78th Educational Program
and National Meeting
JULY 17– 21, 2016
THE PEABODY MEMPHIS
MEMPHIS, TN
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
78th Educational Program
and National Meeting
Memphis, Tennessee • Peabody Hotel • July 17–21, 2016
The AMT Meeting:
• is designed to update and expand the practi­tioner’s
knowledge in the medical laboratory and medical
assistant professions.
• provides an organized learning experience that augments the knowledge and skills of clinical lab and
medical assistant personnel.
• provides AMT members with an opportunity to participate in the business meeting of AMT.
• facilitates social and professional interaction.
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• 2017 AMT Convention •
Intercontinental Hotel
Kansas City, Missouri
July 9–13, 2017
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Continuing Education Credits
Meet your AMT CE Certificate of Compliance requirements for the year. More than 15 CE Credits can be
earned by attending educational, scientific and leadership sessions during this convention.
Credits earned at the AMT convention are accepted by
the State of Florida (CE Broker #50-2206) and State of
California (Provider #0061) for MT, MLT and RPT licensure renewal. (Please note that only laboratory-related
sessions are eligible for credit in Florida.)
First Timer Orientation
Monday, 7:00-8:15 am
This meeting can be an enrichment tool for you,
both personally and professionally. Whether your
focus is continuing education, professional networking, or other goals, you will learn from AMT
veterans what is available to you through AMT.
More importantly, you will gain specific insights into what
you can expect throughout the week and how to maximize that experience.
Stay informed by attending the seminars.
Of Special Note...
•Monday Opening Ceremony & Keynote
Address
•General Sessions Monday & Tuesday
• Monday Night Welcome Party
•Tuesday Night Awards Banquet
& ­Convocation
•NEW! Leadership Sessions Wednesday
•NEW! First-Time State Delegate Orientation
Tuesday
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
AMERICAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGISTS
10700 W. HIGGINS, SUITE 150
ROSEMONT, IL 60018
(847) 823.5169
FAX (847) 823.0458
E-MAIL: [email protected]
Schedule of Events
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
(Preliminary — please note that AMT reserves the right to
make changes in the program. AMT cannot be held liable for
failure to present any scheduled event.)
• Anti-Vaccination Movement
•Biosafety
•Brucella/Francisella
• Legionella, Salmonella, Enterovirus D-68, Norovirus
• Zika Virus
• Emerging Technology
MONDAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 4, 5, 6
Presented by speakers from the Tennessee Dept. of Health,
Division of Laboratory Services (Tennessee residents: Please note
that this is the same workshop that has been presented in various
Tennessee cities during 2015. Also, TN residents will earn 6.5
Contact Hours of CE credit for TN State Licensure Requirements.)
TUESDAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 6, 7
1:30-4:30 pm
WEDNESDAY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . Page 8
WORKSHOP C
■ Denotes Session/Course Number
EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS
SOCIAL EVENTS
WELCOME PARTY–Monday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 6
AWARDS BANQUET–Tuesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 7
HOTEL INFORMATION
RATES & INFORMATION &
HOTEL RESERVATION FORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 13
NEW MEMBERS & FIRST TIME ATTENDEES
INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside Front Cover
REGISTRATION FORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 15
Sunday, July 17
6:30 am-8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
7:30-10:00 am
Registration for Convention (only for those attending
Sunday workshops; all others, see Registration at
3:00 pm)
9:00 am-5:00 pm
AMT Board of Directors (with Continental Breakfast)
9:00 am-4:30 pm WORKSHOPS:
IF NOT REGISTERED FOR FULL PACKAGE, COST
OF ATTENDANCE FOR SUNDAY WORKSHOPS
ONLY IS $25.00.
CPR Training
This workshop will provide adult, child, and infant BLS CPR training
and renewal including 2015 updates. Upon completion, attendees
will receive a Healthcare Provider CPR renewal certification card at
an additional cost of $3.00 payable at the session
Speaker: Nicole Weiss, RMA, RPT, AHI, Regional Faculty-AHA;
San Joaquin Valley College, Clovis, CA; President of AMT California
State Society
1:30-4:30 pm
WORKSHOP D
Immunization Training for Medical Assistants
Speaker will:
•Describe epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases
(VPDs)
•Review best practice and distraction during immunization
administration
•Summarize ACIP immunization recommendations for infant,
children, and adults
•Use audience participation to discuss clinical immunization
cases and other scenarios encountered by clinicians
Speaker: Jennifer Burns, CPNP, University of Chicago Comer
Children’s Hospital
Sponsored by American Academy of Pediatrics Illinois Chapter
1:30-4:30 pm
WORKSHOP E
Active Learning: Engaging Students in the Classroom
This will be a hands-on workshop to learn about and practice
active learning techniques to engage students in the classroom and
improve student learning outcomes.
9:00 am-12:00 pm
Speaker: Julie Lavender, Ed.D, MS, RNC-MNN, Vice President of
Instructional Services, Kirtland Community College, Roscommon,
MI
WORKSHOP A
3:00-6:00 pm
CPR Training
This workshop will provide adult, child, and infant BLS CPR training
and renewal including 2015 updates. Upon completion, attendees
will receive a Healthcare Provider CPR renewal certification card at
an additional cost of $3.00 payable at the session
Speaker: Nicole Weiss, RMA, RPT, AHI, Regional Faculty-AHA;
San Joaquin Valley College, Clovis, CA; President of AMT California
State Society
12:00-1:30 pm
Lunch (on your own)
9:00 am-4:30 pm (with lunch on your own)
WORKSHOP B
Encore Presentation of 2015 LRN Workshop:
Outbreak Response
Topics will include:
•Ebola
•Chikungunya
Registration for Convention (open to all)
5:00-9:00 pm
AMT Council
Monday Opening Ceremony
8:30 am
• U.S. Military Color Guard will present the flag.
• Singing of U.S. National Anthem
• Welcome by Everett Bloodworth, MT, AMT
President
• Invocation
• Introduction of Keynote Speaker by
Christopher Damon, JD, AMT Executive Director
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Monday, July 18
6:30 am-8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
7:00-8:15 am
Orientation Session - New Members & First Time
Attendees & Students (includes Continental
Breakfast)
7:30 am-4:00 pm
Registration for Convention
7:30-7:45 am
Moderators Briefing
8:30-10:00 am
Opening Ceremony —
Welcome and Chet Dziekonski Memorial Keynote
Address
1601
Monday, July 18
9:00-10:00 am
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Laughter Is The Best Medicine
Anyone can use a dose of laughter.
After all, laughter is the best medicine.
Well, okay, maybe penicillin is better.
And aspirin is good, too. Come to
think of it, morphine’s got to make the
list. But laughter is still quite effective
at reducing stress, managing pain,
and boosting the immune system.
In the workplace, it can enhance
communication, aid creativity, and
improve productivity. In this keynote
address, The Healthy Humorist ®
will outline the benefits of laughter,
offer wellness advice, and leave you
laughing!
Speaker: Brad Nieder, MD, The Healthy Humorist®, often described
as Jerry Seinfeld or Ray Romano… with an “MD,” performs
standup comedy nationwide, and is the co-author of Humor Me
which features his popular poem of wellness advice.
10:00-10:30 am
Coffee Break
1602
Monday, July 18
10:30-11:30 am
GENERAL SESSION
Assessing Signs and Symptoms of Nutrient
Deficiencies: What is Your Body Trying to Tell You?
Throughout history, healthcare providers have used physical
observations to monitor and treat the health status of their patients.
Learning to understand signs and symptoms displayed on the
body will assist in realizing what seems normal could possibly be
a nutrient deficit. Learn to examine your patient’s tongue, skin, and
nails to pinpoint these possible deficiencies.
Speaker: Celeste Grande, MT(AMT), Master Nutrition Therapist,
CTA Certified Life Coach, Swedish Medical Center and Nutrition
Motive, Littleton, CO
11:30 am-1:00 pm
Lunch (on your own)
The scientific sessions have been planned to benefit all
disciplines. However, certain topics might be of particular
interest to specific disciplines. Please read the session
summary to determine suitability for your job functions.
■ Denotes Session/Course Number
1:00-2:00 pm
EDUCATIONAL & SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS/
COURSES 1603-1609
1603
Monday, July 18
1:00-2:00 pm
Case Studies in Coagulation and Red Cell Disorders
The objectives of this session: Audience will understand the
pathophysiology of coagulation disorders and red cell abnormalities.
Audience will correlate laboratory findings with the underlying
pathology through case study approach.
Speaker: Carlo Ledesma, MS, SH(ASCP)QLS, MT(AMT),
MT(ASCP), Rose State College, Midwest City, OK
1604
Monday, July 18
1:00-2:00 pm
Blood Management – PATIENTS PLEASE!
This presentation will explain the history of patient blood
management (PBM), describe PBM, some strategies that have
been implemented and why PBM is such an important initiative to
improve patient outcome and reduce unnecessary transfusions.
Speaker: Bridget Head, BS MT(ASCP), COA(ASQ), Transfusion
Services Utilization Review Specialist, Methodist HealthcareMemphis
1605
Monday, July 18
1:00-2:00 pm
Drugs of Abuse
Speaker: TBA
1606
Monday, July 18
1:00-2:00 pm
Drug Resistance in Gram-negative Organisms
Over the last two decades, the world has moved into the postantibiotic era with an increasing number of multidrug resistant
(MDR) bacterial infections. The CDC estimates two million people
are infected by antibiotic resistant pathogens which have seen a
steady increase in hospital and health care associated surveillance
studies. A subset of these pathogens, including Kiebsiella,
Neissaria gonorrhoeae, Pseudomonas aeruginoso, Acinetobacter
baumannii, and Escherichia coli, have proven exceptionally difficult
to treat using conventional antibiotics. Characteristics of gram
negative bacteria, for example, the outer membrane component
and expression of efflux pumps, provide intrinsic resistance while
extrinsic mechanisms can be obtained by horizontal gene transfer
or mutation to acquire new resistance mechanisms. The rapid
emergence of drug resistance, coupled with the dwindling supply
of new antibiotics against gram negative bacteria, have led to
infections becoming almost impossible to treat without the use of
potentially toxic drugs such as the polymyxins. The recent discovery
of resistance to even these antibiotics has brought alarming
concern over the current state of antibiotic discovery and the threat
of pan-drug resistant species. Strategies to identify new classes of
antibiotics are under development while further strategies aim to
repurpose existing compounds for use as antimicrobials.
Speaker: Dinesh M. Fernando, PhD, BSc. Hon, St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital, Memphis
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Monday, July 18
1607
Monday, July 18
1:00-2:00 pm
1612
Monday, July 18
2:15-3:15 pm
Allied Health Professionals Testifying as Trial
Witnesses
Clinical Genomics Testing – Cancer Markers and
Monitoring
Allied health professionals are increasingly being called upon to
testify as witnesses in civil and criminal trials. An effective witness
can protect the integrity of the health professional’s work product.
This presentation will provide a broad overview of clinical indications
and methodologies utilized by the molecular pathology and
genomics laboratories for clinical cancer diagnosis and monitoring.
Applications of next generation sequencing will be highlighted.
Speakers: Terry Cox, Esq., and Graham Cox, Esq., Cox Law Office,
Collierville, TN
1608
Monday, July 18
1:00-2:00 pm
Adult and Pediatric Immunization Case Studies
Using immunization case studies, participants will be able to
use ACIP recommendations. Also discussed will be distraction
techniques for patients and a review of best practice associated
with immunization handling and storage.
Speaker: Jennifer Burns, CPNP, University of Chicago Comer
Children’s Hospital
Speaker: Elizabeth Azzato, MD PhD, Director, Molecular Pathology,
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis
1613
Monday, July 18
2:15-3:15 pm
Molecular Diagnostics Basic Review
This session will present an introduction to molecular diagnostics in
the clinical laboratory.
Speaker: R. Brock Neil, PhD, Director of Microbiology and
Molecular Diagnostics, American Esoteric Laboratories, Memphis,
TN
Sponsored by American Academy of Pediatrics Illinois Chapter
1609
Monday, July 18
1:00-2:00 pm
The Arrival of Algorithms
1614
Monday, July 18
2:15-3:15 pm
Laboratory Cost Control in the Wake of Lower
Reimbursement
Pediatric Hematology
As the United States Health System pushes for reform, driven by a
need to render better ways of doing things, it is slowly addressing
many health systems in the weight of costly reform. The current
economic climate is littered with disparity between capital availability
and need. Lab leaders now, more than ever, have to give thought
to managing what capital they have and how decisions they make
will set the stage for the future of lab operations. Public pressure
has become the Affordable Care Act (ACA); to healthcare, this
means more regulation as well as more pressure to gain control
of capital and how best to allocate capital in the wake of reduced
reimbursement. This means that lab leaders must allocate scarce
resources, pay particular attention to decision-making tools, plan,
and work to optimize operations with less, while maintaining no loss
in quality and turn-around times. Strategic resource allocation and
cost control measures that are well organized and planned out can
be the difference between success and failure. Successful capital
allocation and cost control are critical to the lab operations; those
who best position themselves will best weather the economic
challenges facing the industry today and into the future.
This session will present Lymphoid neoplasms: 2008 WHO
classification and current updates.
Speaker: Nathan Krekula, MBA PhD (ABD), MT(AMT), Executive
Director of Laboratory Services, Health Enterprises, Newton, IA
Speaker: Vasiliki Leventaki, MD, Research Associate at St. Jude
Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Sponsored by Health Enterprises
Using algorithms as a laboratory tool can boost your current
portfolio of tests and enhance existing testing methods. Learn what
to look for when adding new technologies, how to avoid both overand underuse, how to find a balance between costs and benefits,
and what this all means for the future state of laboratory testing.
Speaker: Christopher Smith, EMBA, MLS(ASCPCM), Research
Laboratory Manager, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Memphis,
TN
2:15-3:15 pm
EDUCATIONAL & SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS/
COURSES 1610-1614
1610
1611
Monday, July 18
2:15-3:15 pm
Monday, July 18
2:15-3:15 pm
Blood Bank “Hide and Seek” Antibody Identification
Techniques
This presentation will cover basic to intermediate antibody detection
and identification methods.
Speaker: Lori T. Sweat, MT(ASCP)SBB, Manager, Blood Bank,
Dept. of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,
Memphis
1615
Monday, July 18
2:15-3:15 pm
Pre-Analytical Assessment: You Best Be Aware of its
Importance
Pre-Analytical is vital in every aspect of what we do as health
professionals. The pre-analytical stage requires accuracy in order
for providers to diagnose and treat patients thoroughly. This
presentation will highlight some of the common pre-analytical errors
seen and will offer solutions to eliminate these common errors.
Speaker: Jennifer Hawkins Randle, MSHA, BSMT(AMT),
CLC(AMT), Laboratory Supervisor for Shelby County Health Dept.,
Memphis, TN
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Monday, July 18
1616
Tuesday, July 19
6:30 am-8:30 am
Monday, July 18
Continental Breakfast
2:15-3:15 pm
Hot Topics for RMAs
7:30 am-8:30 am
This session will present three abbreviated talks with time for
questions and answers.
7:30 am-4:00 pm
• Navigating Career Challenges presented by Jan Sesser, RMA
• ICD 10 Implementation presented by Deborah Westervelt,
RMA, COLT
• Scope of Practice Review presented by Michael McCarty and
Kimberly Cheuvront, PhD
3:15-3:45 pm
Refreshment Break
1617
Monday, July 18
3:45-4:45 pm
GENERAL SESSION
The Classification, Diagnosis and Monitoring of
Diabetes
New Delegate Orientation with Breakfast
Registration for Convention
1618
Monday, July 18
5:15-6:15 pm
WALKING IN MEMPHIS!
AMERICAN KIDNEY FUND
CELEBRATION WALK
AMT members, leaders and partners will be “Walking in Memphis”
to fight kidney disease and live healthier lives! The American
Kidney Fund and AMT will team up and host a one mile walk.
Members in attendance can pledge these 2,000 steps in honor of
those with kidney disease and raise funds and awareness in their
local communities. Before the AMT Welcome Party, walk and celebrate all the funds raised and lives changed! For more information
about signing up as a walker, please contact Tracy Shaw at the
American Kidney Fund ([email protected]). More details to
come!
Monday, July 18 • 7:30 pm–10:00 pm
WELCOME PARTY
Enjoy light refreshments,
entertainment and
door prizes.
~ Casual attire ~
9:00-10:00 am
GENERAL SESSION
Emerging Infectious Diseases of the Twenty-First
Century
The sudden surge in Legionnaire’s Disease, the invasion of Zika
and Chikungunya viruses, and the northern advance of Chagas’
disease will be outlined. Norovirus, Cryptospodidium and other
dangerous foodborne outbreaks will be detailed along with other
newly emerging infectious diseases.
Speaker: Linda L. Williford Pifer, PhD, SM(ASCP), GS(ABB),
Professor of Clin. Lab. Sci., University of TN Health Science Center,
Memphis, TN
This session will review the classification of diabetes, discuss the
2016 American Diabetes Association criteria for the diagnosis of
diabetes 2, and evaluate self-monitoring of blood glucose.
Speaker: Kathy Kenwright, MS, MLS(ASCP)MG, Associate
Professor, University of TN Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
Tuesday, July 19
10:00-10:30 am
Coffee Break & Credentialing of Delegates
10:30 am-12:00 pm
Medical Assistant Student Challenge Bowl
Educational competition with pre-registered teams of Medical
Assistant students competing to answer questions in Administrative,
Clinical and General categories of Medical Assisting. All attendees
are welcome to view the competition. Medical Assistant attendees
can earn 1 CE credit.
10:30 am -11:30 am
EDUCATIONAL & SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS/
COURSES 1619-1624
1619
Tuesday, July 19
10:30-11:30 am
Evidence-Based Hematological Solutions Beyond the
Routine CBC
This session will discuss new hematology parameters including
Reticulocyte Hemoglobin Content and Immature Platelet Fraction
and will review some of the clinical evidence for each parameter and
discuss the impact the authors found in their studies.
Speaker: Robert Oleksy, BSN, RN, Clinical Specialist, Sysmex
America, Inc., Lincolnshire, IL
Sponsored by Sysmex America Inc.
1620
Tuesday, July 19
10:30-11:30 am
A Transfusion Reaction! What Do I Do Now?!
Blood transfusions are a critical component to patient care.
Although many checks and balances are put in place to ensure safe
blood transfusion, transfusion reactions do occur. This presentation
will discuss the various categories of transfusion reactions,
including signs and symptoms and treatments. It will also examine
how the blood bank and hospital services can partner to minimize
the occurrence of transfusion reactions.
Speaker: Judith Ann Sullivan, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB, CQA(ASQ),
Consultant, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
Sponsored by Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
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Tuesday, July 19
1621
Tuesday, July 19
10:30-11:30 am
1624
Tuesday, July 19
10:30-11:30 am
Biomarkers in Heart Failure and Acute Kidney Injury
Meeting Competence Standards – Lab Inspections
Attendees will gain a broader understanding of the incidence and
implications of acute kidney injury (AKI). They will also learn about
new biomarkers that can predict patient risk for AKI, which could
allow physicians to intervene and potentially avoid the morbidity
and mortality associated with the condition. Finally, attendees will
gain a broader understanding of heart failure biomarkers and their
advantages and limitations in heart failure patients being treated
with the new heart failure drug ENTRESTO™.
This session will deliver information regarding recent compliance
changes to Personnel Competency and provide expert guidance
and tools on how to more efficiently meet compliance.
Speaker: Robert A. Elverson, MMGT, BS MT(ASCP), Senior
Manager, Assay Market Development, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics,
Raritan, NJ
Speaker: Denise Driscoll, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB, Senior Director,
Laboratory Accreditation and Regulatory Affairs, College of
American Pathologists, Northfield, IL
Sponsored by College of American Pathologists
11:30 am-1:00 pm
Lunch (on your own)
Sponsored by Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
1622
11:30 am-1:00 pm
Tuesday, July 19
10:30-11:30 am
GI Disease (C. diff) in the Age of Antimicrobial
Stewardship
This presentation will discuss the impact of antimicrobial
stewardship programs on the incidence and management of C.
difficile disease.
Speakers: Kelley R. Lee, Pharm.D, BCPS, Clinical Pharmacy
Specialist-Antimicrobial Stewardship, Le Bonheur Children’s
Hospital, Memphis, TN; Chasity M. Shelton, PharmD, BCPS,
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Tennessee
Health Science Center/Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Memphis
1623
Tuesday, July 19
10:30-11:30 am
Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking
Just what is Critical Thinking? As healthcare professionals and
educators, we have heard a lot about Critical Thinking and its
importance to practice as well as teaching. This presentation
will help you determine the qualities, habits, and traits of critical
thinking in yourself and those you interact with. Improve your
success and your outlook through evaluation, open discussion
and demonstration of critical thinking techniques. Presentation
objectives:
•Identify the traits of critical thinkers.
•Relate how critical thinking affects behavior and practice.
AMTIE Board of Trustees
(Lunch will be available for purchase)
1:00-2:30 pm
AMT Committee Meetings
– Convention and Mentors Committee
– Future Planning/Membership Committee
– Nominating Committee
– Student Activities Committee
– Publications and Electronic Media Committee
– State and Federal Legislative Committees
– Scientific/Speakers Committee
2:30-4:30 pm
AMT Resolutions Presentation, Meet the Candidates
Candidates for the AMT Board of Directors and AMTIE Board of
Trustees will be presented to AMT members.
6:00-7:00 pm
Cocktails – Cash Bar
7:00-8:00 pm
Awards Banquet (Ticketed event)
(Cash bar opens at 6:00 pm)
8:00 pm Awards Convocation (Open to all)
•Apply critical thinking techniques.
Speaker: Kathryn A. Booth, RN-BSN, RMA(AMT), RPT(AMT),
CPhT, MS, Total Care Programming, Inc., Palm Coast, FL
Sun Record Studio
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Wednesday, July 20
6:30 am-8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
Wednesday, July 20
1:30-4:00 pm
6:30-8:00 am
LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
Armed Services Committee
Presented by Dr. Justin Lawhead, Associate Dean for Leadership
and Involvement, University of Memphis
(with Continental Breakfast)
7:30 am-12:00 noon
Registration for Convention
1627
7:30-8:00 am
Help Me Get Through This Meeting!
Credentialing of AMT Delegates
7:30 am-3:00 pm
Voting for AMTIE Board of Trustees
8:30-10:00 am
AMT District Leadership Forum
Attendance limited to State Society presidents or appointed
representative
Wednesday, July 20
9:00-11:30 am
Wednesday, July 20
1:30-2:30 pm
Whether you’re dealing with people on the phone or trying to
schedule a meeting across time zones, the simplest meeting can
become a challenge. Learn how to increase meeting effectiveness
by making the best use of everyone’s time before, during, and after
a meeting. This workshop will serve as an introduction to principles,
planning, strategy, and execution for leading an effective and
productive meeting. Stressing the importance of communication
and benefits of an organized meeting, this session will prepare you
with the skills to be a leader in a collective environment.
2:30-3:00 pm
Coffee Break & Credentialing of Delegates
LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
Presented by Dr. Justin Lawhead, Associate Dean for Leadership
and Involvement, University of Memphis
1625
Wednesday, July 20
9:00-10:00 am
It’s Not What You Know, but Who You Know
Basic building of strong relationships is part of every leader’s role,
not to mention a valuable personal asset. But not every person
who takes on a leadership position is naturally inclined to arrive
to build these imperative connections. If you’re looking to up your
outreach game but are coming up against many barriers, you’re
not alone. This workshop will help you identify your greatest
relationship-building barriers and strengths, grow your network
of strong connections, and communicate differences in opinion
diplomatically.
10:00-10:30 am
Coffee Break & Credentialing of Delegates
1626
Wednesday, July 20
10:30-11:30 am
1628
Wednesday, July 20
3:00-4:00 pm
Understanding Different Personality and
Communication Styles
An in-depth discussion about nonverbal communication and how
we communicate with our bodies more than we sometimes realize.
This discussion will be followed up by a personality profiler that
helps participants understand the different styles of communication,
their own style, and how they interact. The survey will be followed
up by a discussion about how understanding and recognizing other
people’s communication and working styles helps us all to work
together more smoothly while eliminating conflict and confusion.
7:00 pm
AMT Order of the Golden Microscope/
RMA Medallion of Merit Dinner
(by invitation only)
Reception and Dinner – To honor current and past recipients of the
OGM Award, AMT’s highest Medical Tech­nologist honor; and the
MOM Award, AMT’s highest Medical Assistant honor
Nonverbal Communication Impact on Leadership
This session explores nonverbal communication – from facial
expressions, eye contact, body movement, paralanguage (tone,
inflection, rate), our use of space, etc., and how they relate to the
feeling of closeness and positivity of other people. Participants
will learn what immediate behaviors are and how to exhibit those
behaviors to be positively perceived by others.
10:30 -12:00 pm
Editors’ Workshop
10:30 -12:00 pm
How to Make Your State Society the Best It Can Be
Presented by AMT Council
11:30 am-1:30 pm
Lunch (on your own)
Beale Street
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Thursday, July 21
6:30-8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
7:30 am-12:00 noon
Registration
8:30-10:00 am
AMT District Meetings (all District members should attend)
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Great Lakes District
Southern District
Western District
8:30-8:45 am
AMTIE Organizational Meeting
1:30-4:30 pm
AMT Annual Business Meeting
Everett Bloodworth, MT, President, presiding
1.Call to Order
2.Report of Credentialing Committee and Roll Call
3.Adoption of Agenda
4.Minutes of 2015 Annual Business Meeting
5.Resolutions
6.Bylaws Amendments
7.Nominating Committee Report
8.Election to the AMT Board of Directors
(Election process to begin by 3:00 pm)
9.Adjournment
AMTIE Annual Business Meeting
Credentialing of AMT Delegates
(immediately following the AMT Business Meeting adjournment)
AMTIE President Norma Durfee, MT, presiding
10:00 am-12:00 pm
4:30-5:00 pm
8:30-9:00 am
Town Hall Session – Opportunity for dialogue between AMT
members and the Board of Directors
10:00 am-12:00 pm
Annual Reports and Legislative Reports
12:00 noon-1:30 pm
AMT Board of Directors Organizational Meeting
8:00-10:00 pm
AMT President’s “Sweet Suite” Dessert
Reception
All AMT members & guests welcome
Lunch of Champions (ticketed event)
12:00-1:30 pm
Lunch (on your own)
(for those not attending Lunch of Champions)
Friday, July 22
9:00 am-5:00 pm
AMT Council
10:00-11:00 am
Optional Tour of St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital
Bus fee of $10. Sign up on convention registration form.
(See page 12 for more details.)
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TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
2016 AMT Educational Program and National Meeting
Memphis, TN
(July 12 – July 26 travel dates)
Travelex International, the preferred travel advisor to AMT, will arrange
all of your travel needs at the lowest cost.
Contact Ms. Lisa Gabel to arrange your travel:
Toll-free: 800-882-0499;
Tel: 847-519-4772;
Fax 847-882-1212
E-mail: [email protected]
Check us out online:
www.travelexinternational.com
Airline discounts are available on United Airlines and Delta Airlines. The discounts range from 2% to
10%, based on class of fare. For more information and to book airline tickets, you can call Travelex
International 800-882-0499. You can also book online, or call the airlines direct as follows:
United Airlines – phone Meetings Desk at 800-426-1122, or book online at united.com, provide the Z
Code ZWPT and Agreement Code 907596. Passengers outside the 50 U.S. states and Canada, book
online via united.com or email [email protected] and provide your preferred itinerary,
agreement code and Z code. Please allow 24 hours for response.
Delta Airlines – phone Meetings Desk at 800-328-1111, or book online at delta.com/meetings, provide
Meeting Code NMNF8. When booking online, select “Book Your Flight” and enter your Meeting Code
in the box provided.
The Jungle Room in Graceland Mansion
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Blues on Beale Street
Memphis Sightseeing
Ask at the Peabody Hotel concierge desk for more information on the following:
The Peabody itself is one of Memphis’ most popular attractions. The Peabody Ducks march to and from the
Grand Lobby daily at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. in a time-honored tradition dating back to 1933.
The Peabody Rooftop Parties are a popular attraction Thursday evenings in summer months. Live music and
food/beverage. Admission fee.
Beale Street is a national historical landmark and legendary as the birthplace of the blues. Today Beale Street
thrives as a center for entertainment, dining, shopping and culture. Nightclubs and restaurants draw thousands
from all over the world for tastes of local cuisine and live music, ranging from blues to rock to soul. Sam Phillips’
Sun Studio, the most seminal recording studio in American popular music, still stands, and is open for tours.
Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Roy Orbison all
made their first recordings there.
The National Civil Rights Museum is located at the historic site of
the Lorraine Motel where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated
in 1968. It includes a historical overview of the American civil rights
movement. Admission fee.
Graceland, the former home of music legend Elvis Presley, is one of
the most visited houses in the United States (second only to the White
House), attracting over 600,000 visitors a year. Featured at Graceland
National Civil Rights Museum
are two of Presley’s private airplanes, his extensive automobile and
motorcycle collection and other Elvis memorabilia. Graceland is listed
in the National Register of Historic Places. Admission fee.
The Memphis Pyramid, formerly a sports arena and concert venue,
is now home to the largest Bass Pro Shops in the world. In addition
to the retail store itself, the building contains an observation deck,
restaurants, bowling alley, aquarium, and hotel.
Mississippi riverboat day cruises are another Memphis attraction.
Relive the romantic steamboat era on a 90-minute ride on the
Mississippi River. Excursions daily. Admission fee.
Mississippii riverboat at night
Gibson Guitar Factory – Hand-craftsmanship at its best and made in Memphis! This
docent-led walking tour of the Gibson Guitar Factory takes you through 16 different
stations of the guitar-making process. Tours daily. Admission
fee.
Memphis Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum – In partnership with the
Smithsonian Institution, the museum offers a century-long
retrospective on the origins of Blues, Soul, and Rock ‘n’ Roll.
Experience how the music that came from the cotton fields
evolved into the music that changed the world. Enjoy music
from the 1930s to the 1970s as famed performers share their
personal stories via videos. Open daily 10:00 am-6:00 pm.
Admission fee. 191 Beale Street.
Gibson Guitar Factory
Memphis Rick ’N’ Soul
Museum
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Memphis CONVENTION NOTES
✪AMT is offering a special discounted early bird full package registration fee to AMT
members — $200 before May 1. The discount will not be available for walk-ups in
Memphis, and is not available to non-members.
•The reservation “cut-off” date at the Peabody Memphis is June 22, 2016. Please
make your hotel reservations at the Peabody for the AMT convention as soon as
possible in order to ensure that you will receive the AMT discounted rate. Once the
AMT room block is full, there is no guarantee that the hotel will continue to honor
the AMT rate, even though the reservation cutoff date of June 22, 2016, has not yet
arrived.
•Attendees must choose the sessions they plan to attend by circling their choices
on the registration form. Forms not completed in this manner will be returned to the
attendee for completion.
•Extra Awards Banquet tickets may be purchased on-site in Memphis. Cost of extra
ticket is $60.00.
•Welcome Party tickets for guests not registered for convention are $10.00 (includes
one free drink).
•An AMT member attending the convention as a guest of another AMT member must
pay the AMT member registration fee.
•AMT state delegates to the convention must attend Meet the Candidates on Tuesday,
and the Business Meeting on Thursday of convention week.
•Self-parking at the Peabody Memphis is $9.00/day.
•The Peabody Memphis will extend the AMT group rate
three days prior to and after the convention dates,
subject to availability.
• Free WiFi in hotel guestrooms.
•Optional guided tour of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (free) on Friday,
July 22, at 10:00 am. Bus transportation cost is $10.00. Sign up on convention
registration form.
Founded in 1962, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the
world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other deadly diseases.
St. Jude has the world’s best survival rates for the most aggressive childhood
cancers, and treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall
childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to 80 percent since it was opened
over 50 years ago. Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel,
housing and food – because St. Jude’s philosophy is that all a family should worry
about is helping their child live.
Included in the one-hour guided tour are the Patient Care Center, Chapel,
Blood Donor Center, Danny Thomas Research Center Atrium (St. Jude creates
more clinical trials for cancer than any other children’s hospital in the U.S.),
NACU (two of the main clinics in the North Ambulatory Care Unit: A Clinic for
leukemia patients, and B Clinic for bone marrow transplant patients), and
Chili’s Care Center (a comprehensive care building that houses Diagnostic
Imaging, Radiation, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant programs,
as well as research labs).
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HOTEL RESERVATION FORM
Reservations can also be made online at www.americanmedtech.org, click on “Annual Meeting” & “Hotel Reservations”
or by phoning toll-free 1- 800-PEABODY (7322639) — mention AMT National Convention to obtain discounted room rate.
Please print
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PHONE (_________)___________________________________________________ EMAIL _______________________________________________________________
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ARRIVAL DATE:_______________ DEPARTURE DATE:_______________
(Hotel Check-in is 4:00 pm. Check-out is 11:00 am)
HOTEL CONFIRMATION POLICY:
All reservations require a one (1) night guarantee ($129.00).
Cancellation policy is 72 houors prior to arrival.
CUT-OFF DATE: June 22, 2016
Reservations received after this date will be accepted
on a rate & space available basis only.
ROOM RATE:$129.00 Single/Double, $149.00 Triple/Quad
+ 15.95% tax (state and local)
(room assign-
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ments based on
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represents a non-refundable deposit unless canceled by 72 hours
prior to arrival.
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Reservations Phone: 800-PEABODY (7322639) • Hotel Phone 901-529-4000
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Memphis Fun Facts
●Memphis
was founded by investors James
Winchester, John Overton and Andrew Jackson
on May 22, 1819. Memphis is now the largest
city in Tennessee. It is named after the ancient
Egyptian city because of its site on the Nile-like
Mississippi River.
●Memphis
is the Pork Barbecue Capital of
the World. Other barbecue foods originating
in Memphis are: barbecue pizza, Barbecue
spaghetti, and Barbecue nachos. The Largest
Kosher BBQ Contest in the country is also held
in Memphis.
●The
largest (and probably only) man-made
crystal cave in the world is the Crystal Shrine
Grotto, and it's located in the middle of Memorial
Park Cemetery in Memphis. Admission is free.
●Before
Piggly Wiggly started letting customers
do the shopping for themselves in 1916 in
Memphis, there was no such thing as a self
service grocery store.
●Memphis
is home to FedEx, the world's largest
overnight package delivery company. It was
created by Memphian Fred Smith in 1973.
●Ducks
first went in the
fountain at The Peabody
Hotel in 1932. General
manager Frank Schutt
and his friend, Chip
Barwick, returned from
a hunting trip emptyhanded and after a bit of
whiskey, put their live
decoys in the fountain.
Guests loved them,
and soon it became a
tradition. (And, duck
is never on the menu at
the hotel restaurant.)
●The
Memphis Zoo has an amazing collection of
more than 3000 animals, including giant pandas
that have been loaned from China, all of which
are housed on close to 70 acres of land.
●Health
care and related activities such as medical
education and biomedical research are Memphis's
largest industries, bringing over $5 billion a year
to the local economy.
●Memphis
is home to St. Jude Children's Research
Hospital, founded in 1962, by entertainer Danny
Thomas. St. Jude is one of the world's premier
centers for research and treatment of catastrophic
diseases in children.
●Memphis
is also the site of the National Civil
Rights Museum. It was established at the
Lorraine Motel, which was also the site of the
1968 assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The museum (the first of its kind in the nation)
chronicles the civil rights movement from the
colonial period to the present.
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●
ome Memphis celebrities
S
include Academy Awardwinning actress Kathy Bates,
Cybill Shepherd, Michael
Jeter, Tim McCarver,
and Elvis Presley. Other
current or former area
residents include: Dixie
Carter, Rick Dees, Wink
Martindale, Peter Taylor, W.
C. Handy, Morgan Freeman,
George Hamilton, Aretha
Franklin, Pat Kerr Tigrett,
June Haver, Dana Buchman,
Shelby Foote and Justin
Timberlake.
●Memphis
has been the site for some major
motion picture films: Great Balls of Fire, Silence
of the Lambs, The Firm, The Client, A Family
Thing, The People VS Larry Flynt, Cookie's
Fortune, Cast Away, 21 Grams, 40 Shades of
Blue, Walk the Line, Hustle & Flow and Black
Snake Moan.
●Three
of the most famous and important musical
figures who made Memphis their home were
W.C. Handy, B.B. King and Elvis Presley.
●Sun
Studio, one of Memphis’s oldest music
hotspots, is thought to be the birthplace of rock
and roll. It’s where Elvis kicked off his career.
●Famed
as the primary residence of Elvis,
Graceland was established in the early 20th
century as a farm by the publisher of the
“Memphis Daily Appeal,” S.E. Toof. Elvis
Presley purchased the property for $100,000 in
1957. Over 600,000 visitors tour Graceland each
year.
REGISTRATION FORM
Registration also available online at www.americanmedtech.org.
American Medical Technologists’ 78th Educational Program & National Meeting • July 17 – 21, 2016 • Memphis, TN
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July 17–21, 2016
Memphis, TN
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