October 19-21, 2007
Westin Oaks
Houston, Texas
Admission to the SAM Study Group or concurrent seminars is included in the Primary Care Summit registration fee. Registrants can choose to attend only the SAM Study Group for a $150 fee.
SAM Study Group Workshop on Hypertension
Moderator: Dale Moquist, M.D.
Are you working on your American Board of Family Medicine Maintenance of Certification? ABFM diplomates can work toward credit for the MC-FP Self Assessment Module through the all-day SAM Study Group Workshop on Hypertension Saturday, October 20. At the workshop, diplomates will discuss and complete the 60-question Knowledge Assessment portion of the module presented by TAFP and moderated by Dale Moquist, M.D. The second portion, a clinical simulation, can be completed online after the conference.
Participants will receive credit if they are currently eligible and enrolled in the ABFM MC-FP process, haven’t completed the current MC-FP stage, paid the MC-FP fees to the ABFM prior to completing the Clinical Simulation, completed the Clinical Simulation and attended and fully participated in the educational discussion for the entire session.
Concurrent Seminars
Integrating Child and Adolescent Mental Health into Primary Care
Stephen Barnett, M.D.
8 - 10 a.m. and repeated 10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
- Learning Objectives:
- Identify and address barriers to children/adolescent mental and behavioral health services.
- Identify common examples of mental illness which when identified early and treated will ameliorate the consequences of the disease in childhood and adult life.
- Outline practical and incremental ways to incorporate mental health services (ie. Health promotion, screening, diagnosis, consultation/referral, treatment) into their practices.
- Build an extended practice team with community-based resources.
- Code and bill for mental/behavioral health screening, diagnostic evaluation, treatment and follow-up.
How to Talk to Families About HPV (EBCME)
Gregory Brotzman, M.D.
8 - 10 a.m. and repeated 10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
- Learning Objectives:
- Discuss cervical cancer disease screening and prevention.
- Develop HPV strategies in the adolescent practice.
- Develop HPV strategies in the pediatric practice.
Asthma and COPD–Diagnosis and Treatment Options for the Family Physician (EBCME)
Clare Hawkins, M.D.
2 - 4 p.m. and repeated 4:15 - 6:15 p.m.
- Learning Objectives:
- Determine each patient’s level of disease severity in order to recommend appropriate therapy.
- Identify treatment barriers for managing patients with asthma.
- List the indications for spirometry (PFTs).
- Outline the efficacy of currently available pharmacological therapies for pediatric asthma.
Pediatrics in Pictures
Paul Berman, M.D.
2 - 4 p.m. and repeated 4:15 - 6:15 p.m.
- Learning Objectives:
- Develop an awareness of a variety of pediatric conditions and illnesses.
- Establish a differential diagnosis for a variety of pediatric conditions and illnesses.
- Discuss the management of a variety of pediatric conditions and illnesses.
