Upcoming Medical Conferences in Memphis

Advanced Stroke Life Support Hospital and Pre-Hospital Certification is organized by Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and will be held on Dec 19, 2018 at Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Tennessee Nurse Practitioner Association (TNNPA) 4th Annual Conference is organized by Tennessee Nurse Practitioner Association (TNNPA) and will be held from Mar 28 - 31, 2019 at The Guest House at Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America.

The AEIOU Systematic Approach to Pediatric Feeding Session 3 is organized by Education Resources, Inc. (ERI) and will be held from Mar 29 - 30, 2019 at Happiness Children's Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America. Target Audience: SLPs, OTs, Assistants, Educators. Appropriate for other professionals (social workers, nurses, dieticians, PTs), working with infants and young children with feeding problems. Credits:This course meets the criteria for 15.5 contact hours (1.55 CEUs). Approved provider by the FL Board of Occupational therapy for 18.5CEUs. Approved  provider of continuing education by the American Occupational Therapy Association #3043, for 15.5 contact hours (1.55 CEUs) - Intermediate Level Occupational Therapy Process: assessment, intervention. The assignment of AOTA CEU's does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products or clinical procedures by AOTA.  NBCOT professional development provider -15.5 PDU's. Course Description: This course teaches a step-by-step approach for helping children learn to explore food, enjoy eating, and participate independently in social mealtimes. The AEIOU approach acceptance, exposure, independence, observation and understanding offers a new and highly successful method for integrated treatment of infants and young children with challenging feeding disorders using sensory, oral motor, biomedical and environmental strategies. Five factors in this holistic approach emphasize active participation, independence and shared control. This course will arm participants with knowledge and practical information to achieve functional outcomes for complex etiologies, improve quality of mealtime, manage tube dependency and transition to eating solid foods, treat sensory aversions, improve oral-motor skills, achieve home carryover, and more. This course is presented in a dynamic learning environment, using case studies and videos to engage and instruct participants. Extensive resources are provided. Many special populations are discussed including: prematurity, GERD, allergies, autism, failure to thrive, tracheostomy, picky eaters, and children with various syndromes. Course Objectives: Participants will be able to apply course learning immediately to: • Develop assessment and treatment strategies that integrate 5 management factors for biomedical and enviro-behavioral influences that limit successful feeding in infants and young children. • Formulate strategies to achieve parent buy-in for home carryover, promote positive parent-child interaction, and help children participate independently in social mealtime routines. • Identify contraindications for oral feeding and describe a 5-step treatment plan for advancing prefeeding skills in non-oral feeders. • Assess signs of distress and/or disengagement during feeding. • Develop and implement treatment plans for oral feeding that expand taste repertoire and texture acceptance by incorporating strategies for the mealtime environment, seating/positioning, and oralmotor, sensory, and motor deficits.

14th Midwest Blood Club Meeting is organized by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and will be held from Apr 12 - 13, 2019 at Marlo Thomas Center for Global Education and Collaboration, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America. Conference Description: This conference will feature exciting research on hematopoiesis, stem cell biology, gene therapy, the niche, and leukemia! The conference will provide a forum for investigators to meet, share ideas, present recent findings, establish contacts and collaborations, and explore cutting edge research approaches.  Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Practice Based Pediatrics Combined with the Etteldorf Symposium is organized by Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and will be held from May 09 - 10, 2019 at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

NP Review & Clinical Update is organized by Advanced Practice Education Associates (APEA) and will be held from Aug 04 - 05, 2019 at Hilton Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America. Credits: 2019 FNP Review Course (Program ID #s 2018-12-01Pa, 2018-12-01Pb) is approved for 30.5 contact hours (13.5 hours of Pharmacology). AGNP Review Course (Program ID #s 2018-12-02Pa, 2018-12-02Pb) is approved for 27.5 contact hours (15 hours of Pharmacology). Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Focus on Respiratory Care, Sleep Medicine & Pulmonary Diagnostics is organized by FOCUS Conferences, Inc. and will be held from Sep 20 - 21, 2019 at The Guest House at Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is Respiratory Care, Sleep Medicine & Pulmonary Diagnostics. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 12-15 continuing education credits (CRCEs, CSTEs & CECs) Note: Active duty and Reserve military personnel, as well as veterans and students, will receive a $50 discount allowing them to register for only $200.​ Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) 62nd Annual Biological Safety Conference is organized by American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) and would be held during Oct 11 - 16, 2019 at Memphis Cook Convention Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Further information will be updated soon.

Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) REACH 2019 is organized by Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) and will be held from Nov 05 - 09, 2019 at Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is Rehab Nurses. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.  

Anesthesia Update is organized by Northwest Anesthesia Seminars (NWAS) and will be held from Apr 08 - 11, 2021 at The Peabody Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is physicians, certified registered nurse anesthetists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses and other medical care providers who must maintain state-of-the-art knowledge of the specialty or are impacted by it. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Course Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to: • Apply the pertinent physical and behavioral sciences - to include but not be limited to advanced anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, chemistry, physics, psychology, and social sciences - as they impact and are affected by the planning, delivery, and monitoring of anesthesia and related services inherent in the anesthesia professions. • Explain the selection, dosing considerations with methods of administration, safe use, and contraindications and precautions of presented pharmacological agents through the understanding of their physico-chemical properties, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, updated uses, and more recently developed additional, related, and similar drugs. • Outline comprehensive management plans for the group of patients discussed, whether related in age, physical status, cultural background, invasive procedure, anesthetic or analgesic requirements, clinical setting, adverse reactions, and/or goals of care. • Apply the principles of safety and asepsis in the performance of anesthetic procedures and administrations, equipment use, and other applications encountered during the provision of anesthesia and analgesia whether in the surgical unit, the labor and delivery suite, the pain management clinic, or other more remote location of anesthetizing services. • Incorporate the appropriate recommendations and/or requirements of pertinent external organizations, institutions, and professional groups - recognized as serving as the authority for and/or holding the responsibility to compile and approve such tenets - in the provision of anesthesia and related services, whether medical, legal, philosophical, ethical, or health care management standards. • Apply the new techniques in the clinical setting of the participant. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.