FALL CLINICS

Fall Clinics is a two day medical education program (CME) sponsored by the Montrose Memorial Hospital Medical Staff and organized by the hospital's Fall Clinics Committee. It is open to physicians, medical students, nurses, nursing students and ancillary health providers. Fall Clinics is scheduled the last Friday and Saturday in September each year.  Details of the event are posted on this site in August prior to the event each year. 

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MONTROSE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

37th ANNUAL FALL CLINICS

Presented by Montrose Memorial Hospital and the Fall clinics Committee of the Medical Staff

September 26 and 27, 2008

Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Saturday 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Montrose Pavilion

1800 Pavilion Drive

Montrose, Colorado  81401

 

TENTATIVE PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Ronald S. Gibbs, M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, E. Stewart Taylor Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO

Lower Genital Tract Infections

Perinatal Infections

Glen M. Bowen, M.D., Dermatologist, University of Utah

 Dermatologic Manifestations of Systemic Disease

Update on the Diagnosis and Management of Cutaneous Melanoma

Andrew Kroger, M.D., M.P.H., CDC

Immunization “Best Practice”

After this presentation the participant should be able to:

1. Apply the most recent recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to his/her own practice
2. Use immunization strategies that have been evaluated and that are demonstrated to increase immunization rates

 History of Vaccine

After this presentation the participant should be able to:

1. Differentiate between live and inactivated vaccines and the historic hallmarks that led to their parallel development
2. Appreciate the affect of vaccination on trends in vaccine-preventable diseases
3. Apply basic epidemiology to assess the risk/benefit from vaccines

 Michael D. Whitaker, M.D., Endocrinologist, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, AZ

Update on Diabetes

After this presentation the participant should:

1. Know the natural history of type 2 diabetes

2. Understand when and how to intervene in type 2 diabetes

Endocrinology in primary care – what every PCP needs to know about common problems

After this presentation the participant should:

1. Know new diagnostic paradigms for osteoporosis

2. Know the significance of subclinical thyroid disease

Lisa Manhart, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington Center for AIDS and STD

Global Disease Trends

1. Understand and describe the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in the developing world

2. Differentiate between biomedical and socio-behavioral prevention interventions for HIV/AIDS, and identify those most effective at reducing HIV transmissio

3. Summarize new biomedical interventions to prevent HIV transmission and acquisition that are currently being tested, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), microbicides, and circumcision

Steven Morgan, M.G., Orthopedic Surgeon, Associate Director of Orthopedic Surgery / Co-Director of Orthopedic Trauma, Denver Health, Denver, CO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physician Registration Fee : $100.00

Retired Physicians: $50.00

NP/PA/Nurses: $50.00

Students: No Charge

Vendor Booths: $500.00

 

 

 

Contact: Julie Disher

Montrose Memorial Hospital

800 S. 3rd

Montrose, Colorado 814101

 

Montrose Memorial Hospital is accredited by the Colorado Medical Society to provide continuing medical education to physicians.  Montrose Memorial Hospital designated this education activity for a maximum of eleven AMA PRA Category I Credits.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.