Upcoming Medical Conferences in Raleigh

The SOFFI Method SM: Supporting Oral Feeding in Fragile Infants Session 2 is organized by Education Resources, Inc. (ERI) and will be held from Apr 26 - 27, 2019 at WakeMed Raleigh Campus, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America. Target Audience: This workshop is designed for individuals with several\ years experience working with family and staff to support oral feeding for infants in, or just discharged from the intensive care nursery, including speech/language pathologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists and early interventionists. Level of instruction: Intermediate to Advanced. Credits: • Approved provider by the NY State Board of PT for 17.4 contact hours. • Approved provider of continuing education by the American Occupational Therapy Association #3043, for 14.5 contact hours (1.45 CEUs) • NBCOT professional development provider-14.5 PDUs • This program has been submitted for approval for 14.5 clock hours of continuing education credit by the TX Speech Language Hearing Association (TSHA). • This course is offered for up to 1.45 ASHA CEUs Course Description: This course provides immediately applicable practical information to help clinicians better identify and treat the factors that impact successful oral feeding of preterm and ill term infants. Utilizing a multidisciplinary approach both in the NICU and after discharge to early intervention through the first six months the course emphasizes strategies to facilitate infant abilities and develop caregiver feeding skills. Breastfeeding is emphasized as the best feeding method for infants, with some strategies to support breastfeeding. However, most of the feeding strategies are for bottle feedings, since more infant feeding problems occur with bottle feedings. The objective is to identify feeding readiness and provide intervention strategies from a framework of normal development. A holistic approach integrating the medical fragility of these infants is emphasized, using the BROSS approach and the SOFFI (SM) Method. Course Objectives: Participants will be able to apply course learning immediately to: • Identify necessary components of infant development that indicate a readiness to begin and sustain oral feeding, including physiologic, motor and state organization. • Discuss the development of oral-motor skills in preterm infants.  • Describe the interaction between medical and developmental levels as they relate to feeding readiness and the progression • Identify infants who are not following a normal progression. • Use the BROSS approach to identify the development of oral feeding skills and use the SOFFI Method to guide feeding decisions and intervention strategies. • Use principles of normal development and developmental supportive care to facilitate feeding progression, to include contributions of both the family and the professional team. • Identify the impact of various medical conditions on oral feeding success. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Myofascial Cupping Practitioner Certification is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on May 01, 2019 at Hilton North Raleigh/Midtown, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 6.0 contact hours. Target Audience: • Physical Therapists/ PTAs • Occupational Therapists/OTAs • Athletic Trainers • Massage Therapists • Personal Trainers Course Description: Become a Certified Myofascial Cupping Practitioner in this hands-on course powered by RockTape, and boost your credentials as you learn everything you need to know to offer cupping services the next day.  Myofascial Cupping Practitioner Certification teaches the fundamentals of modern cupping techniques through a full day of interactive labs. Learn how to combine cupping and functional movement to produce the kinds of active treatment strategies that are revolutionizing rehab. Discover effective cupping treatments you can use for pain, sprains/strains, swelling, tendinopathies, and more. Objectives: • Review the principles of myofascial cupping and supporting evidence. • Describe the physiological and neurological effects of cupping. • Demonstrate how to apply cupping for best results. • Compare and contrast common cupping techniques and review indications/contraindications for each. • Demonstrate how cupping techniques can be combined with corrective exercise to improve pain, sprains/strains, swelling, tendinopathies, and more. • Develop cupping applications based on your assessment/treatment approach and the individual needs of your patient.

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 May 02 - 05, 2019 at Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America. Description: 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 they are available.

Making the Connection: A Modern Approach to the Treatment of Type 1 & Type 2 Diabetes is organized by Taking Control of Your Diabetes (TCOYD) and will be held on May 11, 2019 at Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America. Target Audience: This course is designed for diabetes healthcare providers including endocrinologists, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, certified diabetes educators, pharmacists, and other healthcare providers wanting to expand their knowledge of diabetes management. Accreditation: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Uni­versity of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Taking Control of Your Diabetes. The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. AMA: The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Nurses: For the purposes of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Cate­gory 1 Credits™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME. For the purpose of re-licensure, the Califor­nia Board of Registered Nursing accepts AMA PRA Category 1 credits™ (report up to 5.75 hours of credit and list “CME Category 1” as the provider number). Physician Assistants: The AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Phy­sician assistants may receive a maximum of 5.75 hours of Category 1 credit for completing this program. Credit Designation: Global Education Group designates this continuing education activity for 5.75 contact hour(s) (0.65 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. (Universal Activity Number - 0530-999-18-422-L01-P). Course Description: This activity for clinicians will focus on four distinct areas of diabetes management and will integrate case presentations into the lectures in order to facilitate more active audience participation. The four areas are: • Patient-provider relationships with a focus on communication methods to improve adherence and persistence • Oral agents for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and their effect on cardiovascular health • Injectable therapies, including insulin, for use in patients with type 2 diabetes • New and emerging strategies for patients with type 1 diabetes. In addition, this course is held in tandem with a separate, large-scale patient-focused conference. This will give providers the opportunity to observe and interact with people who have had diabetes and are engaged in their own intensive educational environment. By making that connection with patients, providers will acquire new skills and insight into what empowers patients with diabetes to develop healthy self-management of their condition.  The ultimate goal of this CME conference is to educate caregivers and clinicians about the most effective cutting-edge strategies to help patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes reach their treatment goals and avoid the associated acute and chronic complications. FAR FROM BORING, these aren’t your typical CME lectures. We promise to infuse a little HUMOR, some good eats and interesting interaction along the way. Learning Objectives: At course completion, participants should be able to: • Identify the different pathophysiologic defects associated with type 2 diabetes and how all the pharmacologic agents (oral and injectable) address these specific abnormalities. • Review the recently published cardiovascular outcome trials (CVOTs) on oral and injectable type 2 medications. • Discuss the implications of recently published cardiovascular outcome trials (CVOTS) on oral and injectable type 2 medications.  • Discuss approaches to combination therapy with the currently available oral agents, as well as physician and patient-directed insulin titration strategies and the basal-bolus approach. • Outline the most up-to-date clinical information on GLP-1 receptor agonists and SGLT-2 inhibitors. • Design a treatment plan for multiple daily injection regimens and insulin pump therapy. • Interpret continuous glucose monitoring data. • Select effective therapeutic adjustments based on trending or rate of change arrows, time in range, and standard deviation. • Evaluate the physical and emotional barriers that prevent patients with diabetes from being persistent and adherent to their therapeutic regimen(s). • Employ innovative and dynamic strategies for communication with patients to strengthen provider-patient relations and improve patient outcomes.

Internal Family Systems Therapy: Step-by-Step Procedures for Healing Traumatic Wounds and Alleviating Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, Addiction and More is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on May 15, 2019 at Hilton North Raleigh/Midtown, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6.25 clock hours of continuing education. Target Audience: • Counselors • Social Workers • Psychologists • Addiction Counselors • Marriage and Family Therapists • Therapists • Other Professionals Who Work within the Mental Health Fields Course Description: After decades of clinical innovation and recent scientific research, the empirically validated Internal Family Systems (IFS) model has been shown to be effective at improving clients’ general functioning and well-being. This effective model provides clinicians with procedures for helping clients with the most challenging mental health profiles to heal the wounded, burdened, and traumatized parts of their systems.  The IFS model provides a compassionate, respectful, non-pathologizing approach to understanding the organization and functioning of the human psyche.  The transformative IFS approach embraces and celebrates the natural multiplicity of the mind. Its assumption that every part of the system has good intention and valuable resources allows clinicians to approach even the most troubling of “symptoms” with compassion and respect. IFS offers therapists a powerful and effective set of tools for empowering clients with a wide range of clinical profiles to heal the wounded and burdened parts of their internal systems, resulting in:  • a way to enter clients’ inner ecology without the overemphasis on containment and stabilization • symptom reduction and improved functioning for clients • deep self-healing within even the most troubled clients IFS is a powerful treatment modality. Once you experience it, you will want to incorporate it into your practice.  Through instruction, video demonstration, and experiential exercises, Alexia D. Rothman, Ph.D., Certified IFS therapist and college of Dr. Richard Schwartz (founder of IFS) will show you step-by-step how to apply the most effective, empirically validated IFS interventions to help your clients connect with and understand their conflicting parts to facilitate deep, lasting healing. Course Objectives: • Present the origins and development of the Internal Family Systems Model, including empirical support for the model and the current status of research using IFS to treat posttraumatic stress disorder. • Provide an in-depth overview of IFS theory, basic principles, assumptions of the model and its treatment implications. • Describe the three major components of the psyche as outlined by IFS (parts, burdens, and the Self) including the characteristics of and assumptions regarding each component as they relate to clinical practice. • Discuss the goals of IFS therapy and case conceptualization through an IFS lens. • Provide a grounding in IFS procedures and techniques that can be implemented immediately in clinical and personal work, including the steps for facilitating the development of Self-Part relationships. • Summarize the steps of healing and unburdening wounded parts of the system in session.

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 May 16 - 19, 2019 at Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America. Description: 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 they are 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 Jun 06 - 09, 2019 at Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America. Description: 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 they are available.

Psychopharmacology in Plain English: Essential Information for Mental Health Professionals is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Jun 07, 2019 at Hilton North Raleigh/Midtown, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

STP 38th Annual Symposium is organized by Society of Toxicologic Pathology (STP) and will be held from Jun 22 - 27, 2019 at Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America. This program (56–36534) has been approved for 20.00 hours of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize RACE approval. Environmental Toxicologic Pathology and One Health Mention the word “environment,” and our brains naturally conjure up pastoral or oceanic settings populated by a plethora of terrestrial and aquatic wildlife. But our environment is also comprised of urban landscapes, agricultural fields, office buildings, factory floors, the insides of our homes, and our internal microbiomes. Whether exposures occur via intentional therapeutic administration or incidental contact, many of the toxic and potentially toxic substances encountered by humans or animals are essentially exogenous; therefore, at its core, the discipline of toxicologic pathology is all fundamentally “environmental.” Investigating the complex web of interactions between environmental contaminants, animals, and humans requires a multi-disciplinary approach that integrates veterinary and human toxicologic pathologists and toxicologists with other scientists such as ecologists, wildlife biologists, epidemiologists, plus various additional health care professionals. Such collaborative efforts comprise the heart of the One Health initiative. The six plenary sessions of the 2019 STP Symposium will encompass a wide variety of cutting-edge approaches related to the detection, characterization, mechanistic understanding, and regulatory implications of chemical and physical hazards in natural and anthropomorphic ecosystems, and their recognized or potential deleterious consequences for animals and humans. Symposium session themes include: the toxicology and pathology of air pollution; the toxicologic pathology of workplace agents; toxicity assessment paradigms in regulatory pathology; endocrine disruption and reproductive pathology; pathology in ecological research with implications for One Health; and the integration of big data technologies with toxicologic pathology. Presentations will emphasize toxicologic outcomes that involve real-world scenarios and incorporate the latest scientific developments. Examples of the broad range of individual topics include: examination of the relationship between childhood exposure to air pollution and Alzheimer’s disease; rapidly progressive pneumoconiosis in Appalachian coal miners; the assessment of cell phone radiation toxicity; intersex and reproductive abnormalities in fish; effects of pollutants at the ecosystem level; and the diagnostic applications of pathology artificial intelligence for global health and medicine. Registration Information: STP Member, Student*, and Nonmember** Paid Registration includes: Scientific sessions (Monday through Thursday); Exhibit Hall access; Breaks (Monday through Thursday), and one admission to both the Welcome Reception (Sunday) and the President’s Reception (Wednesday). * A letter of verification from a department chairman must accompany student registrations. Any student registration received with no verification letter will be processed at the higher non-member fee. Copies of student identification cards are not acceptable. ** Nonmembers who apply for membership prior to July 1 and who are accepted will receive complimentary dues for the remainder of 2019 and the online journal issues for the remainder of the year. Student registrants, each CE course is $50.

PROBE Ethics & Boundaries Course is organized by Center for Personalized Education for Physicians (CPEP) and will be held from Jul 18 - 20, 2019 at Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America. (Jul 18 - 20, 2019) PROBE Ethics and Boundaries Course PROBE is a 2.5 day, non-adversarial ethics and boundaries intervention program for healthcare professionals and trainees whose licenses or careers may be jeopardized by unprofessional or unethical conduct. In-person, small group sessions are team-taught, multidisciplinary, and tailored to each participant’s particular breach, with the aim of achieving remediation and a recommitment to professional ideals. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.