Upcoming Medical Conferences in Albuquerque

Ten Best-Ever Anxiety Treatment Techniques is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on May 14, 2019 at Albuquerque Marriott, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 6.5 Contact Hours. Target Audience: • Social Workers • Psychologists • Counselors • Marriage and Family Therapists • Case Managers • Addiction Counselors • Therapists • Nurses • Occupational Therapists • Occupational Therapist Assistants • Marriage & Family Therapists • Other Mental Health Professionals Course Description: Dr. Daniel van Ingen will assist you in shaping the 10-best ever anxiety techniques to your needs and will discuss: • How to apply the techniques in difficult cases • How these techniques apply to different age groups • How these techniques can help with clients who have co-morbid diagnoses • How to use these techniques with groups or individuals and in different types of psychological services: private practice, hospital units, classrooms, nursing facilities, etc. This fresh approach will give you a complete set of tools to work with anxiety symptoms. Cutting-edge research tells clinicians not only what is new, but also tells us why what we have done best over the years works to help clients achieve positive results in therapy. In this seminar, you will learn, practice and be ready to apply 10 techniques that really work to stop symptoms of panic, worry and social anxiety. These 10 proven methods can control most symptoms of panic, generalized anxiety and social anxiety. Through in-seminar practice and discussion case vignettes to illustrate their applications – you can make them strong, effective and lasting interventions. Methods that control physiology: diaphragmatic breathing, reducing tension, mindful awareness to offset panic or acute anxiety can be easy to learn but not simple to apply. We will discuss how to make them effective with different age groups and difficult clients if you want to obtain the best results for calming panic and dread. Likewise, controlling the cognitive problems of anxiety, such as catastrophizing or ruminatively worrying, challenge most with anxiety. Learn powerful techniques that cool off worry (“Worry well and only once!” “Knowing, Not Showing Anger”), and challenge faulty cognitions, the obstacles to improving panic and social anxiety (“Counter Cognitions”, etc.). You can help your clients identify and change the ways they avoid their social anxiety. Case examples will clarify planned re-entry to triggering situations, handling the stress of preparation and conducting in vivo exposure. Course Objectives: • Implement the 4 competencies of stress management to improve health, quality of life and reduce anxiety, including lifestyle changes, cognitive interventions and time management tools. • Employ techniques to prevent panic: “Prepare to be there without the scare” and manage panic events so there is less fear of fear. • Model how to make breathing really work and utilize relaxation methods in stress rebound. • Communicate how memory reconsolidation helps your clients identify their triggers and interrupt the common cognitions that set off panic attacks. • Practice techniques to interrupt and “erase the trace” of persistent worries and understand how this changes the neurobiology of ruminative thinking. • Integrate cognitive interventions to manage perfectionism, procrastination and rigid approaches to problems. • Analyze techniques for “calm, competent and confident” approaches to exposure and utilize memory reconsolidation principles that minimize social anxiety and increase successful participation in performance and everyday social experiences for all age groups.

Legal and Ethical Issues in Behavioral Health in New Mexico is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on May 22, 2019 at Albuquerque Marriott, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America. Target Audience: • Social Workers • Counselors • Psychologists • Marriage & Family Therapists • AODA Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Counselors • Health Information Managers • Medical Records Professionals • Nurses Course Description: Without the proper legal awareness needed to stay in compliance, you may face grave legal and financial consequences. This seminar will show you how to continue to help the people you’ve been trained to help while still protecting yourself from many legal pitfalls, If you attend only one seminar this year, make it this one. Join attorney Lois Fenner for an entertaining and enlightening day and leave with a greater understanding of the latest New Mexico laws as they relate to behavioral health. You will take home practical strategies to minimize and manage legal and ethical risks and you will learn how to immediately implement these risk reducing strategies into your practice. Course Objectives: • Explain how to comply with HIPAA regulations. • Describe the process for responding to subpoenas and court orders. • Identify the rights of minors and parents in mental health treatment and legal determinations. • Describe the role of the mental health professional in the commitment process. • Develop policies on ethical issues such as restraints, seclusion and informed consent. • Identify the treatment provider’s responsibilities related to mental health issues and the legal duty to warn. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Wilderness Medicine First Responder Recertification Course is organized by National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) and will be held from May 25 - 27, 2019 at Cottonwood Gulch Expeditions, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America. Continuing Educational Units: • 18 hours of EMT CEUs available at no additional cost • Up to 14 hours towards the Wilderness Medical Society’s Fellowship of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine at no additional cost • Category 1 CMEs for physicians not available • Central Wyoming College credit not available • University of Utah credit not available • 1 semester credits available from Western State Colorado University for an additional fee of $80 Course Description: Review, practice, and stay on top of your skills with NOLS Wilderness Medicine's Wilderness First Responder Recertification Course. This scenario-based approach to recertification provides the opportunity to test your skills against realistic situations. You will practice and relearn wilderness medicine protocols, review evacuation and decision making guidelines, and receive the latest curriculum updates over the course of three days. You are required to complete both written and practical testing to recertify on this Recertification course. To achieve a passing score (70%) on the written multiple-choice exam, you must review previous course materials. Please come prepared. Minimum age: 16 Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Inflammation, Pain Management & Functional Nutrition Therapy Course is organized by CE International and will be held on Jun 04, 2019 at Marriott Hotel, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America. Who Should Attend: • Pharmacists • Nursing Professionals • Dietitians • Physical Therapy Professionals • Occupational Therapy Professionals • Mental Health Counselors, Therapists Social Workers • Medical Professionals  Accreditation: • Nursing Professionals (all nursing professionals - RN, NP, LPN, etc.)- 6 Contact Hours • Pharmacists - 6 Contact Hours • Registered Dietitians and Diet Technicians - 6 Contact Hours • Physical Therapy Professionals - 6 Contact Hours • Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling - 6 Contact Hours • Occupational Therapy Professionals - 6 Contact Hours Description: Inflammation is associated with many diseases today in both an acute and chronic state. Inflammation is the body’s response to a perceived threat. The “threat” can produce either a low-grade systemic response or a mount a full inflammatory response. All levels of inflammation have a negative effect on the body and increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and other disease states. This seminar explores the connection between inflammation and pain and what can be done to reduce both. Key techniques to reduce inflammation and pain include nutrition therapy and exercise. Evidence based medicine supporting the use of functional nutrition therapy in the treatment and prevention of inflammation and pain will reviewed.  Objectives: • Identify the role of inflammation in overall health and specific medical conditions (e.g. Alzheimer’s disease, CVD, Diabetes, Autoimmune diseases). • Explain the relationship between dietary intake and systemic inflammation. • List specific dietary components that can increase inflammation in the body. • Summarize the evidence for functional nutrition therapy in treating systemic and neuroinflammation. • Recognize the mechanisms leading to the inflammatory response and its role in disease development. • Recognize the role of the gut microbiome in pain and inflammation. • Identify the mechanism by which mitochondrial dysfunction promotes neurodegenerative diseases and pain. • Define dietary strategies to treat the leaky gut and reduce joint pain. • Identify dietary supplements that have been used to reduce pain and inflammation. • Summarize exercise strategies that can reduce inflammation and aid in pain management.  Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Cardiopulmonary Therapy for the Rehab Professional: Therapeutic Interventions for All Aspects of Cardiac Care - From ICU to Outpatient is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Jun 06, 2019 at Embassy Suites by Hilton Albuquerque Hotel & Spa, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available. 

Endovascular Advances: A Hands-On Preceptorship Program is organized by Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning (ACHL) and will be held from Jun 13 - 14, 2019 at New Mexico Heart Institute at Lovelace Medical Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is vascular surgeons, interventional cardiologists, and interventional radiologists looking to expand their hands-on experience in the treatment of peripheral arterial disease. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 16.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Description: This CME activity is designed to provide physicians with hands-on training in all aspects of managing complex lower extremity disease, including: SFA interventions, chronic limb ischemia, and chronic total occlusions. Approved attendees will be trained for a two-day program under the direct supervision of the program faculty at the program site. Objectives: • Analyze risk assessment and diagnostic methods in PAD • Explore alternative access options and techniques (i.e. pedal access, popliteal access) • Discuss treatment algorithms and best practices  • Formulate strategies for complication management  • Evaluate various SFA and CTO tools and treatment strategies, including vessel preparation with atherectomy and new technologies in the era of drug elution.

ASCP 2019 Albuquerque Workshops for Laboratory Professionals is organized by American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) and will be held from Jun 19 - 21, 2019 at Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America. Session Topics: A wide range of topics are conducted in full or half-day sessions, and subjects may include: • Coagulation • Quality Control • Hematology • Body Fluids • Clinical Chemistry • Blood Banking • Microbiology • Phlebotomy and more Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

The Hands-On Guide to Vestibular Rehabilitation: Clinical Decision-Making to Treat Vertigo, Dizziness, & Balance Disorders is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Jul 17, 2019 at Sheraton Albuquerque Airport Hotel, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America. Target Audience: • Physical Therapists • Physical Therapist Assistants • Occupational Therapists • Occupational Therapy Assistants • Audiologists • Athletic Trainers • Physicians • Nurses • Nurse Practitioners Course Description: The course begins with assessment and treatment techniques for BPPV, including a lab component to practice technique, hand positioning, and patient-specific modifications. You will become skilled to better recognize BPPV and subsequently recognize the presentations that do not fit the BPPV pattern. Further assessment and treatment of the non-BPPV diagnoses will also be addressed through functional assessments and treatment progressions.  Participants of this course will walk out with a deeper understanding of assessment, treatment techniques, patient-specific modifications, and differential diagnosis skills for the dizzy patient. Take your skills to a new level when you can pinpoint the areas where therapy can intervene to promote the desired functional gains for patients and the strategies to appropriately progress patients through each of those areas. Objectives: • Perform assessment techniques for vestibular patients with proper technique and appropriate patient-specific modifications. • Analyze findings of a vestibular assessment to determine a therapy diagnosis. • Recognize key subjective reports to further enhance evaluation and differential diagnosis skills. • Evaluate findings that assist in differentiation of central, peripheral and cervicogenic dizziness. • Formulate a plan of care based on findings from assessments to improve functional outcomes. • Select proper treatment techniques from evidence-based guidelines for vestibular rehabilitation. • Evaluate prognosis based on accurate diagnostic procedures. • Develop appropriate goals for patients considering complete medical history and presenting factors that may modify rehab outcomes. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Grow Your Practice with Dental Sleep Medicine is organized by Sleep Group Solutions (SGS) and will be held from Aug 02 - 03, 2019 at Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 16 CEU. Day 1 ● Sleep 101 – sleep stages, disorders and the need for sleep apnea treatment ● Sleep apnea symptoms/clinical issues ● Improving Case Acceptance - Treating snoring and sleep apnea in a dental office. ● Prepare overnight home sleep study for select course attendees ● Hands on with Pharyngometer / Rhinometer for airway testing ● Working with Sleep Physicians and Building relationships with local MD’s Day 2 ● Download previous night’s Home Sleep Tests study and review study data and sleep report with class ● Dental Sleep Medicine step-by-step protocol flow chart ● Oral Appliance Pro’s & Con’s: Dorsal, Herbst, EMA, TAP, Panthera, and SomnoMed ● Case presentations and How to Market a Sleep Practice ● Review of the latest codes, fees, procedures with medical billing and Medicare.  Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

VFM: Visceral Functional Mobilization is organized by The Institute of Physical Art, Inc. (IPA) and will be held from Sep 13 - 15, 2019 at Presbyterian Healthplex, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 18 Contact Hours. Audience: PT, PTA, OT, SPT Attendees agree to utilize all skills of evaluation, assessment and treatment learned in this course to the extent allowed under the regulations of their professional practice act. By registering you acknowledge that your attendance does not represent authorization by the IPA, or any of its officers, to utilize any of the material learned which may lie outside of the strict interpretation of your practice act.  Course Purpose: Visceral Functional Mobilization (VFM) is a course designed to train the participant to palpate and identify structures of the digestive system, starting from the esophagus to the rectum, including the gallbladder, liver, and sphincters.  Other structures that will be introduced include the diaphragm, prostate, bladder and uterus.  Research has identified that limited visceral mobility impacts skeletal mobility and the function of the involved organ. This course is designed to train the participant to identify mechanical dysfunction within the abdominal viscera and provide treatment strategies to enhance function and mobility. This course is an expansion upon and refinement of the visceral section previously taught in Functional Mobilization II (FM II). Course Objectives: • Develop anatomical palpation skills for the respiratory, digestive, and reproductive organs. • Correlate subjective and objective findings gained from directed questions, Functional Tests, Functional Movement Patterns, PNF, and palpation. • Correlate changes in visceral mobility to functional changes in the spine and extremities. • Identify appropriate FM strategies to enhance mechanical capacity of identified restrictions. • Develop a home program inclusive of self-mobilization procedures.~Discuss the clinical and published evidence for treatment of viscera.