Upcoming Medical Conferences in Grand Rapids

Substance Abuse Prevention Skills Training is organized by Community Mental Health Association of Michigan (CMHAM) and will be held from Jul 15 - 23, 2019 at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Grand Rapids Airport, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 18 Continuing Education hours. Who Should Attend: Prevention professionals and coalition members form the publicly funded prevention system. Course Description: The SAPST provides an introduction to the fundamentals of substance abuse prevention based on the current knowledge and practice in the field. This training is designed to prepare practitioners to reduce the likelihood of substance abuse and promote well-being among individuals, and within families, workplaces, schools, and communities. While the focus is primarily on preventing alcohol, tobacco, and drug abuse, the approach to prevention presented in this training is applicable to other behavioral health issues as well. The SAPST is a 4-day training that addresses the following primary prevention topics: behavioral health, continuum of care, public health approach, risk and protective factors, developmental perspective, and the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF). Various interactive activities will help participants to understand the foundation of prevention and the SPF five steps (assessment, capacity, planning, implementation and evaluation plus cultural competence and sustainability) and a community case study will help participants apply the framework components to a community situation. Objectives: • define behavioral health. • explain the continuum of care. • identify the key characteristics of the public health approach. • describe risk and protective factors in multiple contexts and from the developmental perspective. • summarize the Strategic Prevention Framework. • describe how to assess substance use problems and related behaviors. • explain how health disparities relate to prevention. • describe how to assess the risk and protective factors that influence (or contribute to) the problems. • explain how to assess a community’s readiness and resources to address its substance use problems. • explain how a community can build its capacity to prevent the problems identified in its assessment. • describe culture and how to apply cultural competence to prevention and promotion. • explain how to prioritize risk and protective factors. • list different types of interventions and describe criteria for selecting an intervention. • describe high-quality implementation and why it is important. • explain the purpose and types of evaluation and what to consider when reporting results. • apply the five basic steps of a logic model. • describe the relationship between sustainability and achieving outcomes. • list the keys to sustainability and how they are integrated into the SPF.

Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) Origins of Cancer is organized by Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) and will be held on Jul 26, 2019 at Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Perinatal Health: Epigenetics and Parental Nutrition is organized by International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA) and will be held from Aug 10 - 11, 2019 at Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 12 hours of continuing education credits. Course Description: Gain an understanding of nutrition and learn how to effectively incorporate this information into your practice. Explore the relationships between epigenetics, nutrition, fertility, and family health. Understand the latest findings in epigenetics and the roles of sugar and pH in health and disease. You'll learn how optimal nutrition can improve fertility, how poor nutrition can weaken fertility and the effects of nutrition during and after pregnancy. Course Goals: In this course, you will gain a vitalistic understanding of nutrition, create a working knowledge of lifestyle-based ways of eating and understand nutrition from an ecosystematic level, epigenetic level and how it will affect future generations. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Movement Disorder Review Course is organized by University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) and will be held on Aug 24, 2019 at JW Marriott Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America. Accreditation: • The University of Kansas Medical Center Office of Continuing Medical Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. • The University of Kansas Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 Hour(s) Attendance w/ No Credit. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Course Objectives: • Diagnose various parkinsonian syndromes. • Evaluate pharmacological treatment options for Parkinson’s disease. • Identify the non-motor symptoms related to Parkinson’s disease. • Recognize and diagnose restless legs syndrome and evaluate treatment options. • Differentiate various tremor disorders and select appropriate treatment options. • Diagnose and treat hyperkinetic movement disorders such as Huntington’s disease, chorea, tics and Tourette Syndrome. • Recognize drug induced movement disorders and determine appropriate treatment. • Evaluate the psychiatric aspects of movement disorders including psychosis, dementia, and psychogenic disorders, and review treatment options. • Discuss the diagnosis and treatment of dystonia. • Recognize the differences between the various botulinum toxins and their appropriate use. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.  

Orthodontic Study Group is organized by Faculte for Orthodontic Research and Continuing Education, Inc. (F.O.R.C.E.) and will be held on Aug 27, 2019 at DSG Davis, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America. C.E. Credit: 7 hours per day Description The optional Study Groups are offered to provide continuity, support, and security, while participants develop experience and confidence in their ability to deliver orthodontic services. Having completed Comprehensive Orthodontics, participants may choose to continue their studies in an Study Group setting. Study Groups meet on a periodic basis, and include viewing guest videotaped lectures and discussing preselected journal articles about orthodontics and case presentations. Case presentations will cover diagnosis, treatment planning, appliance selection, treatment monitoring, problem solving, patient management, and practice management (including fees for treatment). The importance of diagnosis and treatment planning cannot be overemphasized in the practice of orthodontics. The main objective of these Study Groups is to continue the development of each participant's diagnostic and treatment planning skills. Each Study Group session also includes a didactic discussion and lecture presentation on advanced orthodontic subjects. Meeting Times: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

State of the Art: Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation is organized by University of Michigan Department of Internal Medicine and will be held on Sep 13, 2019 at Delta Hotels by Marriott Grand Rapids Airport, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Advanced Perinatal Clinical Application is organized by International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA) and will be held from Sep 14 - 15, 2019 at Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 12 hours of continuing education credits. Course Description: Building on the Webster Technique Certification, this module emphasizes hands-on clinical skills for serving the pregnancy and postpartum populations. This course addresses perinatal chiropractic research, pelvic balancing techniques, outcome based exams, and tools for engaging both birth providers and mothers in your community. Course Goals: Learn how to identify neurological soft signs related to subluxation of particular importance to the perinatal population, and understand how to address the postural, structural, fascial, functional and psychosocial factors unique to pregnancy and the postpartum period. At a Glance • 16 Modules: 14 seminars and 2 in-office research projects • Open to chiropractors and students: 5th quarter/4th trimester or higher • Attend individual seminars or entire series • CE credit offered for approved states Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Advanced Spinal Assessment for the Infant and Child is organized by International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA) and will be held from Oct 05 - 06, 2019 at Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 12 hours of continuing education credits. Description: This course teaches spinal analysis and full spine adjusting for the newborn, infant and toddler populations including visual analysis and case history techniques. Spinal analysis procedures including muscle and motion palpation as well as adjusting techniques adapted from the Gonstead, Diversified and Logan Basic models will be presented. Techniques using the child drop headpiece are included. Expect extensive hands-on application. Course Goal: Participants gain the skills necessary to locate and analyze vertebral subluxation and have confidence in their ability to make gentle, specific adjustments in the newborn, infant and toddler. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

8th Annual Western Michigan Liver Round-Up is organized by University of Michigan Department of Internal Medicine and will be held on Oct 12, 2019 at Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America.   Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Michigan Orthopaedic Society (MOS) 2019 Annual Fall Education Program is organized by Michigan Orthopaedic Society (MOS) and will be held on Oct 17, 2019 at JW Marriott Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.