June 2007
Course Description:
This 3-day offering, now in its 24th year, will highlight common, current management controversies using a literature-based approach to provide support for rational clinical decision-making. Each session will include four defined didactic presentations followed by a fifth topic in contemporary format. The format is designed to stimulate discussion and active debate.
Intended Audience:
This course is intended for physicians, nurses, and advanced practice professionals currently working in the field of emergency medicine or family practice.
Educational Objectives:
This seminar encompasses the spectrum of disease represented by emergency medicine. A diverse selection of scenario-based topics will be discussed using an evidence-based approach. The registrants will be afforded well-researched presentations and the ability to discuss and debate current clinical perspectives, management options, and treatment protocols. At the end of the program, participants should be able to:
- Debate controversies in management regimens, citing current literature to support a position
- Identify five major health care problems regularly managed by emergency practitioners
- List signs and symptoms of each problem and note life-threatening complications
- State the emergency intervention necessary for immediate resuscitation of these problems
- Recognize the procedures and/or tests necessary to establish a differential diagnosis
Major Features Include:
- Contemporary emergency medicine topics
- Evidence-based approach to each topic
- Radiology quiz
- International emergency medicine
- Pediatric issues
- Literature Review
- Medical/Legal considerations
For more information, please contact:
Lewis S. Nelson, M.D.Course Director
Phone (212) 562-6561
Fax (212) 562-3001