Upcoming Medical Conferences in Jackson Hole

Clinical Anesthesia Update is organized by Northwest Anesthesia Seminars (NWAS) and will be held from Sep 23 - 27, 2019 at Grand Teton National Park, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, United States of America. Target Audience: This course is designed for 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 anesthesia specialty or are impacted by it. Accreditation: The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Physician Assistants: The American Academy of Physician Assistants (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 20 hours of Category I credit for completing this program. Registered Nurses: NWAS is an approved provider for the following state nursing boards: Arkansas State Board of Nursing (Provider Number 50-7480), California Board of Registered Nursing (Provider Number 4833), District of Columbia Board of Nursing (Provider Number 50-7480), Florida Board of Nursing (Provider Number 50-7480), and the Georgia Board of Nursing (Provider Number 50-7480). This program offers 20 contact hours. Program Purpose: Presentations are designed to facilitate the physician, nurse specialist, and other providers maintaining skills of the same kind to review and update knowledge and abilities in one or more of these areas vital to the practicing professional: • Possess the scientific background for clinical practice • Maintain state-of-the-art knowledge of not only the specialty, but also of all additional related disciplines which may impact it • Maintain an up-to-the-minute armamentarium of knowledge and skills for the selection and use of complex equipment, pharmacological agents, and procedures necessary for the provision of quality patient care • Manage self and colleagues to function toward common goals in the clinical setting, the clinical and educational institutions, and the community in which the practice resides • Serve as an expert in matters involving health care delivery; serve as an informed manager of clinical and educational services provided, including the acquisition and distribution of resources necessary in meeting professional goals • Provide assistance with and support of other service providers, departments, institutions, and organizations dependent upon the professional expertise of the practitioner. Presentations are designed to facilitate the healthcare provider in reviewing, updating, and/or expanding knowledge and abilities in one or more of these areas vital to the practicing professional. 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.    

Academy of Dental Materials (ADM) Annual Meeting 2019 is organized by RES Seminars and will be held from Oct 02 - 05, 2019 at Four Seasons Resort and Residences Jackson Hole, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, United States of America.  Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

40th Annual Ralph E. Hopkins Urology Seminar is organized by Grand Rounds in Urology (GRU) and will be held from Feb 05 - 08, 2020 at Snake River Lodge & Spa, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, United States of America. Educational Needs: With the many changes in medicine and urology almost daily, it is imperative that the practicing urologist remains on the cutting edge. Urologists need to keep current on assessing, diagnosing, and treating urologic conditions in the clinical setting. This meeting will provide an update in the field of urologic cancers, stone disease, urologic reconstruction, female urology, infertility, emerging surgical techniques, and in general urology. Learning Objectives: • Understand the surgical indications for ureteral stones. • Identify patients best treated with conservative management. • Evaluate the best surgical approach to renal stones. • Understand the complications associated with surgical intervention of ureteral and renal calculi. • Learn the concepts of image registration, segmentation and fusion. • Understand the implications of target biopsy. • Learn the limitations of fusion biopsy. • Understand the role of judgment and skill in patient outcome. • Learn the benefits of robotic technology on surgical performance. • Explore the role of machine learning in medical practice. • Understand the natural history of upper tract urothelial tumors. • Explore the role of expectant management of upper tract urothelial tumors. • Understand that not all small renal masses have the same malignant potential. • Understand the correlation between size and adverse pathological features. • To better understand the interactions of the central nervous system with the development and maintenance of interstitial cystitis and other chronic pelvic pain disorders and discuss centrally acting therapies that may help patients suffering from these disorders. • Cell based therapies aim at restoring function. • To evaluate the state of cell based therapies for the treatment of pelvic floor disorders. • To summarize our current knowledge of predictors of success and/or complications for available surgical techniques and define which techniques may benefit which type of patients. • To discuss what is known regarding de novo recurrent UTI in the setting of mesh implants and the role of implant bacterial colonization and/or host reaction. • To review the AUA/SUFU Guideline for the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI). • Understand current paucity in IPP literature and review studies that attempt to address this paucity. • Demonstrate the correlation between cardiac pathology and erectile function, ejaculatory function, testosterone levels and lower urinary tract symptoms. • Understand the corollary relationship between vascular disease and its treatment to ED. • Understand the controversies for which men with low T merit treatment. • Provide a rationale for treatment of men with priapism of long duration or failed initial procedures. • Identify the frequency of BNC. • Identify the etiology of BNC. • Identify treatment strategies to BNC. • Understand the role of endoscopic management. • Understand the role of bladder neck reconstruction with buccal mucosa. • Understand the risks and benefits of surgery for BNC. • Provide the audience with the tools to successfully navigate federal and state regulatory and reimbursement policy for APPs. • Provide the audience with the tools to effectively train APPs for both inpatient and outpatient practice. • Provide the audience with the tools to establish benchmarks for APP productivity and financial success. • Provide the audience with evidence based guidelines and expert opinion for appropriate endoscopic and surgical management of urethral stricture. • Review the evidence and provide the best treatment algorithms for primary bladder neck contracture, recalcitrant bladder neck contracture, and concomitant bladder neck contracture and urinary incontinence. • Discuss treatment strategies for medical and surgical management of this disease. • Review the evidence focused on outcomes following urethroplasty as related to 1) lower urinary tract symptoms 2) sexual function and 3) overall QOL. • To provide a critical overview of the risks and benefits of expanding the indications of elective nephron sparing surgery to large renal masses by analyzing the most recent literature. • To give an update on the most recent advances in the field of robotic surgery as new robotic systems might soon became available for clinical use in Urology. • To analyze the evidence supporting the current role of cytoreductive surgery the management of advanced kidney cancer and to identify the patients who might still benefit from it in the era of target therapies. • To provide an evidence based guide on the current role of surgery in the management of locally advanced and oligometastatic prostate cancer. • To critically look at the latest guidelines for the management of localized prostate cancer and to offer a practical approach for their implementation. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Winter Imaging Update in Jackson Hole is organized by CME Science and will be held from Feb 24 - 28, 2020 at Snake River Lodge & Spa, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, United States of America.  Target Audience The course is intended for practicing radiologists and radiologic nurses, physician assistants, technologists, scientists, residents, fellows and others who are interested in current techniques and applications for advanced diagnostic imaging. Accreditation Statement Physician Continuing Medical Education The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this live activity for 20.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. SAM Credit: This Course is eligible for 4 SAM Credits upon successful completion of the SAM Quiz taken within 30 days post course. Additional SAM Credit Pending. Technologists: This course is pending approval for up to 17.75 ARRT Category A CE credits for those technologists attending the entire course. Objectives: The Imaging in Jackson Hole course is designed to provide the tools for participants to enhance interpretation skills utilizing the latest imaging technologies. Lectures and cases will cover evidence-based practice techniques and protocols for improved diagnostic accuracy in multiple applications. At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to: Describe thoracic radiologic procedures for clinical cancer management. Explain the performance and processing of MRI and CT studies designed to depict anatomy and pathology. • Use contemporary imaging techniques and protocols to accurately diagnose, stage and manage diseases and injuries of the musculoskeletal system. • Apply quality improvement strategies to the practice of interventional radiology, with a focus on increasing efficiency, communication, and collaboration. • Develop differential diagnosis that relates to the pertinent imaging and clinically relevant findings for each of the cases covered in this course. • Outline the fundamentals of the latest advanced techniques in MRI and CT and their current roles and limitations in clinical practice. • Apply advanced techniques and protocol design in CT, MRI, ultrasound, and Interventional Radiology Time: 7:00 am - 9:30 am

AEI - The 2018-19 Medical-Dental-Legal Update is organized by American Educational Institute (AEI) and will be held weekly from Jun 10 - Aug 30, 2019 at Alpenhof Lodge, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is Physicians, Dentist and other Healthcare Professionals. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits, 20 ABIM MOC, 16.75 AAFP, 20 AOA Category 2-B Credits. Conference Description: You practice in a dynamic and challenging environment. While keeping clinically current is imperative, it isn't enough. You must also acquire the skills necessary to navigate a professional liability minefield, manage a more effective and efficient practice, and navigate a maze of healthcare laws and regulations. The 2018–19 Medical-Dental-Legal Update Update is designed to assist you in that endeavor. The course, offered weekly in 32 enviable destinations, is a unique, 20-hour survey of the intersection of medicine and law as well as selected clinical topics. Produced in state-of-the-art production studios with broadcast-grade, HD digital technology, The 2018–19 Medical-Dental-Legal Update is approved for up to 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits, AAFP Prescribed and ABIM MOC Credits, extensive Continuing Legal Education and Continuing Dental Education credit and offers vital instruction from national experts in law, medicine, dentistry, pharmacology, asset protection, psychology and practice management. And their presentations include discussions ranging from stress management, asset protection, medical malpractice, patient flow and benefit planning, to Alzheimer’s di­sease, new diabetes treatment guidelines, cannabis in pain management, medication nonadherence, chest X-rays and the longevity di­et. The Update is presented in a structured classroom setting affording you the opportunity for dialogue with your medical, dental and legal colleagues, and through September 28, 2018, you will have over 900 opportu­nities to attend at your choice of 30 premier sun and ski resorts – virtually any week you choose. Conference Objectives are: • Understand and avoid malpractice litigation. • Identify and reduce healthcare office risk. • Understand and start a direct patient care practice. • Protect professional and personal assets. • Utilize non-pharmacologic techniques for managing chronic stress. • Utilize a variety of clinically relevant but relatively unknown treatments. • Consult patients on the benefits of a longevity diet. • Utilize aspirin as a primary prevention agent for CVD, stroke and colon cancer. • Understand risks and benefits of cannabis and cannabinoids in pain management. • Understand and utilize common imaging modalities and techniques. • Identify and avoid legal and ethical pitfalls of treating unreasonable patients. • Implement new type 2 diabetes practice guidelines aimed at cardiovascular risk reduction. • Interpret chest X-rays for common clinical conditions. • Improve practice profitability through more efficient patient flow. • Reduce professional financial stress by better benefit planning. • Understand and reduce medication nonadherence. • Understand Alzheimer’s di­sease and better interact with afflicted patients. • Understand and manage malpractice litigation stress. • Incorporate the relationship between diabetes and oral health into patient care. Meetings Dates: Every Week, Monday - Friday 7:30 am. – 11:30 am. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.