13th Mayo Coagulation Conference (Bleeding and Thrombosing Diseases: 2008 Mayo Update)

Location: Kahler Grand Hotel, Rochester, Minnesota, MN
Date: Wednesday August 13 2008 - Friday August 15 2008

Presented by:

  • Mayo Clinic Division of Hematology and Internal Medicine; and the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Division of Hematopathology
  • Mayo Medical Laboratories

Description

This 13th Mayo coagulation conference will provide reviews and updates about laboratory and clinical aspects of bleeding and thrombosing disorders. Didactic presentations will be supplemented with panel discussions and case presentations. Adequate time will be allocated for questions. New features for 2008 include: 1) Four Breakfast-with-the-Experts interactive educational sessions (repeated Thursday and Friday mornings); 2) Conference length extended from 2 to 2.5 days, adjourning Friday noon.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the conference participants should be able to:

  • Describe mechanisms and control of hemostasis
  • Assess common disorders of hemostasis that lead to bleeding or thrombosis
  • Recognize rarer disorders of hemostasis
  • Explain laboratory evaluation of bleeding or thrombosing diatheses
  • Interpret screening and more complex tests of hemostasis
  • Evaluate antibody-mediated prothrombotic disorders such as heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, or lupus anticoagulant and antiphospholipid syndrome
  • Discuss prevention or treatment of bleeding and thrombosis
  • Summarize principles of oral anticoagulant therapy and monitoring

Attendance at this Mayo course does not indicate nor guarantee competence or proficiency in the performance of any procedures which may be discussed or taught in this course.

Intended audience

This program is designed for clinicians, pathologists, scientists, and laboratory technologists whose practices include bleeding and thrombosing diseases.

Date and Location

The Bleeding and Thrombosing Diseases conference will be held August 13-15, 2008 (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday). Course headquarters will be located in Heritage Hall on the lower level of The Kahler Grand Hotel, 20 Second Avenue SW, Rochester, Minnesota. Meeting facilities are easily accessible by skyway and pedestrian subway, which connect to shops, theaters, restaurants, and hotels.

Credit

The College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians, and designates this educational activity for a maximum of 16.5 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Mayo Medical Laboratories is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the Clinical Laboratory Sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program. This program has been approved for 16.5 P.A.C.E. contact hours. Level of instruction for this program is intermediate.

Mayo Medical Laboratories is approved as a Continuing Education Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science for State of California and State of Florida credit. The level of instruction for this program is intermediate. This program has been approved for 16.5 contact hours.

Educational Grants

This course is supported, in part, by educational grants from coagulation-related diagnostics and therapeutics corporations, in accordance with ACCME Standards.

At the time the site was posted , a complete listing of commercial supporters was not available. Appropriate acknowledgment will be given to all supporters at the time of the meeting.