Office of Continuing Medical Education | Monthly Newsletter - August 2019

  Bradley County
  3535 Adkisson Dr H-127
  Cleveland, TN 37312

  August 22, 2019
  6:00pm - 9:00pm (all locations)

  No fee to attend

  **Meets TN prescribing practices  
 credit requirements**
The second annual Maternal Health
Forum will provide an opportunity for
providers to learn evidence based
practices around Maternal Mental and
Physical Health. National speakers will
share their experience in working with
moms and families and educate
providers in ways to best assist patients
they encounter. Afternoon breakout
sessions will provide opportunities for
attendees to engage more deeply in
areas they are most interested in.


This three-hour live activity is for healthcare providers to increase their knowledge on addiction and risks of addiction including overdose, provide alternatives to chronic pain management, and tools for providers to use in the office for early identification and referral to treatment.
Holiday Inn
101 West Springbrook Dr.
Johnson City, TN 37601

August 30, 2019
8:00am - 5:00pm

The CVD Appalachia research team, led by Dr. Hadii Mamudu, is providing a collaborative forum for caregivers, health care providers, public health professionals, policymakers, patients, and other stakeholders. This conference provides an interactive educational experience where patients guide the conversation about strategies to reduce heart diseases and related risk factors in Central Appalachia.
Upcoming Events | Fall 2019
October
Opioid overdose epidemic is well documented nationally and regionally. The Centers for Disease Control attribute poor prescribing by healthcare providers to be a key problem that needs to be addressed. Healthcare providers receive little education on management of pain or addiction in professional didactic or residency training. There is a need for this education to help improve learning deficits and to promote safer opioid prescribing. 
This medical forum will provide education to healthcare professionals about the appropriate time to refer patients for surgery.
November
The Tennessee Sex Offender Treatment Board, housed administratively in the Tennessee Department of Correction, has been providing specialized training to mental health providers specific to the area of sex offender treatment for over twenty years. Courses offered during this annual conference include “New Provider” training for any mental health provider interested in becoming an approved sex offender treatment provider in Tennessee. Additional courses offered include: Sex Offender Risk Evaluation Training, Ethics Training, Risk Assessment Training, and Trauma Focused Treatment for Sex Offenders.
A half-day conference held at ETSU Quillen College of Medicine. A large group didactic session begins the day to present the clinical anatomy and evidence-based approaches to the procedure. This is followed by small group, experiential sessions where participants will observe and identify relevant anatomy via pro-sections and virtual reality, demonstrate competency for these procedures on a surgical reality donors prepared through the modified Thiel embalming method, and apply the skills and knowledge gained in a simulation scenario.