Event
- Title:
- Boise - Extremity Joint Injections Workshop
- When:
- May.01.2010 - May.02.2010
- Where:
- Hotel 43 - Boise
- Category:
- Pain Management
Description
Workshop Price $1995
This activity has been reviewed and acceptable for up to 15.00 Prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Why would you need the Extremity Joint Injection Workshop?
The statistics point to your practice growing dramatically by treating Arthritis and joint pain, while helping your patients achieve a better quality of life.
- 67 million (25%) adults aged 18 years and older will have doctor-diagnosed arthritis by the year 2030.
- An estimated 25 million adults (37%) of those with arthritis will report arthritis-Arthritis is the most common cause of disability in the United States. Your patients want to work – help them.
- Joint pain and Arthritis are not just diseases; they are complex disorders that comprise more than 100 distinct conditions and can affect people at any stage of life, income or ethnic background.
Are your patients seeking a knowledgeable doctor to help them relieve their pain? Patients are desperate for a medical practitioner to understand that their pain is real and debilitating. Patients want to stay working with their family practitioner, who knows and understands them. According to experts, the average patient has found it necessary to change doctors three times to obtain pain relief.
As a medical professional are you fully trained and comfortable in pain management? Could you be losing a portion of your patient base because you do not capitalize fully on your patients need for joint pain management? Pain is a universal problem; it knows no boundaries, social, economic or cultural making it viable as a sub specialty service for all practices. Expand your current practice to include diagnosis and treatment relating to joint pain management.
American Medical training offers a comprehensive CME Extremity Joint Injection Workshop. Classes are limited in size to give you the best training available. You will learn to administer all injections correctly and with confidence. We use an 8 Point system to make sure you are qualified for your procedures.
1. Learn how to develop a treatment plan that will best treat your patient while building doctor patient trust
2. You will receive demonstrations and hands on practice of needle placement techniques on volunteer patients and cadavers in a medical school laboratory setting. Diagnostic Ultrasound Guided Injection Training is introduced in this workshop. The injection training includes the following:
Shoulder
- Subacronial bursa
- Biceps tendon
- Glenhumeral joint
- Acromioclavicular joint
- Elbow
- Clecranon bursitis
Wrist and Hand
- Radiocarpal joint
- Metacarpal phanlangeal joints
- Interphalangeal joints
Hip
- Hip joint
- Medial and lateral collateral ligaments
Ankle
- Ankle joint
- Calcaneal bursa
- Plantar fascia
- Tarsal tunnel
3. Learn safety/addictions and the law about substances prescribing information while becoming knowledgeable in prescribing information and medication protocols.
4. Understand the risks and benefits of each treatment is one of the most important segments of our training – patient safety is everyone’s first concern.
5. We teach post care protocols so you are 100% prepared to give your patients the best possible care.
6. When you leave our CME training on Extremity and Joint Pain Injections you will know the specific supplies and solutions needed, with the appropriate dosages. In your hand will be supplier information for everything you will need to add Extremity Joint Injection treatments to your practice.
7. Medical Ethics in pain management is discussed and questions answered.
8. We know that today paperwork is the key in getting paid for services rendered. Proper coding and documentation is taught so that your office can deal correctly with insurance carriers.
In order to comply with all state and federal laws, all hands-on cadaver training takes place in a clean and respected environment. We utilize several state of the art laboratories located throughout the U.S.
American Medical Training’s faculty is available for questions after you have gone back to your practice. Our job does not end when the CME training is over.
Take the next step to worry free CME training. Call us toll free - 866-982-9292
Also included in the workshop price is a 2 hour webinar for you AND your staff. This webinar will cover coding and documentation for these procedures and will be scheduled upon completion of the workshop.
Objectives:
- Become comfortable performing joint injections in the extremities.
- Understand the risks and benefits of each treatment.
- Learn about medical ethics and standards for pain management.
- Learn prescribing information and medication protocols.
- Learn safety/addictions and the law about substances prescribing information.
- Practice proper injection techniques in the upper and lower extremities.
- Learn treatment post care instructions.
- Learn how to properly evaluate your patient; develop treatment plans; medical management.
- Learn basic exercise protocols and recommendations.
- Practice performing injection training utilizing ultrasound guidance.
- Learn trigger points, viscosupplementation and prolotherapy treatments.
- Learn proper coding, documentation, medical necessity and Medicare compliance.
- Learn how to market these new services to new and existing patients.
Who Should Attend:
- Physicians who are interested in becoming more confident in treating extremity pain.
- Physicians interested in increasing both patient satisfaction and revenue by offering additional medically necessary treatments.
- Physicians looking to practice these injection techniques, utilizing cadavers in a clean, safe and respectful laboratory setting.
- Physicians looking for Diagnostic Ultrasound Guided Injection Training.
This activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 15.00 Prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
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