This CME activity is co-sponsored by the American College of Physicians (ACP) and pmiCME. All decisions about the CME content and faculty are made exclusively by ACP and pmiCME. It is the goal of the organizations to provide educational opportunities that are timely, unbiased, scientifically rigorous, practical in nature, and that serve to improve patient outcomes.

Pri-Med Access with ACP in Hartford, CT

Location: Hartford, CT
Date: October 9-10, 2012

Meeting Overview

Venue:
Connecticut Convention Center
Primary Audience:
Primary Care
Credits:
Refer to the Accreditation Tab

Registration for this program is closed.

Education is the tool. Collaboration is the strategy.

As a primary care clinician – you own the care of all your patients, from the simple to the complex.

Pri-Med Access with ACP offers continuing medical education, complimentary to you, over the course of two-days in your local city. This CME program provides top-caliber, interactive CME – so you are primed to diagnose, treat, and handle the continuum of care for all of your patients.

Earn up to 13 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ or 13 AANP contact hours of continuing education.

For 2012, Pri-Med®, in association with the American College of Physicians, has developed all-new case-based sessions, delivered in a collaborative forum:

  • Responsible Opioid Prescribing
  • Advance Directives and Palliative Care
  • Latest Highlights from the Medical Literature
  • Ultrasonography for Primary Care Clinicians
  • Medical Brain Game – Back by popular demand!
  • Disease Prevention Guidelines
  • and, many more topics for CME credit

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  • Expert faculty and case-based experiences
  • Connections with peers to collaborate and discuss cases
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Sessions & Syllabus

 

Pri-Med Access with ACP

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Tuesday, October 09, 2012
6:45 AM-7:30 AM Registration and Breakfast
7:30 AM-7:45 AM Opening Remarks
7:45 AM-9:00 AM Optimizing Treatment in Patients with Stable COPD
Apply evidence-based recommendations from the 2011 ACP clinical practice guidelines on screening, diagnosis, and management of stable COPD to improve patients’ lung function and quality of life.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Perform spirometry in patients with symptoms suggestive of COPD to confirm diagnosis and determine disease severity
  2. Develop comprehensive treatment plans for COPD patients that are based on their symptoms and FEV1 values
E. Rand Sutherland, MD, MPH, (Read Bio) , Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO
9:00 AM-10:00 AM Refreshment Break and Additional Opportunities
10:00 AM-11:00 AM Ultrasonography for Primary Care Clinicians
Hear about the applications - as well as the caveats - of a point-of-care handheld ultrasound device, a technological advancement that can aid in office-based detection and monitoring of a range of medical conditions

Learning Objectives:

  1. Assess the main components and functions of a portable ultrasound unit
  2. Identify 3 clinical applications of portable ultrasound in the primary care setting
Rajesh Vakani, MD, (Read Bio) , Visiting Professor, Medicine, St. George's University Medical School, Columbia, SC, Cardiologist, Cardiology, University Specialty Clinics, Columbia, SC, Cardiologist, Medicine, Dorn VA medical Center, Columbia, SC
11:00 AM-12:00 PM Outpatient Management of the Depressed Patient
Depression is a common condition that can be successfully treated in the community setting. Practical strategies for recognition and medical management of the depressed patient will be explored

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe 3 signs/symptoms that suggest clinical depression in an otherwise healthy young patient
  2. Identify 3 way to address barriers in practice to the timely diagnosis of clinical depression in the perimenopausal patient
Paul Summergrad, MD, (Read Bio) , Dr. Frances S. Arkin Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Chairman, Tufts Medical Center Physicians Organization, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
12:00 PM-1:00 PM Lunch and Additional Opportunities
1:00 PM-2:00 PM Highlights from the Medical Literature Part 1
Back by popular demand, this session provides a discourse on the latest compelling studies from the medical literature and proceedings from major scientific conferences

Learning Objectives:

  1. Incorporate the findings of 2 recent studies into your assessment and management of patients that require long-term antithrombotic therapy
  2. Apply the findings of recent studies to your management of male patients with urologic symptoms relating to benign prostatic hyperplasia or overactive bladder.
Neil Skolnik, MD, (Read Bio) , Professor, Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA
2:00 PM-3:00 PM Refreshment Break and Additional Opportunities
3:00 PM-4:00 PM Medical Brain Game
Fun and educational, and you could win the prize as the medical trivia expert!

Learning Objectives:

  1. Test your knowledge of diverse clinical topics via a competitive fast-paced medical trivia game based on medical board review content and questions
Neil Skolnik, MD, (Read Bio) , Professor, Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA
4:00 PM-5:00 PM Highlights from the Medical Literature Part 2
Back by popular demand, this session provides a discourse on the latest compelling studies from the medical literature and proceedings from major scientific conferences

Learning Objectives:

  1. Incorporate the findings of 2 recent studies into your assessment and management of patients that require long-term antithrombotic therapy
  2. Apply the findings of recent studies to your management of male patients with urologic symptoms relating to benign prostatic hyperplasia or overactive bladder.
Neil Skolnik, MD, (Read Bio) , Professor, Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
6:45 AM-7:30 AM Registration and Breakfast
7:30 AM-7:45 AM Opening Remarks
7:45 AM-9:15 AM How Well Do You Know Your Disease Prevention Guidelines?
Screening guidelines for the prevention and detection of diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease often change. This interactive exercise will challenge you to keep up with the latest recommendations aimed at improving the long-term health of your adult patients

Learning Objectives:

  1. Apply the latest screening recommendations for screening for breast cancer, colorectal cancer, and genitourinary malignancies in your care of patients
  2. Outline the risks and benefits of daily aspirin therapy for primary prevention of cardiovascular events in a variety of patient populations
M. Susan Burke, MD, FACP, (Read Bio) , Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Geriatrics, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, Clinical Assistant Professor, Thomas Jefferson University Medical School, Philadelphia, PA, Senior Advisor, Internal Medicine Clinical Care Center, Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA
Adriana Monferre, MD, (Read Bio) , Primary Care Physican, Lankenau Clinical Care Center, Wynnewood, PA, Academic Hospitalist, Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA
9:15 AM-10:15 AM Refreshment Break and Additional Opportunities
10:15 AM-11:15 AM ACP Featured Speaker: Primary Care Medicine: Dying on the Vine or Getting Ready to Bloom

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe how the changes in our health delivery system are affecting primary caare medicine as a profession.
  2. Understand the historical background of our health system payment structure.
Robert McLean, MD, FACP, (Read Bio) , Governor, American College of Physicians - Connecticut Chapter, Middlefield, CT, Primary Care Internist and Rheumatologist, Connecticut Medical Group, New Haven, CT
11:15 AM-12:15 PM Fad Diets to Bad Diets: Which, if any, work?

Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify nutritional and behavioral practices that are associated with healthy weight loss in order to provide patients with evidence-based strategies for weight loss in a time-effective manner.
  2. Understand the safety and efficacy, as well as the promises and pitfalls of popular diets in order to help safely facilitate weight loss in patients who are overweight or obese.
  3. Discuss techniques that can help patients who lose weight maintain their weight loss, and specifically, the role that exercise (cardiovascular, resistance and stretching) plays in an effective weight loss/maintenance plan.
Heidi Skolnik, MS, FACSM, (Read Bio) , Sports Nutritionist, Women's Sports Medicine Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, President, Juilliard School, NY Knicks, Fordham University Athletics, School of the American Ballet, Nutrition Conditioning, LLC, New York, NY
12:15 PM-1:15 PM Lunch and Additional Opportunities
1:15 PM-2:15 PM The Stethoscope and Beyond: Cardiac Diagnoses Not to Be Missed
This session will incorporate audio and clinical findings to test assessment and diagnostic skills related to heart murmurs and other frequently seen cardiac abnormalities

Learning Objectives:

  1. Incorporate the most identifiable physical findings, patient history, and additional tests as needed to determine the etiology of abnormal heart sounds detected via auscultation
  2. Distinguish between benign heart sounds and those requiring prompt work-up and intervention
Richard Forrest Wright, MD, FACC, (Read Bio) , President, Pacific Heart Institute, Santa Monica, CA
2:15 PM-3:15 PM The ABCs of LFTs
Case studies will provide to clues that can help to differentiate liver disease from other causes of abnormal liver function tests, and will help to identify next steps in work-up and management

Learning Objectives:

  1. Define 3 key components of the patient history that should be further evaluated when liver function testing reveals elevated aminotransferases
  2. Identify at least 3 laboratory tests that should be considered in a patient with an ALT value that is 3X the upper normal limit
Pamela R. Kushner, MA, MD, FAAFP, (Read Bio) , Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
3:15 PM-4:15 PM Refreshment Break and Additional Opportunities
4:15 PM-5:30 PM Responsible Opioid Prescribing in 2012
This timely discussion will explore the challenges of appropriate opioid prescribing and the latest initiatives aimed at curtailing opioid abuse and addiction, including the opioid Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS).

Learning Objectives:

  1. Before initiating opioid therapy, obtain a comprehensive patient history to determine whether the patient may be at increased risk for opioid abuse
  2. Assess the most frequently encountered clinical and behavioral adverse effects of opioid therapy to incorporate into ongoing monitoring protocols in order to ensure patients are adhering to individualized treatment plans
Petros Levounis, MD, MA, (Read Bio) , Director, The Addiction Institute of New York, New York, NY, Chief, Division of Addiction Psychiatry, Associate Chair for Clinical Services, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, St. Luke's & Roosevelt Hospitals, New York, NY, Associate Chair for Clinical Services, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

Accreditation

Credits Type Accreditation Statement Designation Statement
13 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ pmiCME is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. pmiCME designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 13 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
12 AAFP This live activity, Pri-Med Access with ACP in Hartford, CT, with a begin date of 10/9/2012-10/10/2012, has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 12 Prescribed credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
13 AANP pmiCME is approved as a provider of nurse practitioner continuing education programs by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. AANP Provider number 040308. This program has been approved for 13 contact hours of continuing education (which includes 6.000 hours of pharmacology).

Faculty

E. Sutherland, MD, MPH (Read Bio)

Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO

Presenting on:

Rajesh Vakani, MD (Read Bio)

Visiting Professor, Medicine, St. George's University Medical School, Columbia, SC
Cardiologist, Cardiology, University Specialty Clinics, Columbia, SC
Cardiologist, Medicine, Dorn VA medical Center, Columbia, SC

Presenting on:

Paul Summergrad, MD (Read Bio)

Dr. Frances S. Arkin Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Chairman, Tufts Medical Center Physicians Organization, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA

Presenting on:

Neil Skolnik, MD (Read Bio)

Professor, Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA

Presenting on:

M. Burke, MD, FACP (Read Bio)

Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Geriatrics, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Clinical Assistant Professor, Thomas Jefferson University Medical School, Philadelphia, PA
Senior Advisor, Internal Medicine Clinical Care Center, Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA

Presenting on:

Adriana Monferre, MD (Read Bio)

Primary Care Physican, Lankenau Clinical Care Center, Wynnewood, PA
Academic Hospitalist, Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA

Presenting on:

Robert McLean, MD, FACP (Read Bio)

Governor, American College of Physicians - Connecticut Chapter, Middlefield, CT
Primary Care Internist and Rheumatologist, Connecticut Medical Group, New Haven, CT

Presenting on:

  • ACP Featured Speaker: Primary Care Medicine: Dying on the Vine or Getting Ready to Bloom
    Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 10:15 AM-11:15 AM

Heidi Skolnik, MS, FACSM (Read Bio)

Sports Nutritionist, Women's Sports Medicine Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
President, Juilliard School, NY Knicks, Fordham University Athletics, School of the American Ballet, Nutrition Conditioning, LLC, New York, NY

Presenting on:

  • Fad Diets to Bad Diets: Which, if any, work?
    Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 11:15 AM-12:15 PM

Richard Wright, MD, FACC (Read Bio)

President, Pacific Heart Institute, Santa Monica, CA

Presenting on:

Pamela Kushner, MA, MD, FAAFP (Read Bio)

Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA

Presenting on:

Petros Levounis, MD, MA (Read Bio)

Director, The Addiction Institute of New York, New York, NY
Chief, Division of Addiction Psychiatry, Associate Chair for Clinical Services, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, St. Luke's & Roosevelt Hospitals, New York, NY
Associate Chair for Clinical Services, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

Presenting on:

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Travel Arrangements

Meeting Location

Connecticut Convention Center
100 Columbus Blvd
Hartford, CT 06103-2806
(860)249-6000
Connecticut Convention Center web site

Hotel Accommodations

Hartford Marriott Downtown
200 Columbus Blvd
Hartford, CT 06103-2807
Phone: (866)373-9806
Hartford Marriott Downtown web site

A limited number of rooms have been reserved at the Hartford Marriott Downtown. Please call (866)373-9806 by 09/07/2012 and identify yourself as a Regional Conference attendee to receive the discounted rate of $199.