Series
ASSESSING & MANAGING SUICIDE RISK
January, 2009 - December, 2009
Jointly sponsored with the Suicide Resource Center, EDC, the focus of the Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk course is on attitudes and knowledge necessary to enhance skill in working with individuals at risk for suicide. In addition, some time is spent on skill development, for example practicing how to ask someone if they are thinking about suicide and formulating risk based on a clinical interview shown in 3 video clips.
Credit: 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™per session
Fee:
Activity Director: Anthony Pisani, Assistant Professor
Contact: Megan Mathis, 202.572.3789
CLINICAL TRIAL METHODS COURSE IN NEUROLOGY (NINDS)
August 17-23, 2009
Vail Marriott Mountain Resort & Spa - Vail, CO
The goal of this course is to teach students about important methodological aspects of clinical trials and to help them apply these principles to their specific clinical proposals. It is important to note that the project deliverables will also be several well-designed studies that the trainees will subsequently implement.
Credit: 44.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Fee: None
Activity Director: Dr. Bernard Ravina
Contact: Janine Fitzpatrick, 585.275.7430
A COMMUNICATION INTERVENTION TO PROMOTE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
July, 2009
Physical inactivity is emerging as an important risk factor for common cancers. Primary prevention through physical activity could reduce the growing burden of cancer. Primary care clinicians are well positioned to promote increased patient physical activity. Recent studies have shown that brief clinical counseling can improve short and long-term physical activity outcomes. This training will provide a specific, guided, patient - clinician plan to promote physical activity. In order for the clinician communication skills to be effective or sustained, ample evidence shows that clinician training must be intensive (minimum of 2-4 hours), reinforced over time (i.e. multiple brief sessions rather than one long session) and use a variety of interactive pedagological techniques with expert and patient feedback. Clinicians will be trained using didactic materials, skills/competency checklists, sample "scripts", role play and cognitive rehearsal - procedures regarded as the most effective techniques for communication training according to published reviews. Clinician communication training interventions that include these features do improve patient outcomes such as adherence to treatment, participatory decision-making, eliciting patient preferences, recall of treatment decisions, satisfaction, trust and problem-solving skills without increasing visit length.
Credit: 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Fee:
Activity Director: Dr. Jennifer Carroll
Contact: Bonnie Schwartzbauer, (585) 506.9484 ext. 129
FLUOROSCOPY SAFETY FOR PHYSICIANS
October 2008 - September 2009
This course is designed to give physicians who use fluoroscopy, outside of Radiology, Radiation Oncology, and the Cardiac Cath. Labs, information they need to understand the radiological safety aspects of the use of fluoroscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Such training is not currently offered in most residency training programs. Competency in the use of fluoroscopy has become a Joint Commission interest item in the last few years.
Credit: 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Fee: Free
Activity Director: Dr. Thomas L. Morgan
Contact: Dr. Thomas L. Morgan, 585.275.3781
HOSPITAL MEDICINE FACULTY DEVELOPMENT SERIES
October 2008 - December 2009
The target audience is the Hospital Medicine Division faculty, the majority of whom started practicing within the past 5 years. Their practice involves educating residents and students while caring for medically complex inpatients. Early career faculty have little guidance on how to teach effectively in this setting and how to develop their academic and clinical careers. Members of the Hospital Medicine Division were surveyed and asked to indicate their interest and needs in learning about various faculty depvelpment topics. This series is designed to provide them with the skills to do both. Faculty are encouraged to also participate in the school-wide UR faculty development series; our program is designed to dovetail with this program.
Credit: 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™ per session
Fee: None
Activity Director: Valerie J. Lang, MD
Contact: Amy Patterson, 585.275.4912
ICIEM - INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM
August - September, 2009
This 11th International Congress of Inborn Errors of Metabolism is an opportunity for practitioners and researchers in inborm errors of metabolism to come together and update skills at the cutting edge of the field. There have been a number of important and exciting new discoveries in diagnosis and treatment of metabolic disorders since we last met in 2006. An outstanding program of plenary and invited world renowned experts as well as platform and poster presentations from submitted abstracts is planned.
Credit: 19.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Fee:
Activity Director: Dr. Georgianne Arnold
LEADING ORGANIZATIONS TO HEALTH
April 2009 - January 2010
Peaceful Valley Lodge, Allenspark, CO.
Leading Organizations to Health has been created for health care leaders of all types: administrators of clinical educational, insurance and regulatory organizations; clinical leaders of all disciplines; leaders of advocacy organizations (including patient groups); people in formal leadership positions; people committed to fostering change without formal leadership positions; and people working from outside organizations as consultants. The greater the diversity in the group, the greater the learning opportunity for all.
Credit: 99.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Fee: $12,500 per person ($12,000 and $11,500, respectively, for the second and third participants from the same organization). A non-refundable deposit of $2,000 per person is due upon registration to reserve a position with the balance due by February 15, 2009. Food and lodging paid separately.
Activity Director: Anthony L. Suchman, M.D., MA
Contact Person: Ms. Theresa Weishaar, 585.278.8984
NEW PROVIDER ORIENTATION
JANUARY 1, 2009 - DECEMBER 31, 2009
UR MEDICAL CENTER
For attendees to have a broad understanding of how each department that presents can help them in their practice. For attendees to receive access and knowledge of how to use their computer systems and software in order to work the most effectively in a timely manner. For attendees to feel they are a part of Strong Memorial Hospital.
Credit: 10.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ per session
Fees: Free
Activity Director: Dr. Roger Oskvig
Contact: JoLynn Garfinkel, 585.273.1752
PERINATAL OUTREACH ROUNDS
April 1, 2009 - March 31, 2010 Series
Perintal Outreach Rounds have been developed for clinicians who provide care to pregnant women and the families. Topics vary from year to year and the content for this year’s has been selected from past participant feedback, current practice guidelines and from a review of the Finger Lakes Perinatal Data System.
Credit: 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Fee:
Activity Director: Dr. J. Christopher Glantz
Contact: Terry Caffery , 585.275.6047
SEARCHING THE MEDICAL LITERATURE
April 2007 - April 2010
Three of Miner Library's most requested classes, which can be taken separately or in any combination. Ovid Medline: a hands-on class on developing effective search strategies, navigating the interface, and retrieving citations (1 hr.); Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) Resources: accessing electronic EBM resources available through Miner and searching for the best evidence-based information (1 hr.): Patient Education Websites: how to find patient education websites and evaluate them for authority and reliability (1/2 hr.). All three classes are appropriate for physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners in all specialties. One-on-one or group classes (up to 12) can be arranged.
Credit: 1.0/0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Fee: Free
Activity Director: Julie Sollenberger, Director
Admin Contact: Donna Berryman, 585.275.6877
SIMULATION COURSE: TRAINING FOR THE UNEXPECTED
January, 2009 - December, 2009
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER - CENTER OF OB/GYN
The use of simulation education and training provide for a "real world" interactive learning environment that provides individuals and teams a chance to develop their communications and team work skills. Team members have the opportunity for reflective and collaborative assessment and learning through participation in simulation and debriefing.
Credit: 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Fee:
Physician $450,
NP or Midwife $175,
Nurses $125 - 15% reduction on care teams*of
4
or more
*care team is defined as a minimum of 1 physician and 3 nurses
Activity Director: Dr. James Woods
Contact: Christine Arnold, 585.275.1975
SPINE STUDY GROUP
April - November 2009
The Spine Practitioner benefits from discussions across the spectrum of specialties involved in spine care. By including the university and private practice physicians, surgeons and non-surgeons, orthopaedic surgeons, radiologists and chiropractors, this forum will allow the practitioners to share ideas and provide ongoing dialog and growth. Currently, this is the only opportunity in the community for this type of forum.
Credit: 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Fee:
Activity Director: Dr. Glenn Rechtin
Contact: Joann Rechtine, 585.275.2747
TOPICS IN EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRY
September, 2008 - September, 2009
This web and teleconferenced based series will provide the opportunity for psychiatrists in the emergency department to learn about the most critical topics facing them today. The series is designed to address many topics that will assist the participant in appropriately assessing emergency department patients in treatment and/or triage.
Credit: 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™
Activity Director: Dr. Glenn Currier
Contact: Jacquelyn T. Coleman, 888.945.5430
TRANSLATIONAL PAIN RESEARCH FORUM
January, 2009 - December, 2009
The target audience for this program is clinical pain specialists, pain researchers, residents, fellows, nurse practitioners, pharmacists. Provide a regular, on - going opportunity for researchers and clinicians involved in pain research and treatment to interact and discuss latest developments in the pain field through case - based evidence.
Credit: 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ per session
Fee:
Activity Director: Dr. John Markman
Contact: Julie Ortega, 585.276.3616
WIRB Site Ops and SOPs
September 2008 - September 2009
Designed to give investigators and study coordinators training in optimizing the organization and operation of their research sites. The course will be most useful for study coordinators or other staff members who are substantially involved in clinical research operations, particularity those with less than two years experience. This will also be a good review for physicians involved in research trials.
Credit: 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Fee:
Activity Director: Gary Chadwick, PharmD, MPH, CIP
Contact: Bill Kelvie, 585.275.5244
