conferences.
Winter 2008 Agenda
February 21, 22 & 23, 2008
Best Western Ramkota, Rapid City, SD
General Information -- Registration (pdf) -- Vendors (pdf)
Presentations are now available in handout pdf format.
| WEDNESDAY, February 20, 2008 | ||
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| 6:30pm | Board Meeting | |
| THURSDAY, February 21, 2008 | ||
| 7:00-8:00am | Registration & Breakfast with the Vendors | |
| 8:00-9:00am | “A Clinicians Approach to Prescribing Pain Medication” Chris Dietrich, MD, The Rehab Doctors, Rapid City, SD |
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| 9:00-10:00am | “Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: Clinical Applications” Steven Wisniewski, MD, The Rehab Doctors, Rapid City, SD |
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| 10:00-10:30am | Break in display area | |
| 10:30-12:30pm | “Recertification Pearls, Student/Mentor Panel” Nancy Trimble, MPAS, PA-C, USD PA Program, Vermillion, SD |
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| 12:30-1:30pm | Luncheon Speakers-John G. McGinnity, MS, PA-C, Detroit, MI; Benjamin J. Epstein, PharmD, BCPS, Gainsville, FL, American Academy of Physician Assistants, Chapter Product Theater: “Hypertension” Sponsored by Novartis Pharmaceuticals. | |
| 1:30-2:30pm | SDAPA Business Luncheon | |
| 2:30-3:00pm | Break in display area | |
| 3:00-4:00pm | “Rheumatology 101: A basic approach to arthritis and rheumatic disease” James Englebrecht, MD, Black Hills Orthopedic and Spine Center, Department of Rheumatology, Rapid City, SD |
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| 4:00-5:00pm | “Emergency Care of the Burned Patient” Steven Miller, MD, Emergency Physician Service, Rapid City, SD |
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| 5:00-6:00pm | “Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis 2008: Options for Therapeutic Intervention” Joy Lane, PA-C (Program is brought by Partners in Healthcare Education, LLD with an educational grant from Novartis Pharmaceuticals) |
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| FRIDAY, February 22, 2008 | ||
| 7:30-8:00am | Registration Desk Open | |
| 8:00-9:00am | “Dermatologic Manifestations of Systemic Disease” Greg Wittenberg, MD, FAAD, Clinical Assistant Professor USDSM, Rapid City Medical Center, Rapid City, SD |
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| 9:00-10:00am | “A Primer for the Approach to Primary Care in the Adult and Geriatric Patient” Rick Holm, MD, Avera Medical Center, Brookings, SD |
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| 10:00-10:30am | Break in display area | |
| 10:30-11:30am | “Reactive Arthritis” Jennifer May, MD, Black Hills Orthopedic and Spine Center, Rapid City, SD |
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| 11:30-12:30pm | “Alzheimer’s Disease 2008: Early Recognition and Treatment of Attenuate Disease Progression” Sally Miller, NP/Doctorate, Las Vegas, NV. (Program is brought by Partners in Healthcare Education, LLD with an educational grant from Novartis Pharmaceuticals) |
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| 12:30-1:30pm | Luncheon Speaker-Thomas Hanson, MD, Endocrinologist, Rapid City, SD, American Academy of Physician Assistants, Chapter Product Theater: “Diabetes” sponsored by Sanofi-Aventis. | |
| 1:30-2:00 | SDAPA Committee Meeting | |
| 2:00-3:00pm | “What’s New in Urolithiasis” Gary Christiansen, MD, Black Hills Urology, Rapid City, SD |
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| 3:00-3:30pm | Break in display area | |
| 3:30-4:30pm | “Prostate Cancer: What’s New in Surveillance and Treatment” William Waller, MD, Urological Clinic of Rapid City, Rapid City, SD |
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| 4:30-5:30pm | “A Fresh Look at Metabolic Syndrome” Kevin Weiland, MD, Internist, Rapid City Medical Center, Rapid City, SD |
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| SATURDAY, February 23, 2008: PA SHIRT DAY – WEAR YOUR PA SHIRT | ||
| 8:00-9:00am | “Allergic Rhinitis: A Clinical Practice Update” Tera Crisalida, PA-C, AAPA, Mesa, AZ – American Academy of Physician Assistants, Chapter Lecture Series Sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline |
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| 9:00 – 10:00am | “Community Acquired Pneumonia” Ken Diamond, MD, Diamond Family Medicine, Rapid City, SD |
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| 10- 10:15am | Break | |
| 10:15 – 11:15am | “What We Can Learn From the NHS system in Great Britain” Marilyn Harms, PA-C, Sioux Falls, SD: |
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| 11:15 – 12:15pm | “SD South Dakota Physician Assistant Workforce (2007)” Wade Nilson, MPAS, PA-C, USD PA Program, USD, Vermillion |
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| 12:15pm | Adjourn and Drawing for Dollars | |
| Student Presentations | ||
| Influenza:
Effects of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) on Faster
Resolution of Symptoms in Patients with
Influenza Brooke Bullerman, PA-SII, University of South Dakota Physician Assistant Studies |
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| Therapeutic hypothermia in comatose
patients post cardiac arrest: An evidence based review of the literature Kelly Bierwerth, PA-SII |
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| Efficacy of Toll-like Receptor
Agonists in Allergy
Immunotherapy Michelle Chaussee PA-SII, University of South Dakota Physician Assistant Studies |
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| Human Papillomavirus:
Efficacy of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine versus Placebo in Women Ages 13 to 25 Years of Age Kyrstin Dahl, PA-SII |
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| Medicinal Leech Therapy:
Efficacy in Tissue Replantation
Threatened by Venous Congestion Tabitha Hass, PA-SII, University of South Dakota Physician Assistant Studies |
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| MRSA:
An Evidence‐Based Review of the Literature Sadie Johnson, PAS‐II University of South Dakota Physician Assistant Studies |
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| Osteoporosis:
Examining the efficacy of hormone replacement
therapy versus non-hormone replacement
therapy in the prevention of vertebral fractures
in post-menopausal women with osteoporosis Katie Lee, PA-SII |
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| Subclinical Hypothyroidism,
Emily Pieper PA-SII, University of South Dakota Physician Assistant Studies |
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| Corneal Reshaping: Among patients with physiological myopia, is orthokeratology, as compared to LASIK
therapy, effective in corneal reshapement? Joleen Reule, PAS-II |
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| Parkinson’s Disease:
The efficacy of nicotine in decreasing
incidence, symptom severity, and mortality
in Parkinson’s disease patients Sara Schneiders, PA-SII |
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