Participate and Collaborate. These two words are the bedrock of the APA Learning Labs, a series of hands-on, interactive, roundtable sessions that are returning to the APA Annual Meeting for a second consecutive year.
The sessions will be held in two locations: Learning Lab I is in Room 20D, and Learning Lab II is in Room 20BC in the San Diego Convention Center. Both will be situated close to APA’s Education Center.
The following Learning Lab events will debut at the 2017 Annual Meeting:
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Medical History Mystery Theater: In this interactive session reminiscent of the television series “House,” audience members will work with experts to determine a person’s mystery condition and make a successful diagnosis. Monday, May 22, 8 a.m.-11 a.m., Learning Lab II.
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Innovation and Design Thinking in Mental Health Care: Attendees will discuss how using design concepts when creating patient resources, such as apps, might improve patient engagement and outcomes. Tuesday, May 23, 8 a.m.-11 a.m., Learning Lab I.
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Treatment Lab: To treat or not to treat a patient? After introducing hypothetical cases, a panel of experts will debate whether clinical treatment is warranted. Audience members will decide who has made the more compelling case. Tuesday, May 23, 2 p.m.-5 p.m., Learning Lab I.
Other returning Learning Lab workshops will include the following:
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Early Career Boot Camp: Psychiatrists will learn and practice important leadership skills such as networking, self-advocacy, and work-life balance. This year’s meeting will split the boot camp into sessions dedicated to clinical residents/fellows and academic psychiatrists.
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A Leadership Boot Camp for Residents and Fellows: Saturday, May 20, 8 a.m.-11 a.m., Learning Lab I.
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A Leadership Boot Camp for Early-Career Academic Psychiatrists: Monday, May 22, 8 a.m.-11 a.m., Learning Lab I.
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Expert Debates: The audience will divide into two groups and work with a panel of experts to weigh the facts surrounding current topics of relevance.
Should I Be Using Genetic Testing to Guide Prescribing? (Monday, May 22, 1:30 p.m.-3 p.m., Learning Lab II.)
Can Gut Microbes Affect Mental Illness? (Monday, May 22, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m,. Learning Lab II).
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Mock Deposition: Attendees will learn risk management principles to use when facing a deposition. Monday, May 22, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Learning Lab I (
more information).
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Focus Live! These sessions, moderated by the editors of APA’s Focus: The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry will give participants the opportunity to earn self-assessment continuing medical education credits using their mobile devices to answer board-type questions. This year’s topics will be neuropsychiatry and depression.
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Focus Live! Neuropsychiatry: Tuesday, May 23, 1:30 p.m.-3 p.m., Learning Lab II.
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Focus Live! Depression: Tuesday, May 23, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m., Learning Lab I. ■
More information about the APA Learning Lab sessions can be accessed
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