Spotlight: Primary Care
Overview
Overview
We are excited to have you attend “Spotlight: Primary Care”, a new and improved Primary Care focused CME event occurring at the ONE Center in beautiful Downtown Greenville. Join the Prisma Health – Upstate Department of Family Medicine for a unique and transformative CME experience geared towards primary care physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners in the specialties of Family Medicine, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. This is a live activity with opportunities for didactic learning, workshops, and connecting with other providers from across the region. Our focus is to foster inquiry and learning through an engaging combination of lectures, panel discussions, small groups, and case-based learning.
This event will focus on 3 distinct themes: Wellness and Stress, The Future of Primary Care, and Chronic Disease Management
Mix and match, or choose to focus on 1 track throughout the conference, and then triple the CME you earn by watching the rest of the content online afterwards! Two hours of CME credit on prescribing controlled substances to meet your SC licensing requirements is also available.
Meals and snacks are included in the registration fee, as well as online access to all recorded lectures.
Exhibitor Information
If you are interested in exhibiting, please fill out the exhibitor form here.
Target Audience
- Physicians
- Advanced Practice Providers
- Nurses
- Other interested individuals who can benefit from the content discussed
Learning Objectives
- Understanding the importance of wellness and stress as is applies to patient care and preventing physician burnout.
- Educate on the innovative and powerful role of primary care within the evolving healthcare system.
- Provide an updated review of common chronic diseases important to primary care providers.
Presentations
Friday Presentations
The Future of Family Medicine - Dr. Baxley.pdf
Gone with Syringe - Dr. Grubbs.pdf
Fad Diets - Strauss, RD.pdf
Don't Just Wait and See - Dr. Amati.pdf
Drug Updates for Diabetes Management - Dr. Robinson.pdf
Care of LGBTQ Adolescents and Adults - Dr. Amidon.pdf
Thinking Developmentally - Dr. Saul.pdf
Difficult Patients A Case Based Approach - Dr. S. Taylor.pdf
Family Immigration Status as a Social Determinant of Health - Dr. Linton.pdf
Peri-Procedural Anticoagulation Management - Dr. L. Taylor.pdf
Transitions of Care Pediatric to Adolescent and Adult - Dr. Hinton.pdf
Controlled Substance Workshop - Dr. Eichelberger.pdf
Controlled Substance Workshop - Dr. Hudson.pdf
Magdalene Clinic - Dr. Eichelberger.pdf
Saturday Presentations
Burnout My Personal Journey - Dr. Bailey-Dorton.pdf
Evidence-Based Fall Prevention - Dr. Theriot.pdf
Type 1 Diabetes Reflections from a Family - Dr. Beben.pdf
Value-Based Care and Population Health in Primary Care - Dr. Changamire.pdf
The Patient Centered Medical Neighborhood - Drs. Saccocio & Snow.pdf
Dementia and Care Giver Burnout - Dr. Davis.pdf
Teaching Medical Students in Your Office - Dr. Emerson.pdf
Dermatology for the Primary Care Physician - Dr. Byrd.pdf
Managment of ADHD - Dr. Zappitelli.pdf
Billing and Coding Transitions of Care - Dr. Smith.pdf
Additional Information
Program
Spotlight: Primary Care Conference - August 16-17, 2019 Greenville One Center | ||
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Friday, August 16, 2019 | ||
7:00 - 7:50 | Registration & Breakfast | |
7:50 - 8:00 | Welcome | |
8:00 - 9:00 | Keynote Session | The Future of Family Medicine - Libby Baxley, MD, Executive Vice President of the American Board of Family Medicine |
9:10 - 9:55 | Breakout Session | 1.) Gone with the Syringe? - Aaron Grubbs, MD 2.) Fad Diets - Claudia Strauss, RD |
9:55 - 10:10 | Break | |
10:15 - 11:00 | Breakout Session | 1.) Don’t Just Wait and See: The Role of Pediatric Developmental Screening - Blakely Amati, MD 2.) Drug Updates on Diabetes Management - Amy Robinson, PharmD |
11:05 - 11:50 | Breakout Session | 1.) Care of LGBTQ Adolescents and Adults - Joel Amidon, MD 2.) Thinking Developmentally: Nurturing Wellness in Childhood to Promote Lifelong Health - Dr. Robert Saul, MD |
11:55 - 12:55 | Lunch | |
1:00 - 1:45 | Breakout Session | 1.) Difficult Patients: A Case-Based Approach - Shannon Taylor, MD 2.) Family Immigration Status as a Social Determinant of Health - Julie Linton, MD |
1:50 - 2:35 | Breakout Session | 1.) Peri-Procedural Anticoagulation Management - Lee Taylor, MD 2.) Transitions of Care: Pediatric to Adolescent and Adult - Sarah Hinton, MD |
2:35 - 2:50 | Break | |
2:55 - 4:55 | General Session | Controlled Substance Workshop: The Opioid Epidemic and the Family - Kacey Eichelberger, MD & Jenny Hudson, MD |
Saturday, August 17, 2019 | ||
7:00 - 7:55 | Registration & Breakfast | |
7:55 - 8:00 | Welcome | |
8:00 - 9:00 | Keynote Session | Burnout: My Personal Journey - Bailey Dorton, MD |
9:10 - 9:55 | Breakout Session | 1.) Evidence-Based Falls Prevention - Laurie Theriot, MD 2.) Type 1 Diabetes: Reflections from a Family - Kati Beben, MD and son |
9:55 - 10:10 | Break | |
10:15 - 11:00 | Breakout Session | 1.) Value-Based Care and Population Health in Primary Care - Tich Changamire, MD 2.) A Primer on Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis - Day, MD |
11:05 - 11:50 | Breakout Session | 1.) The Patient Centered Medical Neighborhood - Saria Saccocio, MD & Jennifer Snow 2.) Dementia and Caregiver Burnout - Jim Davis, MD |
11:55 - 12:55 | Lunch | |
1:00 - 1:45 | Breakout Session | 1.) Teaching Medical Students in Your Office - John Emerson, MD 2.) Dermatology for the Primary Care Physician - Jeremy Byrd, MD |
1:50 - 2:35 | Breakout Session | 1.) Point-of-Care Ultrasound Workshop - ($50) 2.) Management of ADHD - Megan Zapitelli, MD 3.) Social Determinants of Health in South Carolina - Ann Lefebvre, MSW, CPHQ |
2:35 - 2:50 | Break | |
2:55 - 3:40 | Workshop | 1.) Point-of-Care Ultrasound Workshop - ($50) 2.) Billing and Coding: Transitions of Care - Rebecca Smith, MD |
3:45 - 4:30 | Breakout Session | 1.) Point-of-Care Ultrasound Workshop - ($50) 2.) Looking Ahead and Looking Back: 50 Years of Family Medicine - Mel Patterson, MD & Graham Lawrence, MD |
Venue

Please enter The ONE Center at the doors facing West Washington Street (just around the corner from the Aloft Greenville Hotel). Once inside, security will direct you to the second floor.
Hotel Information:
For attendees looking to stay overnight, a room block for the Spotlight Primary Care conference has been set up at the ALOFT Hotel in downtown Greenville at $169 a night.
ALOFT Hotel - Book a Room for Spotlight Primary Care
5 N Laurens St,
Greenville, SC 29601
Accreditation
Available Credit
- 13.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. - 13.00 Attendance
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Price
Registration Fees
The Spotlight Conference registration price includes both Friday and Saturday. All registration fees are paid through the site via debit or credit card and no refunds will be given after July 15, 2019.
For an additional cost, practicing physicians are welcome to participate in the Ultrasound workshop on Saturday morning.
For any questions regarding this information, please contact the CME staff at cme@ghs.org.
Thank you,
The CME Team
Early bird pricing ends May 15, 2019 at 5:00pm EST.
Spotlight Conference Registration | Early Bird | Standard |
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Physicians/Faculty | $475 | $525 |
APPs and Nurses | $325 | $350 |
Medical Students | - | $75 |
Ultrasound Workshop & Combo | Early Bird | Standard |
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Practicing Physicians | $525.00 | $575.00 |