Upcoming Medical Conferences in Raleigh

Today's Best Treatments for the Upper Extremity: Rapidly Resolve Hand, Wrist & Elbow Problems with Ease is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Feb 07, 2020 at DoubleTree By Hilton Hotel Raleigh - Brownstone - University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6.3 contact hours/ 6.0 contact hours or 0.6 CEUs/ 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™/ 6.0 continuing education hours.  Target Audience: • Physical Therapists • Physical Therapist Assistants • Occupational Therapists • Occupational Therapy Assistants • Athletic Trainers • Strength and Conditioning Specialists • Exercise Physiologists • Nurses • Nurse Practitioners • Physician Assistants Course Description: When you’re working with upper extremity patients, sometimes progress can feel like an uphill battle. Many patients have difficulty describing upper extremity symptoms, so localizing the problem can be a challenge. Scar tissue and edema often limit tissue gliding so much that it interferes with exercises and functional tasks. And when standard treatment protocols fall short of expectations, this can leave your patients frustrated, pained by activities that give them purpose, and resigned to surgical options. But with the latest advances in upper extremity rehabilitation, helping your patients achieve their functional goals is easier than ever. Sign up now for this hands-on training, and learn how to get to the root cause of impairment faster with a comprehensive assessment that combines the best evaluations currently available. Revolutionize your therapy toolbox with innovative interventions you can use immediately to accelerate progress. And design advanced plans of care for a variety of common upper extremity diagnoses, fluently combining techniques for optimal outcomes. Join the former president of the American Society of Hand Therapists, Kristin Valdes, as she guides you through a proven framework for upper extremity rehabilitation that has helped countless patients regain lost function and rediscover life without the pain. Objectives: • Evaluate the latest advances in upper extremity rehabilitation and their implications for your patients. • Demonstrate a comprehensive assessment, identifying and differentiating root causes of pain and impairment. • Integrate the most effective interventions for restoring function and improving ROM, strength, dexterity, mobility, stability, proprioception and sensation. • Combine multiple approaches for better outcomes, including provocative testing, neuromuscular reeducation, elastic taping, graded motor imagery, mirror therapy, eccentric exercises and more. • Design effective, innovative plans of care for a wide range of upper extremity diagnoses. • Apply the assessments and interventions discussed in this seminar to a series of interactive case scenarios. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

2 Day Intensive Course: Clinical Supervision: Providing Effective Supervision, Navigating Ethical Issues and Managing Risk is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held from Feb 10 - 11, 2020 at Hilton Garden Inn Raleigh /Crabtree Valley, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 12.5 hours of continuing education credit / 12.5 CE.  Target Audience: • Counselors • Social Workers • Psychologists < /li> • Case Managers • Addiction Counselors • Marriage & Family Therapists • Psychotherapists • Other Mental Health ProfessionalsCourse  Description: This two-day course was developed for experienced, post-graduate, licensed clinicians who are interested in or have been providing clinical supervision. It is an intermediate level course designed to introduce practitioners to best practices for providing clinical supervision. The presentation reviews models of clinical supervision and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each model, details building blocks for the provision of competent supervision, discusses individual versus group supervision, suggests various observation models to enhance feedback and demonstrates constructive feedback strategies. As supervision is often a multicultural experience, potential supervisors are taught to identify personal values, biases and expectations and utilizes skills, techniques and strategies for supervising diverse populations. Every discipline recognizes the importance of clinical supervision in training new practitioners and has established specific guidelines related to supervision, this course reviews the major ethical issues involved in supervision, discusses key legal issues associated with supervision and provides specific risk management strategies to address these ethical and legal issues This experiential, in-depth seminar details the supervisory process, answers your questions about ethical issues, risk and liability, and prepares you to deliver competent clinical supervision. Objectives: • Develop best practices for providing clinical supervision, including the use of a written supervisory contract and thorough documentation procedures. • Analyze models of clinical supervision, including advantages and disadvantages of each. • Apply the six building blocks of providing competent supervision. • Conduct a self -assessment of your competencies as a supervisor. • Demonstrate the use of constructive feedback strategies as they relate to clinical supervision practice. • Utilize various observation methods for the purpose of providing ongoing feedback for supervisees to improve their clinical skills. • Create a detailed professional development plan for supervisees. • Establish standards for identifying and addressing cultural or contextual bias within both the supervisory and the therapeutic relationship and developing “cultural humility”. • Identify personal values, bias and expectations and use skills, techniques and strategies for supervising diverse populations. • Use specific strategies for dealing effectively with an impaired supervisee. • Provide timely, clear, descriptive feedback to supervisees using multiple formats, methods and techniques. • Recognize the key legal issues and risks involved in being a clinical supervisor, particularly vicarious liability. • Articulate the major ethical issues involving supervision including: Competence, due process, informed consent, confidentiality, and multiple/dual relationships. • Summarize risk management strategies for supervision.  Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

2020 North Carolina Neurological Society (NCNS) Annual Meeting is organized by North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) and will be held from Feb 21 - 23, 2020 at Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America. Description: Healthcare organizations, pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, and other vendors are invited to participate as exhibitors and Supporters of the meeting. The NCNS extends opportunities for tabletop displays, sponsorship of specific aspects of the meeting (such as resident participation), and CME speaker underwriting during the meeting. Supporter opportunities are available at different monetary levels to fit all types of needs and budget constraints. Networking and recognition opportunities are abundant for health-related and consumer businesses that participate.  Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

NC Neurological Society 2020 Annual Meeting is organized by North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) and will be held from Feb 21 - 23, 2020 at Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

6-Day Ultimate Review: Our Most Popular Course for the Anesthesia Oral Boards is organized by Anesthesiology Consultants (AC) and will be held from Feb 25 - Mar 01, 2020 at Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America. Description: If ever there were a way to summarize everything you needed for the Oral Boards, our 6-Day Ultimate Review would be it. Acclaimed by candidates as the single best course ever attended, the course is the culmination over 20 years of study, research, deliberation, and clinical experience. It includes an exhaustive review of all major and minor topics, our primer on the attributes of a Perioperative Consultant, mock exams from our pool of experienced examiners, and daily interaction with Dr. Ho. Simply stated, there is no better way to learn anesthesia as it relates to the Oral Boards. Course Highlights: • 10 Essential Attributes of a Consultant. • How to Dissect the Stem Question. • Answering Additional Topics Questions. • The 6 Reasons for Failure. • How to Study and Prepare. • Dealing with Ambiguity. • Doing vs. Thinking. • Comprehensive coverage of essential topics • How to Study and Prepare. • Secrets to Success. • 4 mock orals (only with on-site course) with opportunity to obtain more. • Dr. Ho’s unrivaled insight, experience, and expertise. • Review, reinforcement, and emphasis of key material…THE TOTAL PACKAGE! Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Dental Sleep Medicine GPS: Step by Step Directions to Drive Your Success is organized by Dental Sleep Solutions, LLC and will be held from Feb 28 - 29, 2020 at Hampton Inn & Suites Raleigh Downtown, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 14 hours of CE. Course Description: When it comes to your Dental Sleep Medicine goals, you know where you want to go, but it can be difficult to get there. This course is designed to deliver the skills you need to efficiently navigate the processes of screening, testing, treating and billing for sleep apnea treatment. This hands-on course is designed to deliver the skills you need to efficiently navigate the processes of screening, testing, treating and billing for sleep apnea treatment. This course is for dentists and teams that want to go from novice to DSM expert and avoid all the traffic jams and wrong turns that prevent practices from successfully reaching their destination. We’ll focus on what you NEED to KNOW to navigate the complexities of medical billing, home sleep testing, device selection, effective consultations, and more. If you’re interested in becoming successful at dental sleep medicine, you don’t want to miss this event. Objectives: • Provide patients with the best care using only 45 minutes of doctor time • Manage the Four Pillars: Screening, Testing, Billing, Treating • Consultation techniques to generate patient engagement • Maximize insurance reimbursement effectively and efficiently • Determine the right devices for the right patients • Minimize side-effects • Use the proper pathways for sleep testing in your practice • Ensure proper charts for medical and insurance compliance • Create and maintain a steady physician referral network • Love your career again Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available

Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Recognizing & Treating the Emerging Epidemic is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Feb 28, 2020 at Hampton Inn & Suites Raleigh/Crabtree Valley, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6.0 contact hours or 0.6 CEUs / 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Target Audience: • Social Workers • Psychologists • Counselors • Teachers • School Administrators • Occupational Therapists • Speech-Language Pathologists • Marriage and Family Therapists • Other Helping Professionals who Work with Children Course Description: Anxiety disorders are now recognized as the most common emotional problem in 10 out of 17 countries surveyed by the World Health Organization, including the United States. The increasing rate of stress and trauma to children, which includes divorce, family breakdown, violence in society, the media, and a failing school system, has produced a “shell shocked” generation suffering from anxiety in many cases. The challenge for clinicians is to recognize anxiety in children and help them cope. Dr. Paul Foxman will present a template for how and why anxiety develops in children and adolescents. He will present practical treatment strategies that can be applied immediately. The seven key anxiety disorders along with case examples to be addressed include: • Separation anxiety disorder • Panic disorder • Overanxious disorder • Obsessive-compulsive disorder • Social anxiety disorder • Phobias • Post-traumatic stress disorder Other co-occurring disorders (e.g. behavior problems, medical conditions, depression, ADHD, learning disabilities, selective mutism) will also be discussed. Emphasis will be on creative interventions involving insight-oriented, cognitive-behavioral, biological, mindfulness, expressive arts and family systems approaches. Objectives: • Apply the “Three Ingredients” framework for understanding how, why and when anxiety occurs in children. • Draw from 10 specific stress-management strategies to target the "when" factor in child and adolescent anxiety. • Recommend 8 steps teachers can take to reduce anxiety in the classroom for more focused attention. • Implement at least one effective treatment strategy for each of the 7 key anxiety disorders to modify sources of stress. • Designate 3 steps that schools can take to create a safe, calm environment for meeting the needs of anxious students. • Create a therapeutic alliance with parents to improve the effectiveness of clinical treatment with anxious kids.

North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants (NCAPA) Winter Conference 2020 is organized by North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants (NCAPA) and will be held from Feb 29 - Mar 03, 2020 at Hilton Raleigh North Hills, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 29 AAPA Category 1 CME credits for the general sessions and additional credits for the workshops. Optional Workshops: EKG Boot Camp Additional workshops to be announced by December 1, 2019. These workshops carry additional registration fees.  Please view the agenda or the fees page for more details. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

4-Day Crash Course: An Ultra-Intense, Comprehensive Review for the Anesthesia Oral Boards is organized by Anesthesiology Consultants (AC) and will be held from Mar 12 - 15, 2020 at Raleigh, North Carolina, Unites States of America. Description: Since its inception, the 4-Day Crash Course has been the key to success for hundreds of candidates in need of a last-minute comprehensive review of anesthesia as it pertains to the Oral Boards. Providing the same high-quality educational experience as our 6-Day Ultimate Review, those with last-minute gaps in knowledge, difficulty with critical thinking, and barriers to public speaking will find this intense, comprehensive review an essential element to their success. Course Highlights: • 10 Essential Attributes of a Consultant. • How to Dissect the Stem Question. • Answering Additional Topics Questions. • The 6 Reasons for Failure. • Dealing with Ambiguity. • How to Study and Prepare. • Doing vs. Thinking. • The #1 Single Course in the Country. • Comprehensive coverage of Essential topics. • 4 mock orals (only with on-site course) with opportunity to obtain more. • Dr. Ho’s unrivaled insight, experience, and expertise. • By all accounts, the MOST efficient, effective review 4-days just before the actual Boards. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Addressing Patient Behavior by Brain Lesion Site: Clinical Tools & Strategies Specific to Patient Deficits is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Mar 20, 2020 at DoubleTree By Hilton Hotel Raleigh - Brownstone - University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America. This course has been approved for a maximum of 6.0 contact hours / 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Target Audience: • Physical Therapists • Physical Therapist Assistants • Occupational Therapists • Occupational Therapy Assistants • Speech-Language Pathologists • Certified Brain Injury Specialists • Recreational Therapists • Nurses • Nurse Practitioners • Social Workers • Physician Assistants Course Description: Neuroanatomy is admittedly complex and overwhelming. Clinicians working in rehabilitation are faced with growing caseloads, diminished resources/reimbursement, and increasingly medically complex patients with the expectation of improving outcomes and reducing length of stay. Honing knowledge of clinically-relevant neuroanatomy and neuropathology can predict dysfunction and intuitively create a scaffold for assessment and treatment even before meeting the patient. Predetermining potential deficits leads to a more tightly defined diagnostic battery and expedites treatment formulation. By deducing the patient’s experience, the clinician can also prepare for behavioral barriers to engagement and understand the healing process with greater compassion. In this one-day seminar, participants will learn intermediate level neurophysiology as it relates to cognitive-linguistic skills and behavioral control, as well as explore mindfulness techniques for stress reduction. The overlying foci of the course are to arm treating professionals with an improved clinical eye, predicting dysfunction, and expedite the pathway to treatment. Course content will also include patient-focused educational materials for stroke and traumatic brain injury ready to utilize by treating practitioners. Objectives: • Categorize the anatomy and function of lobes of the brain as they apply to behavioral control. • Characterize the neurophysiology of memory and effect of fear/anger upon new learning and memory. • Analyze the effect of traumatic and non-traumatic injuries upon cognitive centers. • Connect neurotransmitters with the communication system within the brain. • Evaluate the optic system and lesion locations that affect engagement and accuracy in therapy. • Recommend simple neuroanatomy-based techniques to rapidly de-escalate stress for patients and caretakers. • Assess neuro-behavioral barriers that impact new learning.