CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION This year's Emergencies in Primary Care conference is designed to provide physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and nurses involved in primary care 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 during the question and answer sessions.
Content for this year's conference has been selected based on past participant requests, clinical expert input, 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,
is sure to provide you with current information on Emergencies in Primary Care.
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES After participating in this conference, you should be able to...
• Identify current treatment options for emerging infections
including MRSA
• Describe the presentation and intervention of common
orthopedic emergencies such as fractures; knee, ankle or
shoulder injuries; and low back pain
• Define and better treat and manage fever
• Cite the pathophysiology & etiology of syncope and
distinguish who needs admission and who does not
• Incorporate findings of recent toxicology literature into your
practice
• Cite appropriate standards of care for the treatment of
emergencies in the elderly
• Evaluate chest pain in the primary care setting; review
assessment and appropriate diagnostic options, evaluate
treatment strategies and timely follow-up
• Better diagnose, treat and predict the prognosis of COPD
• Discuss disaster management in a primary care practice
through lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina
ACCREDITATION This educational activity was planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME and ANCC essentials and standards relating to continuing medical and nursing education.
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).
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.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT Physicians Application for Prescribed CME credit has also been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).
Application has been made to the American College of Emergency Physicians for ACEP Category I credit.
Physician Assistants Nurse Practitioners/Nurses Pharmacology Credit for Prescriptive Authority EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Each registrant will receive an extensive conference
syllabus containing pertinent information on each topic presented. In an effort to reduce the environmental impact of printing on paper, this syllabus is now
available on CD. You can request your syllabus on CD
on our conference registration form. If you do request a syllabus on CD and bring your laptop to the conference, please be aware that there are no electrical outlets at the conference tables. Make sure your laptop is fully charged.
Extra copies of the syllabus, whether on CD or paper, are
available for purchase by writing, with $45 payment to: Symposia Medicus, 399 Taylor Blvd, Ste 201, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 (please request syllabus #1130 and indicate type of media preferred).
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 twelve (12).
Provider is also approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP2335, for 14.4 contact hours.
A maximum of 2.75 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.