Frontiers in Psychoneuroimmunology: Emotions, the Immune System and Performance

COURSE INFO

Course Description

Objectives

Needs Assessment

Target Audience

Accreditation

Faculty

Faculty Disclosure

Course Agenda

Registration

Location

Accommodations

Frontiers in Psychoneuroimmunology: Emotions, the Immune System and Performance

September 17 – 19, 2009

Saddlebrook Resort
Tampa, FL

Provided by the University of South Florida College of Nursing
Center for Psychoneuroimmunology:

Course Description

Sometimes you have to be in an optimal performance state even though you don’t feel like it. Athletes know this. So do health care providers, and others who have to make critical decisions under demanding circumstances. But your immune system and emotions may be working against you. Any inflammation, whether part of an allergy, an infection, or associated with injury can give rise to pro-inflammatory cytokines. These chemicals can derail your mood, your reaction time, and your motivation to push on. This second annual symposium will bring together some of the nation’s leading experts to discuss the impact emotions and the immune system have upon performance whether it’s a sports arena, hospital, or war zone. Attendees will gain a better understanding of the cause of sub-optimal performance as well as potential solutions, at this three day program that will include both theory and practical exercises.

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the symposium participant will be able to:

Understand how stressful memories of traumatic events can impact the immune system and performance.
Describe how self-destructive emotions can be triggered by the injury and the immune system.
Understand how shift-work and crossing time zones can impact the immune system and performance.

Target Audience

Nurses, Physicians, Psychologists, Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Athletes, Sports Trainers and any person interested in the in the impact of emotions and the immune system upon performance.

Accreditation

Physicians: USF Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

USF Health designates this educational activity for a maximum of 11 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses: The University of South Florida is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This activity is for 11.00 contact hours.

Psychologists: The University of South Florida College of Medicine is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. The University of South Florida College of Medicine is offering this activity for up to 11.00 hours of continuing education credit. The University of South Florida College of Medicine maintains responsibility for the program.

Florida Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Mental Health Counselors: The The University of South Florida College of Public Health is an approved provider (BAP#433 – Exp. 3/31/09) of continuing education credits for clinical social work, marriage and family therapy, and mental health counseling. This program has been reviewed and approved for up to 13, 50-minute contact hours.

Course Agenda

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
Pre Conference (Optional)
Secrets To Optimal Performance Through Meditation: Optimizing performance requires that you maintain balance as you learn to overcome fatigue and stay sharp. Learn about the secrets of movement, meditation, and martial arts in a result oriented meditation-training seminar. The techniques learned may be used at home, in the workplace or on the playing field. Susan Taylor
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM	Registration
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM	Lecture and practicum
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Conference Welcome Reception Provided by Nursing Spectrum Continuing Education Nursing Spectrum is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This activity is for 5.5 contact hours.
MAIN CONFERENCE
5:00 PM – 7: 00 PM	Registration for main conference opens WELCOME RECEPTION for all registrants and guest
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
Main Conference
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM	Registration
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM	Welcome
8:30 AM – 9:20 AM	The Immunology of Inflammation Monika Fleshner
9:20 AM – 10:10 AM	Cytokines, Mental Fatigue, and Motivation: It's All In Your Head Keith Kelley
10:10 AM – 10:30 AM	Break
10:30 AM – 11:20 AM	Exercise and Stress Resilience Monika Fleshner
11:20 AM – 12:10 PM	Exercise Training Reduces Inflammatory Biomarkers in Women with Coronary Disease Theresa Beckie
12:10 PM – 12:30 PM	General Discussion
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM	Lunch On Your Own
1:30 PM – 2:20 PM	Sleep, Biological Rhythms, Immunity, and Performance Teodor Postolache
2:20 PM – 3:10 PM	Enhancing Performance by Appropriate Focus and Synchronized Response Lydia Temoshok
3:10 PM – 3:30 PM	Break
3:30 PM – 4:20 PM	Jet Lag, Shift Work and Performance: Successful Coping Strategies Teodor Postolache
4:20 PM – 4:40 PM	General Discussion
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM	Registration
8:30 AM – 9:20 AM	Emotions and Performance Nick Hall
9:20 AM – 10:10 AM	Stress Injury and Performance: Lessons from the Battlefield Charles Figley
10:10 AM – 10:30 AM	Break
10:30 AM – 11:20 AM	Performance of Police Officers in Stressful Virtual Reality Scenarios Maureen Groer
11:20 AM – 12:10 PM	Creating Health in a Hospital: A New Idea Dick Tibbits
12:10 PM – 12:30 PM	General Discussion
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM	Lunch On Your Own
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM	Cross-Stress Training at the Executive Challenge Course
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Conference Banquet

Faculty


Course Faculty

Theresa M. Beckie, PhD, FAHA Professor, University of South Florida College of Nursing Tampa, FL	Keith W. Kelley, Ph.D. Professor of Immunophysiology Integrative Immunology and Behavior Program University of Illinois Champaign, Illinois

Charles R. Figley, Ph.D. The Paul Henry Kurzweg, MD Distinguished Chair in Disaster Mental Health Professor, Graduate School of Social Work Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana	Teodor Postolache, MD Associate Professor of Psychiatry Director, Mood and Anxiety Program University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, MD

Monika Fleshner, PhD Professor Department of Integrative Physiology Center for Neuroscience University of Colorado Boulder, CO	Susan Taylor, PhD Director of Educational Programs Center for Meditation Science Honesdale, PA

Maureen Groer, RN, PhD, FAAN Director for the Center for Women's Health Research Professor, University of South Florida College of Nursing Tampa, FL	Lydia Temoshok, PhD Director of Behavioral Medicine Program Institute of Human Virology Professor of Medicine University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, MD

Nick Hall, PhD Professor and Director of the Center for Psychoneuroimmunology College of Nursing, University of South Florida Tampa, FL	Dick Tibbits, D.Min Chief Learning Officer Vice President for Spirituality and Health Florida Hospital Orlando, FL

Registration

Fee Schedule

Pre Conference $159

Main Conference
Early Bird (on or before 8/17/2009)                  $250
Regular (after 8/17/2009)                                $350
Conference Banquet Guest Fee                          $50

Cancellation Policy
All refunds are subject to $100.00 processing fee. There will be no refunds after September 1, 2009

Online registration is now closed. On site registrations will be accepted. For your convenience, please download and complete the registration form below and bring it with you on the day of the event in order to expedite the registration process.

DOWNLOADABLE BROCHURE (PDF)

Location

Saddlebrook Resort
5700 Saddlebrook Way
Wesley Chapel, Florida 33543
800-729-8383
www.saddlebrook.com

Saddlebrook Resort in Tampa Florida, just 30 miles north of Tampa International airport, offers an ideal and award winning resort setting with luxury accommodations and facilities for corporate events, meetings and conferences, spa getaways, family reunions, kids camp, and Florida golf and tennis vacations.

Facilities include year round golf at one of their two Arnold Palmer Signature Courses, 45 tennis courts in every grand slam surface, a European Style Spa, and four premier dining and restaurant options. As a world renowned professional training center in both tennis and golf, guests can train at the Arnold Palmer Golf Academy and tennis enthusiasts can join the ranks of such superstars as James Blake and Marty Fish who call Saddlebrook Resort their preferred training center.

Conference registrants will receive the special group rate of $95 per night plus applicable sales taxes. Reservations received after Wednesday, August 19, 2009 will be accepted on a space available basis. Reservations may be made by telephone at 800-729-8383 Ext. 4401 or the direct line at 813-907-4401. Reservations may also be made by email at resv@saddlebrook.com or fax at 813-973-4504. When making reservations, please use the group code, PNI.

Transportation

Saddlebrook is located one mile east of I-75 at exit 279, 30 miles north of Tampa International Airport. If arriving by air, a dedicated, non-stop transportation to and from Tampa International Airport by Premier Limousine, an independent contractor, is available for the cost of $40.00 one way. Reservations are required. Call 813-907-4455.

Accommodations

Accommodations for Disabilities: Please notify the CPE Office, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC Box 60, Tampa, Florida, 33612 or call (813) 974-4296 a minimum of ten working days in advance of the event if a reasonable accommodation for a disability is needed. Events, activities and facilities of the University of South Florida are available without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, disability, age, or Vietnam veteran status as provided by law and in accordance with the University's respect for personal dignity.