Musculoskeletal conditions are among the most common patient complaints seen in a general practice. This course has been designed to provide primary care physicians with the knowledge to effectively evaluate and treat commonly encountered musculoskeletal injuries and conditions in the adolescent and adult population
May 17, 2008
7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
The Anlyan Center for Medical Research and Education
New Haven, CT
The Joint Commission for Accreditation of Hospitals and Organizations in the US implemented a new standard effective July 2001 requiring discussion with patients or their representatives whenever outcomes differ significantly from the anticipated. JCAHO, the AMA, the National Patient Safety Foundation and the ethical literature in health care all encourage forthrightness when there has been a disappointing outcome. Similar encouragement and legal requirements are emerging in Canada, Australia and New Zealand as well. In Canada the CCHSA which accredits healthcare facilities has established a requirement for disclosure of adverse outcomes to patients asking each facility to have policy by January 2006 and a plan for implementation prior to their next accreditation review.
Clinicians and staff need the skill and understanding to communicate effectively when patients and families are disappointed with the outcome of care. In order to address this constructively, clinicians must understand what caused the disappointing outcome, how the patient and family feel and think about it and respond in a timely and empathic manner. This process begins with shared decision making before the fact and empathy rather than defensiveness or avoidance when the disappointment occurs. When the outcome may be the result of medical error, it requires a particularly thoughtful response on the part of the clinician, staff, organization and malpractice carrier.
June 2, 2008
2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
The Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT
A Conference In Honor of Frans J. Th. Wackers
With the introduction of cardiac PET and coronary CT angiography (CTA) there is a growing need among the medical community to understand how to integrate these new cardiovascular imaging technologies with standard SPECT imaging in the practice of medicine for the evaluation of patients at risk or suspected of having cardiovascular disease. There continues to be important advance in SPECT technology as well so technical issues related to SPECT imaging will also be reviewed.
June 3, 2008
6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
The Anlyan Center for Medical Research and Education
New Haven, CT
2nd Annual Pulmonary Hypertension Symposium
Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and the Yale Pulmonary Hypertension Center
Pulmonary hypertension is increasingly recognized as an important factor causing morbidity and mortality. The proper diagnosis, classification and treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and its distinction from other forms of pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a complicated and rigorous algorithm. This symposium will provide current educational information to properly diagnosis and treat this devastating disease.
June 6, 2008
6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
The Inn at Longshore
Westport, CT
This conference has been developed as a follow-up to Digestive Diseases Week (DDW) - the largest and most prestigious gastroenterology meeting in the world. Nationally-recognized Yale faculty will present expert summaries in all major areas of gastroenterology and hepatology as highlighted at the DDW.
June 6, 2008
6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Water's Edge Conference Center
Westbrook, CT
The Yale School of Medicine's Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences (Ob/Gyn) has a proud tradition of academic leadership, excellence in clinical training, innovations in clinical practice and advances in reproductive science research.
Join us for this two-day symposium presented by 25 nationally renowned experts who will provide evidence-based education regarding new drug development, immunotherapy, ovarian cancer screening, robotic surgery, and minimally invasive fetal surgery.
Participants will explore the rationale for fetal aneuploidy screening, prenatal diagnostic techniques including perinatal ultrasound, and management of fetal structural abnormalities; discuss the management of medical diseases in pregnancy, including infectious diseases, psychiatric diseases, endocrine disorders, and obstetrical emergencies; review the contemporary management of maternal complications of pregnancy, including gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, cervical insufficiency, and preterm labor; explore other complex and controversial issues related to pregnancy, including obesity, drug abuse, vaginal birth after cesarean, advanced maternal age, and post-term pregnancy.
June 13 & 14, 2008
19 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Mohegan Sun Conference Center
Uncasville, CT
The Yale School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science is the leader in providing continuing education for eye care professionals. Glaucoma and diseases of the retina are the leading causes of blindness in the United States, where infectious disease and cataracts, responsible for most blindness globally, are well understood and can be effectively treated. Ophthalmologists practicing in the United States face a tidal wave of baby boomers entering the age bracket at risk for these diseases of the optic nerve and posterior segment. This symposium will focus on these topics, and will also include the timely updates on anterior segment for the comprehensive ophthalmologist.
June 13, 2008
6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
New Haven Lawn Club
New Haven, CT
Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the US and the #1 cause of adult disability. Hemorrhagic stroke is common and its incidence is dramatically increasing. The direct and indirect costs of hemorrhagic stroke exceed those of ischemic stroke. Successful treatment demands upon early recognition and intervention. This symposium will offer clinicians an up-to-date overview of the epidemiology, assessment and treatment of hemorrhagic stroke.
June 20, 2008
6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Harkness Auditorium
New Haven, CT
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs), are characterized by early onset socialization and communication impairments, as well as patterns of restricted interests and behavioral rigidities, that affect individuals across their lifespan. The number of individuals with ASD obtaining cognitive levels at or above the normative range is increasing. Yet, many of these individuals still fail to translate their potential into adaptive, real-life skills.
July 7-10, 2008
22 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Harkness Auditorium
New Haven, CT
12th Annual Glaucoma Symposium
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of global blindness, which affects nearly 2.5 million Americans. In the past decade, new advances in diagnostic, medical, and surgical treatments have led to greater patient awareness and demand for increased quality of care. This course is designed to educate clinicians regarding innovative techniques to improve care to patients afflicted with this disease.
September 5, 2008
Course Director(s): James Tsai MD & Bruce Sheilds MD
3rd ADHD Symposium
Department of Psychiatry
Recent research findings have produced significant changes in the understanding of the essential nature of ADHD. What was formerly seen as a disruptive behavior disorder in children is now recognized as developmental impairment of the executive functions of the brain. Considerable data indicate impairments of ADHD persist into adulthood for approximately 70% of those affected. Despite the new research, much misunderstanding about ADHD persists among professionals and the public. Currently, concerns about safety and risks of abuse of medications used to treat ADHD increase the need for professionals and patients to be well informed about safe and effective treatments for this disorder.
Course Director(s): Donald Quinlan MD & Thomas Brown MD
6th Annual Pediatric Update
Department of Pediatrics
This conference serves as the preeminent general pediatric CME course in the region. Our renowned faculty will provide important updates on a variety of pediatric topics of importance to practitioners who care for children.
September 19, 2008
Course Director(s): Linda Arnold MD
This full day conference will convene multi-specialty leaders in psychiatric research in order to influence the direction of future research in obesity as it relates to psychiatry, child psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, addiction psychiatry and psychotherapeutics. Special attention is given to evidence for gender differences in obesity research, and the global perspectives regarding the impact of the nutrition transition ~ overnutrition eclipsing undernutrition globally ~ and the obesity crisis in America
October 3, 2008
7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
The Anylan Center
New Haven, CT
7th Therapeutic ERCP/EUS Workshop
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases
Therapeutic ERCP/EUS is a developing and important part of gastroenterology. Most gastroenterologists in practice have had limited training and exposure in this procedure and this unique forum enables participants to see experts utilize complex techniques to evaluate and manage disorders. This type of course is popular around the country but only available in some centers. The Yale University School of Medicine is proud to bring this to you.
10/22/08
Course Director(s): Priya Jamidar MD
2nd Neuro-Oncology Update
Department of Neurosurgery
This symposium is intended to provide a comprehensive and concise update on the management of patients with primary brain tumors and common neurological complications of cancer.
Course Director(s): Joachim Baehring MD & Joseph Piepmeier MD
Malaria is one of the foremost examples of a contemporary "reemerging disease" that causes an enormous burden of mortality, morbidity, and economic cost on some of the poorest and most vulnerable nations on the planet. As in the case of other emerging and resurgent diseases, economic, social, biological, and environmental factors suggest that the problem could well be on the point of worsening significantly, particularly in view of the synergy between malaria on the one hand and the pandemics of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis on the other.
A variety of factors place vast populations at severe and growing risk. These factors include drug resistance, the adaptation of vectors to urban habitats, environmental degradation, population displacement and refugees, the proliferation of developmental schemes such as dam construction that create breeding opportunities for anopheline mosquitoes, lack of access to medical care, poverty, and substandard housing.
This conference will take a "big picture" interdisciplinary look at the background to the present global malaria crisis. It will then examine the epidemiology of the disease; the research strategies of scientists to develop new weapons (medications, genetic engineering, DDT, and a vaccine); the planning of the World Health Organization, of national programs, and of NGOs; the lessons of countries that either successfully eradicate the disease or attempted to do so and failed; and the problem of drug resistance.
A special feature of the conference will be the gathering of specialists from a variety of disciplines -- historians of medicine, clinicians, public health officials, research scientists, public health officials, and representatives of NGOs -- to contribute their insights.
November 7-9, 2008
16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale
New Haven, CT
24th Annual Ella T. Grasso Memorial Conference
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Division of Gynecologic Oncology
This is the 24th Annual Conference to be held in Connecticut. Advances in clinical Gynecologic Oncology are important for practicing physicians.
More information to follow...
November 19, 2008
