Upcoming Medical Conferences in Saint Paul

Practical Emergency Medicine: Current and Upcoming Applications of Care 2019 is organized by Mayo Clinic and will be held from Sep 11 - 13, 2019 at The Saint Paul Hotel, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America. Target Audience: This course is designed for emergency medicine physicians, nurses, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. Accreditation: AMA Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science 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. General Session = 17.75 credits;  Ultrasound or Simulation Workshop = 1.5 credits AOA This program has been accredited by the American Osteopathic Association for 19.25 AOA Category 2-A CME credits.  ANCC Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this live activity for a maximum of 19.25 ANCC nursing contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Other Healthcare Professionals A certificate of attendance will be provided to other healthcare professionals for requesting credits in accordance with state nursing boards, specialty societies, or other professional associations. Course Description: This course is designed for emergency department providers who are motivated to incorporate the latest advances in patient care into their own practice settings. Nurses, physicians, pharmacists, NPs and PAs are encouraged to attend and take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn from and meet Mayo Clinic faculty that look for ways to improve the care of acutely ill and injured adults and children every day. Join us to find ways to add to your day-to-day practice. Learning Objectives: • Identify areas for improvements in the resuscitation of both adult and pediatric patients in the emergency medicine setting over a wide variety of topics • Evaluate strategies to identify and close gaps in emergency care provided in the participants’ clinical setting • Engage in hands-on learning of bedside ultrasound techniques and utilization of in situ simulation sessions for high stakes patient care situations Optional Workshops: Attendees can choose to attend an optional workshop on Thursday, September 12. Limited attendance; pre-registration is required. Behind the Simulation Curtain: An Introduction for Novices Learn implementation strategies for simulation training in your practice. Through a demonstration of a resuscitation scenario and a review of tips and tricks by a multidisciplinary group of experienced educators, you see what it takes to create a successful simulation experience. Emergency Echocardiography: Basics and Beyond Practice the basics and learn selected advanced applications of emergency echocardiography that can directly impact patient care at the bedside. This hands-on session includes a brief introduction to the topics and ample time of practical scanning in a small group setting. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

2019 AVA Global Health Summit is organized by Academy on Violence and Abuse (AVA) and will be held from Oct 03 - 04, 2019 at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America. Topics: • Prevention of violence and abuse across the lifespan • Research that sheds light on the biological pathways through which exposure to violence and/or abuse affects physical and/or mental health • Inter-professional curricula related to teaching about violence and abuse • New findings from neuroscience and biochemistry of changes resulting from abuse and methods of measuring or identifying these changes • Promising ways of modifying or reversing health effects in the exposed population • Clinical approaches to treating abuse issues such as improving the health care response (e.g. interdisciplinary and holistic models) • The cost of health care related to exposure to violence and abuse • Health professional education including evidence-based education, studies of what changes practice and what leads to competency • Implementation of trauma informed care in various health care settings • Resilience – measuring, teaching, enhancing • Corporal Punishment • Trauma-Informed Courtrooms • Ethics Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS) is organized by Park Nicollet Health Services (PNHS) and will be held from Oct 24 - 25, 2019 at Regions Hospital, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 14.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Conference overview: The FCCS curriculum is intended to introduce principles important in the initial care of critically ill/injured patients to physicians, physicians-in-training, nurses, and other healthcare providers who may or may not be skilled in critical care but who must care for such patients during early stabilization and in anticipation of the arrival of an intensivist, specialist, or pending transfer of a patient to a tertiary center. This program will follow a standardized, rigorous curriculum developed by the Society of Critical Care Medicine. It provides exposure in both didactic and hands-on clinical skills for health care professionals who are responsible for care in the inpatient setting. Educational objectives: Following this learning activity, participants will be able to: • Prioritize assessment needs for the critically ill patient • Identify appropriate diagnostic tests for the critically ill patient • Recognize and initiate management of acute life-threatening conditions • Identify and respond to significant changes in the unstable patient • Recognize the need for patient transfer and prepare practitioners for optimally accomplishing transfer. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Children's Orthopaedic Trauma Summit is organized by University of Minnesota - Continuing Professional Development and will be held from Oct 24 - 25, 2019 at Minnesota History Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America. Audience: This course is ideal for pediatric, orthopaedic, and trauma surgeons as well as emergency room physicians, pediatricians, family physicians, primary care physicians, and advanced practice practitioners who work with children. Accreditation: In support of improving patient care, University of Minnesota, Interprofessional Continuing Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Credit Designations Statements American Medical Association (AMA) The University of Minnesota, Interprofessional Continuing Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) This activity is awarded up to 8.25 ANCC contact hours. Key Topics: • Growth Plate Physiology • Physeal Classifications • Upper and Lower Extremity Physeal Injury and Sequela Course Description: This course is intended for anyone involved in the care of the pediatric patient with a musculoskeletal injury. Whether you are an orthopedic surgeon who cares for kids, or a primary care provider looking to augment your knowledge of first line care in the setting of injuries to the growth plate, or any patient practitioner with interest in this area, this course is for you. Educational Objectives: Following completion of this activity, learners should be better able to: • Discuss physiology as a basis for structure and function. • Apply physeal fracture classification as a basis for treatment and prognosis. • Develop a strategy for diagnosing, tracking and intervening in growth plate arrest. • Differentiate upper and lower extremity variants in physeal fracture injuries inclusive of next frontier treatments.

Minnesota Radiological Society (MRS) 2019 Fall Meeting is organized by Minnesota Radiological Society (MRS) and will be held on Nov 16, 2019 at St. Paul Hotel, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Sensory Integration Intensive is organized by Education Resources, Inc. (ERI) and will be held from Dec 05 - 08, 2019 at United Hospital -Nasseff Specialty Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America. Audience: This course is designed for OTs, OTAs, PTs, PTAs, SLPs, and anyone who works with patients with Autism spectrum, developmental, and learning disorders. CEU Credits: This course meets the criteria for 27 contact hours (2.7 CEUs). This workshop meets the accepted standards for continuing competence in MA and CT Application has been made to the NJ Board of Physical Therapy Examiners Approved Provider by the NY State Board of Physical Therapy for 32.4 contact hours. Approved provider of continuing education by the American Occupational Therapy Association #3043 for 27 contact hours (2.7 CEUs) - Intermediate level Occupational Therapy Process: assessment, intervention The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products or clinical procedures by AOTA NBCOT Professional development provider 27 PDUs Speech Language Pathologists requiring ASHA CEUs should call Education Resources, Inc. at 800-487-6530 at least 30 days prior to the course in order to receive ASHA preapproval 12 hours of this course qualify toward the 20 hours requirement for NDTA re-certification Course Description: This intensive, hands-on evidence-based four-day course addresses sensory integrative dysfunction across all ages in those with Autism spectrum, developmental and learning disorders. Participants will leave armed with new direct treatment strategies, as well as contextual interventions to assess and treat across five interdependent systems: motor, sensory, emotional-relational, communication and cognitive problem-solving. Participants will learn to treat the root deficit systems instead of isolated deficit behaviors. This effective approach helps patients to show spontaneity and self-motivation to seek out increasingly positive interactions. The focus will be on tools to enhance participation by improving body awareness, postural stability/security, coordinative skill, motor planning, interest and skill with interpersonal communication, organization, and abstract reasoning for learning. Course Objectives: Participants will be able to apply course learning immediately to: • Identify and access efficacy research to justify diagnosis and treatment of SPD. • Design contextual and direct intervention strategies that enable praxis and academics (including handwriting,visual-spatial thinking, arithmetic, spelling, memorization and abstract problem-solving). • Design interventions that address developmental deficits across the five interdependent development systems. • Assess and document an individuals specific deficit area and establish goals and priorities for treatment. • Integrate interventions to establish basic attachment relationships and sensory pleasure. Develop interventions skills in ball work for SI, muscle tone and postural development.

Geriatric Orthopaedic Fracture Conference is organized by University of Minnesota - Continuing Professional Development and will be held on Sep 11, 2020 at The Saint Paul Hotel, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.