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Emergency Medicine CME

Emergency Medicine
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Courses & Conferences for 2012

Continuing Medical Education (CME) Courses in Emergency Medicine are presented by internationally acclaimed specialists at North Shore-LIJ Health System in New York. Throughout the year, emergency medicine CME courses are offered to North Shore-LIJ physicians and their multidisciplinary team members, as well as physicians throughout the United States and around the world. Through continuing medical education, emergency medicine physicians can deliver quality state-of-the-art patient care while functioning at their profession's most advanced level of knowledge and skills.

Continuing Medical Education (CME) Courses in Emergency Medicine are presented at various convenient venues in and around North Shore-LIJ's affiliated hospitals and medical centers.

Emergency Medicine Continuing Medical Education (CME) Courses and Conferences for 2012

1. Inaugural CME Pediatric Emergency Medicine Conference: “Advances in Pediatric Emergency Medicine”

  • COURSE PROGRAM RATIONALE: The goal of the 2012 Advances in Pediatric Emergency Medicine activity is to increase clinicians' understanding of the latest treatments and diagnostic modalities for pediatric patients in the pediatric emergency department.
  • CME COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this Emergency Medicine course, participants should:
  • Have a better understanding of the up-to-date concepts in managing fever in a pediatric population.
  • Be able to use various modalities to deal with anxiety and pain in children in the pediatric emergency department.
  • Identify high-risk patients who have experienced minor head trauma and minimize radiation exposure to those at low risk.

2.  National Oral Board Review Course

  • CME PROGRAM RATIONALE: The Department of Emergency Medicine of Long Island Jewish Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital will present an Emergency Medicine Oral Board Review Course that is recommended for individuals who have passed Part I, and for those who select the oral examination for recertification.
  • Faculty members of the Emergency Medicine Residency Programs of Long Island Jewish Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital will offer highly individualized attention to participants in a 2:1 student-to-faculty ratio.
  • Closely patterned after the American Board of Emergency Medicine oral examination, this course will cover fifteen (15) cases in the one-day program. The registrant will be tested on seven (7) cases and be required to critique an additional eight (8) cases. In the two-day program, there will be an additional fourteen (14) cases.
  • The benefits of this intensive Emergency Medicine CME course are:
  • Presentation of cases of equal difficulty to the examination.
  • Individual faculty critiques follow immediately after each case presentation to enable the candidate to become more familiar with particular examination techniques and pitfalls of the Oral Boards.
  • Registrants will be able to critique as well as be critiqued on each case
  • Located at a Marriott Hotel, the course is an actual simulation of the exam environment.
  • Highly individualized attention --one instructor for every two students.
  • Exceptionally high pass rate of past registrants.

3.  National Written Board Review Course

  • CME PROGRAM RATIONALE: There are a few board review courses offered for the Emergency Medicine physician and no other review courses are available in the tri-state area. Our goal is to educate the graduating resident/fellow, as well as physicians re-certifying in Emergency Medicine, to meet the requirements set forth by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Achieving success on the written boards is the immediate outcome desired. Long-range outcomes include incorporating best practices into the running of an Emergency Department. Board-certified Emergency Medicine physicians contribute to the overall improved health of the patient population we serve.
  • CME COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this Emergency Medicine course, participants should be able to:
  • Review all areas in the core curriculum distributed by the ABEM.
  • Provide a comprehensive review of the body of knowledge that constitutes Emergency Medicine.
  • Exceed the passing requirement of the ABEM Board Certification/Recertification Exam.
  • Recognize the wide variety of visual diagnoses and radiographic abnormalities encountered in the Emergency Medicine specialty.
  • Provide excellent care for our patients.

4. 9th Annual New York Symposium on International Emergency Medicine

  • PROGRAM RATIONALE: The goal of the 9th Annual New York Symposium on International Emergency Medicine is to provide health care professionals with the most current information regarding International Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program Development, current projects and funding opportunities.
  • CME COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this Emergency Medicine course, participants should be able to:
  • Encourage the collaboration of various international emergency medicine fellowship programs and independent physicians on projects abroad.
  • Provide a forum for the evaluation and presentation of research projects related to the field of international emergency medicine.
  • Educate physicians on the various funding opportunities available for international research and health system development projects.
  • Provide information and education to physicians about various international health projects under the auspices of the International Medical Corps and the Fulbright Program, among others.

5.  Stroke Update 2012

  • PROGRAM RATIONALE: The goal of Stroke Update 2012 is to increase clinicians’ knowledge of the latest treatments for patients with stroke, including interventional and surgical stroke therapies and prevention strategies, and awareness of identifying potential patients for these therapies.• CME COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this Emergency Medicine course, participants should be able to:
  • Differentiate between acute stroke and stroke mimics to ensure rapid and proper patient treatment.
  • Recognize the medical, surgical and endovascular treatment modalities for stroke to ensure proper therapy selections for patients.
  • Discuss strategies to optimize primary and secondary stroke prevention to prevent future stroke.

6.  Inaugural New York Emergency Medicine Health Policy Assembly CME Conference

  • PROGRAM RATIONALE: Emergency Medicine is affected by a variety of complicated legislation and regulations, however most physicians do not have the time or skills to maintain a working knowledge of these initiatives and how they will affect their medical practice. The Emergency Medicine Health Policy Conference will educate physicians about recent healthcare legislation and how it will affect them and their patients. In addition, the conference will bring Emergency Medicine physicians together to discuss future health policy initiatives. This conference will result in participants’ increased knowledge of recent health policy developments relevant to the practice of emergency medicine, as well as how emergency physicians can best operate within these new systems in order that patient outcomes may be improved.
  • CME COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this Emergency Medicine course, participants should be able to:
  • Discuss, describe and explain the impact of current and future U.S. healthcare policy on the practice of Emergency Medicine.
  • Understand how the Affordable Care Act of 2010 will potentially affect emergency care delivery systems and patient care.
  • Identify and evaluate current political and legislative challenges facing Emergency Medicine.
  • Describe and explain how the US legislative process operates and the implications for the practice of Emergency Medicine.
  • Identify ways that Emergency Medicine physicians can become involved in healthcare policy.

7. 4th Annual Critical Care Symposium

  • PROGRAM RATIONALE: The goal of the 4th Annual Critical Care Medicine Symposium: Spotlight on Cardiac Critical Care is to increase clinicians’ knowledge of the latest treatments for patients with cardiac emergencies, including interventional and surgical therapies, diagnostic techniques and awareness of updated management strategies for these patients.
  • CME COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this Emergency Medicine course, participants should be able to:
  • Describe and explain the most up-to-date management strategies (as per American Heart Association guidelines) for patients with acute coronary syndromes to minimize adverse events.
  • Educate emergency medicine health care workers on treatment algorithms and management techniques of cardiothoracic surgical patients from the ICU standpoint.o Update physicians on cutting-edge interventions and management strategies on acute heart-failure patients.
  • Identify ways and indications for emergency health care workers to utilize ultrasonography for patients with cardiac emergencies.

8. Inaugural North Shore Trauma Symposium

  • PROGRAM RATIONALE: The goal of the 2nd Annual Emergency Medicine Trauma Symposium is to increase clinicians’ knowledge of the latest treatments for patients with trauma emergencies, including local and regional innovations, diagnostic techniques and awareness of updated management strategies for these patients.
  • CME COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this Emergency Medicine course, participants should be able to:
  • Update clinicians on current and future local trauma system capabilities in the management of trauma patients to improve delivery of care.
  • Educate clinicians on performing technically adequate FAST (focused assessment with sonography for trauma) ultrasound exams for trauma patients.
  • Describe and explain the most up-to-date indications and techniques for the use of ultrasound in evaluating trauma patients in the intensive care unit.
  • Identify, assess and analyze controversies in the field of trauma care to educate clinicians to guide their practice decisions on evidence-based medicine.

9.  3rd Annual Pediatric Emergency Medicine Symposium: “Advancing Quality Care in the Pediatric ED”

  • PROGRAM RATIONALE: The goal of the 3rd Annual Pediatric Emergency Medicine Symposium: Advancing Quality Care in the Pediatric ED is to increase clinicians’ knowledge of the latest treatments and diagnostic modalities for patients in the pediatric emergency department, including interventional therapies, diagnostic techniques and awareness of updated management strategies for these patients.
  • CME COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this Emergency Medicine course, participants should be able to:
  • Describe at least two new cutting-edge intervention and management strategies for pediatric trauma.
  • Describe the current treatment algorithms and management techniques for pediatric patients undergoing sedation.
  • Identify various modalities available to manage anxiety and pain in children, and strategize for their appropriate use in the pediatric emergency department setting.

For a complete schedule of Emergency Medicine Continuing Medical Education (CME) Courses and Conferences for 2012, contact: 
Mae Ward, RN
Senior Director
Research and Education for Emergency Medicine
516-562-3090