Aeschi West: Basic Principles in Working with Suicidal Patients” will be the inaugural theme of a Mayo Clinic-sponsored three-day conference in Vail, Colorado, May 30-June 1, 2013. Organized around highly interactive lectures, videotaped interviews, seminars, and workshops, a limited number of participants will come to the Rockies to learn an innovative approach for working with suicidal patients. Drawing upon principles developed in a series of conferences at Aeschi, Switzerland, the Aeschi approach emphasized the importance of therapist-client collaboration in eliciting narratives of mental anguish that culminate in suicidal behavior.

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This course is a comprehensive program for family physicians, general internists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and registered nurses that practice primary care medicine.It consists of lectures, discussions, and workshops on topics of general interest in various areas of medicine. Attendees are encouraged to bring their laptops to the meeting to view the syllabus on the flash drive.

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Neurology in Clinical Practice is a comprehensive course directed at practitioners who see patients with a broad range of neurologic disorders. The course is intended to provide a review of Neurology with an emphasis on case-based presentations, recent advances, and evidence-based approaches. Mayo Clinic is offering a reduced general session registration fee for registrants attending both the Headache Symposium on May 3-5, 2013 in San Francisco, California and the Neurology in Clinical Practice course on July 11-14, 2013 in Santa Barbara, California. Individuals wishing to register for both activities should select the Neurology Dual website. http://www.mayo.edu/cme/neurology-and-neurologic-surgery-2013s517

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This annual interdisciplinary course offers participants an overview of current topics in internal medicine including interactive case studies using automated audience response system. Interdisciplinary speakers present diverse clinical topics chosen for applicability to NP/PA and primary care physician practice settings. As complex patients transition care to the outpatient arena, current guideline based medicine typically iniatiated in hospital setting continues to be important as patients are managed outside the hospital setting (MI core measures, pneumonia guidelines, hypertension management, Acute MI presentation, stable ischemic heart disease, etc.).

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Mayo Clinic Pediatric Days is designed to provide general pediatricians, pediatric subspecialists, family physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners and resident physicians with current information on a variety of medical and surgical conditions affecting children and adolescents.

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Want to learn about the latest findings in genomics and how to apply them to your practice? Network with professionals in your field? Share your clinical case studies and research? Do this and more by attending the second annual IM conference, sponsored by the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine. As new discoveries in individualized medicine make their way into practice, they present new challenges. This conference addresses practical issues of integrating pharmacogenomics, microbiomics, epigenomics, and genomic medicine into patient care. Conference topics include the integration of drug-gene pair alerts into the EMR; understanding which patients might benefit from whole genome/exome sequencing interpretation and its relevance to prognosis and diagnosis; sharing complicated genomic information with patients; and discussion of regulatory, legal, and bioethical issues. A pre-conference course, Omics 101, explores principles and applications of genomics and pharmacogenomics in clinical and laboratory practice. Learn more, see speakers and detailed schedule at http://individualizingmedicineconference.mayo.edu

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Online Webcast Option - This conference will focus on enhancing the mind, body and spirit through a combination of lectures and interactive Q & A opportunities. Featured topics include: Stress and resilience, emotional intelligence, the spectrum of ambulatory palliative care and transitioning to hospice services, cooking for your health, and care of the patient undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement. There will be breakout sessions focusing on palliative care in the hospital setting and advances in treatment of hepatitis C.

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This conference will focus on enhancing the mind, body and spirit through a combination of lectures and interactive Q & A opportunities. Featured topics include: Stress and resilience, emotional intelligence, the spectrum of ambulatory palliative care and transitioning to hospice services, cooking for your health, and care of the patient undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement. There will be breakout sessions focusing on palliative care in the hospital setting and advances in treatment of Hepatitis C. NOTE: Online Webcast option is available under separate registration.

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This unique four-day course offers primary care physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants a practical update on a variety of subspecialty topics including: allergy, cardiovascular diseases, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, infectious diseases, integrative medicine, neurology, psychiatry, pulmonary, renal disease, rheumatology, and others applicable to today’s practice and patients. It is also offered on October 24-27, 2013. Photo credit: Brent Harrold, M.D., Penticton, BC, Canada

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This optional group learning session is taught by expert Mayo Clinic physician and health systems engineering faculty. The course provides knowledge in quality improvement concepts and methods. There are no prerequisites for this course. Through interactive and case-based activities, faculty guide learners through the application of basic quality tools such as Pareto, control charts, and cause and effect diagrams. Quality improvement strategies such as Lean and Six Sigma also are discussed. Content is designed to showcase process improvement capability as well as its applicability to health care. Additionally, the session describes how to actively participate in a quality improvement project; and identify, measure, and prioritize opportunities for improvement. Following the session, participants can complete the 25-question Applied Quality Essentials self-assessment and pay the required fee via this website.

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Mayo Clinic and Essentia Health have gathered a world-class lineup of experts to continue the collaboration of employers and medicine to take care of our injured and ill workforce. Together, we can prevent needless work disability by helping people stay employed. Objectives of this course include explaining the impact the physician has on preventing needless work disability; establishing how improved communication among the health care provider, employer and employee contributes to optimal handling of injured or ill employees; assessing the negative impact that poor handling of the return-to-work process has on patients and the economy at large; and demonstrating insight and ideas to help prevent needless work disability in the future; explaining the physician’s role in defining appropriate disability-management criteria for injured or ill employees by creating a common language and understanding among business owners, human resource personnel, managers and supervisors, and medical professionals. We can interact, share ideas and move forward in the process of change that will lead to a reduction in needless disability in our workforce.

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This optional group learning session is taught by expert Mayo Clinic physician and health systems engineering faculty. The course provides knowledge in quality improvement concepts and methods. There are no prerequisites for this course. Through interactive and case-based activities, faculty guide learners through the application of basic quality tools such as Pareto, control charts, and cause and effect diagrams. Quality improvement strategies such as Lean and Six Sigma also are discussed. Content is designed to showcase process improvement capability as well as its applicability to health care. Additionally, the session describes how to actively participate in a quality improvement project; and identify, measure, and prioritize opportunities for improvement. Following the session, participants can complete the 25-question Applied Quality Essentials self-assessment and pay the required fee via this website.

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This unique four-day course offers primary care physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants a practical update on a variety of subspecialty topics including: allergy, cardiovascular diseases, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, infectious diseases, integrative medicine, neurology, psychiatry, pulmonary, renal disease, rheumatology, and others applicable to today’s practice and patients. This course is also offered on October 10-13, 2013. Photo credit: Sophie Bersoux, M.D., Scottsdale, Arizona

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The 2013 Taste of Tropical Medicine course has been cancelled. However, enduring materials can be purchased from the 2010, 2011 and 2012 courses. Please visit the Mayo CME store front to view/purchase those materials: http://cmestore.mayo.edu/CategoryList.cfm?cat=9. We plan to hold Taste of Tropical Medicine in 2014 – watch for information in the coming year.

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This is the 9th triennial conference on cancer in American Indians and Alaska Natives. The NCI Community Networks Program: "Spirit of EAGLES" has its research base within the Mayo Clinic’s Comprehensive Cancer Program with Dr. Judith Kaur as the PI. For the past 6 Conferences, Mayo faculty and nationally prominent researchers in American Indian and Alaska Native health give reviews of new developments in prevention, screening, and treatment strategies. Registration has increased each time we have held this conference and attracts clinicians, researchers, students, policymakers, and patient advocates.

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Clinical Reviews seeks to update physicians on the latest recommendations involving the medical subspecialties important for the primary care physician through a comprehensive program consisting of lectures, panel and roundtable discussions on problems of general interest in various areas of medicine, surgery, and pediatrics relevant to clinical practice.

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The aim of this course is to provide state-of-the-art education on management of acute psychiatric problems with an intended audience of psychiatrists, psychologists, and allied health along with family practice, internal medicine, and emergency department physicians.

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As the field of hospital medicine continues to grow, so does the complexity and management of hospitalized patients. This program will address many of the challenges experienced by hospital-based health care professionals and provide a forum for the exchange of clinical and practice ideas to enhance the delivery of health care and provide better patient outcomes. Using an interactive, case-based format, key highlights from all major areas of internal medicine and its subspecialties will be presented. Plan to join your colleagues and our distinguished guest and Mayo Clinic faculty in Tucson November 6-9, 2013.

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Clinical Reviews seeks to update physicians on the latest recommendations involving the medical subspecialties important for the primary care physician through a comprehensive program consisting of lectures, panel and roundtable discussions on problems of general interest in various areas of medicine, surgery, and pediatrics relevant to clinical practice.

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The Mayo Clinic Division of Primary Care Internal Medicine is pleased to offer this one-day program to provide family practitioners, internists, general practitioners, advanced nurse practitioners and physician assistants with current information on the care of the elderly, including clinical evaluation, management strategies and innovative practice models. All topics are selected for their clinical relevance. Time isallocated for questions and discussion.

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This three-day course will provide the attendee with a multidisciplinary review of standard of care management practices and state of the art advances in care of the patient with cutaneous melanoma. The first day will focus on epidemiology, prevention, pathology, genetic syndromes, advances in genomics, imaging and medical and surgical treatment in association with melanoma. The last two days are an in-depth immersion into Dermoscopy for imaging of melanocytic and non-melanocytic skin lesions.

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Mayo Clinic faculty, board certified in psychosomatic medicine or related fields, review principles of psychiatric diagnosis; and treatment of patients managed in medical and surgical inpatient and outpatient settings. Target audiences for this course are family medicine physicians, general internists, psychiatrists, and selected medical and surgical specialists who manage conditions with significant behavioral or psychiatric contributions.

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Selected Topics in Internal Medicine is a postgraduate course designed to update general internists, internist-subspecialists, family medicine physicians, and other primary health care providers on selected internal medicine topics. Some of the most common problems encountered in clinical practice will be represented. The focus will be on clinical pearls and practice updates. Presentations will be made by experts from various disciplines in internal medicine. Faculty members will be available during breaks to answer questions and to discuss cases with course participants.

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This annual course addresses the unique needs of female patients and their health care providers. Participants gain a comprehensive insight into relevant medical problems uniquely found in women, as well as a basic approach to addressing and improving common health concerns.

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Mark your calendar and plan to join us March 26 - 29, 2014, at the Westin Kierland Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. The four-day continuing medical education course features the most recent medical update and management strategies on various diseases. The program includes lectures, Q&A panel discussions; a unique interactive format the allows for immediate audience participation; Meet the Preceptor (MTP) luncheons for one-on-one interaction between faculty and learners; and various afternoon breakout sessions.

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Bring your most difficult sinusitis cases along to this symposium for some answers! Mayo Clinic presents the first symposium on managing your most challenging sinusitis patients. Global leaders in Otolaryngology-Rhinology, Allergy-Immunology and Basic Sciences will come together to brainstorm in highly interactive sessions. The goal of the symposium is to synthesize such information into offering innovative strategies and tips on medical and surgical management of the recalcitrant chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) patient. The course welcomes Otolaryngologists, Allergists and Basic Scientists with strong interest in CRS. Join us in Scottsdale, Arizona, the most beautiful place to be in spring 2014! Bring together your challenging cases to discuss!

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The 21th Annual Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Conference will focus on issues related to the treatment of nicotine dependence. External and internal speakers will discuss information related to the various types of tobacco products being used and their addictive potential. Medications currently being used to treat this dependence will be presented and expanded to address advanced strategies for difficult cases and special populations.

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The course will focus on Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders, with an emphasis on the diagnosis and management issues for the clinic-based practice.

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