Arizona Chapter Meeting Handouts on the Web

Course handouts are available in Adobe PDF format. (If you need to download Adobe Acrobat, please see link at the bottom of the page.) Browse the handouts organized by the date and time they will be presented. When you browse through the listings, you will see only sessions that have handouts attached. If you don’t see the session you are looking for, we have not received it from the faculty. Handouts for sessions will be posted as they are received.

Scientific Program and Special Events
Internal Medicine in an Information Age

Friday, September 30, 2005

7:00-9:00 p.m. Governor's Reception- (All participants welcome)

Saturday, October 1, 2005

7:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
Visit Posters, Electronic Health Record Demonstrations, and Displays

8:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks-Alan K. Rogers, MD

8:15 Physicians, Information Technology and Federal Directions-Clement J. McDonald, MD, FACP, Member, Board of Regents

8:35 Accelerating the Electronic Health Record in Arizona-Byron Davies, Ph.D.

8:55 Application of EMRs to Achieve Quality Pay-for-Performance-Michael S. Barr, MD, MBA, FACP

9:15 A quick guide to Health Care Informatics Standards and how they will help you- Clement J. McDonald, MD, FACP

9:35 Panel Discussion: Information Technology in Internal Medicine

10:00 Break- Visit Posters, Electronic Health Record Demonstrations, and Displays

10:30 Selection of Electronic Health Records- Ken Adler, MD

11:05 PDAs in Clinical Practice- Mari Stoddard, MLIS

11:45 Panel Discussion-
continued concurrent session

Concurrent Session for Residents

10:30 Resident Track:
Eyes Wide Open: What Every Physician Should Know Before Entering into an Employment Agreement- Kristie Deyerle, Esq.

11:15 Where Do I Find That Perfect Practice?- Joan Pearson, CMSR

Noon Lunch

1:30 p.m. ACP College Update:Quality Improvement Pay-for-Performance Medicare Reimbursement- Clement J. McDonald, MD, FACP, Member, Board of Regents

Learn more about quality improvement and practice redesign by watching this 7-minute introductory video which is available on the Quality Improvement, Pay-for- Performance and Practice Redesign Web site of ACP Online .

1:50 Management of Obesity: What to Do When Diets Don't Work- Michelle May, MD, FAAFP

2:20 Evidence-Based Treatment of Morbid Obesity- Robin Blackstone, MD, FACS

2:50 Panel Discussion

3:20 Break
Visit Electronic Health Record Demonstrations and Displays

3:45 Healthy People 2010: Internists Leading the Charge- Anita C. Murcko, MD, FACP and Michael Grossman, MD, MACP - Healthy People 2010: Internists Leading the Charge

4:15 Pay for Performance- Rodney C. Armstead, MD

5:00-7:00 Break
Visit Electronic Health Record Demonstrations and Displays

7:00 Transition of Care: Patient Safety
Moderator: Michael Stevens, MD
Bruce A. Bethancourt, Jr., MD, FACP
Samuel T. Nwafor, MD
Alan K. Roger, MD
David A. Bulter, MD

Sunday, October 2, 2005

7:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
Visit Posters, Electronic Health Record Demonstrations, and Displays

8:00 Oral Vignette Presentations

9:30 Break and Poster Judging
Visit Electronic Health Record Demonstrations and Displays

9:45 Medical Jeopardy- Allan L. Markus, MD

11:20 Midwestern University, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine Update- James Cole, DO

11:45 University of Arizona, College of Medicine Update: Phoenix and Tucson- Keith A. Joiner, MD, MPH

12:15 p.m. Awards Presentations (poster and vignette)- Alan K. Rogers, MD

12:45 Closing Remarks- Alan K. Rogers, MD

Post-Course Symposium

Update on Metabolic Bone Disorders- Post-Course Symposium will focus on osteoporosis, osteomalacia and associated conditions. This symposium immediately follows the Annual Scientific Conference, and lunch will be served. Procter & Gamble is sponsoring this Update.

Low Bone Density-'All That is Thin is Not Necessarily Osteoporosis'-M. Whitaker M.D., FRCPC

Current Issues in Osteoporosis: 2005-Marcia Ko, M.D.

Page updated: 10/10/05

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