UPMC OFFICE OF ADVANCED PRACTICE PROVIDERS' TWELFTH ANNUAL SPRING FLING CME CONFERENCE_April 26, 2024

April 26, 2024

Target Audience

This course is designed for UPMC Advanced Practice Providers and students enrolled in area APP programs.

Learning Objectives

Describe the planning and implementation of the EPIC Bridges transition.

Discuss the e-Cardiology program while identifying its benefits, limitations, and how it relates to in-person cardiology evaluations.

State the objective of antibiotic stewardship as the effort to improve how antibiotics are prescribed. Identify best case and worst case outcomes in the perioperative care setting.

Additional Information

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 4.25 AAPA Category I CME
  • 4.25 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 4.25 Attendance
Course opens: 
02/23/2024
Course expires: 
08/31/2024
Event starts: 
04/26/2024 - 8:00am EDT
Event ends: 
04/26/2024 - 12:45pm EDT
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SCHEDULE

8-815                   BEN INTRO

815-915              KEYNOTE: “Antibiotic Stewardship: Improving Use and Reducing Resistance” by Sandra Halbruner, DNP, FNP-BC, AGACNP-BC 

915-1015            Best Case/Worst Case Scenario Conversations as it relates to Perioperative Care by Stephen A. Esper, MD

1015-1030          BREAK

1030-11              UPMC Bridges: An Overview by Raquel Forsythe, MD

11-1130              “Revolutionizing Surgical Care: Total Telemedicine Pathway” by Brittany Morocco, MPAS, PA-C

1130-1230          Cardiology eConsult platform: Utilization and Optimization by Jessica DiSante, DNP, CRNP

1230-1245          review and eval

1245                    Adjournment

Microsoft Teams
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Sandra Halbruner, DNP, FNP-BC, AGACNP-BC 

Stephen A. Esper, MD

Raquel Forsythe, MD

Brittany Morocco, MPAS, PA-C

Jessica DiSante, DNP, CRNP

Ben Reynolds, MSPAS, PA-C, DFAAPA

Amy Haller, MBA, MPAS, PA-C

Kelly Cowan, BA

Katie Watson, CRNP

Megan Tomaino, PA-C

 

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
 

Physician Assistant (AAPA)
The University of Pittsburgh has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 4.25 AAPA Category 1 CME credit. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.  

Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 4.25 contact hour.

No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients to disclose.

Available Credit

  • 4.25 AAPA Category I CME
  • 4.25 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 4.25 Attendance
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This event is full and we cannot accommodate additional registrations at this time. We have a limit on how many participants can be logged in to our virtual software at a given time. If you have questions, please contact OAPP at advancedpracticeproviders@upmc.edu.