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Water - Based Interventions for the Pediatric Therapies is organized by Texas Children's Hospital and will be held during Mar 03 - 04, 2018 at Blue Lagune Therapy - Aquatic & Land Physical Therapy, Katy, Texas, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 16 CCUs Credits. Course Description: This Course is designed to rapidly introduce pediatric therapists to motor, sensory and play-based interventions in water. Participants will create a series of aquatic therapeutic movements, tasks, or exercises designed to alleviate the most common problems associated with the pediatric population and then adapte these ideas to novel situations. Participants will briefly examine research which supports aquatic therapy for the child and explore contraindications, including prevailing precaution myths. Course Objectives : * Discriminate between aquatic precautions and contraindications specific to the pediatric client. Defend any choice, on a case-by-case basis, to label a condition as a precaution and not as a contraindication. * Explain why aquatic therapy may be the treatment of choice if (a) the patient has poor head or trunk righting/control, (b) the patient has spasticity, (c) the patient has difficulty with transitional movements; (d) the patient has poor sensory processing; (e) the patient has speech/language deficits; or (f) research supports its use. * Design a sample aquatic treatment session demonstrating 2 ways to divide labor between PT, OT and SLP. Compare and contrast 5 ways that the goals of 3 different disciplines should differ. Recommend 3 ways to co-treat in water and be reimbursed for the services provided. * Originate, integrate, and combine ideas into a plan to implement augmentative communication in the therapy pool setting. Incorporate low-tech augmentative communication methods during labs to improve communication. * Gather and organize the latest aquatic research to bolster the case for treatment and to aid in t

Mayo Clinic Hospital Medicine: Managing Complex Patients is organized by Mayo Clinic and would be held during Nov 08 - 11, 2017 at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, Tucson, Arizona, United States Of America. The target audience for this medical event for inpatient care providers including physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Hospitalists are defined as those who spend most of their professional practice caring for hospitalized patients. This CME Conference has been approved with a maximum of 25.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Hospital Medicine is the fastest growing medical specialty and requires a diverse skill set. Hospital-based health care providers must be able to diagnose and manage a wide variety of clinical conditions, coordinate transitions of care, provide perioperative management to surgical patients and contribute to quality improvement and hospital administration. This program is specifically designed to ensure that participants augment their skill set to meet these many challenges in an effort to enhance the delivery of health care and provide better patient outcomes. Using an interactive, case-based format, key highlights from most major areas of hospital medicine will be presented. Conference Objectives are : * Classify a patient presenting with MI according to the most recent guidelines. * Select the appropriate indications for troponin testing. * Manage a patient with subsegmental pulmonary embolism. * Define sepsis according to the most recent clinical guidelines. * Select the appropriate antibiotics for a hospitalized patient with health-care associated pneumonia. * List strategies to improve the mobility of elderly patients in the hospital. * Manage a patient admitted to the hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis. * Recognize common sources of cognitive bias and heuristics to minimize their impact on patient care. * Order the appropriate tests for a hospitalized patient with a newly-diagnosed pleural effusion. * List novel the

Too many carbs, not fats, may be the culprit in raising risk of premature death, according to a study published online Aug. 29 in the The Lancet to coincide with the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2017, held from Aug. 26 to 30 in Barcelona, Spain. Mahshid Dehghan, Ph.D., an investigator with the Population Health Research Institute at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, and colleagues tracked the diet and health of 135,335 people, aged 35 to 70, from 18 countries around the world, to gain a global perspective on the health effects of diet. Participants provided detailed information on their social and economic status, lifestyle, medical history, and current health. They also completed a questionnaire on their regular diet, which researchers used to calculate their average daily calories from fats, carbohydrates, and proteins. The research team then tracked the participants' health for about seven years on average, with follow-up visits at least every three years. The investigators found that high-carbohydrate diets are common, with more than half of the people deriving 70 percent of their daily calories from carbs. People with a high fat intake -- about 35 percent of their daily diet -- had a 23 percent lower risk of early death and 18 percent lower risk of stroke compared to people who ate less fat. The researchers also noted that a very low intake of saturated fats (below 3 percent of daily diet) was associated with a higher risk of death in the study, compared to diets containing up to 13 percent daily. At the same time, high-carb diets -- containing an average 77 percent carbohydrates -- were associated with a 28 percent increased risk of death versus low-carb diets. "The study showed that contrary to popular belief, increased consumption of dietary fats is associated with a lower risk of death," Dehghan told HealthDay. "We found no evidence that below 10 percent of energy by saturated fat is beneficial, and going below 7 percent may even be har

KT3: Clinical concept and advanced whole body application is organized by Texas Children's Hospital and will be held on Jan 26, 2018 at Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 8 CCUs or 8 contact hours. Course Description : The KT3 course combines the Kinesio Taping Method foundational concepts of KT1&KT2 with advanced clinical concepts. The course provides lab time for attendees to practice their skills on the new concepts through a variety of clinical applications. The KT3 course is designed to allow the Certified Kinesio Taping Instructor (CKTI) to cater specific clinical applications to address specific professions. Upon completion of this course and prerequisite KT1&KT2 seminar, attendees will be eligible to request and take the exam to become a Certified Kinesio Taping Practitioner (CKTP). Note: Students can request to take the exam but will not be eligible to receive a CKTP certificate until they graduate. Course Objectives are : * Review the basic concepts of the Kinesio Taping Method * Explain and apply advanced concepts of the Kinesio Taping Method * Review epidermis, dermis, and fascial anatomy as it is related to Kinesio Taping * Utilize and demonstrate application skills in guided laboratory sessions * Apply the Kinesio Taping Method to stimulate epidermis, dermis, and fascial response * Apply advanced clinical taping techniques for treatment of the spine, neurological conditions, and upper/lower extremity dysfunction

Pediatric Gait Analysis And Orthotic Management: A Segmental Kinematic Approach to Rehabilitation is organized by Texas Children's Hospital and will be held during Feb 18 - 20, 2018 at Conroe, Texas, USA. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 18.75 Credits. Course Description: The course is intended primarily for paediatric physiotherapists, orthotists and other professionals working in the field of paediatric gait rehabilitation. It is also highly relevant to physiotherapists, orthotists and others working in the fields of adult neurology and adult learning disability. The course explores a fresh approach to the observation and analysis of normal walking and standing, and the classification and management of gait disorders. The biomechanics of normal walking and standing, and the pathological gaits of disabling conditions will be extensively reviewed, with particular reference to orthotic management. Pre-gait analysis and orthotic management assessment will be demonstrated. The emphasis of patient cases will focus on cerebral palsy, myelomeningocoele and other neurological conditions. Participants will gain knowledge of the aims of orthotic management and how to achieve them through: the biomechanics of ankle-foot orthoses, the influence of footwear, varieties of AFO Footwear Combination design, tuning AFO Footwear Combinations to optimise gait and extensive video examples. In addition live patient demonstrations will help participants refine their clinical decision making skills involved in gait analysis and orthotic design. Each delegate will receive an illustrated course manual, which includes extensive reference lists and directions for further reading, and a CD containing additional information and proformas.

As a cardiologist, your expertise includes the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of heart and blood vessel diseases. Patients of all ages may be sent to you, or perhaps you have chosen to specialize in an area like geriatric or pediatric cardiology. And even though you have completed an extensive amount of internal medicine and cardiology education to-date, on-going training requirements must still be fulfilled. We can help you find continuing medical education (CME) courses that are just as specialized as your skill set. Our database of cardiology medical conferences can help you find CME opportunities that meet your needs. In addition to general cardiovascular medicine events, we feature conferences dedicated to specific topics like heart rhythm, echocardiography, hypertension and more. Register for events hosted by leading hospitals in cardiology such as the Cleveland Clinic and the Mayo Clinic. Are you ready to attend your next cardiology conference? To get started, review our list of upcoming Fellows courses, annual updates, case reviews, forums and more. And for additional events, we recommend checking out our database of Interventional Cardiology and Vascular Disease conferences.

Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS) Training Workshop is organized by Texas Children's Hospital and will be held during Mar 07 - 11, 2018 at Texas, USA. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 38.75 contact hours. Course Description are : The Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS) is used to measure how well a client performs familiar activities of daily living (ADL). The AMPS can be used with any client, regardless of diagnosis or age, as long as the client is at least the developmental age of 2 years and is familiar with performing some ADL tasks. There are over 125 ADL tasks included in the AMPS, from very easy self-care tasks to multi-step domestic tasks (including outdoor tasks and shopping). The AMPS measures represent how well the client performs ADL tasks, in terms of physical effort, efficiency, safety, and independence. These measures take into consideration the difficulty of the tasks the client performed and the unique scoring severity of the occupational therapist administering the AMPS. The occupational therapist can use a client's AMPS measures to plan the occupation-based and occupation-focused intervention, develop occupation-focused goals, and write occupation-focused documentation. AMPS measures can also be used as outcome measures providing evidence that a client's occupational performance changed. Using this innovative assessment tool will expand your practice by helping you deliver more occupation-centered services. Course Objectives are : Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to: * Understand the theoretical foundation for using the assessment tool to promote occupation centered and client-centered practice. * Administer, score, and interpret the assessment tool in a valid and reliable manner. * Use assessment results to plan occupational therapy interventions. * Interpret the results of a follow-up assessment to analyze the effectiveness of interventions. * Integrate the assess

More than 78 percent of health care personnel (HCP) and 53.6 percent of pregnant women received influenza vaccination during the 2016-2017 influenza season, according to two studies published in the Sept. 29 issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Carla L. Black, Ph.D., from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and colleagues surveyed 2,438 HCP to estimate influenza vaccination coverage. The researchers found that during the 2016-2017 season, 78.6 percent of survey respondents reported receiving vaccination, similar to reported coverage in the previous three seasons. Coverage was highest for those working in hospitals compared with those working in ambulatory or long-term-care settings (92.3 versus 76.1 and 68 percent) and for those who were required by their employer to be vaccinated (96.7 percent), as in previous seasons. Helen Ding, M.D., from the CDC, and colleagues surveyed 1,893 women pregnant at any time during October 2016 to January 2017. The researchers found that 53.6 percent of respondents reported having received influenza vaccination before or during pregnancy (16.2 and 37.4 percent, respectively); this was similar to coverage during the previous four influenza seasons. Overall, 67.3, 11.9, and 20.7 percent of women reported receiving a provider offer for influenza vaccination, receiving a recommendation but no offer, and receiving no recommendation, respectively, similar to the previous influenza season; influenza vaccination coverage was 70.5, 43.7, and 14.8 percent, respectively, among these women.

Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) supplementation is associated with an increase in serum C-reactive protein (CRP) concentration, according to a review and meta-analysis published online May 29 in Cardiovascular Therapeutics. Mohsen Mazidi, Ph.D., from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, and colleagues conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the impact of CLA supplementation on serum CRP. Data were included from 14 studies. The researchers found that following supplementation with CLAs there was a significant increase in serum CRP concentrations (weighted mean difference, 0.63 mg/dL; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.13 to 1.13; heterogeneity P = 0.026); these findings were robust in sensitivity analyses. The changes in serum CRP levels were found to be independent of CLA supplementation dosage (slope, −0.02; 95 percent confidence interval, −0.10 to 0.12; P = 0.889) or follow-up duration (slope, 0.271; 95 percent confidence interval, −0.05 to 0.59; P = 0.098). "This meta-analysis suggests that CLA supplementation is associated with an increase in plasma CRP concentrations and a reduction in serum adiponectin concentrations, which indicates that CLA supplements have a pro-inflammatory effect," the authors write.

eMedEvents is recognized as a Winner of eHealthcare Leadership Awards at a special presentation on November 11, 2015 at the 19th Annual Healthcare Internet Conference in Orlando, Florida. eMedEvents won the Best Overall Internet Site-Silver award under physician focused category for an outstanding website. Judges reviewed eMedEvents based on a proprietary multi-point standard of Internet excellence. The Best Overall Internet Site category had to meet more than 40 factors. Ms. Priya Korrapati, CEO of eMedEvents, has said, "We passionately believe in building a technology empowered platform that helps healthcare professionals and provide tools to find medical conferences that fits each physician's unique CME needs" on winning the prestigious award. The eHealthcare Leadership Awards 2015 has received tremendous response with over 1000 entries competing in 15 different categories and diverse healthcare backgrounds. The awards highlight the role played by the Internet in helping healthcare organizations achieve their objectives. The awards also celebrate the hard work that lies underneath each of the winning websites and digital communications initiatives. About eMedEvents eMedEvents is a leading website with most comprehensive database of medical conferences for physicians to discover medical conferences that fit with their unique needs such as CME credits, Location preferences and Board reviews. With over 6000 medical conferences 2015 to choose from, the website is a perfect location to find any medical conference in multiple medical specialties across the globe. About eHealthcare Leadership awards The Healthcare Internet Conference is a popular event that brings together the leaders from various disciplines of the healthcare industry to learn, collaborate and celebrate best practices. The conference aims at helping the healthcare leaders with the ever growing challenges of the online world through collaboration with leading marketers, and other web based service

KT4 Specialty Pediatric concepts is organized by Texas Children's Hospital and will be held on Jan 27, 2018 at Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 8 CCUs/ 8 contact hours. Course Description are : This course is designed to provide advanced Kinesio Taping techniques and problemsolving to physicians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, massage therapists, athletic trainers, and other health professionals specializing in pediatrics. Kinesio Taping is a method of treatment for musculoskeletal and Myofascial disorders. Kinesio Taping can be used during physical activity and in conjunction with many therapeutic interventions. Attendees will review theory and basic taping techniques, learn advanced and combination techniques, and develop clinical reasoning skills relevant to the pediatric population. The course will also provide commonly used taping techniques for specific diagnoses, including cerebral palsy, hemiplegia, torticollis, and brachial plexus injury; as well as pediatric sports related injuries. Course Objectives are : * Develop proficient knowledge of basic Kinesio Taping principles, properties, and techniques. * Be able to identify three specific muscle synergies/patterns and Kinesio Taping techniques to facilitate muscle balance and alignment. * Learn four advanced Kinesio Taping techniques. * Become familiar with commonly used Kinesio Taping techniques for specific pediatric diagnoses. * Be exposed to adjunctive treatment options for specific pediatric diagnosis. * Be involved with problem solving strategies for treatment utilizing Kinesio Taping.

Most physicians on Twitter with a financial conflict of interest (FCOI) and frequent tweets mention specific drugs for which they have a conflict, according to a study published in the September issue of The Lancet Haematology. Victoria Kaestner, from the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, and colleagues examined whether conflicted physicians tweet about specific products for which they have a FCOI. A total of 156 physicians who tweeted a median of 584 times were included, with a 2014 median general payment totaling $13,600. The researchers found that 81 percent of the physicians mentioned at least one drug from a company for which they had a FCOI and 88 percent mentioned at least one drug for which they did not have an FCOI. Fifty-two percent of the 4,358 total drug mentions regarded conflicted drugs. Only 1.3 percent of the physicians included a disclosure relating to their payment; these were in their twitter biography. Conflicted tweets were more likely to be positive, similarly likely to be neutral, and less likely to be negative, compared with tweets about non-conflicted drugs coded at random. "Our results raise the concern that financial conflict of interest must be considered with the growing use of social media to discuss cancer products and practices, as well as policies regarding disclosure, divesture, audit, and recusal may be considered," the authors write.

American Educational Institute (AEI) Medical-Dental-Legal Update is organized by American Educational Institute (AEI) and will be held during Oct 02, 2017 - Apr 27, 2018 at Grand Wailea Resort, Maui, Hawaii, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is Dentists. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Conference Description : You practice in a dynamic and challenging environment. While keeping clinically current is imperative, it isn't enough. You must also acquire the skills necessary to navigate a professional liability minefield, manage a more effective and efficient practice, and navigate a maze of healthcare laws and regulations. The 2017-18 Medical-Dental-Legal Update Update is designed to assist you in that endeavor. The course, offered weekly in 32 enviable destinations, is a unique, 20-hour survey of the intersection of medicine and law as well as selected clinical topics. Produced in state-of-the-art production studios with broadcast-grade, HD digital technology. This Conference offers vital instruction from national experts in the fields of law, medicine, dentistry, asset protection, revenue cycle management and practice management. And their presentations include discussions ranging from domestic violence, payment receipt optimization, medical malpractice, fraud and abuse, and optimizing retirement and benefit plan structures, to the oral-systemic connection, medical errors, Hepatitis B & C, neurology and cardiovascular fitness. The Update is presented in a structured classroom setting affording you the opportunity for dialogue with your medical, dental and legal colleagues, and through September 28, 2018, you will have over 900 opportu­nities to attend at your choice of 30 premier sun and ski resorts - virtually any week you choose. Conference Objectives are: * Recommend preventive lifestyle behaviors and protective pharmacothe­rapy. * Assess the appropriate­ness o

Mayo Clinic Hospital Medicine is organized by Mayo Clinic and would be held during Nov 07 - 10, 2018 at Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States Of America. Course Description : Hospital Medicine is the fastest growing medical specialty and requires a diverse skill set. Hospital-based health care providers must be able to diagnose and manage a wide variety of clinical conditions, coordinate transitions of care, provide perioperative management to surgical patients and contribute to quality improvement and hospital administration. This program is specifically designed to ensure that participants augment their skill set to meet these many challenges in an effort to enhance the delivery of health care and provide better patient outcomes. Using an interactive, case-based format, key highlights from most major areas of hospital medicine will be presented.

Mayo Clinic Pulmonary Manifestations of Connective Tissue Disorders is organized by Mayo Clinic CME and would be held during Oct 20 - 21, 2017 at The Ritz Carlton, Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach, Florida, United States Of America. The target audience for this medical event for pulmonologists, rheumatologist, and primary care physicians and providers with an interest in pulmonary involvement of connective tissue disorders. This cme conference has been approved with a maximum of 11.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Course Description : This two-day course provides pulmonologists, rheumatologists, internists and general practitioners with an up-to-date focus on pulmonary manifestations of rheumatologic disorders. From this course, participants gain a better understanding of how to recognize and diagnose interstitial lung disease, pulmonary hypertension and other respiratory problems which are common in autoimmune rheumatologic disorders, and the latest information regarding pathogenic mechanisms, clinical trials and therapeutic modalities. The speakers will be nationally and internationally recognized specialists in the field. Residents and fellows will have the opportunity to participate by submitting original studies for poster presentations. Conference Objectives are : * Review basic clinical and therapeutic aspects of interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension in patients with connective tissue diseases * Improve interpretation skills for laboratory and pulmonary testing pertaining to patients with interstitial lung disease and connective tissue diseases * Identify patients that need a multidisciplinary approach early in the course of the disease * Review up-to-date information about ongoing research in connective tissue disease with patients with autoimmune lung involvement

Ropinirole, bromocriptine, and piribedil are associated with the highest incidence rates of adverse effects in Parkinson's disease, according to a review published online Sept. 4 in CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. Bao-Dong Li, from the Hebei Province Cangzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine in China, and colleagues conducted a systematic review to compare the adverse effects of 11 drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease. Data were included from 24 randomized controlled trials. The researchers found that, compared with placebo, the incidence of adverse reactions of ropinirole, rotigotine, entacapone, and sumanirole were higher in terms of nausea. The incidence rates of dyskinesia side effects were highest with ropinirole, while in terms of patients' hallucination, pramipexole was significantly higher. The surface under the cumulative ranking curve values of all drugs showed that the incidence of adverse reaction of pergolide was relatively high (nausea, 83.5 percent; hallucination, 79.8 percent); the incidence of dyskinesia and somnolence was higher with ropinirole (80.5 and 69.4 percent); in terms of dizziness, the incidence of adverse reaction of piribedil was higher (67.0 percent), and in terms of constipation, the incidence of bromocriptine was relatively high (62.3 percent). "In addition to current forms of treatment, we hope that our results can produce useful information for further development of new drugs to treat Parkinson's disease based on the natures of each drug," the authors write.

American Educational Institute (AEI) Medical-Dental-Legal Update is organized by American Educational Institute (AEI) and will be held during Oct 02, 2017 - Sep 28, 2018 at Dickenson Square, Maui, Hawaii, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is Dentists. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Conference Description : You practice in a dynamic and challenging environment. While keeping clinically current is imperative, it isn't enough. You must also acquire the skills necessary to navigate a professional liability minefield, manage a more effective and efficient practice, and navigate a maze of healthcare laws and regulations. The 2017-18 Medical-Dental-Legal Update Update is designed to assist you in that endeavor. The course, offered weekly in 32 enviable destinations, is a unique, 20-hour survey of the intersection of medicine and law as well as selected clinical topics. Produced in state-of-the-art production studios with broadcast-grade, HD digital technology. This Conference offers vital instruction from national experts in the fields of law, medicine, dentistry, asset protection, revenue cycle management and practice management. And their presentations include discussions ranging from domestic violence, payment receipt optimization, medical malpractice, fraud and abuse, and optimizing retirement and benefit plan structures, to the oral-systemic connection, medical errors, Hepatitis B & C, neurology and cardiovascular fitness. Conference Objectives are: * Recommend preventive lifestyle behaviors and protective pharmacothe­rapy. * Assess the appropriate­ness of the direct patient care model for your practice * Utilize a variety of clinically relevant but relatively unknown treatments. * Better recognize and respond to victims of child violence. * Better understand and deal with medical malpractice litigation. * More effectively reduce practice risk and protect assets exposed t

As a family physician, you are responsible for providing personal, integrated and on-going care to all members of the families in your practice. And because you are not limited to a particular type of patient or condition, we understand your need for a large scope of continuing medical education (CME) made easily available. Our database of family medicine conferences displays opportunities to earn CME hours required of family physicians in the United States, Canada and other countries. Easily search for conferences that will support your goal of providing preventive care, helping patients with health management or even treating a specific condition. We feature a variety of family medicine CME events hosted by reputable organizations dedicated to this specific division of primary care. Two of these organizations include the American Academy of Family Physicians and the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA). If you are ready to start your next round of medical education, scroll through or filter our full list of upcoming annual primary care updates, introductory courses, hands-on workshops and other types of family medicine conferences. And for related events, we recommend reviewing our list of Internal Medicine conferences.

As an emergency medicine physician, you provide initial care for patients with acute illnesses or injuries. Your medical expertise is wide-ranging, so that you are able to quickly diagnose and begin interventions for a variety of conditions. Just as time cannot be wasted when you are with patients, and we do not feel your valuable time should be wasted while searching for required continuing medical education (CME). Our comprehensive database allows you to quickly and easily search, register and even book travel plans for emergency medicine conferences all in one place. Are you looking for CME regarding wilderness medicine? Emergency airway management? Infectious disease control? Palliative medicine ? Find the emergency medicine CME you need by searching our list of events, hosted by leaders in medicine such as Harvard Medical School . Are you ready to attend your next emergency medical conference? Review our list of upcoming conventions, annual updates, courses and more. And for additional events specific to common sub-specialties, check out our database of Critical Care Medicine ,Sports Medicine and Toxicology conferences .

American Association for Hand Surgery (AAHS) Annual Meeting is organized by American Association for Hand Surgery (AAHS) and would be held during Jan 10 - 13, 2018 at El Conquistador, A Waldorf Astoria Resort, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, United States Of America. The target audience for this medical event for health care professionals involved in the assessment and management of a wide variety of common and complex conditions of the hand and upper limb. This CME Conference has been approved with a maximum of 30 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Conference Objectives are : Following completion of this activity, participants will be able to: * Develop relationships and mentoring that lead to successful hand research and contributions to better patient outcomes. * Understand the new landscape of medicine leading to better patient care through the use of social media, the internet and understating new reimbursement models. * Discuss clinical and basic scientific research on hand and upper extremity problems. * Integrate principles of hand therapy with surgical management of hand and upper extremity problems. * Evaluate surgical and nonsurgical principles of managing common hand and upper extremity problems. * Compare the intellectual discourses through an integrated program with the related surgical societies (ASRM and ASPN) and resolve conflicts. * Implement enhanced management of fractures, arthritis and congenital problems. * Compare clinical and nonclinical hand therapy issues for a variety of hand problems and fractures.