Other Meetings of Interest to Surgeons
2008
Conjoint Annual Scientific Congress
May 12–16, 2008
Hong Kong, China
Web site: http://www.surgeons.org/casc2008
Phone: (61) 3 9276 7420
Fax: (61) 3 9276 7431
E-Mail: college.asc@surgeons.org
The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) and The College of Surgeons of Hong Kong present a meeting that focuses on “Achievement through Collaboration.” It aims to showcase the benefits to patients and clinicians derived from cooperative management between related surgical groups.
Twenty-four scientific programs will convene during the meeting. The plenary sessions will focus on state of the art technology in surgery, short stay and minimally invasive surgery, the credentialing of surgeons, and the assessment and remediation of surgical practice. The plenary program topics include Doing More with Less—Improved Bed Utilisation; Minimally Invasive Surgery—the Future for All Specialties; Credentialing for New Technology—Who is Responsible?; and Identifying and Helping the Underperforming Surgeon. Master classes involve a panel of experts and a moderator, who will address topics within a specialty in a more didactic and personal manner.
CME: Fellows of the RACS who attend can claim 1 point per hour in Category 4 Maintenance of Clinical Knowledge and Skills.
Accreditation: Approval is granted from the RACS Department of Professional Standards as part of the RACS Continuing Professional Development-Recertification Program.
Innovations and practical applications in vascular surgery
New York, NY
May 16, 2008
Web site: http://www.columbiasurgerycme.org/index.html#vascular
Phone: (201) 346-7007
E-Mail: jas2134@columbia.edu
The symposium will focus on the most up-to-date techniques for the treatment of peripheral vascular disease, carotid disease, aneurysms, and venous disease/hemodialysis and will offer brief sessions on evolving endovascular therapies. The course will address issues in current clinical practice, complications and pitfalls of newer technologies, and the evolution of the field. The format will cover all major areas of vascular disease. Course participants will learn the most current surgical and endovascular treatment methods for patients with vascular diseases; about the decision-making process in choosing between different endovascular methods for the management of chronic lower extremity ischemia; the techniques and results of surgical and endovascular options for lower extremity revascularization and limb salvage; surgical and endovascular best practices and techniques for the treatment of carotid artery disease; and about the most current devices and techniques for the repair of thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms.
CME: 9 American Medical Association Physician’s Recognition Award Category 1 Credits™
Accreditation: The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
General Surgery Update
June 9–12, 2008
Hilton Head Island, SC
Web site: http://www.seapinescme.com/
Phone: (800) 335-2582
E-Mail: catherine@seapines.com
The course aims to provide an update and review on current issues in general surgery. It will feature presentations on topics addressing general surgery principles, surgical techniques and clinical treatment, and the management of surgical patients.
CME: 22.25 American Medical Association (AMA) Physician’s Recognition Award (PRA) Category 1 Credits™
Accreditation: The University of South Carolina School of Medicine-Palmetto Health Richland Continuing Medical Education Organization is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The 26th Annual National Neurotrauma Symposium
July 27–30, 2008
Orlando, FL
Web site: http://www.neurotrauma.org/2008/index.htm
E-Mail: karen@tlceventsgroup.com
Members of the American College of Surgeons are invited to attend the first joint symposium of the National Neurotrauma Society and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)/Congresss of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care, which will take place July 27-30, 2008, in Orlando, FL, at the Hilton Walt Disney World. This joint meeting, which will occur under the banner of the 26th Annual National Neurotrauma Symposium, will provide an opportunity to hear the most up-to-date clinical and basic science in neurotrauma and critical care in a collaborative environment.
Through this joint effort, specific clinical sessions have been created for the practicing physician and neurotrauma nurse, as well as the basic scientist. These sessions are intended to help attendees better understand the state-of-the-art management of neurotrauma and critical care through both didactic sessions (such as management of TBI, spinal cord injury, and intensive care) and hands-on sessions (such as spinal column trauma reconstruction, multimodality monitoring, and surgical management for brain trauma). It will provide attendees with an excellent opportunity to learn what is new and easily incorporated into clinical practice, and also to hear about what is on the horizon clinically and scientifically in neurotrauma and critical care, with plenty of trauma-specific CME (up to 25 hours of AMA PRA Category I). The goal of this joint symposium is to create a better dialogue and collaboration between clinicians and scientists that might ?translate? into improved patient care in the future.
For program information and to register online, visit http://www.neurotrauma.org/2008/index.htm. Contact David Adelson, MD, FACS, Program Co-Chair, Chair, AANS/CNS Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care and Chair, Neurosurgery Subspecialty Group, Committee on Trauma, American College of Surgeons at karen@tlceventsgroup.com for further information.
14th Annual San Antonio Trauma Symposium
San Antonio, TX
August 25–27, 2008
Web site: http://www.hjf.org/events/trauma.html
Phone: (240) 453-8876
E-Mail: echipchosky@hjf.org
Presented by the US Navy and National Trauma Institute, the symposium offers trauma-care providers the means to update their knowledge of newly introduced techniques and technology to improve the care of trauma victims. Participants will learn about the advances in trauma care in their area of practice; to identify key variables related to their practice; and how to apply the information gained to their practice.
CME: 21 American Medical Association Physician’s Recognition Award Category 1 Credits™
Accreditation: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the essential areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the Office of the Surgeon General, US Air Force and National Trauma Institute. The Office of the Surgeon General, US Air Force is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Expedition Medicine Conference
September 2–6, 2008
Washington, DC
Web site: http://www.expedmed.org
E-Mail: gbledsoe@expedmed.org or jhughes@expedmed.org
Phone: (262) 437-2302
This conference has been designed to educate medical professionals regarding principles of practicing in remote or extreme environments and foreign countries. The conference also aims to provide educational opportunities to medical professionals interested in advising patients who plan to visit or have just visited remote destinations. A wide range of topics related to expedition and travel medicine will be covered, including malaria, snake envenomations, overseas medical evacuation, high-altitude medicine, tropical medicine, shark attacks, and aerospace medicine. In addition to the lectures and workshops, conference participants will receive a free copy of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine.
CME: 27.25 American Medical Association Physician’s Recognition Award Category 1 Credits™
Accreditation: This conference has been planned and implemented in accordance with the essential areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the Wilderness Medical Society and Synaptic Productions. The Wilderness Medical Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Palliative Care Leadership Center Initiative
Multiple locations and dates offered
Web site: http://www.capc.org
E-Mail: PCLC@mssm.edu
Phone: 212-201-2670
Fax: 212-426-1369
The Center to Advance Palliative Care offers onsite training and technical assistance to interdisciplinary teams seeking to develop or strengthen hospital-based palliative care programs. During the two-and-a-half day site visit at a Palliative Care Leadership Center (PCLC), participants will interact with a successful palliative care program currently in practice and receive hands-on training on the operational aspects of building a palliative care program.
The initiative has two key components. At the core of the PCLC program is the hands-on training session that will introduce participants to all the key concepts necessary to building a successful palliative care program. The PCLC training session is built around a comprehensive curriculum, which includes interactive sessions on topics such as hospital needs assessment; financing and business planning; structuring organizational and service models; program staffing; measuring clinical and financial impact; strategies for ensuring and managing growth; hospice-hospital collaborations; and marketing palliative care to clinicians and patients.
The second component to the PCLC program features a full year of mentoring. PCLC faculty at each leadership center will continue to assist teams for one full year following the site visit to help attendees overcome any obstacles. Continued guidance and distance mentoring will be available through conferences, workshops, conference calls, and personal communication with PCLC leaders. Each team member will also receive A Guide to Building a Hospital-Based Palliative Care Program, a "how-to" manual complete with implementation tools to help participants.
For more information on the PCLC initiative, PCLC centers, the availability of specific training dates, and PCLC representatives' contact information, visit
http://www.capc.org/palliative-care-leadership-initiative/pclc-schedule.
Accreditation: This educational activity has been approved as part of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Continuing Professional Development (RACS CPD) program.
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