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Advocate Health Care is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. If you have questions about an event not listed, please contact HealthAdvisor at 1.800.3.ADVOCATE (1.800.323.8622).
Advocate Health Care is an approved provider of continuing education by the Illinois Nurse's Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Below are links to CME and seminar activities for which online registration is available. Please note that location, length and costs are different for each event.
To view the event's brochure, click on the event title.
November
Description:
At the conclusion of this activity the participants will be able to:
- Identify and diagnose eosiniphilic esophagitis (EoE)
- Discuss the epidemiology and pathophysiology of EoE
- Identify the different treatment approaches for patients with EoE.
When:
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
7:30 to 8:00 am - Registration and breakfast
8:00 to 11:00 am - Presentation exhibits and case studies
11:00 to 11:45 am - Panel Discussion (Q and A)
Where:
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
1775 Dempster Street, Park Ridge
Johnson Auditorium
Target Audience:
Physicians - Pediatricians, Residents/Fellows, Family Practice, Gastroenterologists and Allergists and Dietitians
Fee/Registration:
There is no cost for this event
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Description:
At the conclusion of this activity the participants will be able to:
- List the indications for microarray analysis; describe the major clinical features of Angelman Syndrome and the appropriate diagnostic test to rule out the disorder; list the major features of the 22q11 deletion syndrome.
- Learn metabolic disorders and current therapies.
- Recognize clinical features of Noonan, Costello and CFC Syndromes at various ages; identify tumor risks; become familiar with the MAPK Pathway which connects them
When:
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
8:30am - 12:00pm
A continental breakfast will be provided
Where:
Auditorium Conference Center
4440 West 95th Street
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
Target Audience:
This activity is targeted to all community and hospital-based pediatricians and primary care physicians. It should be useful to health professionals concerned with managing patients with the outlined diagnoses or problems.
Fee/Registration:
Free for Advocate Employees (Physicians, Nurses & Students)
$30 Registration Fee for Non-Advocate Physicians, Nurses, & Students
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Program Description:
At the conclusion of this activity the participants will be able to:
- Describe the current therapies for children in the pediatric critical care setting.
- Review recent protocols of the child with cystic fibrosis.
- Describe advances in the treatment of acute neurosurgical disorders.
- Discuss current management of infections in children.
When:
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Where:
Doubletree Inn
1909 Spring Road, Oak Brook, IL 60523
Target Audience:
This activity is targeted to all community and hospital-based pediatricians and primary care physicians. It should be useful to health professionals concerned with managing patients with the outlined diagnoses or problems.
Fee/Registration:
Free for Advocate Employees (Physicians, Nurses & Students)
$40 Registration Fee for Non-Advocate Nurses, & Students
$60 Registration Fee for Non-Advocate Physicians
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For Further Info, please contact Vernon at Hope Children's Hospital (708.684.4227).
Program Description:
Focusing on the traumatic brain injury patient from the emergency room to rehabilitation. This will include mechanisms of traumatic head injury, diagnostic testing, case study and rehabilitation to home and/or other resources.
When:
Thursday, November 12, 2009.
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Where:
Conference Center
4440 W. 95 th Street
Oak Lawn, Il 60453
Fee/Registration:
Advocate employees: Free
Non-Advocate employees: $20
Registration Deadline:
Please register by November 9, 2009.
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For further information please contact Irene Tarnowski: irene.tranowski@advocatehealth.com - 708.684.3374.
Program Description:
The purspose of this conference is to enhance the overall care provided to obstetrical and neonatal patients through discussion and presentation of the most recent advances and controversies in medical management within these special patient populations.
When: November 18, 2009 & November 19, 2009
7:00a.m. - 4:15p.m.
Where:
Advocate Christ Medical Center Auditorium and Conference Center
93rd Street and Kilbourn Avenue
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
Fee / Registration:
Physicians:
-Each Day: $125.00
-Both Days: $200.00
Advocate/UIC Network Physicians:
-Each Day: $100.00
Nurses:
-Each Day: $75.00
Advocate/UIC Network Nurses:
-Each Day: $50.00
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For further information please contact the Perinatal Symposium Hotline at 708.684.4374.
2010 Events
Program Description:
To review and introduce topics of practices used to assess, monitor and treat patient with respiratory diseases
When:
January 26, 2010.
7:30am - 3:30p.m.
Lunch will be provided
Where:
Advocate South Suburban Hospital - Auditorium
17800 S. Kedzie Avenue
Hazel Crest, Illinois
Fee/Registration:
Advocate employees: Free
Non-Advocate employees: $40
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Description:
Two day workshop to review the core curriculum for CNOR certification
When:
Saturday April 24, 2010 & Sunday April 25, 2010
Continental breakfast will be provided.
Where:
Advocate South Suburban Hospital Auditorium
17800 South Kedzie Avenue
Hazel Crest, Il 60429
Free parking available
Fee/Registration:
Advocate Associates: Register on ALEX
Non-Advocate Associates: $100
Registration deadline:
April 12, 2010
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For further information please contact:
- Carole Goodman, RN, MSN, CNOR, CRNFA, at 708.213.3743
- Kathy Espana, RN, BS, CNOR, MS, CRNFA, at 773.967.3026
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