Educational Sessions Covering Today’s Most Pressing Topics in Internal Medicine

Check out these #ACOI2022 Session Spotlights 

#ACOI2022 is a hybrid conference. We will be offering a live in-person convention with a virtual component for those who can’t get away but are still looking for outstanding CME.  Ask any past attendee and they will tell you that a hallmark of the Annual Conventions has always been a consistent emphasis on quality.  

Check out some of these session highlights below: 

Unconscious Bias: Implicit Bias  
Speaker: Kellee L. Randle, DO, FACOI  
In this session participants will learn how to: 

• Define and understand the causes of implicit bias 
• Discuss the influence of stereotypes on implicit bias 
• Explore the real world and health care implications of implicit bias 
• Define and explore the terms belonging, breaking, bridging, and othering 
• Explore how bias leads to health care disparities 
• Discuss ways to address implicit bias and health care disparities 

Pandemic Vaccine Guidance: What's the Latest?  
Speaker: Liam R. Sullivan, DO  
In this session participants will learn how to:               

• Discuss the current CDC COVID-19 vaccine recommendations. 
• Review the most up to date available real-world effectiveness & safety data on real-world use of SARS CoV-2 vaccines. 
• Discuss current/future SARS CoV-2 vaccine formulation and potential future vaccine approaches.    

ICU vs Non-ICU: Considering the Level of Care Decisions Through Common Clinical Scenarios  
Speaker: John R. Dahdah, DO  
In this session, you'll learn how to: 

• Consider advantages and limitations of ICU and NON-ICU settings in common clinical scenarios 
• Approach level of care decisions from a shared decision-making perspective among providers 
• Ensure patients and families understand motivations for level of care decisions 

Oxygen Therapy in Lung Disease   
Mary R. Suchyta, DO, FACOI 
In this session, you'll learn how to: 

• Understand the data backing oxygen therapy in chronic lung disease. 
• Understand the basics of home oxygen therapy. 
• Understand the uses for portable versus stationary oxygen concentrators.                 

Ethical Dilemmas in End-of-Life Care  
Speaker: Karen J. Nichols, DO, MS, MACOI  
In this session, you'll learn how to: 

• Understand why caring for patients at end of life is so difficult. 
• List two reasons that complicate the resolution of the medically futile situation. 
• Describe the ethical difference of the end result of choosing to withhold versus withdraw treatment.      

Visit the convention website to learn more.