ChristianaCare coordinates a variety of learning opportunities including regularly scheduled series (RSS), single course symposia / one-time virtual activities and enduring materials. All activities are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and Medical Society of Delaware (MSD).
Upcoming Events
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Sepsis Symposium Friday, September 11 This conference will offer insights into the common final pathway of all acute infections. It arises when the body’s response to an infection injures its own tissues and organs. It may lead to shock, multiple organ failure, and death, especially if not recognized early and treated promptly. |
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Supportive and Palliative Care Medicine Third Wednesday of Each Month, Beginning September 2020 This symposium will feature Supportive and Palliative Care (SPC) principles including communication skills, pain management, specialty palliative care, and advanced directives. |
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Advanced Practice Clinician Recognition Conference Thursday, October 1 With healthcare systems relying more on advanced practice providers to provide patient care and learn how to work together effectively as a team, this conference will describe how to build effective Advanced Practice Provider teams. |
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Dr. Margaret I. Handy Memorial Lectureship Friday, October 9 The Dr. Margaret I. Handy Memorial Lectureship is a dynamic series designed to provide insight into cutting edge topics in Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine. |
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Swank Fall Dementia Care Symposium Friday, October 9 This symposium will examine Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia. |
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27th Annual E.G. Scott Microbiology Symposium Tuesday-Thursday, October 13-15 This symposium is designed as an update for microbiology technologists and other professionals on current issues in clinical microbiology. |
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15th Annual Nursing Research Conference* Friday, November 6 This conference is developed for professional nurses and students seeking to use research and evidence-based practice (EBP) to improve patient outcomes. The keynote speaker is Dr. Robin P. Newhouse, Ph.D., RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Dean, Indiana University School of Nursing and Distinguished Professor, Indiana University. Poster and podium abstracts are being accepted through August 1. |
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32nd Annual Update in Cardiology Saturday, March 6, 2021 This symposium is designed to give primary care physicians and cardiologists practical updates in recent advances in cardiovascular diagnosis and treatment. |
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25th Annual Diabetes Update Saturday, March 13, 2021 This educational opportunity is designed to provide an update on diabetes and diabetes related co-morbidities, and to meet identified needs of diabetes clinicians in this area. |
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58th Annual Holloway Infectious Disease Symposium Tuesday, May 4, 2021 This symposium continues its rich tradition of addressing topics of local and global significance for providers practicing medicine today. Providers will recognize immunodeficiency states, will order appropriate functional and qualitative assays to assess immune deficiency, and will order less antibiotics and patients will receive more disease modifying therapies (e.g. IVIG). Providers do not recognize such conditions (e.g., common variable immune deficiency). They do not know about testing or approved therapies. |
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Addiction Symposium Wednesday, May 12, 2021 Identify what psychological trauma is & it’s effects on the brain; review models of care; recognize effective methods of caring for pts psychologically. describe current trends in the opioid epidemic; evaluate the national scene (healthcare, etc) as it relates to addiction & tx; describe DE initiatives to address the addiction epidemic; explain how data from this research and these initiatives can be used to aid in development of SA treatment traumatized; review new tx modalities/outcomes, and the evidence to support; identify areas of opportunity & innovation. |
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5th Annual GI Symposium Saturday, September 25, 2021 This symposium will feature experts in the field of evolving areas of practice, address changing approaches to care in Gastroenterology, reinforce the importance of early diagnosis and recent advances to treatment. |
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Orthopaedic Symposium Saturday, October 30, 2021 The Delaware Orthopaedic Symposium is an annual conference on focused on musculoskeletal health. This unique conference is for orthopaedic surgeons, primary care physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners and physical therapists. It features topics related to orthopaedic surgery, primary care orthopaedic medicine, and orthopaedic physical therapy. |
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Heart & Vascular Interventional Services Conference Saturday, November 13, 2021 The Heart & Vascular Interventional Services Department’s main focus is to provide a spectrum of diagnostic and interventional services in the management and prevention of cardiovascular disease, electrophysiology abnormalities, cerebral vascular disease and other diseases that adversely affect the vascular system. Informational sessions to discuss the technological advances and trends in the Heart & Vascular Interventional Services Department will be presented by our Heart & Vascular clinical experts. |
* ChristianaCare is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.