Upcoming Medical Conferences in Lansing

LLSA Review Course is organized by Michigan College of Emergency Physicians (MCEP) and will be held on Nov 04, 2019 at Michigan College of Emergency Physicians (MCEP) Chapter Office, Lansing, Michigan, United States of America.  Course Information: Articles are not provided for this course. ACEP members can obtain though http://www.acep.org/llsa/. Others can contact the ABEM office. Facility has wireless internet accessibility if you wish to complete the exam at the conclusion of this course, please bring a lap-top with wireless internet capability. Every effort will be made to assist you in completing the on-line exam. (A very limited number of office computers will be available for use). It is very important that you bring your ABEM online login information and your medical license information with you if you plan to take the exam at our office after the course. If your license has expired in ABEM’s system you will need to update it. You will also be required to provide your expiration date when signing in to take the exam. Please note there is a separate fee from ABEM to take the test. Certification: Please note, this year we will NOT be offering CME. Registration prices have been lowered to reflect this change. However, ABEM now offers CME for completion of the LLSA Requirements Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.  

Counseling Grief Clients: Functional Interventions for Everyday Use is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Nov 21, 2019 at Ramada Hotel & Conference Center by Wyndham Lansing, Lansing, Michigan, United States of America. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 6.3 contact hours / 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) / 6.0 clock hours. Target Audience: • Psychologists • Psychiatrists • Counselors • Marriage and Family Therapists • Social Workers • Pastoral Counselors • Chaplains/Clergy • Mental Health Nurses • Funeral Directors • Case Managers • Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners • Addiction Counselors • Thanatologists • Nursing Home Administrators Conference Description: Clinicians often struggle to develop an effective approach to counseling grief clients due to the uniqueness of each individual’s grief. The last 10-15 years have seen an explosion of new research in the field and many new studies have turned what we thought we knew on its head. Explore this new research about appropriate diagnosis of grief clients, ideas for how to assess grief severity and related constructs, and clarification about what is meant by “complicated grief.” Review the most commonly used current models for understanding grief and leave with tools, including 20 interventions, to more confidently assist clients in navigating the adaptive, yet confusing and difficult, grief process. The seminar will end with a focus on self-care, discussion how to appropriately manage and care for ourselves in this demanding, yet fulfilling, work. Conference Objectives are: • Articulate current models for conceptualizing grief and how these influence treatment planning. • Analyze and differentiate clinical symptoms to diagnose grief clients appropriately. • Implement functional interventions for grief counseling adaptable to use with any clients. • Demonstrate three new interventions to use with bereaved clients. • Determine when grief has become “complicated” and develop an appropriate treatment strategy. • Develop strategies of self-awareness and self-care for grief counselors as it relates to clinical practice. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Challenging Geriatric Behaviors is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Dec 10, 2019 at Ramada Hotel & Conference Center by Wyndham Lansing, Lansing, Michigan, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6.3 contact hours / 6.25 clock hours of instruction. Target Audience: • Nurses • Physical Therapists • Physical Therapist Assistants • Occupational Therapists • Occupational Therapy Assistants • Speech-Language Pathologists • Social Workers • Home Healthcare Providers • Nursing Home Administrators • Registered Dietitians & Dietetic Technicians • Recreation Therapists Description: This is the best seminar on challenging geriatric behaviors that you will ever attend - GUARANTEED! Join Steven Atkinson, nationally-known expert, author and speaker on geriatrics, for a high-energy, dynamic seminar filled with interesting case studies, insightful discussions and interactive learning. You will leave this seminar with practical techniques that you can apply the next day! Dealing with cognitively-impaired geriatric patients can be challenging even for the experienced healthcare professional. You will learn strategies to manage behaviors such as: • Dementia • Aggression • Anxiety and depression • Refusal of food and fluids • Inappropriate sexual advances If older adults are routinely under your care, minimize your risk of escalating the problems associated with troublesome, often irrational behavior by attending this program. Gain valuable insights into the causes of challenging geriatric behaviors and learn innovative and practical intervention strategies to improve the care you provide. Objectives: • Develop strategies to manage difficult behaviors in seniors who have an altered perception of reality. • Identify the signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease and other dementias. • Discuss current research on the prevention of Alzheimer's disease, as well as lifestyle factors to slow the disease progression. • Summarize the safety issues associated with geriatric patients who drive and identify individuals who pose a safety threat. • Explain why wandering occurs in individuals with cognitive impairment and develop strategies to minimize or redirect this behavior. • Describe the environmental and behavioral causes of agitation. • Differentiate between appropriate and inappropriate sexual behaviors in individuals with dementia. • Distinguish between normal sleeping patterns and bedtime issues which could lead to increased health problems. • Analyze the physical and psychological changes that affect an elder's desire and ability to eat including the changes in nutritional requirements. • Identify the signs of caregiver stress and develop intervention strategies to prevent burnout.

An Orthopedic Approach to Myofascial Release is organized by Great Lakes Seminars (GLS) and will be held from Apr 25 - 26, 2020 at Peak Performance Physical Therapy, Lansing, Michigan, United States of America.  Accreditation: This course has been submitted for 16 continuing education hours. Approval amounts may vary per state. Certificates of attendance with the number of course hours will be given to each participant at the completion of the course. Course Description: This class will help you to learn a clinically and anatomically based approach to myofascial release. We focus on how the muscle and fascia create dysfunction in the body, increase the stress on the system and cause symptoms that become common diagnoses that we treat every day. Learn to integrate this effective tool into your daily treatment and expand the options you have to treat dysfunction. As with all of our manual therapy courses, this seminar will follow a progression of principles and reinforce them throughout the 16 hours, is at least 75% hands-on lab, and will give the clinician hands-on skills they use immediately upon their return to the clinical setting. Topics Covered: • Review of pertinent anatomy • Introduction to the fascial system and its relationship to other systems • Palpation of the bony structures and muscular segments • Motion testing - static and dynamic • Treatment of the thorax • Treatment of the upper quadrants • Treatment of the lower quadrants • Treatment of scars • Integrated fascial elongation • Three-dimensional, functional stretching • Application to specific clinical situations course  Objectives: At the completion of this seminar, the participant will be able to: • Confidently describe and independently state the rationale for doing Myofascial Release and its specific effect • Correctly demonstrate proper hand technique, grading of the level of touch, and the effects of a release • Correctly describe the importance of fluid fascial movement in a 3 dimensional system, allowing for the physiologic system to have the ability to provide resilience to dysfunction • Confidently describe the different layers of fascia and know when to treat each layer • Confidently explain and independently state how specific myofascial restrictions in different parts of the body can create the orthopedic dysfunctions that we treat on a daily basis Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Michigan Safety Conference is organized by Michigan Safety Conference and will be held from Apr 13 - 14, 2021 at Lansing, Michigan, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Michigan Dental Association (MDA) 2021 Annual Session is organized by Michigan Dental Association (MDA) and will be held from Apr 21 - 24, 2021 at Lansing Center, Lansing, Michigan, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Michigan Safety Conference is organized by Michigan Safety Conference and will be held from Apr 12 - 13, 2022 at Lansing, Michigan, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.