UPMC Passavant Advanced Practice Provider Council Presents: APP Academy
Sep 30 - Oct 1, 2022
WISER AT UPMC PASSAVANT
PRESENTED BY UPMC PASSAVANT ADVANCED PRACTICE PROVIDER COUNCIL
Course Overview:
Intended for Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Midwives, and CRNAs clinically practicing in both inpatient and outpatient medicine, this two-day, multidisciplinary interactive course aims to educate APPs on up-to-date treatments and best practice guidelines for a variety of topics, as well as improve interdisciplinary relationships between APPs across local hospitals in order to better serve their patients. The course will aim to enhance both clinical and procedural skills by offering a combination of didactic lectures, hands-on workshops, and interactive panel discussions. The first day will also feature keynote speaker, Dr. James Tew, who will discuss acceptance and commitment therapy for healthcare providers.
Learning Objectives:
- Increase awareness of clinical management of acute and long COVID patient population in both the inpatient and outpatient setting
- Expand clinical knowledge and technical skills for the most common diagnoses that result in patient hospitalization
- Engage in professional development through networking opportunities and effective communication
- Opportunity for direct demonstration, personalized instruction, and extensive hands-on practice in fundamental skills for the APP through simulation labs
- Interdisciplinary, real-time, problem-based learning case study, which will improve abilities to work through differential diagnoses and form work-up and treatment plans
Course Directors:
Alexandrea Bartow, MBA, MSN, ACNP-BC, CSSGB
Senior Manager, Clinical/Quality Documentation
UPMC Wolff Center
Lindsay Busch, MPAS, PA-C
Senior Physician Assistant
Pulmonary Partners
UPMC Passavant
Theresa Celender, MPAS, PA-C, FAPACVS
Expert Physician Assistant
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
UPMC Passavant
Lisabeth Ernharth, MPAS, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Passavant APP Council Chair
Romano, Pontzer, & Associates Infectious Disease Specialists
Allison Lewis, MBA, MSN, CRNA
Nurse Anesthetist
Heritage Valley Health System
Megan Tomaino, MPAS, PA-C
Senior Physician Assistant
Department of Anesthesia
UPMC Passavant
Course Contact:
Theresa Celender
borrellitf@upmc.edu
This activity is approved for the following credit: ANCC and AAPA Category 1 CME.
This program has been approved by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists for Class A CE credits.
