Montana Academy of Physician Assistants

2023 MTAPA Annual Conference

Hilton Garden Inn Bozeman
2023 Commerce Way
Bozeman, MT 59715

Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 10:00am MT - Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 12:00pm MT
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2023 Commerce Way, Bozeman, MT 59715

Info

Topic

Hands-on Workshops, Orthopedic, Family Medicine, Women's Health, Chronic Pain, Wound Care, Psychiatric Medications, and MORE.

Speaker(s)

Kathryn Borgenicht, MD, Nate Readal, MD, Michael Gallagher, MD, Kyle Moore, DO

Credits Offered

This event offers 16.0 CME credits to attendees.
Accreditation Info: This program is not yet approved for CME credit. Conference organizers plan to apply for 16 AAPA Category 1 CME credits from the AAPA Review Panel. The total number of approved credits is yet to be determined..


Additional Information

2023 MTAPA Annual Conference and Membership Meeting

Join us April 13-15, 2023 at the Hilton Garden Inn, Bozeman, Montana. This event brings speakers from all across Montana and multiple different topics including hands-on workshops. 

Early bird registration rates end March 1, 2023

Hilton Garden Inn | Discounted Room Rates end March 14, 2023

Room reservations can be made at the Hilton Garden Inn for a discounted rate. Click Here to Make Your Reservation! Discounted room rates end March 14!

This program is not yet approved for CME credit. Conference organizers plan to apply for 16 AAPA Category 1 CME credits from the AAPA Review Panel. The total number of approved credits is yet to be determined.

 

Event Agenda

2023 MTAPA Annual Conference

Event Agenda

Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 10:00am MT - Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 12:00pm MT

All times listed in Mountain Time (US & Canada).
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Thursday, April 13, 2023

  • 12:00pm - 1:00pm

    Topic TBD

    TBD
    1.0 CE Credit

    TBD

  • 1:00pm - 2:00pm

    Palliative Medicine: What is it Really? Concepts and Misconceptions

    Kathryn Borgenicht, M.D., is a board certified geriatrician and has working in palliative care for more that 30 years. She is currently Medical Director of Eden Hospice. She helped start the Palliative Consultants at Bozeman Health. She has taught in many settings. She has a special interest in dementia care, health in aging, and discussing what matters to patients and families when they have serious illnesses. She lives in Bozeman with too many animals. Her children live elsewhere but visit often.
    1.0 CE Credit

    Dr. Borgenicht will discuss when palliative medicine is appropriate, how patient communication tools are helpful in clinical practice and what domains of care are covered by palliative medicine.

  • 2:00pm - 3:00pm

    Topic TBD

    TBD
    1.0 CE Credit

    TBD

  • 3:30pm - 4:30pm

    Common Ear, Nose, and Throat Problems

    Michelle Morrison, MD
    1.0 CE Credit

    Diagnosis and treatment of sinusitis, otitis media, hoarseness, chronic cough and allergy. Surgical indications for tonsillectomy, ear tube placement, and sinus surgery.

  • 4:30pm - 5:30pm

    Topic TBD

    TBD
    1.0 CE Credit

    TBD

Friday, April 14, 2023

  • 8:00am - 9:00am

    Diagnosis and Management of Commonly Seen Infections in the Outpatient Setting

    Jessika Hinz, D.O., is an infectious disease physician in Bozeman. She joined Bozeman Health in the summer of 2021, and is very excited to be back. Originally from Montana, she completed her BS at Montana State in microbiology in 2005. I then attended osteopathic medical school in Kansas City, Missouri, and completed her internal medicine residency, and later her ID fellowship, in Portland, Maine. Her and her husband then moved to Chicago, where she joined a large private practice group. Dr. Hinz worked in Chicago for 6 years, gaining invaluable clinical experience, and then moved back home to Montana in 2021. She loves being back home with their 4-year-old son, 2 crazy dogs, and many family members just a short drive away!
    1.0 CE Credit

    Dr. Hinz will discuss when it is appropriate to send and how to interpret urinalysis and urine cultures and MCC values and what first-line antibiotic options are for purulent and non-purulent cellulitis.

  • 9:00am - 10:00am

    AAPA Advocacy and Outreach

    Shannon Morey, JD
    1.0 CE Credit

    TBD

  • 10:30am - 11:30am

    Compounding: Customizing Medications for Unmet Needs

    Jennifer Handsaker, PharmD
    1.0 CE Credit

    Describe the difference between compounding and traditional retail pharmacy, define "low dose naltrexone" and how it may be useful in some patient populations, identify active pharmaceuticals used in transdermal pain management.

  • 11:30am - 12:30pm

    Update from NCCPA: Focus on PANRE Alternative

    Alicia Quella is the Director of PA Relations at the NCCPA. She has served as a PA educator and has practiced in emergency medicine and primary care. She has served as an epidemiologist during the COVID-19 pandemic and has published research on the PA workforce, global health and issues affecting diversity in PA program admissions. Alicia earned her Masters of PA Studies degree and her doctoral degree in epidemiology from the University of Iowa.
    1.0 CE Credit

    NCCPA will provide detailed information on the recertification exams, the PANRE-LA and the traditional PANRE exam. We will also provide a brief review the CAQ program and the 3 new CAQs available for Certified PAs. In addition, we will describe the various ways PAs contribute to the work of NCCPA, how we communicate with PAs and the public and other resources available to PAs.
    Learning Objectives:
    • Describe the options available for recertification: the PANRE and PANRE LA exams
    • Describe the new CAQs available for Certified PAs
    • Describe the ways PAs contribute to the work of NCCPA
    • Recognize the many ways NCCPA communicates with PAs and other resources available

  • 2:00pm - 3:00pm

    The Psychological Treatment of Chronic Pain: What You Should Know

    Megan Hunsaker, Ph.D. is a licensed Psychologist who specializes in working with chronic pain, chronic illness, insomnia, and anxiety. I work from a cognitive behavioral background and have specialized training in cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia and chronic pain. She believes in working collaboratively with clients and tailoring interventions to best fit the clients needs and personal goals.
    1.0 CE Credit

    Dr. Hunsaker will describe psychology's role and evidence-based therapies for the psychological treatment of pain and provide short interventions that any staff member can provide.

  • 3:00pm - 4:00pm

    MSK Ultrasound: Basics and Injection Guidance

    Kelsey Hoffman, D.O., is a Board-Certified Family Medicine Physician with a Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine. I completed my medical school training at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2015. I came to Montana for residency, completing my three year family medicine training in Billings with the Montana Family Medicine Residency. I then completed a year of primary care sports medicine fellowship with the same program in 2019. I often ultrasound for diagnosis as well as guidance of musculoskeletal procedures. I have extensive experience with musculoskeletal injections, such as intra-articular injections of the hip, knee and shoulder as well as carpal tunnel and trigger finger injections. In addition to this, I use my osteopathic training to offer manipulations as another treatment option for my patients. My current role has me in a primary care clinic, covering St. Peter's Orthopedic urgent care a few days a month, allowing me to maintain my orthopedic training with plans to transition fully to orthopedics in 2024.
    1.0 CE Credit

    Dr. Hoffman will discuss the basics of MSK ultrasound, identify basic structures, and will provide tips to help with MSK injections.

  • 4:30pm - 5:30pm

    Topic TBD

    TBD
    1.0 CE Credit

    TBD

Saturday, April 15, 2023

  • 8:00am - 9:00am

    Topic TBD

    TBD
    1.0 CE Credit

    TBD

  • 9:00am - 10:00am

    Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in 2023

    Michale T. Gallagher, M.D., is an Anaconda native and a graduate of Anaconda High School where he was a multi-sport athlete and scholar. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Carroll College in 1986 and went to medical school at the University Of Chicago Pritzker School Of Medicine. He completed his orthopedic training at the University of Missouri in Kansas City in 1995. Dr. Gallagher completed an Orthopedic Trauma Fellowship at the Medical College of Virginia in 1996 and is one of few fellowship-trained orthopedic trauma surgeons in Montana.
    1.0 CE Credit

    Dr. Gallagher will present and provide practical applications of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) as well as show case discussions and results of NPWT.

  • 10:30am - 11:30am

    Topic TBD

    TBD
    1.0 CE Credit

    TBD

  • 11:30am - 12:30pm

    First-line Antidepressants in Primary Care

    Stacey Pascoe, PharmD, obtained her bachelor’s degree at Montana State University in Civil Engineering. After practicing as an engineer for four years, she attended pharmacy school at the University of Montana, where she completed her PharmD. Following pharmacy school she began work at the Montana State Hospital, where she was employed for 5 years and gained the experience required to become Board Certified in Psychiatric Pharmacy (BCPP). Dr. Pascoe is licensed as a Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner (CPP) and currently works at Bozeman Health in the Behavioral Health and Geriatric Departments as a clinical pharmacist.
    1.0 CE Credit

    Dr. Pascoe will discuss the effect and adverse reactions of common psychotropic medications.

Exhibit & Sponsor

We are happy to announce the 2023 MTAPA Annual Meeting and CME Conference will be held in the beautiful city of Bozeman, at the Hilton Garden Inn. The dates are Thursday, April 13, through Saturday, April 15.  Exhibitors are invited to set up Wednesday morning between 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. 

Payment online with a credit card is preferred, if you need an invoice or have questions, please email becky@mmaoffice.org or call at (406) 558-2752.

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Exhibitor Table & 1 Representative

Exhibitors will receive the following package:

  • 3x6 Skirted Table
  • 1 Representative
  • Company recognition in the printed program
  • Verbal recognition during the conference
  • Meals and breaks with conference attendees
$825.00

Additional Representative

For Exhibitors who would like to send more than one company representative. 

$150.00

Non-Exhibiting Sponsorship

Thank you for your interest in being a Non-Exhibiting Sponsor of the 2023 MTAPA Annual Conference. Sponsorship includes recognition of your company in our printed program and verbal recognition during our meeting. 

$500.00

Dinner Sponsor

This opportunity is only available to 1 company! Being THE dinner sponsor comes with:

  • 3x6 Skirted Exhibit Table - During the entire conference
  • 4 Representative Tickets
  • Company recognition in the printed program
  • Verbal recognition during the conference and dinner
  • Meals and breaks with conference attendees

Dinner will be Thursday, April 13, beginning at 5:30 p.m.

This is a Non-CME opportunity. 

If you have questions, please contact Becky@mmaoffice.org

$5,000.00

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