VCU Health CE Continuing Education

VCU Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team through November 2025.

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Our professional development programs provide continuing education credits applicable to physicians, pharmacists, nurses, advanced practice providers, and others. Select an activity below to see further program details.

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Date	Event	Description
January 28 - January 30, 2020	USP <797> Sterile Compounding and Aseptic Processing Training Program and USP <800> Training for Proper Handling of Hazardous Drugs Register Details	Hands-on, situation-based training opportunity applicable to all pharmacies that produce compounded sterile preparations (CSPs).
February 7, 2020	Advances in Obstetrics and Gynecology Register Details	The program has been designed for obstetrician-gynecologists, Ob/Gyn nurse practitioners, family practitioners and primary care providers in clinical practice in Virginia and nearby states. This one-day program will provide an intense update on caring for women and families affected by addiction, an update on HPV and cancer prevention, bone health, fibroid management, maternal death in the ancient past, ultrasound tips, what the ob/gyn should know about bariatric services, physical therapy and rectus diastasis, geriatric care, and bringing life to death: an end of life doula’s approach.
February 8, 2020	Heart Health in Women Symposium Register Details	The Heart Health in Women 2020 Conference will be a half-day educational conference for health care professionals focused on promoting comprehensive understanding of heart disease in women. Topics will include risk factors, prevention, clinical presentation, treatments and outcomes of cardiovascular disease in women, highlighting areas where women have unique disease features and outcomes. The target audience will include physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, technologists, and pharmacist. The ultimate goal of the conference is to improve the cardiac care for women in Central Virginia through education and awareness
February 8 - February 9, 2020	Essentials of Clinical Ultrasound Register Details	This workshop exposes learners to the application of ultrasound for the rapid assessment of the critically ill patient. Guided by experienced faculty, hands-on sessions focus on pearls and pitfalls of image acquisition and interpretation, and basics of ultrasound-guided procedures.
February 21, 2020	43rd Annual Bunts-Hackler Lecture - 2020 Register Details	This years theme is 2020: State of the Art Urology. Invited speakers will include experts from multiple different specialties in urology including prostate cancer and imaging, urinary reconstruction, advanced stone surgery, and complicated robotic surgery for benign and malignant conditions.
February 22, 2020	Fourteenth Annual Virginia Heart & Vascular Institute Symposium (VHVI Symposium) Register Details	The target audience for this CME activity is physicians, who specialize in family and internal medicine, as well has allied health professionals including physician assistants, nurse practitioners and nurses) seeking clinical evidence-based practices.
February 29, 2020	2020 Emswiller Interprofessional Symposium Register Details	Join us for the Eighth Annual Emswiller InterprofessionalSymposium: Building Team Skills for Collaborative Practice.The Jewell and Carl F. Emswiller Jr. Interprofessional Symposium is anannual event that provides a forum for participants who have the powerto improve health and wellness for individual patients, communities,and populations through innovation in interprofessional practice.
March 10, 2020	2020 Odyssey Conference: Educating the Acute and Critical Care Nurse Register Details	The Odyssey Conference is designed to meet the learning needs of nurses involved in the care of acute and critically ill patients, empowering them to be "Unstoppable" in their endeavors to provide optimal care to patients and families. Key areas of focus for this event will include self-care and resiliency for nurses, sepsis treatment, innovative approaches to the management of Parkinson’s disease, and exploration of alternative options for pain management.
March 20, 2020	21st Annual Rao R. Ivatury Trauma Symposium Register Details	The 21st Annual Rao R. Ivatury Trauma Symposium: Trauma Care- Critical Decisions, Optimal Outcomes is a multidisciplinary conference designed to inform attendees about current challenges in trauma care throughout the continuum and about current concepts and strategies for the resuscitation of critically ill patients across a range of environments, from critical care access hospitals in rural communities to advanced tertiary care centers in urban areas.
March 21, 2020	7th Annual Clinical Challenges in Pediatric Primary Care Register Details	This course is designed for physicians and other health care professionals who provide primary care to children and adolescents. The focus for 2019 is pediatric allergy/immunology and asthma, including an update from the RVA Childhood Asthma Collaborative and the VA Chapter, AAP.
March 27, 2020	2020 Stepping Stones to Excellence in Wound Care Register Details	This conference serves to provide nurses, advanced practice providers, allied health, and other members of the healthcare team with the necessary strategies in wound care to enhance their practice.
April 18, 2020	2020 VCU Advanced Practice Provider Pharmacology Symposium Register Details	The symposium targets Advanced Practice Providers, including Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Nurse Anesthetists, Nurse Midwives and Physician Assistants from throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. Topics include the management and treatment of conditions such as immunotherapies, pharmacology in psychiatry, dermatology, chronic kidney disease, contraceptives, novel oral anticoagulants, and use of opioids.
April 25, 2020	The 24th Annual Virginia Liver Symposium & Update in Gastroenterology Register Details	The program is designed for primary care and sub-specialty physicians, and advanced practice providers who treat patients with gastrointestinal and liver disorders.
April 27, 2020	Essentials of Clinical Ultrasound Register Details	This course offers a unique hands-on experience that exposes learners to the fundamentals of ultrasound for the rapid assessment of the critically ill patient. By the end of this course, you should have the ability to use bedside ultrasound on undifferentiated patients in a variety of settings.
May 5 - May 7, 2020	USP <797> Sterile Compounding and Aseptic Processing Training Program and USP <800> Training for Proper Handling of Hazardous Drugs Register Details	Hands-on, situation-based training opportunity applicable to all pharmacies that produce compounded sterile preparations (CSPs).
May 13, 2020	2020 Breastfeeding Conference Details	Save the Date - Registration Opening Soon Sign-up to be notified when registration opens.
May 15, 2020	2020 VCU Comprehensive Stroke Symposium: The Heart Beat of Stroke Details	Save the Date - Registration Opening Soon Click here to sign-up to be notified when registration opens.
June 6, 2020	Practical Endocrine Topics for Primary Care Details	Save the Date - Registration Opening Soon Click here to sign-up to be notified when registration opens.
June 25 - June 28, 2020	The Health of Women 2020 Register Details	The Health of Women 2020 is designed for to the learning needs of primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, physician assistants and other healthcare professionals focused on women’s health in family practice, internal medicine, and obstetrics and gynecology.
July 17 - July 19, 2020	42nd Annual Pediatric Primary Care Conference - Pediatrics at the Beach Register Details	Join us in Virginia Beach for three half-days of innovative content on urgent care, primary care and developmental pediatrics with small group sessions that provide opportunities for interactive learning through case analysis and in-depth discussion. Network with your peers and catch up with old friends at the evening reception and Annual Pediatric Gathering on Friday evening.
October 6 - October 8, 2020	USP <797> Sterile Compounding and Aseptic Processing Training Program and USP <800> Training for Proper Handling of Hazardous Drugs Register Details	Hands-on, situation-based training opportunity applicable to all pharmacies that produce compounded sterile preparations (CSPs).
October 24, 2020	2020 Sports Medicine Essentials Register Details	Join us on our new date on October 24, 2020 for an information packed one-day course covering all of the sports medicine essentials you need to know about. This course will help you learn to identify the most common sports medicine injuries you'll see in your exam rooms, as well as their proper treatment plans, and when you need to refer for surgical intervention