Make sure to explore all these great opportunities for continuing professional development coming your way from Northwest AHEC (NW AHEC) and the Wake Forest School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education (OCME)! All events are still virtual, so click to register below and connect from your computer and soak it all in.

• 40th Annual Mountain Medical Meeting - October 1-30 Pre-Recorded Lectures at your own pace: The 2020 Mountain Medical Meeting is completely virtual. The lectures are offered to be viewed on demand at your own pace. There is also a live Q&A webinar with the faculty included with registration.
• 2020 HIPAA Update - October 16 9AM - 1:15PM: his 4.0 hour, knowledge based lecture will cover HIPAA Privacy and Security, Confidentiality, ARRA / HITECH and Omnibus Rule. This workshop is designed to educate any healthcare provider on HIPAA privacy and security laws.
• NCPAT Conference: Assessing and Managing Risk in Intimate Partner Violence for BIPs and Partner Agencies - October 15-16: Emerge announces the availability of a new training opportunity related to perpetrator-based domestic violence risk assessment and management.
• 15th Annual Breast Cancer Symposium - October 23 8:30AM-12:30PM: This symposium aims to address this educational need by providing participants with the latest developments in multidisciplinary fields that treat breast cancer patients.
• Exploring Ethics: 'WAKE Active Bystander Program' - October 27 12:00PM-1:00PM: This program is designed to provide participants with pragmatic strategies for interrupting instances of incivility. Participants will learn the importance of being an ‘active bystander’ and how to address obstacles that may hold them back from being one.
• March of Dimes Ready for Life NC: Taking Action on Preconception Health - October 29 9:00AM-1:15PM: This program will focus on regional data related to unhealthy birth outcomes, including preterm birth rates, and maternal mortality rates while highlighting the importance of preconception and interconception health interventions as a strategy to improving birth outcomes and reducing disparate birth outcomes.
• 26th Annual Dental Mountain Meeting - October 29 - 30 3:45PM - 7:00PM: The Wake Forest School of Medicine Dental Mountain Meeting is an annual tradition, providing general dentists, dental hygienists, and dental office staff with the latest and most comprehensive continuing education in dentistry today.
• 7th Annual Wake Forest NCORP Research Base - October 29 12:00PM-5:15PM: This virtual meeting is designed to familiarize attendees with current understanding of the etiology and treatment options for selected unmet cancer and treatment related symptoms, toxicities and CCDR challenges.
• Cues, Clues, and Other Red Flags: When Intimate Partner Violence is More than Black and Blue - October 30 9:00AM-1:00PM: Recognizing that nonphysical violence can be as destructive, impactful, and fear-inducing to victims and communities as physical violence is an important to a coordinated community response.
• Best Practices in Identifying and Treating the Patient with Disordered Eating - October 30 1:00PM-2:00PM: This series of one-hour sessions will provide health care providers with best practices for prevention, screening, identification and treatment of disordered eating.
• 25th Annual Building Partnership for Healthier Hearts (Virtual) - October 30 7:15AM-3:00PM: This knowledge-based activity will include innovative strategies for providing efficient, quality care to the growing number of people living with cardiovascular disease. Participants will receive information on future treatment strategies and their impact on the care of the cardiac patient.
• NCCare360: Focus on Housing - November 5 12:00PM-1:00PM: Health begins where we live, work and play. In North Carolina, one of every 28 children younger than age 6 are homeless. Learn from community based organizations how they work to address the need for shelter in our region, and how the NCCARE360 referral platform ties in.
• Pharmacy Law: What's New for 2021 - November 5 1:00PM-3:00PM: A good understanding of pharmacy law is essential for every practicing pharmacist and technician. Several important changes to NC and Federal law were implemented in 2017-2019 and will be reviewed in this knowledge-based continuing education.
• 22nd Annual Diabetes Management Conference: Strategies for Improving Care - November 6 8:15AM-4:00PM: This conference is designed to provide diabetes best practices for health care professionals. Participants will gain knowledge about specific topics in the field of diabetes management. It is imperative that providers remain educated in all aspects of their patients' care from clinical management to new advances.
• NC AHEC Statewide Rural Nursing Conference - November 6 9:00AM-4:00PM: This symposium is designed for registered nurses, advance practice providers, licensed practical nurses, and nursing assistance practicing in rural areas or who are interested in learning more about this area of healthcare.
• Incorporating Evidence-Based Practices for ASD into Your Practice - November 12 9:00AM-12:15PM: Content will focus on knowledge and skills development about current understanding of ASD symptoms and associated features, evidence-based practices (EBPs) for ASD and co-occurring conditions, such as anxiety, consideration of developmental factors across the lifespan, and resources for practitioners.
• 15th Annual VIRTUAL Neuroscience Conference: Stroke Care Across the Continuum - November 13 8:45AM-4:15PM: This program will explore the latest advancements in acute hospital management as well as post hospital care of the stroke patient. This knowledge-based conference will include the most recent clinical practice guidelines and best practices in stroke care to maximize acute stroke care and recovery as well as provide transitional care posthospitalization.
• Pushing Past Stereotypes: Deconstructing Islamophobia and Best Practice for Muslim Patients - November 16 9:00AM-1:30PM: The purpose of this program is to introduce participants to the dynamics of the Muslim community in the United States, with a focus on deconstructing stereotypes and biases against them.
• 38th Annual Perinatal Conference Gravidas at Risk - November 18 8:30AM-3:45PM: Gravidas at Risk is an annual two-day statewide perinatal conference designed to address both inpatient and outpatient care. This conference will provide current information about clinical issues and strategies important in the care of high-risk pregnant women.