Annual Meeting curricular tracks offer participants a chance to explore timely topics in the areas of practice in which they are most interested. Curricular track programming begins on Monday and lasts through Wednesday of the meeting. For a complete schedule of Annual Meeting events (October 16–20, Austin, Texas), visit www.accp.com/am.

Curricular Track 1—Pain Management: Current Controversies in Ambulatory Care. This track will explore pain management controversies within the ambulatory care setting. Session 1 will look at therapeutic dilemmas in pain, specifically acetaminophen dosing recommendations, managing pain in older adults, and the use of topical pain treatments. Session 2 will examine challenging scenarios in pain management, focusing on substance misuse and the patient/practitioner relationship. The track will conclude with session 3, which will offer insights into traditionally misunderstood populations such as patients dealing with fibromyalgia and depression.

Curricular Track 2—Clinical Controversies in the Management of Obese Patients. Curricular Track 2 will open with an examination of the use of bariatric surgery and optimizing pharmacologic outcomes for the bariatric surgical patient. Day 2 will explore the topic of chemo and coagulation in the obese. On day 3, faculty will address the antimicrobial dosing challenges within the obese.

Curricular Track 3—Experiential Education: Maximizing the Practice-Based Experience. Updates to the ACPE accreditation standards is the topic of discussion in session 1 of this curricular track. Faculty will address these updates and the ways in which they will affect both clerkships and the practice setting. Session 2 is available for elective credit toward the Academy Clinical Practice Advancement Certificate Program and the Academy Teaching and Learning Certificate Program (see www.accp.com/academy for details). This session will examine the benefits of the advanced clerkship for students and sites within the hospital, community, and specialty care settings. The track will conclude by evaluating the quality of IPPE and APPE clerkships, including assessing outcomes, rigor, and function in experiential education.

Curricular Track 4—The FDA Safety Sentinel Initiative. Curricular Track 4 will open with discussions about the current state of drug safety surveillance in the United States. Tuesday, faculty will address the expectations of the safety sentinel system from the manufacturer’s and clinician’s perspectives and will provide an update about the progress the FDA has made toward the sentinel initiative. Reviewing the future of drug safety in the United States is the focus of Wednesday’s session. This session will look at how to build a safety sentential system and the practical considerations to address during its development.

For complete curricular track agendas, including speakers and learning objectives, visit the Web site at www.accp.com/am. Online meeting registration ends October 1.