PLEASE NOTE: This conference is already completed and this information is only for reference for our attendees. This is NOT the information for the upcoming 2012 Conference in Orlando.
Veterans Affairs Physician Assistant Association
16th Annual VAPAA CME Conference
Crowne Plaza Resort, Asheville, NC
July 25-29, 2011
Tentative Program (subject to change)
Registration Fees: VAPAA Member - $375 NON-Member - $475
ALSO, VA Employed Nurse Practitioners - $425
This program has been reviewed and is approved for a maximum of 33 hours of AAPA Category 1 CME credit by the Physician Assistant Review Panel. Physician assistants should claim only those hours actually spent participating in the CME activity.
This program was planned in accordance with AAPA's CME standards for live programs and for commercial support of live programs.
Nurse Practitoners may apply for up to 33 CEUs. Programs accredited by the AAPA are approved for 33 CEUs, as provided by the ANCC.
MONDAY July 25, 2011
0800-1700 VAPAA Board Meeting
Session # 1A:
1300-1700 PSB Training (4 hours) Peter Karr, PA-C Current member of the VACO PA PSB.
Session # 1B:
1300 – 1700 Orientation for "New" or "Old" PAs, "PA Survival Guide to Navigating the VA System" Denni Woodmansee, PA-C Director of PA Services, VACO.
1800-2100 Welcome Reception (Poolside - weather permitting)
TUESDAY July 26, 2011
0700 Registration opens
0740 Opening Ceremony (14th Weather Squadron USAF) Presentation of Colors/National Anthem
Session #2: 0800-0900 Keynote Address:
Humor: More than a Laughing Matter
Jeanne Robertson Nationally Acclaimed Humorist
Session # 3: 0900-1000 TBI: Ophthalmologic Issues - Tom Zampieri, PA-C Legislative Director, Blinded
Veterans Association
Session # 4: 1000-1115 Dermatology - "Skin of Color" - Amy Lauer, PA-C
1130-1245 Lunch Break
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 11:30am-12:45pm
COMPLIMENTARY LUNCH
Pathophysiology of Pain: Mechanisms and Manifestations
Daniel M. Gruener, MD
Director of Pain Research and Principal Investigator,
CRI Worldwide
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Program Description
Pain transmission and processing occurs in the peripheral and central nervous system.1 Acute pain serves as a warning to prevent damage.2 Chronic pain is defined as pain that persists beyond acute pain or beyond the expected time of normal healing.3 This presentation will review pain pathways in the peripheral and central nervous system and the mechanisms leading to the development of chronic pain.
1. Scholz J, Woolf CJ. Can we conquer pain? Nat Neurosci. 2002;5(suppl):1062-1067.
2. Woolf C. Pain: moving from symptom control toward mechanism-specific pharmacologic management. Ann Intern Med. 2004;140(6):441-451.
3. American Chronic Pain Association. ACPA Consumer Guide to Pain and Medication and Treatment. Rocklin, California: American Chronic Pain Association; 2010:7.
* This program is sponsored by and the speaker is presenting on behalf of Lilly USA, LLC. It is being presented consistent with FDA guidelines and is not approved for continuing education credit. Lunch will be provided for attendees of this program.
As of January 1, 2011, if you are a US medical doctor or doctor of osteopathy with an active state license number, the value of the meal that you receive when attending this program may be disclosed on Eli Lilly and Company's Physician Payment Registry as a transfer of value made to you by Lilly. As a result of enacted state regulations, food, beverage and/or meals will not be provided for healthcare professionals from the states of Minnesota, Massachusetts and Vermont. This medical presentation is intended only for invited healthcare professionals for whom the information to be presented is relevant to their practice. We regret that spouses or other guests cannot be accommodated.
Session # 5: 1300-1400 Communicating Bad News - Dr.Morris, Asheville, NC VAMC
Session # 6: 1400-1500 Anemia in Today's Complicated Patients - Brenda Frye, PA-C
1500-1530 Afternoon Break
Session # 7: 1530-1630 Common drug-drug interactions - Louis Wu, PA-C
Session # 8: 1630-1830 Hands on: The Knee and Shoulder Exam Breakout Session Joe Woods, PA-C (2 hours)
1900 VAPAA General Membership Meeting
WEDNESDAY, July 27, 2011
0645 Registration
Session # 9: 0700-0800 NCCPA Disciplinary Actions - Kathy Adamson, PA-C NCCPA
Session # 10: 0800-0900 Certification issues, your chance to discuss… Kathy Adamson, PA-C NCCPA
0900-0930 Morning Break
0900-1530 Exhibition Hall Open
Session # 11: 0930-1030 Current Health Care Issues - Admiral Michael Milner Assistant Surgeon General of the United States
Session # 12:1030-1300 Advocacy for the PA Profession - Kristen Butterfield AAPA Staff
1300-1400 Lunch Break
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 1:00pm-2:00pm
COMPLIMENTARY LUNCH
Understanding Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Need to Recognize and Treat a Chronic Condition
W. Clay Jackson, MD, DipTh
Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychiatry
University of Tennessee, Memphis
Private Practice Physician,
Family Medicine, Palliative Medicine
Memphis, Tennessee
Program Description
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a chronic and specific anxiety disorder with a fluctuating course. It is often associated with significant functional impairment. GAD is underrecognized, which may be due, in part, to the complexity of patient presentation. Goals for the treatment of GAD include both symptom and functional improvement. During this presentation, the speaker will discuss the importance of screening for GAD and highlight some specific assessment and treatment considerations.
*This program is sponsored by and the speaker is presenting on behalf of Lilly USA, LLC. It is being presented consistent with FDA guidelines and is not approved for continuing education credit. Lunch will be provided for attendees of this program.
As of January 1, 2011, if you are a US medical doctor or doctor of osteopathy with an active state license number, the value of the meal that you receive when attending this program may be disclosed on Eli Lilly and Company's Physician Payment Registry as a transfer of value made to you by Lilly. As a result of enacted state regulations, food, beverage and/or meals will not be provided for healthcare professionals from the states of Minnesota, Massachusetts and Vermont. This medical presentation is intended only for invited healthcare professionals for whom the information to be presented is relevant to their practice. We regret that spouses or other guests cannot be accommodated.
Session # 13: 1410-1510 Vascular issues & Concerns, Part 1 - Philip Irwin, PA-C
151 0 – 1530 Afternoon Break
Session # 14: 1530-1630 Vascular Issues & Concerns, Part 2 - Philip Irwin, PA-C
Session # 15: 1630-1800 EKG Interpretation - Bill Cogswell Breakout Session
1815 until… Carolina Bar-B-Que with Blue Grass Band and Dancing FREE FOR ALL REGISTRANTS
Special Guest and Honoree - Kenneth Ferrell, PA-C , one of two remaining Graduates of the first PA program, Duke University, 1965 - 1967. PLUS a special treat for everyone ...
As part of the festivities for the Bar-B-Que, we will be having a Video Conference with:
Congresswoman Karen Bass Representative from California's 33rd Congressional District. Representative Bass is the FIRST Physician Assistant elected to Congress. We will have the opportunity to ask Representative Bass questions about Health Care and the role, as she sees it, of PAs in the new Health Care programs being set up as we proceed with the Obama program. Plan to attend the conference so you can learn first hand how our Federal Government views PAs in the modern health care system.
THURSDAY July 28, 2011
0645 Registration Open
Session # 16:0700-0800 Plastic Surgery - Joseph Streff, PA-C
Session # 17:0800-0900 Diagnosis & Treatment of Common Knee Problems - Ron Heninger, PA-C
0900-0930 Morning Break
0900-1520 Exhibition Hall Open
Session # 18: 0930-1030 Liver Cirrhosis/end-stage Liver disease - Beth Znaniecki, PA-C
Session # 19: 1030-1130 Hereditary Angioedema: Evidence-Based Tools to Improve Diagnosis and
Management - Michael Van Buren Calvin, PA-C Part of the AAPA Chapter Lecture Series.
1130-1245 Lunch Break
Thursday, July 28, 2011 11:30am-12:45pm
COMPLIMENTARY LUNCH
sponsored by Advanced Therapy Solutions
With a presentation of a unique, drug free proprietary electrotherapy that is used for patients with chronic pain conditions such as:
peripheral neuropathy, soft tissue injuries, RSD/CRPS, arthritis phantom pain, post-op surgical pain. lower back & joint pain Raynaud's disease,
and others.
This medical presentation is intended only for invited healthcare professionals for whom the information to be presented is relevant to their practice. We regret that spouses or other guests cannot be accommodated.
Session # 20: 1300-1400 Women’s Health Update, The Role of Vitamin D - Elizabeth Miller, PA-C
Session # 21:1400-1500 Diabetic Management from the Patient's Perspective TBD
1500-1530 Afternoon Break
Session # 22: 1530-1630 CPRS Tidbits - Philip Irwin, PA-C
Session # 23:1630-1730 Agent Orange and Beyond - Mary Ellen Kiernan, PA-C
Session # 24:1530-1700 Basic Suturing Techniques - Ron Heninger, PA-C Breakout Session
1700 Biltmore Tour and Dinner On your own, separate discounted fee
FRIDAY July 29, 2011
Session # 25: 0700-0800 Hypertension algorithm - Louis Wu, PA-C
Session # 26: 0800-0900 Diagnosis of Common Shoulder Problems - Christopher Furbee, PA-C
0900-0930 Morning Break
Session # 27:0930-1030 Evaluation of the Dizzy Patient - James Cavanaugh, PA-C
Session # 28:1030-1130 Medical Model of Addiction – Lynn Lapour, PA-C
1130-1200 Thank you and goodbyes