Preventive Medicine 2010 — Washington, DC

About Preventive Medicine 2010
February 17-20, 2010
Crystal City, VA

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Preventive Medicine 2010, the annual meeting of the American College of Preventive Medicine, is the premier event for professionals in disease prevention and health promotion. The meeting advances the science of preventive medicine through state-of-the-art educational programming and abundant networking opportunities.

Preventive Medicine 2010 will include exciting sessions in Clinical Preventive/Lifestyle Medicine, Public Health Practice, Prevention Policy and Career Development within its three conference tracks. In addition Preventive Medicine 2010 will be held in conjunction with Medical Quality 2010, the annual meeting of the American College of Medical Quality and will include sessions on quality.

Conference Objectives:

Acquire the information and skills necessary to convey issues and evidence-based recommendations in population health and prevention policy.
Describe innovative approaches to public health issues and advances in public health programs.
Understand current recommendations for assessing health risks and delivering effective, evidence based clinical preventive services to individuals and populations.
Describe career options and pathways in both the public sector and private sector, and explain the challenges and opportunities present in changing jobs and career focus throughout the professional lifetime of a preventive medicine physician.
Describe the value brought to the emerging 21^st-century health care system from innovative and effective “best practices” in interprofessional, interdisciplinary and community-based strategic partnerships focused on the teaching, research and practice of prevention.

Meeting Tracks

Preventive Medicine 2010 will be featuring state-of-the-art educational sessions and skill building institutes within three conference tracks:

Clinical Preventive/Lifestyle Medicine: This track covers a wide range of topics in evidence-based clinical prevention, including health promotion, early clinical detection and case-finding, counseling and risk factor modification, and intervention.
Public Health Practice: This track encompasses innovations in population-based approaches to preventing and controlling disease. Sessions on this track aim to emphasize issues of public health significance.
Prevention Policy: This track seeks to provide participants with an understanding of important and emerging national policy issues of concern to preventive medicine professionals, and to improve participants’ effectiveness in addressing policy issues of concern in their own communities.
Career Development Sub-Track: The Career Development Sub-Track provides medical students, residents, and recent graduates the opportunity to learn about the breadth of career opportunities offered in preventive medicine, occupational medicine, and public health. Two conference sessions focus on gathering panelists from both the public and private sectors into an open discussion with those looking to understand the variety of career possibilities preventive medicine provides. In addition, this track will facilitate an informal evening social networking event allowing potential employers and recruiters to meet those looking for job opportunities.

Who should attend?

ACPM members, physicians, federal and local government employees, corporate medical directors, nurses, residents, medical students, health plan managers, preventive medicine faculty, and other decision makers from professional physician associations and the public health field.

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Sponsors

AHRQ

Funding for this conference was made possible [in part] by grant 1R13 HS018867-01 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.