Urgent Care Symposium – San Antonio, TX

Make the Most of San Antonio

The Hilton Garden Inn puts you downtown on the River Walk, steps from the Alamo. Class wraps at 12:30, and warm October afternoons belong to the river.

Highlights:

• Riverside patios, boat cruises, and the prettiest evening walk in Texas along the River Walk.
• The Alamo, Texas history in the heart of downtown, an easy stroll from the hotel.
• Tex-Mex and margaritas at Market Square, and the Pearl District’s food scene.

Tip: Bring the family; a River Walk boat cruise is the easiest way to see downtown after class.

Registration Options

Concierge Package – $2,149 (Early Bird Pricing – expires July 6, 2027; $2,299 after)

Your all-inclusive conference experience includes:

• Full live conference registration + 44 CME credits (20 AAPA Category 1 credits from the conference + 24 AAPA Category 1 credits from two bonus courses)
• 4 nights at the Hilton Garden Inn San Antonio Downtown Riverwalk (hotel included)
• Printed slide book included ($70 value)
• Two FREE bonus CME courses: LifeBlood Series (14 credit hours) + Pharmacology Self-Assessment (10 credit hours) ($1,200 value)
• We handle your hotel booking: just show up ready to learn and relax!

Flights are not included in this package.

Live In-Person Course – $849 (Early Bird Pricing – expires July 6, 2027; $949 after)

Join John Bielinski, PA-C, for a 4-day, high-energy Urgent Care Symposium on the San Antonio River Walk. Earn 20 AAPA Category 1 CME credits while mastering high-yield, real-world urgent care and emergency medicine content.

Attendees book their own accommodations. You’ll receive bonus digital course materials through iCME4Life, plus post-conference recordings for continued review.

Hotel booking link coming soon.

Live Webinar – $649 (Early Bird Pricing – expires July 6, 2027; $699 after)

Can’t make it to San Antonio? Join the live, interactive webinar from home or the office. Earn 20 AAPA Category 1 CME credits while engaging directly with John through real-time teaching, Q&A, and clinical discussion. You’ll receive digital course materials and post-conference recordings.

Printed Slide Book – $70 (Deadline for preorder is September 20, 2027)

Full-color printed slide book with all course visuals, notes, and key review points. Note: Slide books are for in-person attendees only and are handed out at the conference. Webinar registrants receive a PDF copy by email.

Course Outline

Day 1 & 2

How to Not Get Burned

• Understand the balance between “patient” and “customer”
• Integrate effective communication skills for enhanced bedside interactions
• Evaluate cognitive errors and common bias traps
• Medical malpractice defense pearls
• Documentation and discharge instruction best practices

How to Not Burn Out

• “Remember your essay”: reconnecting to your purpose in medicine
• Finding honesty in limitations and flaws
• Balancing faith vs. fear in the practice of medicine

Abdominal Pain

• Apply a systematic approach based on AFP guidelines
• Avoid common pitfalls in abdominal pain assessment
• Identify high-risk scenarios and differential diagnoses

Chest Pain

• Differentiate causes of chest pain
• Identify infectious causes and apply AHA/ACC guideline-based management
• Calculate the HEART Score and determine when to escalate care

Dyspnea

• Diagnose the top five diseases associated with dyspnea
• Recognize CHF early and manage using AHA/ACC guidelines
• Manage asthma according to Global Initiative for Asthma standards

Rashes

• Review self-limiting vs. serious rashes
• Evaluate fungal, viral, and bacterial skin conditions
• Discuss treatment strategies for urgent care

Addiction: ETOH & Opiates

• Evaluate patients presenting with withdrawal symptoms
• Identify addiction patterns and urgent care interventions
• Stabilization medications and protocols

Eyes

• Review anatomy, physiology, and vision evaluation
• Manage corneal abrasions, conjunctivitis, and eyelid lesions
• Identify vision-threatening injuries and appropriate referrals

ENT

• Diagnose and treat ear and canal pathologies
• Manage otitis media, hearing loss, and foreign bodies
• Treat anterior and posterior epistaxis
• Evaluate pharyngitis presentations

Day 3 & 4

Emotional Intelligence: AMA & Speed

• Enhance APP communication
• Optimize bedside manner and patient engagement
• Improve team dynamics across nurses and consultants

GU: UTI and Pyelonephritis

• Evaluate dysuria and UTI cases
• Diagnose and treat STDs with urgent care protocols

OB/GYN

• Evaluate pregnancy and first-trimester complications
• Identify and manage ectopic pregnancy

Headache

• Identify life-threatening headaches (SAH, meningitis, temporal arteritis)
• Manage common headaches (cluster, migraine, tension)
• Review urgent care treatment strategies

Ortho

• Review radiographic patterns of urgent care injuries
• Head-to-toe review of common fractures
• Splinting, stabilization, and pain management essentials

Wound Care

• Assess wounds for nerve, tendon, and vascular involvement
• Review closure techniques (tape, adhesive, sutures, staples)
• Manage complicated wounds (bites, stellate, crush injuries)

Infectious Disease

• Review common infections in urgent care medicine
• Improve efficiency in clinical evaluation
• Select appropriate empiric antimicrobials

If unforeseen circumstances occur, CME4Life reserves the right to postpone or cancel any course. CME4Life will refund the registration fee but will not be held responsible for any related expenses incurred by participants. Participants may cancel up to 30 days prior to the event for a full refund.