5th Annual Mid-Atlantic Hospital Medicine Symposium

Event Date
October 15, 2010 - October 16, 2010

Event Time
7:30 am - 5:00 pm - 7:30 am - 12:00 pm

Location
Mount Sinai Medical Center - Goldwurm Auditorium
1425 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10029 (at 98th Street)

Target Audience
public

Requires Registration
Yes

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Description

An SHM-affiliated Meeting  

PROGRAM GOALS

The exciting world of a hospitalist consists of high volume, high acuity, great challenges, and limitless potential to help patients. The role could not be more rewarding or more demanding. This course will provide the expertise and skills to allow hospitalists to deliver the best possible care for their patients.

Hospitalists must keep up-to-date to ensure they are using the best diagnostic strategies and prescribing the best treatments for their patients. Our faculty consists of internationally renown experts who will present plenary lectures and workshops in the most common diseases seen by hospitalists. Lectures are designed to be case-based, concise, and to incorporate the most recent evidence into clinical recommendations. In addition, our annual “Update in Hospital Medicine” will identify and review the most important trials impacting our field over the past year.

Hospitalists are also uniquely positioned to lead hospital improvement efforts, enhance patient safety, and reduce medical errors. By increasing expertise in addressing medical errors and skills in quality improvement, this symposium will give hospitalists the skills and confidence to meaningfully participate in and lead initiatives at their hospitals.

Our highly rated series of WORKSHOPS is designed to provide participants with a choice of three “tracks” in which to gain expertise: (1) Clinical care (2) Hospital quality and patient safety (3) Palliative care

Participants can concentrate in one of these tracks to develop their expertise or can mix-and-match tracks to experience a greater variety of topics.

This 1.5 day-long program will provide the knowledge and skills needed to: 

• Manage patients with common acute and chronic conditions, including:
-Oncology for the Hospitalist
-HEARTBREAK FASTBREAK– ACS, CHF, EPS in 60 minutes
-The Hot Joint
-Acute Stroke
-Sickle Cell Disease – Pearls and Pitfalls 

• Participate in and lead initiatives in hospital quality and patient safety
  -How to Use QI Tools and Methods
  -Leveraging Information Technology (IT) to Enhance Safety
  -Reducing Readmissions – Essential Elements 

• Assess and Manage Palliative Care Patients:
 -Goals of Care – DNR/DNI and the Family Meeting
 -Hospice – What, When, and How?
 -Pain Management and other Symptoms at the End-of-Life 

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES 

At the conclusion of this CME activity, the participant should be able to:
 -Assess and manage acute cardiac conditions, including ACS and CHF, using most recent evidence
 -Treat acute pain using appropriate narcotic regimens
 -Optimize glycemic control in hospitalized diabetic patients using short and long-acting insulin
 -Code and bill correctly for inpatient visits
 -Utilize quality improvement skills and techniques and apply these skills in their hospital setting
 -Identify patients at the end-of-life who will benefit from hospice care and understand how to access hospice services

Who Should Attend?

Hospitalists, General Internists, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, House Staff, Medical Students.

Brochure

Accommodations

http://www.mountsinaihospital.org/visiting-us/accommodations

Registration

Type Fee
Attending Physicians $250
NP, PA, RN & Other Allied Health Professionals $200
Residents, Fellows $125
MSSM & Affiliated Physicians $150
MSSM & Affiliated NP, PA, RN & Other Allied Health Professionals $75
Residents, Fellows at Afffiliates $75
MSSM Residents, Fellows Complimentary


Register online at http://cmetracker.net/MSSMCME/

Register by Fax
Fax the registration form which is located inside the brochure along with your Visa, M/C or AE number to (212)731-7930.

Register by Mail
Mail the registration form which is located inside the brochure along with your check to:
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
The Page and William Black Post-Graduate School
One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1193
New York, NY 10029

 

Cancellation Policy

A fee of $50.00 will be retained to cover administrative costs for refunds and cancellations. All requests must be confirmed in writing to The Page and William Black Post-Graduate School two weeks before the course begins. No refunds will be made after October 1, 2010 for cancellations and for 'no-shows'.

Faculty Disclosure

It is the policy of Mount Sinai School of Medicine to ensure objectivity, balance, independence, transparency, and scientific rigor in all CME-sponsored educational activities. All faculty participating in the planning or implementation of a sponsored activity are expected to disclose to the audience any relevant financial relationships and to assist in resolving any conflict of interest that may arise from the relationship. Presenters must also make a meaningful disclosure to the audience of their discussions of unlabeled or unapproved drugs or devices. This information will be available as part of the course materials.

Special Needs

Mount Sinai School of Medicine is in full compliance with provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act ADA) and is accessible for individuals with special needs. If you would like to attend this conference and require any special needs or accommodations please contact The Page and William Black Post-Graduate School at 212-731-7950.

Conference Information
Contact the Office of CME at cme@mssm.edu or 212-731-7950