UAMS Diabetes Symposium Feb. 20-21 to Focus on Community-Based Care
| LITTLE ROCK — Health care and public health professionals who address the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diabetes and obesity are invited to attend the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Diabetes Update 2016 on Feb. 20-21.
The focus of this year’s symposium will be population health and community-based diabetes care.
The 21st annual Diabetes Update will be held from 7 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. on Feb. 20 and from 7 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Feb. 21 on the 12th floor of the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute. Parking is available in Parking Deck 3 at the corner of Cedar Street and Capitol Avenue.
For those who preregister by Feb. 12, the cost is $75 for students, residents and fellows; $165 for nurses, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses and other health care professionals; $180 for pharmacists; and $225 for physicians. There is also a reduced rate for those who would prefer to only attend one day of the conference. Participants can also register at the conference; however, the price increases by $25. Continuing education credits are available for the symposium.
For more information about the conference or to register, visit http://medicine.uams.edu/cme/courses/diabetes-update/.
The symposium will include “State of Diabetes and Obesity Management in Arkansas,” “Diabetes Management and Prevention in Communities with Health Literacy Challenges,” “Collaborative Care with Pharmacy and Primary Practitioners,” and “Management of Diabetes in the Elderly.”
UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,275 students, 890 medical residents and fellows, and five dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 12,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.###