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ISHIB2006
ISHIB is proud to celebrate 20 years of service to the health community in our founding city of Atlanta, Georgia. ISHIB2006 will bring together the world's key opinion leaders in ethnic minority health to explore the metabolic syndrome and its cardiovascular risk burdens on ethnic populations. ISHIB2006 promises a wide range of programming offering scientific co-chairs who have assembled a multidisciplinary planning committee.
Topics Covered:
Current Trends of Metabolic Syndrome
Hypertension & Metabolic Syndrome
Treatment Standards for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction
Prevention of Metabolic Syndrome Components
Health Communications on Metabolic Syndrome
ISHIB2006 Conference Co-Chairs:
James R. Gavin, III, MD, PhD
Emory University School of Medicine
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Shawna D. Nesbitt, MD, MS
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
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Plenary Sessions
Plenary sessions will explore the cardiovascular risk factors of the metabolic syndrome and their individual and collective impact on the health care of ethnic minority populations. They will be conducted in a lecture and panel format during which, presenters will address ethnic differences, analyze recent clinical trial data, and discuss the global burden of the metabolic syndrome. The sessions will evaluate the evolving, sometimes controversial, concepts such as true contributors and outcomes, prevalence and treatment, and components and pathophysiology. Specific topics include: Diabetes and Its Risk Factors: A True Outcome of the Metabolic Syndrome; Hypertension as a Manifestation of the Metabolic Syndrome; and Lipid Abnormalities with Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease.
Workshops
Workshops will address all topics covered in plenary sessions in an interactive, peer-directed, topic specific format.
Supported Symposia
Supported symposia will address a variety of topics in 90 to 180-minute meal sessions featuring panel and lecture formats.
Conference Objectives
AT THE COMPLETION OF ISHIB2006 PROGRAMMING, PARTICIPANTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
- Review the current trends of metabolic syndrome factors in ethnic populations;
- Evaluate the relationship between hypertension and metabolic syndrome;
- Assess the current treatment standards for cardiovascular risk;
- Identify strategies for the prevention of metabolic syndrome risk factors; and
- Design strategies to educate non-health professionals on the metabolic syndrome.
Target Audience
Typical attendees include health care providers and advocates concerned with the quality of care and treatment of ethnic patients.
- Medical Researchers
- Public Health Professionals
- Physicians
- Medical Students
- Physician Assistants
- Social Workers
- Nurses
- Pharmaceutical Researchers and Professionals
- Pharmacists
- Federal and State Health Professionals
- Dietitians and Nutritionists
Conference Promotion Packet >>
Attached here is information for easy downloading that will assist you in helping ISHIB promote its 20th Anniversary 2006 Conference to your members and students and to your peers in affiliated medical and scientific associations and pharmacological organizations. There is a easy look at the programs, quick facts about the conference as well as four ads of various sizes that you may use in your journals, newspapers, magazines and newsletters. (Attachment is a PDF document: 8.53MB)
Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the American Society of Hypertension, Inc. and ISHIB. The American Society of Hypertension, Inc. is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation
The American Society of Hypertension, Inc. (ASH) designates this educational activity for a maximum of 28 hours AMA Physician’s Recognition Award in category 1 credit(s). Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CE CREDITS FOR NURSES, DIETITIANS, AND OTHER HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS requiring continuing education credits will be provided by ISHIB. ISHIB has been reviewed and approved as an authorized provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and uses the criteria and guidelines designated by that organization as the basis for granting continuing education units (CEUs). Participants who successfully complete this activity can receive up to 2.9 CEUs.
CE CREDITS FOR PHARMACISTS will be provided by the National Pharmaceutical Association.
Disclosure Policy
ASH, Inc. strives to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its educational activities. All presenters in such activities are expected to disclose to the program audience any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest that may have a direct bearing on the subject matter of the session in which they are participating. This pertains to relationships, in place at the time of the activity or in the twelve (12) months preceding the activity, with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or other corporations whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the presentation topic. Speakers are also expected to openly disclose any off-label, experimental, or investigational use of drugs or devices in their presentations.
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