CME-Directory

This two-day workshop will address the need to integrate quality improvement and safety into medical education. Designed for health profession educators, this workshop will disseminate the knowledge and tools necessary to successfully implement QI and safety education in undergraduate medical education (UME), graduate medical education (GME), continuing medical education (CME), and allied health schools.

Set amidst the Skeena Mountain Range of Terrace BC, Canada this CME will allow family and emergency physicians to receive first-hand educational updates from leading orthopedic surgeons, emergency physicians and most experienced mountain guides and avalanche experts. The overall objective is to provide the target audience with the opportunity to interact with colleagues and allow for direct one-on-one learning from consultant orthopedic surgeons. The conference venue is the Yellow Cedar Lodge, home to a relaxed meeting setting and the operations of Northern Escape Heli-Skiing. Pre and post days of enjoying some of the world's finest skiing conditions, delegates will be engaged in accredited currciulum during this unique academic retreat.

After the resounding success of the sold out 2009 Winter Escape Emergency Medicine CME, we are pleased to announce this second annual academic retreat. Happening March 15 - 19, 2010 this experience welcomes medical professionals to improve their credentials mixed in with some outstanding powder filled adventures. The conference venue is the Yellow Cedar Lodge, home to a relaxed conference environment and the operations of Northern Escape Heli-Skiing. An academic retreat to provide a therapeutic update in emergency medicine. The curriculum offered is designed to suit the educational needs of physicians whose practice include part or full-time emergency medicine. However, we are confident that this educational program will also appeal to any primary-care physicians looking to enhance their emergency medicine skill sets.

The Emergencies in Medicine conference invites you to join us in Park City for our 28th year of CME. This is an intimate meeting run by five physicians actively involved in education and research at our own institutions (who, by the way, love to ski)! We bring in over forty of our colleagues from around the country. Each speaker will give one 30 minute talk, thus keeping the discussions fresh and lively. Our objectives are to provide you with an indepth educational program that balances the basic and more controversial areas of emergency care, wrapped around a world-class ski and snowboard experience.

The APLS Course will be presented in the 1-day format. The core of the APLS Course – Pediatric Assessment, Airway, Cardiovascular, Trauma, Central Nervous System, and Medical Emergencies – will be presented through case-based lectures, small group case discussions, and hands-on skill labs. Participants are expected to review APLS: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Resource Manual prior to the course. This flexible format is designed to give the participant many options for expanding learning opportunities. Pre- and Post-study and testing options are available to earn additional CME online and/or earn the APLS Course Completion Card. For more information on these options, please call Tina Patel at 1-800-433-9016, ext 4795. Individuals participating in live course activities will receive a minimum of 7 CME credits. A course fee of $175.00 plus NCE registration includes the APLS resource manual (mailed prior to the course) and meals. Enrollment will be limited to 80 participants in order to maintain small groups for discussions and workshops.

All of our courses are approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors, the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification, and National Association of Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors. This course on Crisis Intervention is taught using text, narrated PowerPoint and mp3 audio. All course materials and reference materials are available free online. The learner objectives follow. Identify the definitions and general principles regarding crisis intervention and suicide prevention. Describe the principles of crisis intervention. List and describe the core components of and steps involved in crisis intervention. Describe the primary, secondary and tertiary levels of and benefits of prevention. Describe the suicide assessment and treatment plan. Describe the process of information gathering and the types of information necessary. Identify steps involved in estimating and reassessing suicide risk. Describe how to establish a multiaxial diagnosis. Identify and describe additional considerations when evaluating patients in specific treatment settings. Describe the factors in establishing and maintaining a therapeutic alliance. Describe and identify transference and countertransference. Describe the management of recurrently suicidal patients. Describe the suicide prevention contract. Identify somatic and psychosocial interventions. Describe how to determine an appropriate treatment setting. Describe the components of and promoting adherence to the treatment plan. Understand specific issues such as patients in a suicidal crisis, patients with chronic suicidality and patients with borderline and antisocial personality disorders. Identify components involved in documentation and risk management. Identify mental health interventions for survivors and points when communicating with survivors.

This is the premier course for high altitude medicine held in North America. Sponsored by the Wilderness Medical Society. Join us for this world-class educational event!