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Alaska Psychiatric Association CME Meeting



April 4 - 6, 2025

The Hotel Alyeska
Girdwood, Alaska

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AGENDA

Friday, April 4, 2025

Time

Event

Speaker

7:00 - 8:30 am Registration and Breakfast
8:30 -10:00 am Substance Use Disorders, Evaluation and Treatment Arwen Podesta, MD

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Lifestyle interventions for Mental Health


Arwen Podesta, MD

1:30 - 3:00 pm


School Shooters: Troubled Teens or Cold Blooded Killers?

Phillip Resnick, MD


3:30 - 5:00 pm

Addressing Gun Violence: Strategies for Psychiatrists

Phillip Resnick, MD

5:00 - 6:00 pm

Cocktail Hour

 
 

6:00 - 7:00 pm

Dinner



7:30 - 9:00 pm

Movie & Discussion


 



Saturday, April 5, 2025

Time

Event

Speaker

7:00 - 8:30 am Registration and Breakfast
8:30 -10:00 am Physician Wellbeing, Crisis and System Change Richard Summers, MD

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Change is the Goal of Psychodynamic Therapy


Richard Summers, MD

1:30 - 3:00 pm


Psychopharmacology of the Medically Ill

James Levenson, MD


3:30 - 5:00 pm

Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders Case Presentations

James Levenson, MD

5:00 - 6:00 pm

Cocktail Hour

6:00 - 7:00 pm

Dinner on your own



7:30 - 9:00 pm

Movie & Discussion




Sunday, April 6 2025

Time

Event

Speaker

7:00 - 8:30 am Registration and Breakfast
8:30 -10:00 am Being Mindful of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in Daily Psychiatric Practice Jacqueline Hobbs, MD, PhD

1:30 - 3:00 pm


Perinatal Mental Health: Practice Tips and Resources for Advancing Quality and Reducing Risk

Jacqueline Hobbs, MD, PhD


This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements of the Washington State Medical Association through the joint providership of Providence Health & Services Alaska and Alaska Psychiatric Association. Providence Health & Services Alaska is accredited by the WSMA to provide continuing medical education. Providence Health & Services Alaska designates this Live activity for a maximum of 15.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure of Commercial Support
Providence Health & Services Alaska received commercial support from the following:
Abbvie Pharmaceuticals