Advanced Practice Provider Clinical Conference: Taking Your Practice from Good to Great
Nov. 6, 2024
7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Southern Management Corporation Campus Center
621 W. Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
Overview:
The University of Maryland Medical Center is proud to host in collaboration with the University of Maryland School of Nursing the 17th Annual NP and PA Clinical Conference. This one-day conference will be a professional development and networking opportunity for advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, and students. Highlights of the conference will include morning and afternoon keynote speakers, breakout sessions for Pediatric, Critical Care, and Acute Adult Care settings, and an opportunity to network with industry vendors
Objectives:
- Deliver an intensive educational opportunity to promote APP professional development
- Promote a networking opportunity for attendees
- Provide clinical evidence based updates on medical management for appropriate disease foci.
Agenda
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7:30 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast | ||
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7:50 a.m. |
Welcome Carmel McComiskey, DNP, CRNP, FAANP, FAAN Associate Chief Clinical Officer Director, Nurse Practitioners & Physician Assistants University of Maryland Medical Center Downtown & Midtown Campuses |
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8 a.m. |
Morning Keynote Speaker Integrative Palliative Care: Whole Person Care for People with Serious Illness using all the Tools that Work Delia Chiaramonte, MD Adjunct assistant professor, University of Maryland school of Medicine |
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9 a.m. |
Medical Management of Obesity Marjorie Pennant, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine |
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10:00 a.m. |
Break with Exhibitors | ||
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10:30 a.m. |
Pediatric Care |
Adult and Critical Care/Trauma |
Adult General Session |
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Pediatric Acute Abdomen |
Intro to Ultrasound and Image Interpretation |
Atrial Fibrillation Update |
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11:30 a.m. |
Hypophosphatasia: How it Stays Hidden and How to Catch the Culprit |
ECMO Indication and Management Patient on ECMO |
Approach to an Abnormal CBC |
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12:30-1:15 p.m. |
Lunch with Exhibitors | ||
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1:15 p.m. |
Afternoon Keynote Speaker Maryland Healthcare is Different and Evolving David Marcozzi, MD, MHS-CL, FACEP Chief Clinical Officer/Senior Vice President University of Maryland Medical Center Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Dean for UMMC Clinical Affairs University of Maryland School of Medicine |
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2:15 p.m. |
Consideration for Managing Mental Health and Substance Use Melissa Glee, CRNP-PMH Senior Program Director for Psychiatric-Mental Health NP Gloria Olivares, CRNP Senior Nurse Practitioner I |
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3 p.m. |
Antibiotic Avengers: How Advanced Practice Providers Help Antibiotic Stewardship Emily Heil, PharmD, MD, BCIDP,AAHIVP Professor-Infectious Disease, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy Megan E. Dunning MD Associate Director of the UMMC Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and Associate Program Director for the Infectious Diseases |
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| 4 p.m. | Closing Remarks Carmel McComiskey, DNP, CRNP, FAANP, FAAN Associate Chief Clinical Officer Director, Nurse Practitioners & Physician Assistants University of Maryland Medical Center Downtown & Midtown Campuses |
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Nursing Continuing Professional Development
Nurses may receive 6.75 contact hours upon successful completion of this educational activity and payment of fee. Successful completion is demonstrated by attending the entire conference and submitting completed program evaluation. Partial credit is not provided. Participants will be able to print Continuing Education Certificate after completing the evaluation.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
American Academy of Physician Associates: Physician Assistant may receive 6.75 AAPA Category 1 CME Credits.