Med-Peds Sessions at ACP in New Orleans, LA

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Driven to Distraction: Adult Attention-Deficit Disorder—Fact or Fad? (MTP 117) Psychiatry

Date/Time: 4/19/2012 (2:15 PM - 3:45 PM)
Be familiar with the basic diagnostic approach and useful tools to diagnose attention-deficit disorder in adults, and recognize when coexisting conditions are present.
Be familiar with several of the pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic options for treatment and be able to initiate medical therapy in patients.

Professor: Steven M. Scofield, MD, FAAP

Friday, April 20, 2012

Med-Peds Reception, Time-TBD

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Healthy Internist Is a Happy Internist, A (WSO 010)
Career and Professionalism

Date/Time: 4/21/2012 (2:15 PM - 3:45 PM)
Be able to complete a self-assessment inventory about one's own stress level.
Become more familiar with the signs and symptoms of burnout.
Compile strategies and resources to prevent physician burnout.
Understand the evidence behind different organizations' recommendations related to screening for common types of cancer, such as breast, colon, and prostate.

Moderator: Allen Friedland, MD, FAAP, FACP; Co-Moderator: J. Thomas Cross Jr., MD, MPH, FAAP, FACP