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5th Annual APP Academy: Presented by UPMC Passavant APP Council
This two-day multidisciplinary, interactive event aims to educate APPs on up-to-date treatments and best practice guidelines for a variety of topics, as well as improve interdisciplinary relationships between APPs across local hospitals in order to better serve their patients. The course will aim to enhance both clinical and procedural skills by offering a combination of didactic lectures and hands-on workshops.
Target Audience
This course is intended for physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, and nurse anesthetists clinically practicing in both inpatient and outpatient medicine.
Learning Objectives
• Expand clinical knowledge and technical skills for the most common diagnoses that result in patient hospitalization.
• Engage in professional development through networking opportunities and effective communication.
• Gain insight into both evidence-based best practices and local system’s experience with APP leadership structures and APP career growth opportunities.
• Opportunity for direct demonstration, personalized instruction, and extensive hands-on practice in fundamental skills for the APP through half-day of simulation labs.
Additional Information
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Conference Schedule:
Friday, October 18, 2024:
7:00 a.m.
Registration, Breakfast, Networking
8 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
Dr. Wende Goncz
8:30 a.m.
Stigma in Healthcare
Ashley Reasey, PA-C
9 a.m.
Approach to Inpatient Management of Seizures
Anneline Centofanti, PA-C
10 a.m.
Break
10:15 a.m.
Coronary Artery Disease
Robert Baumgartner, MD
10:45 a.m.
Passavant Center for Perioperative Care – 30 min
Megan Tomaino, PA-C
Hayley Quigley, PA-C
11:15 a.m.
SI Joint as a Pain Generator
Jeffrey Cameron, PA-C
11:45 a.m.
Lunch/Networking
1 p.m.
Antibiotics for MRSA & Other ID Tidbits
Nicole Wheeler, MD
1:30 p.m.
Pearls and Pitfalls of Inpatient Alcohol Withdrawal Management
Simon Ostrowski, MD
2 p.m.
Updates to Preventative Medicine Recommendations in Primary Care
Chase Smith, PA-C
Jody Alexander, CRNP
2:30 p.m.
Management of Diabetes
Paige Thompson, PA-C
3:00 p.m.
Break
3: 15 p.m.
Evaluating Value: Assessing and Demonstrating APP Value
Sondra M. DePalma, PA-C
4:45 p.m.
Conclusion
Theresa Celender, PA-C
Saturday, October 19, 2024
7 a.m.
Registration, Breakfast, Networking
7:30 a.m.
Introduction
Lindsay Busch, PA-C
8 a.m.
PCAS – 60 min
Patrick Coppler, PA-C
Cecilia Ratay, CRNP
9 a.m.
Total Telemedicine Pathway – 30 min
Brittany Morocco, PA-C
9:30 a.m.
Professional Advancement
Julie Dubis, MPAS, PA-C
10 a.m.
Break
10:15 a.m.
Health Care in the Austere Environment
Francis Feld, CRNA
11:15 a.m.
Lunch
12 p.m.
Review of station rotations
Brittney Laskey, PA-C
12:15 p.m.
Station 1
12:45 p.m.
Station 2
1:15 p.m.
Break
1:30 p.m.
Station 3
2:00 p.m.
Station 4
2:30 p.m.
Conclusion
Theresa Celender, PA-C
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Accommodations
Discounted room rates available at:
Fairfield Inn & Suites, Pittsburgh North/McCandless Crossing
901 Providence Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15237
Booking must be made via phone. Mention that you are with UPMC Passavant/Passavant Hospital Foundation at time of booking.
Phone: 412-227-9600
Course Directors:
Theresa Celender, MPAS, PA-C
APP Academy Director
Passavant APP Council, Secretary
Interventional Radiology, UPMC Passavant
Lindsay Busch, MPAS, PA-C
APP Academy Co-Director
Passavant APP Council, Chair
Director of APP Education and Career Development for Pulmonary Partners
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UPMC Passavant
Mandy Crankovic, CRNA, MSN, BSN
APP Academy Co-Director
Passavant APP Council
Department of Anesthesia, UPMC Passavant
Jody Fulton Alexander, MSN, FNP-C
APP Academy Co-Director
Passavant APP Council
Gold and Associates, UPMC Passavant
Brittney Laskey, MPAS, PA-C
APP Academy Co-Director, Director of Simulation
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UPMC Passavant
No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physician Assistant (AAPA)
The University of Pittsburgh has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 12.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credit. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 12.75 contact hour.
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
This program has also been approved by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists for Class A CE credits.
Available Credit
- 12.75 AAPA Category I CME
- 12.75 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 12.75 Attendance
We gratefully acknowledge support from the following for this activity:
Exhibitors: Regeneron Healthcare Solutions
Price
All cancellations must be sent via email to kaibn@upmc.edu. Registration can be cancelled without penalty up until October 4, 2024. After October 4, 2024, cancellation will be subject to a $25.00 administrative fee.