The agenda for the 12th Annual Advanced Practice Provider Conference features national and local speakers providing timely topics of interest to nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
7:15 a.m.
Registration/Breakfast/Exhibitors/Posters
7:45 a.m.
Welcome
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Advance Health Equity
Cynthia Romero, M.D., FAAFP
Director, M. Foscue Brock Institute for Community and Global Health
EVMS Professor, Family and Community Medicine
Objectives:
- Review definitions of community health, health disparities, health equity
- Describe examples of health disparities and healthcare inequities
- Discuss current strategies to address health disparities and advance health equity
9:05 - 10:05 a.m.
ABCDs of Adiposity Based Chronic Disease Management
Christine Kessler, MN, ACCNS, ACNP, ANP-C, BC-ADM, FAANP
Founder, Metabolic Medicine Associates, King George, VA and Journeys Weight Loss Clinic, St Mary’s, MD
Objectives:
- Discuss the underlying pathogenesis of adiposity (obesity & overweight) and contributing links to complications, morbidities, and mortality
- Identify appropriate physical and diagnostic assessment data needed prior to weight loss planning & potential barriers to care
- Develop patient-centric dietary and physical activity prescriptions for weight reduction
- Discuss indications, contraindications, general dosing, efficacy and safety of currently approved anti-obesity medications
10:05 - 10:30 a.m.
Break/Exhibitors/Posters
10:30 - 11:15 a.m.
Heart Failure: A Clinical Review
Linda “El” Summers, DMSc, PA-C
Riverside Cardiology Specialists
Objectives:
- Review the pathophysiology of systolic and diastolic heart failure, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and infiltrative cardiomyopathies
- Describe typical diagnostic testing essential for the diagnosis and management of patients with heart failure
- Apply innovations in pharmacologic therapy for heart failure and determine their optimal use in specific patient populations
- Identify patients for advanced heart failure therapies and discuss treatment options
11:20 - 1:35 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
11:20 - 12:05 p.m.
Things We Do For No Reason In Adult Acute Care Medicine
Sarah Tiesing, MSN, FNP-C
Lead APC, TeamHealth Hospitalist
CJW Hospitals, Richmond, VA
Objectives:
- Engage in discussion surrounding high-value care in the hospitalized patient
- Identify the value of the use of NPO after midnight orders in the hospitalized patient
- Identify the value of the echocardiogram in the patient who presents with syncope
- Identify the value of Docusate Sodium in the hospitalized patient
- Identify the value of routine TSH testing in the hospitalized patient
12:05 - 12:50 p.m.
Lunch/Exhibitors/Posters
12:50 - 1:35 p.m.
Management of Electrolyte Imbalances in Acute Care
Silya Mazigh, M.D.
Riverside Regional Medical Center Hospitalist
Objectives:
- Develop an assessment framework for frequently seen electrolyte imbalances: hyponatremia and hypercalcemia
- Identify severity indicators and potential adverse outcomes of delayed recognition
- Implement corrective measures and monitoring frequency for these critical abnormal values
11:20 - 12:05 p.m.
Diagnosis and Management of Dementia
Jennifer Campbell, MSN, APRN, A-G NP-C
Riverside Neurology Specialists
Objectives:
- Define Dementia and identify types by their associated features
- Differentiate Dementia from other conditions that may mimic symptoms
- Integrate appropriate diagnostic testing with referrals
- Recognize traditional versus innovative treatment options and apply learned material to current practice
12:05 - 12:50 p.m.
Lunch/Exhibitors/Posters
12:50 - 1:35 p.m.
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
Linda “El” Summers, DMSc, PA-C
Riverside Cardiology Specialists
Objectives:
- Recognize the prevalence of NAFLD and identify risk factors that contribute to its development
- Describe the current recommendations for screening, diagnosing and assessing patients for NAFLD
- Examine the role of NAFLD in cardiovascular risk
- Determine the best management options for NAFLD
1:35 - 1:45 p.m.
Break/Exhibitors/Posters
1:45 - 2:35 p.m.
Functional Medicine: A Root-Cause Approach to Personalized Health Care
Jennifer McCord, M.D.
Founder, Jennifer McCord, M.D., PLLC Functional Medicine (located at Pointe Wellness Center, Newport News, VA)
Objectives:
- Identify principles underlying functional medicine
- Explore tools used by a functional medicine practitioner
- Compare and contrast the differences between the “systems approach” in conventional vs. functional medicine
- Apply a root-cause approach to personalized health care by reviewing case studies
2:35 - 3:00 p.m.
Break/Exhibitors/Posters
3:00 - 3:50 p.m.
Polypharmacy/Cytochrome P 450 Pathway/Pharmacokinetics Meds
Darleen Hoffert, DNP, RN, AGNP-C, LNC
Assistant Professor, Radford University School of Nursing
Objectives:
- Review polypharmacy and the patient-, provider- and system-related implications
- Discuss the relationship between cytochromes and medication metabolism
- Discuss the role of the Cytochrome P450 system in polypharmacy
- Utilize a systematic approach to medication mapping to evaluate patient cases of polypharmacy related to the CYP 450 enzymatic system
3:55 - 4:40 p.m.
Opioid Use Disorder: Detox, Treatment and Management
Omari Peterkin, PMHNP
Shawan Johnson, PharmD
Riverside Mental Health and Recovery Center
Objectives:
- Identify red flag warning signs of opioid abuse
- Differentiate signs and symptoms of impending detoxification
- Compare and contrast pharmacological verses nonpharmacological treatment options
- Identify pharmacodynamics of medications in treatment
4:45 - 4:55 p.m.
Closing and Raffles
Networking Session for APP students immediately following the conference.