ACE Schedule 2018
Thursday April 5th- Saturday April 7th
Carefree Resort & Conference Center
37220 Mule Train Road, Carefree, AZ 85377
Thanks to our Conference Sponsors
Thursday, April 5th
8:00-9:00am Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:00am Opening Session: “Physician Health First” – Clif Knight, MD
AAFP Senior Vice President for Education
10:00-11:00am “Effectiveness and delivery of cognitive therapies for chronic pain” - Bentley Bobrow, MD, Professor of Emergency Management, University of Arizona
11:00 – 11:15am BREAK
11:15-12:15pm Database Application for Vital Events (DAVE) Training – Bianca Soto, Quality Assurance Manager, Arizona Bureau of Vital Records
12:15-1:15pm LUNCH
1:15-4:15pm “Opioid Prescribing: Safe Practices Changing Lives” – CO*RE Training offered in collaboration with the California AFP
4:15-4:30pm BREAK
4:30-5:30pm “Opioid Epidemic: Plans for Intervention” – Anthony Dekker, DO, NE Arizona Service Manager, Veterans Administration
5:30pm Adjournment for the day
6:00 pm AzAFP Board of Directors Meeting
Friday, April 6th
7:00-8:00am Registration & Continental Breakfast
7:45-8:00am Course Introduction to POEMS Training – Mark Ebell, MD
8:00-8:30am Pediatric Potpourri – Steven Brown, MD
8:30-9:00am Musculoskeletal Problems – John Hickner, MD
9:00-9:30am Cardiovascular Disease – Gary Ferenchick, MD
9:30-10:00am Acute Respiratory Infections – Mark Ebell, MD
10:00-10:30am BREAK & EXHIBITS
10:30-11:00am New Drugs/STEPs – Steven Brown, MD
11:00-11:30am Men’s Health – John Hickner, MD
11:30-12:00pm Screening Update from USPSTF – Mark Ebell, MD
12:00-1:00pm LUNCH & Legislative Update, Susan Cannata, JD,
AzAFP Lobbyist
1:00-1:30pm Anticoagulation & Atrial Fibrillation – Gary Ferenchick, MD
1:30-2:00pm COPD & Asthma Update – John Hickner, MD
2:30-2:45pm Editor’s Choice – All Faculty
2:45-3:15pm Substance Abuse in Primary Care – Steven Brown, MD
3:15-3:30pm BREAK & Exhibits
3:30-4:00pm Liver & GI Update – Mark Ebell, MD
4:00-4:30pm Exercise & Rehabilitation – Gary Ferenchick, MD
4:30-5:00pm Women’s Health – Steven Brown, MD
5:00pm Adjournment for the day of CME
5:30-6:30pm Awards Reception Sponsored by Banner University Medicine
6:30 pm- Awards program
Saturday, April 7th
7:30-8:00am Breakfast & Registration
8:00-8:30am What’s up with Vitamins? – John Hickner, MD
8:30-9:00am Useful Tools for Point of Care – Mark Ebell, MD
9:00-9:30am Hyperlipidemia – Gary Ferenchick, MD
9:30-10:00am Infectious Disease Update – Mark Ebell, MD
10:00-10:15am BREAK
10:15-11:00am Editor’s Choice & Clinical Questions – All Faculty
11:00-11:30am Doctors & Drug Companies – Steven Brown, MD
11:30-12:00pm Dementia & End of Life Care – Gary Ferenchick, MD
12:00-12:30pm Behavioral Health Update – John Hickner, MD
12:30-2:00pm LUNCH & AAFP Update – AAFP VIP – Wanda Filer, MD, AAFP Immediate Past Board Chair & Past President
2:00-3:00pm Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs) – Wanda Filer, MD, MBA, FAAFP, Strategic Health Institute Founder & CEO
3:00-4:00pm Human Health Harms of a Changing Climate: What Family Physicians Should Know – Matthew Burke, MD, Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health; Faculty, University of Washington
4:00-5:00pm MOC (FMC) Performance Improvement – ABFM, Joseph Tollison, MD
5:00pm Adjournment of Meeting
6:30 pm Past Presidents’ Reception - Invitation Only Event