General Information

Course Schedule
Registration
Venue
Transportation and Visitor Information
Hotels
Refund Policy
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
NCCPA

Course Schedule
The 23rd Annual Certification & Recertification Review Course for Physician Assistants will be held Monday, July 29 - Thursday, August 1, 2019. The course schedule will be posted once individual speakers have been confirmed. 

Daily schedule
7:30 am                Registration (first day only)
8:00 am                Morning sessions
10:00 am              Break
10:10 am              Morning sessions cont’d
12:00 pm              Lunch on your own
1:30 pm                Afternoon sessions
3:30 pm                Break
3:40 pm                Afternoon sessions cont’d
5:30 pm                Adjourn*

*Thursday session will end at 1:00 pm to allow participants time for travel.

Sessions are expected to include review of the following topics: 12-lead EKG review, anemia, angina and acute myocardial infarction, cardiovascular risk factors, common dermatoses, common ophthalmologic emergencies, diabetes mellitus, emergency medicine, endocrinology, GI , hepatobiliary disease, hypertension, lymphatic and blood-based cancers, nephrology, neurology, obstructive and restrictive lung diseases, oncology, orthopedics, otolaryngology, pediatrics, psychiatry, respiratory tract infections, rheumatology, urology, valvular heart disease, women’s health.

Registration
See our online registration form. If you do not wish to register online, please complete our registration form and fax, email, or mail the form (contact information is provided on the form). 

Venue
Oregon Health & Science University
Robertson Collaborative Life Sciences Building, Room 2S060
2730 SW Moody Ave.
Portland, OR 97201

Transportation and Visitor Information
Portland, Oregon can be reached via plane, train or automobile, and boasts an easy-to-use, economical public transit system.
TriMet Public Transportation
Portland Oregon Visitors Association

Hotels
There are many lodging and housing options close to OHSU. Some may offer OHSU discounted rates, so please ask for the most up-to-date rate when checking on availability or making your reservation. OHSU provides this hotel list as a resource, but does not have experience with the quality of services available at these lodgings.

Refund Policy
We will accept cancellations until July 19, 2019. All cancellation requests must be in writing in order to process your refund. No refunds will be given for cancellations received after July 19, 2019. Cancellations received by July 19, 2019 will receive a refund, subject to a 25% processing fee, and will take 2 to 3 weeks to process depending upon original method of payment. Should you wish to substitute a colleague, simply fax or e-mail notification of his or her name and contact information by July 19 so that we may prepare registration materials. 

Continuing Medical Education (CME)

This program is not yet approved for CME credit. Conference organizers have requested 27 hours of AAPA Category I CME credit from the Physician Assistant Review Panel. Total number of approved credits yet to be determined.

NCCPA
Please contact the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants directly if you have questions about certification or recertification. To locate a testing center in your area, click here. (Information provided for your convenience; OHSU does not endorse these centers.)