Join ASPEN's Practice and Specialty Sections for their Community Forums at ASPEN18! Each year, ASPEN's Sections host one-of-a-kind meetings to explore the special interests of their group and to provide invaluable learning and networking opportunities. We invite you to participate in one or more of the Community Forums scheduled during this year's conference.
International Clinical Ethics Section (I.C. Ethics)
Tuesday, January 23 | 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Please join the leaders of the I.C. Ethics Section to discuss new and upcoming initiatives for the group and to network with your colleagues from around the globe.
Lunch will be provided.
Neonatal Section (NEW!)
Tuesday, January 23 | 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Join the brand new Neonatal Section of ASPEN for our inaugural event! The Section meeting will be an informal session with discussion topics and invited abstract presenters. The Section will use this time to encourage open discussion, networking, learning, and will gather information about areas of focus for this group in the year ahead. Sabrina Bierman will also be recognized as the New Practitioner Award winner.
Lunch is generously provided by Mead Johnson and will be served from 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM. The Neonatal Section Community Forum will kick off at 12:45 PM immediately following lunch.
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Dietetics Practice Section
Tuesday, January 23 | 5:45 PM - 7:00 PM
Join us for a night of learning with CE credit available for dietitians. The presentation, Factors affecting the metabolic rate of the critically ill, mechanically vented patients: Implication for predicting the rate, will be followed by a discussion led by our panel of experts.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- To put the ASPEN prediction standards for energy expenditure in context with other prediction methods.
- To describe energy expenditure in the critically ill at the extremes of age and body mass index.
- To describe the effects of sedation and feeding on energy expenditure in the critically ill patient.
FACULTY & TOPICS
SPEAKER: David Frankenfield, MS, RD, Manager/Nutrition Support Dietitian, Department of Clinical Nutrition, Penn State Hershey Medical Center
DISCUSSION PANEL: Jessica Englebrecht, RD; Sarah Peterson, MS, RD, CNSC; Jennifer Wooley, MS, RD, CNSC
MODERATOR: Brett Baney, MS, RD
LEARNING LEVEL: Intermediate
CE CREDIT: 1 hour
Nutrition Support Nurses Practice Section
Tuesday, January 23 | 5:45 PM - 7:00 PM
The Section will come together at the Community Forum for a short update on Nursing Section activities and engagement with the ASPEN community to include presentations by nurses at the meeting, leadership changes, and opportunities for involvement. This will be followed by roundtable discussions regarding member roles in nutrition support, advantages to membership and certification, support from experienced members for abstract preparation and other scholarly activities involving the ASPEN Nutrition Science & Practice Conference as well as other venues, initiatives that need member support and contributions of expertise, and suggestions for outreach efforts to recruit new members.
Dinner will be provided.
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Pharmacy Practice Section
Tuesday, January 23 | 5:45 PM - 7:00 PM
The Pharmacy Practice Section will honor pharmacists who have received recognition by ASPEN during the ASPEN 2018 Nutrition Science & Practice Conference and update the membership on various nutrition pharmacy initiatives and ongoing specialization certification. Our new practitioner awardee, Whitney Holmes, will be presenting on her nutrition research. Please join us for this informational and networking forum.
Medical Practice Section
Tuesday, January 23 | 5:45 PM - 7:45 PM
Join physicians for a unique Medical Practice Section. Drs. Steve McClave and Molly McMahon will lead a panel of national and international physician leaders discussing hot topics. Topics will include pushing protein, fecal transplant during critical care, nutritional risk: is it a valid concept? and hospital-based PN controversies. We will discuss a Board-approved strategy to increase physician engagement in ASPEN. Time for networking will be included.
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Pediatric Intestinal Failure Section
Wednesday, January 24 | 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Join the leaders of the Pediatric Intestinal Failure Section to discuss new and upcoming initiatives and review progress of the various working groups. This will also be a great time to network with your colleagues and peers in this specialty.
Lunch will be provided.
Student Section (NEW!)
Wednesday, January 24 | 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Join ASPEN’s Student Leaders for their inaugural Student Section Community Forum! The Student Section program will focus on launching and advertising the new Student Section as well as developing ideas and goals for 2018. There will be an introduction to the Section Leadership followed by round-table discussions to allow for brainstorming, networking, and planning for 2018, and recognition of our New Practitioner Award winner, Zil Patel. Members of ASPEN’s New Practitioners’ Working Group will be in attendance to help facilitate the roundtable discussions.
Lunch will be provided.
International Clinical Nutrition Section
Wednesday, January 24 | 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Our annual event will highlight award winners, focus on progress and planning for Section initiatives such as the Clinical Nutrition Metrology Survey, PN Pharmacists Initiative, Section communications, and educational priorities for the year ahead. We look forward to the contributions of international attendees to help inform the work of the Section.
Lunch will be provided.
Critical Care Section
Wednesday, January 24 | 5:45 PM - 7:00 PM
Join the Critical Care Section for a discussion of some top critical care articles, review of the survey results of Section members' critical care practices, and an expert panel with review of difficult cases with member input.
Dinner will be provided.
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Drug Nutrient Interaction Section
Wednesday, January 24 | 5:45 PM - 7:00 PM
Our program, the Nutrition Support Feud, is an educational tool to collect information on trends in practice, improve understanding, and correct errors. The program combines these elements in a game show format, and derives its answers from a survey that was distributed amongst targeted health care professionals. Two teams of contestants, attempt to guess at which answers to the surveys were the most common.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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Upon conclusion, the participant will know the indications for early parenteral nutrition in critical care
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The participant will be familiar with the criteria for determining parenteral nutrition compatibility
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The participant will be familiar with signs and symptoms of pediatric nutrition deficiencies
FACULTY
Kathy Gura, PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN
Lillian Harvey-Banchik, MD, CNSC, FACS, FASPEN
Mark Klang, MS, RPh, BCNSP, PhD
LEARNING LEVEL:
Intermediate
UAN: J0002345-0000-18-056-H04-P
CE CREDIT:
1 hour
Home and Alternate Site Care Section
Wednesday, January 24 | 5:45 PM - 7:00 PM
Join ASPEN’s Home Care and Alternate Site Section for their presentation "Home Nutrition Support Believe It or Not! True Stories from Social Media" and time for networking with colleagues.
Ibero-Latin American Section (ILAS)
Wednesday, January 24 | 5:45 PM - 7:00 PM
ILAS invites all Latin American and South American attendees to join them for their annual meeting at ASPEN18. Come out, network, and learn alongside your international peers.
Pediatric Section
Wednesday, January 24 | 5:45 PM - 7:00 PM
Join the Pediatric Section for a round table session around the topic of lipids in pediatrics. The Section will explore getting lipids on the formulary, dispensing lipids, and different patient populations it benefits and why. There will also be a brief presentation on the Canadian experience with specific lipids in pediatrics.
A Celebration of Research: Research Section Meeting and ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation Reception
Wednesday, January 24 | 5:45 PM - 7:00 PM
Join us for a gathering to celebrate advances in nutrition support research, grant and research award recipients, Foundation donors and to promote collaboration and mentoring opportunities. Jointly hosted by ASPEN’s Research Section and the ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation.