2014 Hospital Medicine Education Day: Conference Information

Friday, 
April 25, 2014

7:30am - 4:00pm

Joseph Tower Auditorium
Vassar Brothers Medical Center
45 Reade Place
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

This conference is being presented by Vassar Brothers Medical Center. It is designed to provide physicians, nursing professionals and allied health professionals with state-of-the-science information about acute hospital care and treatment.

2nd Annual Hospital Medicine Conference for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants

7:30am – 8:00am –        REGISTRATION

10:00am – 10:15am –    BREAK

10:15am – 11:00am –    Effective Communication Skills to Family and Patient 
                                            about Palliative Care
                                       – Colleen Fleming-Damon, NP

11:00am – 11:45am –    Lyte Disorders 
                                       – Susan Collins, MD

11:45am – 12:45pm –    LUNCH

12:45pm – 1:30pm –      C-Diff: The New and The Old
                                       – Aditya Arya, NP

1:30pm – 2:15pm –        Acute Abdomen: Large Bowel Obstruction: Sigmoid Volvulus
                                       – Sanjay Thomas, MD

2:15pm – 2:30pm –        BREAK 

2:30pm – 3:15pm –        Peri-operative Risk Assessment in the Hospitalized Patient
                                       – Suleman Khawaja, MD

3:15pm – 4:00pm –        Alcohol Withdrawal in the Hospitalized Patient

                                       – Kristin Gray, NP

AAPA

AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for category 1 from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 credit TM from organizationsaccredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum 7 of Category 1 credit for completing this program.

CME

Vassar Brothers Continuing Medical Education is accredited by the Medical Society of the State of New York to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. Vassar Brothers Continuing Medical Education designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Contact Hours

7 CME = 7 contact hours

http://www.nursecredentialing.org/RenewalRequirements.aspx

In accordance with the disclosure policies of Vassar Brothers CME, the effort is made to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all educational activities. These policies include resolving all conflicts of interest between faculty and commercial interest that might otherwise compromise the goal and educational integrity of this activity. All faculty members participating in this activity have disclosed all significant relationship-financial or otherwise- with the manufacturers or providers of products or services mentioned in the activity. The planners of this activity have reviewed these disclosures and have determined that the faculty relationships are not inappropriate in the context of their respective presentations and are consistent with the educational goals and integrity of the activity.

Register Online

Lisa Ricker, NP

Health-Quest Medical Practice

Vassar Brothers Medical Center