ALASKA PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION

17th Continuing Medical Education Conference

 April 16-18, 2010
The Hotel Alyeska

 

 

The Alaska Psychiatric Association designates this continuing medical education activity for up to 19.5 credit hours in Category I of the Physicians Recognition Award of the American Medical Association.  The Alaska Psychiatric Association is accredited by the Alaska State Medical Association to sponsor CME for physicians.

 

EVENT OBJECTIVES

 

By participating in this educational event, the attendee will receive updated and useful information on consumer centered psychiatry, guidelines of telepsychiatry, delirium, risk assessment, inflammation and mood disorders; as well as, other interesting and intriguing topics as they relate to psychiatry.  It is the intent of this educational activity to improve the attendee’s knowledge of the topics presented in a manner that will improve the practitioner’s performance in these areas.

 

ACCOMMODATIONS

 

Attendees may take advantage of discounted room rates.  The special rate of $139 per night is based on availability (does not include applicable taxes or fees).  To take advantage of the special room rate, make reservations by March 16, 2010.  Rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis.  To make a reservation contact the hotel directly at (907) 754-1111 or 1-800-880-3880, and ask for the discounted APA Conference rate. 

 

 

 

Friday April 16, 2010

 

7:00 to 8:30 am

 Registration/Breakfast

 

8:30 to 10:00 am

Applied Social Psychiatry in Alaska

Becky Bay, MD

Wandal Winn, MD

Aaron Wolf, MD

 

10:00 to 10:30 am

Break

 

10:30 am to 12:00 pm

Vitamin D Deficiency: A Spectrum of Illness

James E Dowd, MD, FACR

Arthritis Institute of Michigan

 

12:00 to 1:30 pm

Lunch Provided

 

1:30 to 3:00 pm

Vitamin D Deficiency and Neuropsychiatric Development and Disease

James E Dowd, MD, FACR

Arthritis Institute of Michigan

 

3:00 to 3:30 pm

Break

 

3:30 to 5:00 pm

Guidelines for Clinical Telepsychiatry

Jay H. Shore, MD, MPH

University of Colorado

 

5:00 to 7:00 pm

Dinner on your own

 

7:00 to 8:30 pm

Alaska Psychiatry Residency

Alexander von Hafften, MD

Chair, Alaska Psychiatry Residency Steering Committee

 

 
 

Saturday April 17, 2010

 

7:00 to 8:30 am

 Registration/Breakfast

 

8:30 to 10:00 am

Delirium: A 2010 Update

Steven Miles, MD

University of Minnesota

 

10:00 to 10:30 am

Break

 

10:30 to 12:00 pm

Cytokines Sing the Blues: Inflammatory Implications for the Phenomenology, Pathophysiology and Treatment of Mood Disorders Part I

Charles Raison, MD

Emory University School of Medicine

 

12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

APA Members Business Meeting

Lunch provided for all attendees

 

1:30 to 3:00 pm

Coercive Interrogation: The New Crisis for American Behavioral Medicine

Steven Miles, MD

University of Minnesota

 

3:00 to 3:30 pm

Break

 

3:30 to 5:00 pm

Cytokines Sing the Blues: Inflammatory Implications for the Phenomenology, Pathophysiology and Treatment of Mood Disorders Part II

Charles Raison, MD

Emory University School of Medicine


Sunday April 18, 2010

 

7:00 to 8:30 am

 Registration/Breakfast

 

8:30 to 10:00 am

A Practical Approach to Risk Assessment Part I

William H. Campbell, MD, MBA

University of Washington

 

10:00 to 10:30 am

Break

 

10:30 am to 12:00 pm

A Practical Approach to Risk Assessment Part II

William H. Campbell, MD, MBA

University of Washington

 

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Lunch on your own

 

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

A Practical Approach to Risk Assessment Workshop

William H. Campbell, MD, MBA 
University of Washington



REGISTRATION FORM 


Please Note! Early registration fees apply to registration postmarked by April 3, 2010. 
After that date, regular registration fees apply. The following fees include morning and noon meals for Friday and Saturday and a morning meal on Sunday.  Refreshments during all breaks are also included.  Please indicate registration type:

 

                                         Early           Regular

  • Member                           $195                $245

  • Non Member                  $245                $295

  • Sunday Workshop       $ 55                 $ 65

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Sunday Only Including Morning Presentations and Workshop:  

 

  • Members                       $100                 $125

  • Non-Members             $125                  $150

                                 

 

Name

 

Mailing Address

 

 

 

Phone

 

E-mail Address

 

Method of Payment:

Please make payable to the: (Sorry, no credit cards)

 

     Alaska Psychiatric Association

     PO Box 231147, Anchorage, AK  99523

 

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