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Saturday, April 26
Treating Musculoskeletal Pain: Current Options
Colon Cancer:  Brand New Guidelines to be Released
Is Depression “Over Diagnosed?”
Case Studies in Coronary Artery Disease and Cardiovascular Disease  
Caring for Children with Autism: Screening, Diagnosis, Counseling, and Referral

Sunday, April 27
MenoPAUSE: Face to Face
The HPV Vaccine and Other Interventions in Cervical Cancer 
Do Ask, Do Tell:  Successful Smoking Interventions

Saturday, April 26

Treating Musculoskeletal Pain: Current Options (View/Download PDF)
9:30 - 10:45 pm
Injuries, such as sprains, strains, and contusions, are common and painful. Current treatment includes oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), but these agents are associated with a high incidence of intolerable gastrointestinal side effects. On the other hand, topically applied agents have the potential to act locally in the soft tissues thereby minimizing systemic absorption and adverse effects. Which treatment option is best for you patients?

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize the most common musculoskeletal injuries in adults, their causes and treatments.
• Delineate the issues associated with analgesic prescription for adults with musculoskeletal pain or injury.

Faculty:
Katherine E. Galluzzi, DO, CMD, ABHPM, FACOFP
M. Susan Burke, MD, FACP

Colon Cancer:  Brand New Guidelines to be Released (View/Download PDF )
Updated Slide Presentation
Physician Toolkit 
10:45 - Noon
It is anticipated that by April 2008, the new colorectal cancer screening guidelines will be released.  Colorectal cancer screening rates are of intense interest to family physicians in all settings these days, since it has become a HEDIS measure.  What are the screening tests?  What is recommended for colorectal cancer? How do you ensure that a process is implemented in your practice setting to get patients screened for colorectal cancer?  We've got answers, plus we'll be introducing a toolkit (developed by the American Cancer Society).

Learning Objectives:

• Use current recommendations and guidelines for colon cancer screening.
• Discuss current toolkit developed by the American Cancer Society for colon cancer screening and patient education.

Faculty:
Durado Brooks, MD, MPH
Mona Sarfaty, MD

Is Depression "Over Diagnosed?" (View/Download PDF)
12:45 - 2:00 pm
Some physicians believe it is normal to feel depressed and that a low threshold for diagnosing clinical depression risks treating normal emotional states as illness, challenging credibility and risking inappropriate management. Others think it is appropriate for the wider community to ask if the benefit of increased treatment of depression over the past 15 years has outweighed any harm, but argue that increased treatment of depression reduces suicides, increases productivity, and is cost effective.

Learning Objectives:

• Diagnose patients with depression using screening questions and analyzing patient symptoms.
• Appropriately prescribe medication for depression, including medication augmentation and switching and titration of medications.
• Delineate the uses of psychotherapy for treatment of depression.
• Manage the patient with depression from diagnosis, through treatment to a goal of remission.

Faculty:
Leslie Schroeder, MD

Case Studies in Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) and Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)
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Additional Handout from ASA
2:00 - 3:15 pm
Prevention and risk assessment are important factors in the decrease of cardiovascular disease and hypertension. "Perception of risk was the primary factor associated with CVD preventive recommendations. Intermediate-risk women, as assessed by the Framingham risk score, were significantly more likely to be assigned to a lower-risk category by primary care physicians than men with identical risk profiles. Gender disparities in recommendations for preventive therapy were explained largely by the lower perceived risk despite similar calculated risk for women versus men.

Learning Objectives

• Describe the differences between men and women in cardiovascular presentation and hypertension.
• Outline preventive cardiovascular care for your female patients.
• Discuss with patients both pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical treatment options
• Use current Heart, Lung and Blood Institute recommendations for cardiovascular treatment and JNC-VII guidelines.

Faculty:
Carol Havens, MD
Allan Abbott, MD

Caring for Children with Autism: Screening, Diagnosis, Counseling, and Referral
(View/Download PDF)
3:45 - 5:00 pm
This session provides physicians information on the screening, diagnosis, counseling, and referral of their patients with our at risk for Autism.  The session will discuss screening methodology, counseling and referral services, and current treatment options.

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize the early signs of Autism Spectrum Disorder in young children
• Implement routine screening for autism for all children during periodic well child visits
• Provide appropriate counseling and referral for parents of children suspected to be at risk for autism

Faculty:
George Kent, MD

Sunday, April 27

MenoPAUSE:  Face to Face (View/Download PDF)
9:30 - 10:45 am
It has become apparent that hormone therapy (HT) has different risk/benefit profiles in various subsets of women, such as those entering menopause.  However, due to seemingly conflicting and confusing data compounded with historically poor communication between primary care physicians and their patients about the subject, HT is often not discussed and/or women leave their physicians' offices with unanswered questions about menopause. Consequently, menopausal patients are not receiving optimal, evidenced based care.  This session offers the knowledge, skills and resources needed to improve communication skills and clinical practice related to menopause.

Learning Objectives:

• Enable providers to integrate and apply the latest evidence-based information and clinical data about therapy options for menopause and its associated symptoms.
• Increase the appropriate and consistent application of evidence-based menopause symptom management guidelines and recommendations within the clinical setting.
• Increase the ability of both patients and clinicians to make informed choices based on published data and established guidelines about available options regarding menopause symptom management.
• Provide strategies for proactively engaging and communicating (verbally and non-verbally) with patients about menopause, its associated symptoms and symptom management options.
• Demonstrate techniques between patient and provider to ensure that patients' questions will be answered and percievied therapeutic benefit realized, regardless of selected therapy.
• Enhance clinical confidence and effectiveness by providing sources where he/she can remain updated on the latest developments and evidence-based data related to menopause management as they occur.

Faculty:
Ralph Anderson, MD FACOG FRCS(C)
Claudio Soares, MD, PhD, FRCPC

The HPV Vaccine and Other Interventions in Cervical Cancer (View/Download PDF)
10:45 am - Noon
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) represents an enormous health burden upon our society and heath services.  Family physicians and other primary care professionals are uniquely situated to have a positive impact on patient health in this arena. This session will address the practical issues of diagnosing, treating, and following up with patients with HPV.  This session will also incorporate the latest vaccine options as appropriate and also identify and address some of the challenges and barriers our family physicians might face in implementing this vaccine in their practices.

Learning Objectives:

• Summarize the epidemiology, transmission and clinical course of HPV
• Implement evidence-based guidelines for Pap screening in all women
• Recognize which patients would benefit from HPV testing
• Counsel patients about the risks and benefits of the HPV vaccine
• Identify barriers and challenges to effective screening and vaccination

Faculty:  
Heidi Bauer, MD, MPH

Do Ask, Do Tell:  Successful Smoking Interventions
(View/Download PDF)
12:45 - 2:00 pm
No one needs to tell you about the increased health benefits of non-smoking.  But working with patients on cessation is never an easy task.  The CAFP, with eight national partners, is working on a series of educational interventions, practice tools, and quality projects that will assist you in this vital task. 

Learning Objectives: 

• Describe advances in understanding the genetic components of smoking,
• Recognize treatment strategies including medical/pharmaceutical and lifestyle treatment options for smoking cessation,
• Implement updates to smoking cessation guidelines, and
• Uncover practical tools and resources to assist their patients to quit smoking.

Faculty:
Tom Bent, MD
Carol Havens, MD