UAMS Presents Virtual Family Medicine Update Oct. 29-31
| LITTLE ROCK — The 29th Annual Family Medicine Update: Fueling the Front Line, hosted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will offer up to 12 hours of online continuing education Oct. 29-31 for primary care physicians, advanced practice registered nurses and registered nurses, pharmacists, physician associates, physical therapists, respiratory therapists, certified health educators, social workers and substance abuse counselors.
The virtual annual conference compiles the latest advances impacting family medicine, with a bonus of flexible, on-demand viewing through Nov. 28.
The first day — Opioids and the Young — offers four hours of content for only $25. The Thursday and Friday two-hour blocks are $40 each.
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The first day is Opioids and the Young, sponsored by Arkansas Children’s National Center for Opioid Research and Clinical Effectiveness. The day will include a talk about opioid use disorder in moms and children with Shona Ray-Griffith, M.D., an associate professor in the UAMS departments of Psychiatry and Obstetrics and Gynecology, as well as a discussion on mandated reporting laws with Jessica Coker, M.D., assistant professor in the UAMS Department of Psychiatry.
Other topics on the first day include behavioral health care for adolescents with Jason Williams, Psy.D., chief mental and behavioral health officer at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, and “Pain Control Without the Opioid Toll” with Teresa Hudson, Pharm.D., Ph.D., a professor in the UAMS Department of Psychiatry.
Talks on the second day will include a look at respiratory illnesses in children with Rachel Ekdahl, M.D., and Satvika Mikkilineni, D.O.; “Naloxone Know-How for Saving Lives” with Leah Tobey-Moore, DPT, MBA, and Meghan Breckling, Pharm.D.; and a fresh look at hypertension medications with Michelle Hernandez, Pharm.D. Alexis White, M.D., also will speak on menopause.
The last morning of the virtual conference will focus on cancer screening in Arkansas, presented by Daniele Ramirez-Aguilar, MPH, with the Arkansas Central Cancer Registry; and “Mending a Child’s Heart: Pediatric Cardiology from a Nurse Practitioner Perspective” with Leslie Lewis, APRN, who works at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas.
The two afternoon sessions will feature Robert Hopkins Jr., M.D., division director for the UAMS Department of Internal Medicine, who will update attendees on immunization essentials for the fall. Next will be “Spotlight on LADA: The Hybrid Diabetes of Adulthood” with Hadeel Al Fares, M.D., an endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism fellow at UAMS.
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