2024 Advanced Practice Provider Conference

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Join us for Baptist’s annual Advanced Practice Provider Conference, a one-day event designed to educate, inspire and celebrate our APP professionals.

Attendance is limited to 250 individuals. Registration will close on September 13, or as event space is filled.

Friday, September 20, 2024
7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Dr. H. Edward Garrett Sr. Auditorium, on the campus of Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis

The Advanced Practice Provider plays a vital role in Baptist’s mission to deliver quality health care to all our patients. The 2024 Advanced Practice Provider Conference is the perfect opportunity to connect with your fellow APP professionals, get the latest information on new treatments and innovations, and hear from experts, including keynote speakers.

We’ll also recognize the nominees for the annual APP Award of Excellence and award our systemwide winners for hospital and clinic care!

Enjoy a day full of celebrations, important information, dynamic speakers, and a special luncheon.

Agenda for the 2024 Advanced Practice Provider Conference

Conference Agenda

2024 Advanced Practice Provider Conference Agenda
Time	Topic and Speaker
7:30-8:00 a.m.	Registration/Networking/Food
8:00-8:15 a.m.	Welcome & Prayer
8:15-8:45 a.m.	Medical Management of Obesity Angie Jones, DNP
8:45-9:15 a.m	Surgical Management of Obesity George Woodman, MD
9:15-9:45 a.m.	Outpatient Management of Pneumonia Allison Swanson, NP
9:45-9:55 a.m.	Break/Poster Presentation/Vendors
9:55-10:25 a.m.	Inpatient Management of Pneumonia Kara Wilhite, P.A
10:25-10:55 a.m.	GI Clinical Pearls W. David Dunavant III, MD
10:55-11:25 a.m.	Controlled Substance Prescribing Sara Harlan, PharmD, BCCCP
11:25-12:00 p.m.	Lunch/Poster Presentations
12:00-12:30 p.m.	APP Awards
12:30-1:00 p.m.	Outpatient Management of UTI Adam Stewart, MD
1:00-1:30 p.m.	Inpatient Management of Pyelonephritis Adam Stewart, MD
1:30-1:45 p.m.	Break and Poster Presentations
1:45-2:15 p.m.	EKG Interpretation Liz Zacher, NP
2:15-2:45 p.m.	Cardiology Pearls Liz Zacher, NP
2:45-3:00 p.m.	Break and Poster Presentations
3:00-4:00 p.m.	Principles of Chronic Pain Management and SUD Brett Snodgrass, DNP
4:00-4:15 p.m.	Wrap-up and Q&A

2024 APP Conference Poster Presentations

Poster Presentations

2024 Poster Presentations
Poster	DNP Presenter	Faculty Project Chairperson
Improving Skin Examinations in Primary Care: A Quality Improvement Project	Leslie Graham	Dr. Brandi Lambert
Using Turn Teams to Reduce Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries in the Adult Cardio-Pulmonary Transplant Unit Patients	Stacey Bonham-Palas	Dr. Renee Parker
Hemoglobin A1c Analyses in Type 2 Diabetic Patients Who Use CGMs	Alana Altomare	Dr. Marcy Purnell
Preventing Delirium in Adult Cardiovascular ICU Patients using Bundled Interventions to Reduce Length of Stay	Joshua Choate	Dr. Renee Parker
Hyperlipidemia Management Guideline Adherence within the Primary Care Setting: a Quality Improvement Project	Cassidy Thetford	Dr. Brandi Lambert
Identifying Pathogens Associated with CLABSI: A Quality Improvement Project	Lisa Hall	Dr. Brett Pickens
Staff Confidence Analyses with Blood Pressure Measurement in a Hemodialysis Clinic	Andrea Richmond	Dr. Marcy Purnell
Optimizing Antibiotic Use in Open Fracture Patients with Elevated Glucose: Integrating Procalcitonin as a Stewardship Tool	Stephen McDaniel	Dr. Marcy Purnell

We look forward to seeing you there!

CME Accreditation & Credit

Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation (BMHCC) is accredited by the Southern States CME Collaborative to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

BMHCC designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure

It is the policy of Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation (BMHCC) to promote balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all educational activities; to require disclosure of all financial relationships with ineligible companies from individuals in control of educational content; to identify and mitigate relevant financial relationships; and to disclose relevant relationships, or lack thereof, to the audience prior to the CE activity. Presenters are required to disclose discussions of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentations.

Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD)

Baptist Memorial Health Care is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. 1.5 contact hours of the 6.25 contact hours for this activity is related to pharmacotherapeutic content.

To obtain 6.25 contact hours of continuing professional development credit for attending, participants must be present for the entire educational activity, complete the evaluation, and complete a post-test.

Poster Presentations

To obtain 0.5 contact hours of continuing nursing professional development credit participants must attest to reviewing all 8 available poster presentations.

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