GEORGIA MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION - The State Association for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care
2022 SUMMER SYMPOSIUM                                 AUGUST 5-7, 2022
SAVANNAH HYATT HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER
PROGRAM
THURSDAY, AUGUST 4
Pre-Conference Meetings (By Organization Invitation Only)
4pm - 7pm               Ethica Health Medical Director Meeting and Dinner
7:30pm - 9pm          Industry-Sponsored Dinner Presentation by:     AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
                                Advances in Potassium Binder Treatment
                                This program is not accredited for CME credit
4pm - 6pm               Early Registration and Check-in Open
4pm - 9pm               Exhibitor Set-up
                                Evening on the town and Riverfront
POSTER PRESENTATIONS SET UP DURING ENTIRE CONFERENCE  (1.0 hrs CME)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 5               6.0 hrs CME (3.0 hrs AM and 3.0 hrs PM)
8am - 5pm               Registration and Help Desk Open
7:15am - 8:30am     Industry-sponsored Breakfast Presentation by:     Urovant Pharmaceuticals
                                Advances in the Treatment of Overactive Bladder - Gemtesa
                                This program is not accredited for CME credit
7:30am - 8:45am     Exhibits Open
                                Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Room
8:45am - 9:00am     President's Welcome and Meeting/CME Announcements
9:00am - 10:00am   Keynote Address - Let's Reassess and Motivate
10:00am - 11:00am GHCA Update - Workforce Recruiting and Retention: How Can WE Help?
11:00am - 11:30am Break with Exhibitor-Colleagues
11:30am - 12:30pm SNF-ALF-PCH-PHC What is Appropriate Placement?
12:00pm - 12:30pm Buffet Open for Exhibitor-Colleagues
12:30pm - 2.00pm   Lunch Buffet in Exhibit Hall
2:00pm - 3:00pm     The ABCs of Diabetes Management in 2022
3:00pm - 4:00pm     Falls Management - Can A Provider Make a Difference?
4:00pm - 4:30pm     Coffee Break and Exhibit Visitation
4:30pm - 5:30pm     Parkinson's Disease - Unpacking the Disease Process and Med Management
6:15pm - 7:30pm     GMDA/GAPNA.OPTUM Exhibitor-Colleague Welcome Reception
7:30pm - 9:00pm     Industry-sponsored Dinner Presentation
                                This program is not accredited for CME credit 
 
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6                    3.0 hours CME
7:15am - 8:30am     Industry-sponsored Breakfast Presentation by Neurocrine Sciences
                                Recognizing Tardive Dyskinesia 
8:00am - 9:00am     Exhibits Open and Continental Breakfast
9:00am - 10:00am   Georgia Mental Health Advance Directives and the Ralston Mental Health
                                Legislation - Changing Clinical Decision-Making?
10:00am - 11:00am Update from AMDA - National Issues That We Need to Know
11:00am - 11:30am  Break with Exhibitor-Colleagues - GRAND PRIZE and Other Drawings at 11:20am
                                 Exhibit Hall Closes and Exhibitor Pack-Up
11:30am - 12:30pm POLST - What is the Latest? Resolving Provider Issues
12:30pm - 1:00pm   GMDA ANNUAL MEETING
                                Officer-board elections, Bylaws changes approval, Membership Categories Change
1:00pm                  Adjourn for the day
1:00pm - 2:30pm   Industry-sponsored Lunch Presentation
SUNDAY, AUGUST 7                      3.0 hours CME
8:30am - 9:00am   Continental Breakfast
9:00am - 11:00am  Unraveling Antibiotic Stewardship in LTC and Assuring Best Practices in
                               Infection Control
11;00am - 11:30am Coffee Break . Hotel Check-Out
11:30am - 12:30pm Taking Treatment in Place to New Levels to Benefit Our Patients
1:00pm                   Adjourn Until January 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia Tech Conference Center