Fostering Excellence in Internal and Osteopathic Medicine
The ACP AK/AKOMA chapters are pleased to offer a safe meeting space to learn, recharge, and facilitate face-to-face discussion with your peers, chapter leaders, and guest speakers!
Join your internal medicine colleagues at the next ACP AK/AKOMA chapters scientific meeting April 13 - 15, 2023:
- Earn CME credits and MOC points and connect with other internists who know your challenges and can help you find solutions.
- Experience top-notch education from expert faculty, meet new people and connect with old friends, and learn about ways to get involved with our Chapter.
- This meeting will help you meet your needs as a physician and help you provide the best care for your patients using the latest information.
We look forward to seeing you in Sheraton Hotel and Spa of Anchorage, Anchorage AK!
Governor, Alaska Chapter
President, AKOMA
Meeting Highlights
- Lessons from the COVID pandemic with Jay Butler, MD FAAP MACP FIDSA
- 2 hours State mandated Opioid CME with Sarah Spencer DO
- Hands on OMT session: An Osteopathic Approach to Low Back Pain: Introduction to the Fascial Distortion Model with Byron Perkins, DO
- Fostering Excellence in Internal Medicine with Thomas Cooney, MD MACP FRCP
Program Committee
- Robert Bundtzen, MD, MACP
- Emily Church, MD, FACP
- Mary Demers, DO, FACP
- Eric Dreibelbeis, DO, Member
- Robert Gear, DO, Non-member
- Nancy Kragt, DO, Non-member
- Julie Lake, Executive Director
19 CME & MOC Available
Release Date: April 15, 2023
Termination Date: April 15, 2024
The American College of Physicians is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American College of Physicians designates this live activity for a maximum of 19 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 19 medical knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credit claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
AKOMA CME Statement
The Alaska Osteopathic Medical Association (AKOMA) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. AKOMA designates this program for a maximum of 19 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity..
Agenda
Thursday, April 13
Friday, April 14
Saturday, April 15
ACP Alaska/AKOMA Chapters Registration
| Categories |
By 3/16 (Eastern Standard Time*) |
After 3/16 |
|---|---|---|
| ACP Member | $400 | $500 |
| ACP Resident/Fellow Member | $0 | $0 |
| ACP Medical Student Member | $0 | $0 |
| ACP Affiliate Member | $300 | $380 |
| Nonmember Physician | $500 | $600 |
| Nonmember Resident | $0 | $0 |
| Nonmember Medical Student | $0 | $0 |
| Nonmember Allied Health Professional | $380 | $460 |
| Retired Member | $300 | $380 |
| Retired Non-member | $380 | $460 |
| Daily Rate - Thursday, 4/13 (members) | $140 | $168 |
| Daily Rate - Thursday, 4/13 (Non-members) | $168 | $196 |
| Daily Rate - Friday, 4/14 (members) | $230 | $276 |
| Daily Rate - Friday, 4/14 (Non-members) | $276 | $322 |
| Daily Rate - Saturday, 4/15 (members) | $230 | $276 |
| Daily Rate - Saturday, 4/15 (Non-members) | $276 | $322 |
Questions? If you have trouble registering online, please contact Member and Product Support at 800-ACP-1915 or direct at 215-351-2600 (M-F, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. ET).
*AKOMA members should call to register and receive the member rate.
FAQ
Registration Information
Registration fee includes breakfast, lunch, breaks, social, banquet, all scientific sessions and materials, and CME documentation and state mandated opioid certificates.
Members whose dues were not paid for the current fiscal year will receive the nonmember registration rate.Can I follow along on social media?
Yes, follow/like the AK Chapter through the meeting on social media! Use the hashtag #IMProud.
Hotel Accommodations
We have reserved a block of rooms at the following rates until March 24, 2023. When making your reservation, be sure to mention that you will be attending the ACP AK Chapter meeting. The rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis, so make your reservation as early as possible by calling the hotel directly at 907-276-8700 or registering online.
Single/Double: $149.00
Sheraton Hootel and Spa of Anchorage
401 E 6th ave
Anchorage, AK 99501
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ACP Chapters Meeting Code of Conduct
ACP is a community that values collegiality, respect for patents and each other, and medicine’s standards of ethics and professionalism. ACP members are guided by the content and spirit of the ACP Pledge and by their commitment to the ethics of medicine, including those in the ACP Ethics Manual. “Physicians’ conduct as professionals and as individuals should merit the respect of the community.”
ACP expects members, staff, and others who participate in events and activities involving ACP to treat others as you would like to be treated – with courtesy, respect for differences, and in ways that appropriately represent the profession of internal medicine. As set forth in ACP’s An-Harassment Policy, ACP does not tolerate any form of harassment, including intimidation, hostility, or other unwelcome and offensive communication or treatment.
If you experience or observe harassing, inappropriate or otherwise unprofessional behavior, or you have concerns about how you have been treated by an ACP member or staff or anyone else at an ACP meeting or event, you may report the incident to Chapter Staff.
The chapter reserves the right to take any action deemed necessary and appropriate; including immediate removal from the meeting without warning or refund, in response to any incident of unacceptable behavior, and the chapter reserves the right to prohibit attendance at any future meeting, virtually or in person.
For other questions about the chapter meeting, contact Julie Lake at 907-350-2351 or Lake@mtaonline.net.