through lectures, interactive discussion, hands-on small group workshops, and case-based exercises. This comprehensive, interactive program emphasizes practical solutions for issues related to patients in respiratory failure. Course Topics include: • Ventilator modes • Ventilator-induced lung injury • Management of obstructive and parenchymal lung disease • Management of hypoxemia • Patient-ventilator synchrony • Noninvasive ventilation Prerequisites: Prior to attending, you will receive materials that form the cognitive base of the course. You are expected to become familiar with the content prior to the course start in order to reduce the need for lectures, so the focus can be on hands-on, interactive training. Note: Nonphysician providers and physicians-in-training receive a $700 discount.

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) is organized by American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and will be held from Aug 08 - 10, 2019 at CHEST Global Headquarters, Glenview, Illinois, United States of America. Target Audience: Pulmonary physicians; pulmonary function testing and cardiology laboratory directors; advanced practice providers; family medicine, critical care, and pulmonary rehabilitation providers; pulmonary fellows; internists; hospitalists; exercise physiologists; CPET laboratory medical directors; and cardiologists are encouraged to attend. CME and MOC: Physician Credit CHEST is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. CHEST designates this live activity for a maximum of 20.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. CME credit hours are subject to change. Final CME credit hours will be provided on-site. ABIM MOC Statement Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn up to 20.5 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 points. Upon successful completion of this course, CHEST will submit your completion data to ABIM via ACCME’s Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS) for MOC points. Please allow 5-7 business days after claiming for credits to be posted to your ABIM record. Nursing Credit Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 16433, for 20.5 contact hours. Prerequisites: Prior to attending, you will receive materials that form the cognitive base of the course. You are expected to become familiar with the content prior to the course start in order to reduce the need for lectures, so the focus can be on hands-on, interactive training. Description: Join prominent national and international exercise experts as they discuss high-level interpretive strategies you can use to better support your exercise laboratory, as well as exercise training program design, exercise testing evidence-based data, exercise prescriptions, rehabilitation, sports medicine, cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) guidelines, and current controversies in CPET. Gain practical experience with: • Necessary technical aspects of the CPET equipment • The skills required for performing CPET, including calibration, maneuvers, testing, and biologic controls • Data interpretation, including report creation and how to make informed CPET study recommendations Learning Objectives: After participating in this educational activity, you should be able to: • Discuss the technical, analytic, and quality control skills necessary to perform optimal CPET in your laboratory. • Learn and understand a large variety of cardiopulmonary disorders through excellent clinical case examples. • Incorporate high-level interpretation strategies for CPET into your clinical practice. • Supervise and perform regular quality control on all CPET procedures. • Design appropriate exercise protocols and programs for assessment of constant work rate tests, ramp patter exercise tests, and exercise training/rehabilitative programs. • Discuss the current controversies and clinical guidelines that exist in CPET. • Address interesting clinical cases with recognized experts in CPET interpretation and teaching.

Difficult Airway Management is organized by American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and will be held from Sep 05 - 07, 2019 at CHEST Global Headquarters, Glenview, Illinois, United States of America. Target Audience: This course is for Respiratory therapists, advanced practice providers, physicians, and other health-care professionals with an interest in critical care or emergency medicine are encouraged to attend. Accreditation: Physician Credit CHEST designates this live activity for a maximum of 20.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. ABIM MOC Statement Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn up to 20.75 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Nursing Credit Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 16433, for 20.75 contact hours. Objectives: Attend this state-of-the-art, systematic overview and hands-on experience offering the preparation, teamwork, and tools necessary to manage complex critical care airway situations. • Identify exam findings associated with a difficult airway, practice the essential skills of intubation, and learn to use innovative new advanced airway tools to manage difficult airways. • Gain hands-on experience with a multitude of videolaryngoscopes, bougies, and other intubating devices proven to increase first-pass intubation success. • Utilize extraglottic airways to reestablish ventilation if intubation is not successful. • Recognize when and how to use cricothyrotomy for failed airways. • Work with a team using crew resource management concepts to solve airway problems in a high-fidelity, fast-paced, simulated clinical environment using scenarios developed from real-life cases. Prerequisites: Prior to attending, you will receive materials that form the cognitive base of the course. You are expected to become familiar with the content prior to the course start in order to reduce the need for lectures, so the focus can be on hands-on, interactive training. Nonphysician providers and physicians-in-training receive a $700 discount.  

Ultrasonography: Essentials in Critical Care is organized by American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and will be held from Sep 12 - 14, 2019 at CHEST Global Headquarters, Glenview, Illinois, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is Intensivists, critical care, emergency medicine physicians, hospitalists, pulmonary and critical care fellows, and advanced practice providers are encouraged to attend. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 20.25 CME credits and MOC points. Description: Study essential elements of critical care ultrasonography to advance your practice and your patient care. This intensive 3-day, hands-on learning experience will focus on three key elements: • Image acquisition will be practiced on human models using high-quality ultrasound machines and supervised by experienced faculty. Training sessions give you practical, hands-on training with a 1:3 teacher-to-learner ratio, so you benefit from personal instruction. • Image interpretation during group sessions under the supervision of experienced faculty members offers relevant practice. Numerous ultrasound images demonstrating normal and pathologic findings will give you a comprehensive learning opportunity. As you improve your skills, you will be further challenged with unknowns and case-based image sets. • Knowledge base will be enhanced through pre-course study materials and lectures that focus on important aspects of critical care ultrasonography. Discussions will have immediate application within your practice. Prerequisites: Prior to attending, you will receive materials that form the cognitive base of the course. You are expected to become familiar with the content prior to the course start in order to reduce the need for lectures, so the focus can be on hands-on, interactive training.

Comprehensive Bronchoscopy With Endobronchial Ultrasound is organized by American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and will be held from Sep 19 - 21, 2019 at CHEST Global Headquarters, Glenview, Illinois, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is for Physicians and health-care professionals from pulmonary and critical care medicine, intensive care medicine, and thoracic surgery are encouraged to attend. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 21.0 CME credits and MOC points. Conference Description: The course is designed using the experiential earning model. Flipped classroom methodology will be used with online pre-and postcourse didactic materials to enhance knowledge gain and retention. The live event is focused on interactive, case-based discussions and hands-on sessions. Cognitive and technical skills assessments will be implemented to validate training. Learn new skills and refresh your knowledge through this hands-on, interactive course led by experts in bronchoscopy and procedure-related training. Attend and acquire essential and advanced diagnostic bronchoscopy techniques, including: • Biopsy and brushings • Management of airway bleeding and aspirated foreign objects • Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration(EBUS-TBNA) • EBUS-TBNA specimen handling and processing • Radial EBUS for peripheral nodules Attend to experience: • Hands-on training, including step-by-step approach to EBUS-guided TBNA, radial probe EBUS for peripheral nodules, foreign body removal using flexible bronchoscopic techniques, endobronchial blockers placement for massive hemoptysis, endobronchial biopsy and brushings for endobronchial lesions, mediastinal anatomy on EBUS, CT scanning using high-fidelity simulators, and specimen handling and processing • Case-based, interactive sessions to encourage honest, individual responses. Group responses will allow faculty to focus on both group and individual learning needs. Only interactive lectures are used in this course, as they lead to better retention, knowledge gain, and learner’s satisfaction. Prerequisites: Prior to attending, you will receive materials that form the cognitive base of the course. You are expected to become familiar with the content prior to the course start in order to reduce the need for lectures, so thefocus can be on hands-on, interactive training.

Critical Care Ultrasound: Integration Into Clinical Practice is organized by American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and will be held from Nov 14 - 16, 2019 at CHEST Global Headquarters, Glenview, Illinois, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 20.50 CME credits and MOC points. Target Audience: The target audience includes health-care providers interested in developing a standardized approach to whole-body ultrasonography, such as: • Physicians in critical care medicine, emergency medicine, internal medicine and subspecialties, anesthesia and surgery • Physicians-in-training, including fellows and residents • Other independent licensed health-care practitioners • Certificateof Completion learners Description: Study whole-body ultrasonography for the diagnosis and management of the critically ill patient using human models and state-of-the art simulators. Expert faculty will provide comprehensive training in protocol-driven image acquisition and case-based image interpretation. Study an algorithmic approach to the ultrasound evaluation of common clinical scenarios, including: • Hemodynamic instability and shock states • Acute respiratory failure and dyspnea • Acute renal failure • Cardiac arrest • Participants will learn to perform a standardized approach to ultrasoundguidance for vascular, pleural, and peritoneal procedures using state-of-the-art simulators. Prerequisites This course is intended for physicians and other health-care providers with prior knowledge and experience in point-of-care ultrasound. Prior to attending the course, you should have completed a CHEST critical care ultrasonography course (or similar) and should be using point-of-care ultrasound on a regular basis. You will be expected to complete course materials prior to attending, which will reduce the need for live lectures.The additional time will maximize hands-on learning opportunities.

Comprehensive Pleural Procedures is organized by American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and will be held from Nov 22 - 23, 2019 at CHEST Global Headquarters, Glenview, Illinois, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is for Pulmonary and critical care fellows, physicians, intensivists, thoracic surgeons, and advanced practice providers are encouraged to attend. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 13.25 CME credits and MOC points. Description: Gain exposure to pleuroscopy and endobronchial valve placement for persistent air leaks by working on cadavers and other inanimate models. Review comprehensive pleural procedures and indications, while practicing your skills ina hands-on environment. Learn to safely and effectively perform pleural procedures including: • Ultrasound-guided thoracentesis • Pleural manometry • Tunneled indwelling pleural catheter placement • Small bore and standard thoracostomy tube placement • Flex-rigid pleuroscopy for pleural effusion diagnosis Prerequisites: Prior to attending, you will receive materials that form the cognitive base of the course. You are expected to become familiar with the content prior to the course start in order to reduce the need for lectures, so the focus can be on hands-on, interactive training. Note: Nonphysician providers and physicians-in-training receive a $700 discount.

Ultrasonography: Essentials in Critical Care is organized by American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and will be held from Dec 05 - 07, 2019 at CHEST Global Headquarters, Glenview, Illinois, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is for Intensivists, critical care, emergency medicine physicians, hospitalists, pulmonary and critical care fellows, and advanced practice providers are encouraged to attend. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 20.25 CME credits and MOC points. Description: Study essential elements of critical care ultrasonography to advance your practice and your patient care. This intensive 3-day, hands-on learning experience will focus on three key elements: • Image acquisition will be practiced on human models using high-quality ultrasound machines and supervised by experienced faculty. Training sessions give you practical, hands-on training with a 1:3 teacher-to-learner ratio, so you benefit from personal instruction. • Image interpretation during group sessions under the supervision of experienced faculty members offers relevant practice. Numerous ultrasound images demonstrating normal and pathologic findings will give you a comprehensive learning opportunity. As you improve your skills, you will be further challenged with unknowns and case-based image sets. • Knowledge base will be enhanced through pre-course study materials and lectures that focus on important aspects of critical care ultrasonography. Discussions will have immediate application within your practice. Prerequisites: Prior to attending, you will receive materials that form the cognitive base of the course. You are expected to become familiar with the content prior to the course start in order to reduce the need for lectures, so the focus can be on hands-on, interactive training. Note: Nonphysician providers and physicians-in-training receive a $700 discount.