The 2024 Family Medicine Spring Review will offer up to 14.5 hours of online continuing education April 24 – 26 for family physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, registered nurses, pharmacists, physician assistants, physical therapists, social workers and certified health educators.
The annual conference provides an opportunity for health care professionals to learn about the latest advances and information impacting family medicine.
The conference is completely virtual. Courses are offered in two-hour blocks, twice daily, at $40 per block. To register, visit https://cvent.me/Rw3P30 or call 501-686-6626.
Experts will discuss a variety of topics important for family medicine providers.
Leslye McGrath, M.D., recently named president of the Arkansas Academy of Family Physicians, will speak on “Family Medicine with Intention.” Additionally, three family medicine physicians will present “Recruiting and Retaining Family Medicine Doctors for Rural Arkansas.” They include Ronald Brimberry, M.D., professor at UAMS Northwest, Brad Walsh, M.D., program director for the UAMS Rural Track Program Family Medicine Residency in Crossett, and Donya Watson, M.D., physician with the South Arkansas Women’s Clinic in El Dorado.
Kristin Martin, D.O., and Patty Gibson, M.D., will co-present their efforts to integrate behavioral health at River Valley Medical Wellness in Russellville and across the state. Their talk will be woven in with the video “Integrated Care: The Weave of Addiction Recovery” produced by the Community Health and Education Division in partnership with UALR Midsouth.
Two talks related to skin issues will feature Angela Driskill, M.D., wound care specialist with Baptist Health, who will present best practices in treating bacterial skin infections, and Vivian Shi, M.D., who will discuss hidradenitis suppurativa management.
Skip Hoggard, a licensed therapist with Arkansas Children’s Hospital Center for Safe and Healthy Children, will talk about eating disorders.
Other talks include “Opioid Stewardship” with Jana Peairson, Pharm.D., and “Helping PCPs Help Patients and the Impact of Oral Health on Primary Care” with Ashley McMillan, DDS, associate professor at UAMS’ Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation Oral Health Clinic.
Friday will feature national experts discussing the latest in tobacco use, e-cigarettes, cannabis, mindfulness-based interventions to motivate smoking cessation, lung cancer screening and identifying tobacco-related inequities.