2004 Scientific Assembly, The Homestead, Hot
Springs, VA Instant registration 1-800-649-4911
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Errata - Conference Reception is Tuesday evening, 5:30-7:00pm, and dietary restrictions
notice is needed by February 4th.
Hotel
dates February 9-13, include a Pre-Assembly CME, and the VACEP Board meeting,
post-assembly. See you there!
Introduction and Program Preview
Please make plans to join us at the
beautiful Homestead resort from February 10-12, 2004 for our annual Scientific
Assembly. The Education Committee has been hard at work assembling an array of
talented speakers to bring you up to date on topics that impact your daily practice of
Emergency Medicine and that will help you meet the face to face continuing medical
education required by the Virginia Board of Medicine.
Additionally, the program will help you be
prepared for the challenges that begin in 2004 with the American Board of Emergency
Medicine’s Continuous Certification process. ABEM has designated that
Thoracic/Respiratory, Musculoskeletal (non-traumatic) and the Immune System disorders be
the content areas of study in the upcoming year. ABEM has also published the 2004
Lifelong Learning and Self Assessment reading list—10 readings devoted to the three
content areas listed above and 10 readings devoted to other topics of interest. Our
Scientific Assembly will help you get a leg up on these topics.
We cover Thoracic and Respiratory with a
discussion of pleural effusions and empyemas by Dr. Michael Bono and Ioliene Boenau
talking on thoracic trauma.
William Brady, MD, the author of one of
the designated Lifelong Learning articles (on growth plate injuries) will acquaint you
with that article and bring you up to date on other pediatric orthopedic issues.
Leah Heimbach, RN, JD will talk on how to
disclose medical error (another topic from the Lifelong Learning readings) and then tell
you how to survive the lawsuit that follows.
Richard Harrigan from Temple University
will discuss his Lifelong Learning article on oral hypoglycemics and then will join with
Dr. Brady for a symposium on interpreting interesting electrocardiograms (from their
forthcoming text for emergency physicians on EKG’s)
Michael Rapp, MD, former president of both
VACEP and ACEP, will talk on issues of national (EMTALA) and local (temporary
detention orders in Virginia) importance.
Harry Preuss, MD,a professor of
physiology, medicine and pathology at Georgetown and the father of our VaCEP member Dr.
Jeff Preuss, will be reacquainting us with electrolyte and acid base abnormalities.
Virginia ACEP members just back from the
front in the Middle East will be telling us of their experiences and we may even have
another guest speaker or two!
The Homestead provides a wonderful
setting for the Scientific Assembly—beautiful surroundings, wonderful food and fun
for all ages. Please mark your calendars and join us for the 2004 VaCEP Scientific
Assembly. Our final program and registration information will be posted as soon as it is
ready.
Program Co-chairs:
Cindy Dorr
Tim Evans
