Upcoming Medical Conferences in Overland Park

Certified Clinical Trauma Professional: Two-Day Trauma Competency Conference is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held from Feb 03 - 04, 2020 at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Kansas City - Overland Park, Overland Park, Kansas, United States of America. This course has been approved for a maximum of 12.6 contact hours. Target Audience: • Counselors • Social Workers • Psychologists • Case Managers • Psychiatrists • Addiction Counselors • Therapists • Marriage & Family Therapists • Nurses • Other Mental Health Professionals Course Description: The successful resolution of traumatic stress can be simple. Studies indicate that there are four key elements to effective trauma treatment. When you accomplish these four key elements in treatment with your clients, you will be able to reduce their symptoms and improve clinical outcomes. Attend this conference and you will walk away with a step-by-step four-stage framework for navigating essential elements of trauma treatment with your traumatized clients. The essential elements are common to all evidence-based trauma treatments. You will learn how you can integrate this framework with your current approach or methodology to make your trauma treatment even more effective! This trauma competency training can transform your clinical practice and help improve your trauma treatment outcomes, just as it has for other clinicians around the world. Objectives: • Examine the nature of traumatic stress, grief, & loss and their sequelae. • Analyze the clinical application of various theoretical treatment models for traumatic stress, grief & loss. • Evaluate traumatic stress, grief & loss from neurobiological, biochemical, psychological, social & spiritual perspectives in order to improve clinical outcomes. • Examine the clinical research that supports the imperative factors that influence the efficacy of trauma treatment. • Assess the comorbidity of traumatic stress in other diagnoses, including personality disorders and Dissociative Identity Disorder, and identify appropriate treatment interventions. • Provide psychoeducation and cognitive restructuring techniques for maximizing client engagement and participation in early stages of treatment. • Determine the efficacy of self-regulation skills as a preliminary treatment intervention for trauma. • Articulate the 10 core competencies of traumatic stress, grief and loss and specify the clinical application of each. • Incorporate clinical interventions and techniques for the initial assessment, safety and stabilization phase of treatment as well as the remembrance and mourning phases of trauma treatment. • Examine the potential clinical limitations and benefits of completing a needs assessment for better progress in treatment. • Develop clinical skills to support and facilitate recovery from complicated bereavement in clients. • Incorporate CBT skills to promote the development of stability, self-efficacy, anxiety management, and relational capacities in traumatized clients.

Kansas City Southwest Clinical Society (KCSWCS) 2020 Winter Conference is organized by Kansas City Southwest Clinical Society (KCSWCS) and will be held on Feb 07, 2020 at Sheraton Overland Park Hotel at the Convention Center, Overland Park, Kansas, United States of America. The Winter Conference shares current information concerning the diagnosis and management of medical problems and chronic diseases in the daily practices of primary care providers. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

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Mastery of Chiropractic Principles and Practice is organized by International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA) and will be held from Feb 29 - Mar 01, 2020 at Cleveland University-Kansas City, Overland Park, Kansas, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is open to chiropractors and students: 5th quarter/4th trimester or higher. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 12 hours of continuing education credits. Course Description : Explore the multifaceted dynamics of chiropractic family wellness practice. The course will provide you with the tools and systems to create a successful practice congruent with the traditional values of chiropractic philosophy in a contemporary application of chiropractic technique. You will be challenged to develop mastery in every aspect of practice with emphasis on the care of infants and children. Course Goal : Attendees will learn how to create a practice paradigm and develop a practice congruent with chiropractic philosophy, science and art. You'll review concepts and techniques presented in previous seminars and allow refinement and mastery of those skills. Take home the tools to practice with excellence and innovation. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available. 

Stress-Free Technology That Can Improve Your Practice is organized by Ultradent Products Inc and will be held on Mar 13, 2020 at Marriott Kansas City Overland Park, Overland Park, Kansas, United States of America. Accreditation: 7 CE Credits Description: Learn about digital technologies, strategies, and high-tech devices to improve patient outcomes. There are many peices of the "technology puzzle", but not all require a huge investment in financial resources or staff training. This presentation will cover advances in caries detection, restoratives/curing, and insights into different products to decrease your stress level while raising your quality of care. Dr. Flucke has access to many cutting-edge technologies and uses them daily in his private practice. This course features products that he uses on a regular basis and have proven themselves "in the trenches". Objectives: • Why technology is important and how it is ever changing • The advantages of a digital operatory • How to move from paper copies to electronic copies • The importance of ultrasonics in endo as well as hygiene • The science behind choosing the right curing light • How laser wavelength, power, and modes affect the clinical outcomes • Class I and Class II conservative treatments • Ask yourself: Does this technology let you do something you weren't doing before, or does it let you do the same thing but better? Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Borderline, Narcissistic, Antisocial and Histrionic Personality Disorders: Effective Treatments for Challenging Clients is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Mar 25, 2020 at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Kansas City - Overland Park, Overland Park, Kansas, United States of America. This course has been approved for a maximum of 6.3 contact hours / 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Target Audience: • Counselors • Social Workers • Psychologists • Psychotherapists • Therapists • Addiction Counselors • Marriage and Family Therapists • Case Managers • Nurses • Other Mental Health Professionals Course Description: Join Dr. Gregory Lester as he delivers an intensive workshop and seminar designed to provide you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to identify and treat your most difficult personality disordered clients. Better understand your clients with Antisocial, Narcissist, Histrionic and Borderline Personality Disorder and make a breakthrough in clinical treatment. • Manage the manipulative and possibly violent Antisocial Personality Disorder in-session. • Overcome the Narcissistic Personality Disorder trait of perfectionism and combat their need to overpower you as the therapist. • Better understand your clients diagnosed with Histrionic Personality Disorder whose intense emotions and need for attention will test your patience and compassion. • Help the Borderline Personality Disorder client deal with their explosive emotions, self-harm tendencies and cravings for chaos. Case studies and video examples will be used to illustrate client symptom presentation, treatment, and management of each Cluster B client type. You will explore various modalities that are effective with antisocial, narcissistic, histrionic, and borderline personality disorders, such as Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive-Behavioral, Interpersonal, and Dialectical therapies. Each of these theories will be explored to provide you with solid and useable skills to include in your daily practice. Objectives: • Determine how the changes with the DSM-5® impacts diagnosis and treatment of the Cluster B Personality Disorders. • Identify and diagnose clients with antisocial, narcissistic, histrionic and borderline Personality Disorders to effectively inform your choice of treatment interventions. • Utilize case studies to differentiate symptom overlap, effective treatment and emotional management of each Cluster B Personality Disorders client type. • Manage the manipulative and potentially violent behaviors with your clients diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder in session to make therapeutic progress. • Implement CBT techniques to clarify behaviors, values and goals with clients diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. • Incorporate techniques to decrease explosive emotions, self-harm tendencies and cravings for chaos for clients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. • Utilize MI and DBT techniques with clients diagnosed with Histrionic Personality Disorder to help manage cognition and improve emotional regulation.

The Progress in Pediatrics (PIP) – Spring 2020 Meeting is organized by Kansas Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics (KAAP) and will be held on Apr 24, 2020 at Marriott Kansas City Overland Park, Overland Park, Kansas, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6 CME Credits. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px 'News Gothic MT'} Description: This CME conference is designed to accommodate the continuing educational needs of the participating primary care pediatrician, resident in training and other health care professionals. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

15th Annual Case Management and Transitions of Care Conference - Missouri/Kansas City Chapter is organized by American Case Management Association (ACMA) and will be held on Oct 07, 2020 at Marriott Kansas City Overland Park, Overland Park, Kansas, United States of America. Additionla details will be posted as soon as information is available.