Western US Region - 2008 Conference Information
Dates: Oct 22 - Oct 23, 2008
Pre-Conference - Oct 21, 2008
Venue: Double Tree
Location: Portland, OR
Book your room at the Doubletree Hotel - Lloyd Center
Public Transit - MAX
Light Rail
Ways to Participate
- Be an instructor at one of our half day workshops
- Facilitate a Show & Tell session (Facility members only)
- Offer an educational session presentation
Benefits of Participation
- Registration fee is waived for a presenter if the educational
session presentation is submitted before September 5, 2008 (Facility
members only and only for one presenter per session)
- This is an excellent opportunity for professional and personal
growth
- Enhance your presentation skills before a friendly audience
of your peers
- Teaching is rewarding and beneficial to all involved
- Chance to share information and receive feedback
- Make contact with industry counterparts
Show & Tell
Representatives from different hospitals can give brief presentations
that demonstrate their achievements and innovative solutions. Show
& Tell sessions are designed to be short, informative sessions in
the peer group meetings where “users teach users.” (Note that Commercial
members may not offer Show & Tell presentations.)
Each Show & Tell session is specific to a particular module and
should be about 15 to 20 minutes in duration. It can be as simple
as a quick online demonstration, a handout of a unique report, a
straightforward PowerPoint show, or just a speech that explains
a helpful tip or trick. A Show & Tell presentation can be interactive
with the audience and it should generate good discussion.
Deadlines
- If you submit your presentation by September 5, 2008 and it
is accepted, your conference registration fee is waived. (This
offer is available to Facility members only and for only one presenter
per session; Show & Tell presentations are not eligible)
- If you register by October 1, 2008, the conference registration
fee is $200.
- If you register or submit your presentation after October 1,
2008, your conference registration fee is $250. (Facility members
only; Show & Tell presentations are not eligible)
 Western
US Region Keynote Speaker
Andrew Schechtman, M.D., FAAFP
Working in a War Zone: A Year in Liberia with Médecins Sans
Frontières/Doctors without Borders
Andrew Schechtman, a family physician from San Jose, volunteered
with Medecins sans Frontieres/Doctors without Borders (MSF) for
more than a year during the height of Liberia's fourteen year civil
war. After working in a 90-bed hospital in a remote part of the
country, Dr. Schechtman became the only doctor for 50,000 people
forced to leave their villages and move to refugee camps. As the
war flared, Dr. Schechtman and his team relocated to the capital
city, Monrovia, just ahead of the rebel advance. They set up an
emergency hospital to manage war injuries and the growing spread
of cholera, measles, and malnutrition. Dr. Schechtman will discuss
his work with MSF/Doctors without Borders in Liberia and the plight
of civilian populations living in a country at war.
 Dr.
Schechtman earned his medical degree from UCLA in 1993, completed
residency training in family medicine in Martinez, California and
studied tropical medicine at Tulane University's School of Public
Health and Tropical Medicine. Dr. Schechtman currently serves on
the faculty of the San Jose – O'Connor Hospital Family Medicine
Residency Program and is an Adjunct Clinical Instructor with Stanford
University School of Medicine. Dr. Schechtman also has an interest
in the medical application of handheld computers. He founded MeisterMed
in 2001 - a company that develops and publishes medical references
for handheld computers and, most recently, launched ICDMeister Online,
a web-based ICD-9 coding tool designed for doctors.
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