Continuing Education and Professional Development
The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine and the University of Kentucky Healthcare CE Central
Present
Healthcare in Appalachia: Practical Approaches to Addressing the Unique Needs of our Region
April 28-30, 2022
Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort and Spa
FOR AGENDA, SPEAKER INFORMATION, AND TO REGISTER visit https://www.cecentral.com/live/20755
EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION (Coming Soon)
Conference Overview
Approximately 25.7 million people live in the Appalachian region of the United States (U.S.) Forty-two percent of the region’s population lives in rural areas, compared with only 20% of the nation. This region has historically been plagued with unique healthcare needs and poor health outcomes.This region also has lower supplies of healthcare professionals when compared to the overall nation, including primary care physicians and advanced practice nurses, mental health providers, specialty physicians, and dentists. Lower household incomes and higher poverty rates (two primary social determinants of health that drive health outcomes) reflect worse living conditions in the region when compared to the rest of the nation.
The Healthcare in Appalachia conference is designed to address the unique needs and circumstances of the Appalachian region. This conference will feature experts in the medical, mental health, and public health fields and provide practical advice, tips, and resources to health care providers and public health professionals.
Overall Goal
To discuss and disseminate strategies for addressing the significant health gaps in Appalachia in the context of its culture, barriers to health, and strengths.Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this program, the participants should be able to:
- Implement strategies for addressing diabetes in the context of food insecurity and poverty
- Develop approaches to meet the access issues that cardiology patients encounter
- Describe screening tools to assess the mental health needs of patients
- Develop culturally appropriate skills to address the importance of screening in cancer patients
- Design a practice-specific toolkit of local socioeconomic supports for patients
- Provide appropriate referral and monitoring of child safety in families with opioid-abuse
- Describe the use of MIPS to improve overall provider practice
Target Audience
Healthcare providers practicing in primary care, general practice, family medicine, internal medicine, and hospitalists: Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Social Workers, Pharmacists, Certified Health Educators
Registration Fees
Registration includes all program sessions, access to online program materials, free parking, breakfasts and lunches and breaks on the conference days, access to Exhibit Hall, and continuing education credit hours in CME, CPE, CHES, CNE, and SEWB ACE.
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After April 1, 2022 |
2.5 Day Conference |
$350 |
$400 |
1 Day Only |
$200 |
$250 |
Resident and Students (no CE) |
$100 |
$150 |
Hotel Reservations
Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort and Spa
2525 DreamMore Way, Pigeon Forge, TN 37863
GROUP RATE
$219 + tax per night is available Wednesday, April 27, 2022 - Saturday, April 30, 2022.
This rate is offered until March 22, 2022 or until the block is full, whichever comes first.