2024 KAPA Heart of America CME - Annual Members Meeting

Name: 2024 KAPA Heart of America CME - Annual Members Meeting
Start: 2024-10-10T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-12T13:15:00-04:00
Location: Hilton Garden Inn

Hilton Garden Inn
2041 North Bradley Fair Parkway
Wichita, KS 67206

Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 8:00am CT - Saturday, October 12, 2024 at 12:15pm CT
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Topic

Our agenda is being developed, but we plan on a variety of primary care topics. Plus exhibitors, lunch speakers and reception.

Credits Offered

This event offers 20.0 CME credits to attendees.
Accreditation Info: AAPA Accreditation pending.

Additional Information

OVERVIEW

This conference has been designed to provide a broad overview of clinical and professional issues that impact Physician Assistants. Its main focus is to address those issues from a primary care perspective. We aim to address the growing educational needs of PAs by providing current information from specialists within their respective fields.

TARGET AUDIENCE

The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of PAs involved in the treatment of patients in a primary care setting.

SPEAKERS

See meeting agenda

ACCREDITATION

This program was planned in accordance with AAPA’s CME Standards for Live Programs and for Commercial support of Live Programs. Conference organizers will be requesting 20 hours of AAPA Category I CME credit from the Physician Assistant Review Panel.

KAPA ANNUAL MEMBERS MEETING

The Members Meeting will be Friday, October 11th at the conclusion of the CME sessions. This is a KAPA Members only meeting.

REGISTRATION FEES

Online registration is now open.

The early registration discount will on expire on September 27, 2024. Registration Deadline is October 4, 2024.

CONFERENCE PLANNING

CME Committee Chair

• Kami Albers, PA-C, Manhattan, KS

Conference revenues help to fund the day-to-day operations of KAPA, so your attendance at KAPA conferences helps support your Academy.

The Kansas Academy of Physician Assistants sponsors this conference with support from AAPA

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** for NCCPA members

We will be using the NCCPA’s logging system for our CME hours again this year. So after the conference all you have to do is go to their website and complete your CME conference logging. By having the CME hours logged through the NCCPA, the credits are verified and won’t be audited by the NCCPA.

If you are a NCCPA member enter your NCCPA ID number where indicated on the registration form.

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Hilton Garden Inn Hotel - Lodging information

The Hilton Garden Inn Hotel is offering a rate of $129 per night for our event. Rate is good for Oct 9-13.

Our group room block is for a limited time so make your reservations as soon as you can.

Click on the link, select the dates you need lodging and type of room you prefer.

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2024 KAPA Heart of America CME - Annual Members Meeting

Event Agenda

Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 8:00am CT - Saturday, October 12, 2024 at 12:15pm CT

All times listed in Central Time (US & Canada).
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Thursday, October 10, 2024

8:00am - 9:00am

Gastrointestinal Update

Julie Slade, PA-C
1.0 CE Credit
9:00am - 10:00am

Cybersecurity Update

Logan Rhamy - Air Capital Cyber Security LLC
1.0 CE Credit
10:00am - 10:20am

Break/Exhibit Hall
10:20am - 11:20am

Neurological Presentations in Emergency Room

Krisha McLaughlin, PA-C
1.0 CE Credit
11:20am - 12:20pm

American Academy of Physician Associates Update

Aileen Berquist, Manager, State Advocacy and Outreach
1.0 CE Credit
12:20pm - 1:20pm

Lunch - Topic Pending

Speaker - Pending
1:30pm - 2:30pm

Appropriate Opioid Prescribing

Danielle Bedore PA-C
1.0 CE Credit
2:30pm - 3:30pm

HIV Update (pending)

Speaker - Pending
1.0 CE Credit
3:30pm - 3:50pm

Break/Exhibit Hall
3:50pm - 4:50pm

OBGYN Update

Mandy Twist, PA-C
1.0 CE Credit
4:50pm - 5:50pm

Kansas Academy of Physician Associates Update

KAPA
1.0 CE Credit
6:00pm - 7:30pm

KAPA Reception

Location TBA

Friday, October 11, 2024

8:00am - 9:00am

Cardiology Update

Subbu Boppana, MD
1.0 CE Credit
9:00am - 10:00am

Psychiatry Update

Mallory Harris, PA-C
1.0 CE Credit
10:00am - 10:20am

Break/Exhibit Hall
10:20am - 11:20am

Kansas State Board of Healing Arts Update

Cameron Charity, Education and Outreach Coordinator
1.0 CE Credit
11:20am - 12:20pm

Dermatology Update

Crystal Brownlee, PA-C
1.0 CE Credit
12:20pm - 1:20pm

Lunch - Topic Pending

Speaker - Pending
1:30pm - 2:30pm

Alpha-gal Syndrome Update

Beth Nothern, PA-C
1.0 CE Credit
2:30pm - 3:30pm

Current Management of Emergency General Surgery Diagnoses

Marc Duverseau, MD
1.0 CE Credit
3:30pm - 3:50pm

Break/Exhibit Hall
3:50pm - 4:50pm

Diabetes Medication and Treatment Update

Matthew Atchison, PA-C
1.0 CE Credit
4:50pm - 5:50pm

Unusual Case Presentations

Casey Poell, MD
1.0 CE Credit
6:00pm - 7:30pm

KAPA Annual Members Meeting

Saturday, October 12, 2024

8:00am - 9:00am

Pediatric Obesity Care and Medication Management Update

Amy Seery, MD
1.0 CE Credit
9:00am - 10:00am

Pediatric Update

Amy Seery, MD
1.0 CE Credit
10:00am - 10:15am

Break
10:15am - 11:15am

Urology Update

Haley Letchworth, PA-C
1.0 CE Credit
11:15am - 12:15pm

National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants Update

Alicia Quella, PhD, MPAS, PA-C, Director of Communications and PA Relations
1.0 CE Credit

Exhibit & Sponsor

The Kansas Academy of Physician Assistants (KAPA) will host our Annual CME program this Fall and it is planned for October 10-12, 2024. This year’s CME event will be at the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel, located at 2041 N Bradley Fair Parkway, Wichita, Kansas.

We are pleased to invite you and your company to participate as an exhibitor at our CME event.

Our previous CME events have been successful in part to the generous support from the pharmaceutical companies.

We will continue to offer a variety of beneficial and timely topics for Kansas PAs. We are asking that each company interested in sponsoring a part of the program please return this enclosed sheet as soon as possible. Sponsorships with or without speakers are welcome.

The agenda for the CME event is under development and will be available once we have confirmed the presentations. Here are some of the topics we are working on:

AAPA Update
Alpha-gal Syndrome
Cardiology
Cybersecurity
Dermatology
Diabetes Medication and Treatment
Gastrointestinal
HIV
Kansas State Board of Healing Arts Update
KAPA Update
Managing Emergency General Surgery Diagnoses
NCCPA Update
Nephrology
Neurological Presentations in Emergency Room
OBGYN
Pediatric Obesity Care and Medication Management Update
Pharmacology
Psychiatry
Pulmonology
Unique Case Presentations
Urology

If you want to pay by check click on the attachment below and complete the sign up form and submit it with your payment. (If you need a W-9 Form please contact the KAPA office at kansaspa@sbcglobal.net)