CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION Content for this year's conference has been selected based on past participant requests, clinical expert input, literature review, current practice guidelines, as well as our online needs assessment surveys of primary care and emergency medicine health care professionals.
Our outstanding faculty has been selected based on their individual areas of expertise, their ability to communicate first-hand knowledge to others, and their commitment to address issues of current concern to attendees.
Your participation in this conference, set amidst the
excitement of New York City during the holiday season, promises to provide you with current information on Emergencies in Primary Care.
This year's Emergencies in Primary Care conference is designed to provide primary care providers with evidence-based information on commonly encountered office and
hospital emergency dilemmas and suggest current
approaches to clinical management. In addition to didactic lectures, ample time has been allotted for participant
feedback and interaction.
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES • Incorporate recent advances in the treatment of
common emergencies, including sedation, fever, airway
management, head trauma, bites and envenomation into
your practice
• Improve your treatment plan for patients with acute
coronary syndromes
• Better manage and triage patients with intracerebral
hemorrhage
• Develop case-based management strategies for a variety
of sports related injuries
• Implement system changes to promote quality and improve
patient safety
ACCREDITATION Symposia Medicus is accredited by the Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to
provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Symposia Medicus is accredited as a provider of continuing education for nurses by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation (ANCC).
CONTINUING
EDUCATION CREDIT This activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to
12.00 Prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians
(AAFP).
Application has been made with the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).
Physician Assistants Nurse Practitioners / Nurses Provider is also approved by the California Board
of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP2335, for
14.4 contact hours.
Pharmacology Credit for Prescriptive Authority Each participant should only claim credit
commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity. Certificates of
completion/credit will be given to
participants on-site at the conclusion
of the conference.
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
After participating in this conference, you should be able to...
This educational activity was planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME and ANCC essentials and standards relating to continuing medical and nursing education.
Physicians
Symposia Medicus designates this educational activity for a maximum of 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
The Academy of Physician Assistants accepts Category 1 CME approval from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
The ANCC contact hours awarded for the
completion of this educational activity is 12.
A maximum of 2.25 hours in pharmacology credit
for prescriptive authority may be earned by attending this educational conference. Sessions awarding pharmacology credit for prescriptive authority are denoted with an Rx in the schedule.
Each registrant will receive an extensive
conference syllabus containing pertinent
information on each conference topic. Extra copies of this syllabus will be available for
purchase by sending $45 payment to: Symposia Medicus, 399 Taylor Blvd., Suite 201, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-2200 (please reference
syllabus #1093).