
COURSE CREDITS & HOURS
16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™16 ACPE Credits
3 Hours of Pharmacology for Nurse Practitioners
16.0 Contact Hours
COURSE FEES
$995 for Physicians, Attorneys, Psychologists, Pharmacists, & Dentists$795 for Physician Assistants & Nurse Practitioners
$595 for Nurses, Students & Others
TARGET AUDIENCE
PROGRAM PURPOSE
The purpose of this educational activity is to provide participants with current information in order to deliver state-of-the-art-care. A multi-disciplinary approach to patient care is emphasized, as well as, exploring issues relating to system-based practices.
- Pediatric fever: management and update
- Recognize serious bacterial infections
- Describe suggested diagnostic work-up of the febrile infant based upon recognize guidelines and patient age
- Identify life-threatening causes of fever
- Pediatric GI Emergencies
- Describe suggested diagnostic work-up of pediatric GI emergenciesbased upon recognize guidelines and patient age
- Syncope update: the evaluation of the patient with loss of consciousness
- List causes for syncope which may cause morbidity and mortality
- Discuss cost-effective work-up for the patient with history of loss of consciousness
- Interpret different reports and recommendations in recent literature
- Non-Narcotic Pain Management
- Analyze options for treatment of pain without use of narcotics
- Examine new developments and pharmaceutical developments of analgesics
- Trauma in the pediatric patient
- Discuss the extent and nature of non-accidental trauma
- Report the extent and science of imaging in the injured child
- Critique recommendations for diagnosis and management of the concussed adolescent
- Analyze the role of anti-thrombolyics
- What is new in toxicology?
- Cite substances of abuse which were not available even ten years earlier
- Describe toxidromes which may elucidate what may have caused symptoms in the poisoned patient
- Exemplify specific abused substances
- Cardiopulmonary/Resuscitation update
- Report changes in standard guidelines
- Formulate resuscitation guidelines past standard CPR and advanced cardiac life support
- Recognize the role of targeted temperature management, neuro-imaging and ECLS
- Legal considerations in general, emergency and primary care
- Describe practices which may put the patient and practitioner at risk
- Evaluate consequences of lawsuits to the well-being of the provider
- Identify best practices to minimize lawsuits in emergency care
- Demonstrate the magnitude of litigation and of defensive medicine
- Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) - How can I help my Patients?
- Describe the pathogenesis and the diagnostic process in PMS
- Describe the natural history and prognosis of PMS
- Discuss the evidence for current treatment of PMS
- Apply the latest recommendations how to manage effectively PMS.
- High Risk Pregnancy: Doctor - what about my future health?
- To discuss recent recommendations for follow up and intervention in women who had high-risk pregnancy conditions in their past pregnancies such as: preeclampsia /eclampsia, fetal intra uterine growth restriction and gestational diabetes
- The participants will be able to detect the long term consequences of these high risk pregnancy conditions
- The participants will be able describe possible future health problems of the offspring of these high-risk pregnancy mothers in accord with barker hypothesis
- The participants will be able to assess the importance of continuous blood pressure measurements, glucose and lipid profile levels, weight reduction programs when appropriate according to the specific high-risk pregnancy.
- Diabetes in pregnant women and beyond
- Differentiate the different types of diabetes during pregnancy.
- Discuss the latest evidence-based recommendations of the medical measures to be taken before pregnancy in a known diabetic patient.
- Apply the appropriate management of diabetes during pregnancy, delivery and post-partum.
- Discuss different management options in gestational diabetes and pre-gestational diabetes.
- Apply evidence-based treatment options using the latest technological advances of insulin pumps and continuous glucose sensors when appropriate.
- Infertility - Basic evaluation of the couple
- Describe the basic diagnostic steps and treatment options of infertile patients
- Discuss the preliminary evaluation needed in both male female and unexplained infertility
- Apply an up to date methodological and structured evaluation using the different fertility tests and treatment options according to the medical finding presented
- Explain infertility patients the cause of their problem and help them in the decision-making process of how to reach their goal of having a baby
- Sexual problems - How can I help my patients?
- Differentiate various common causes of both female and male sexual problems
- Discuss the latest recommendations for treating sexual dysfunction
- Apply a structured comfortable evaluation of the sexual dysfunction
- Determine when to refer the patient for further evaluation and treatment by a Psychological therapist or Sexologist
- Chronic pelvic pain - A practical approach
- Discuss recent recommendations of the evaluation of chronic pelvic pain
- Apply evaluation plan in a methodological manner
- Assess female chronic pelvic pain through both noninvasive and invasive diagnostic procedures
- Describe and apply the appropriate therapy needed according to the diagnosis
- Examination and treatment of common vulvar and vaginal infections
- Differentiate between Bacterial vaginosis, Yeast infections and trichomonas vaginalis.
- Discuss diagnosis and management of common vulvovaginal infections
- Describe the diagnostic office tests for differentiating these infections through few simple tests performed
- Apply effective treatment for these common vaginal and vulvar pathological conditions
- Women's Cardiovascular Problems How can I help my patients?
- Discuss recent recommendations of the evaluation of women's cardiovascular problems
- Apply evaluation plan in a methodological manner
- Promote female cardiovascular health though preventive measures and noninvasive and invasive diagnostic procedures
- Describe and apply the appropriate therapy needed according to the diagnosis
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Register your interest and receive a full quote at 800-422-0711 (US/Can) or direct/int'l tel: +1-727-526-1571 or register online.
Conference Sessions generally take place on days at sea (as itinerary allows), giving you plenty of time to enjoy your meals, evenings and ports of call with your companion, family and friends.