2026 Annual Brain and Spine Conference

Friday, April 10, 2026, 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM, Sioux Falls, SD

Registration Fees:

Non-Avera attendees: $50  (All non-Avera emails will be charged)

Avera attendees: No Charge 

This interdisciplinary conference will bring members of the neuroscience team together with the leading experts to share evidence-based practices, innovative treatment strategies, and collaborative approaches to patient care.

1. Discuss the most up to date neuroscience guidelines for disease processes.
2. Discuss collaborative approaches to patient care for patient with neurological conditions.
3. Discuss current evidence-based management strategies for neurodegenerative disorders across interdisciplinary teams.
4. Evaluate how interprofessional collaboration enhances care transitions and long-term outcomes for patients with neurological and spine-related conditions.
5. Integrate new approaches to neurologic emergency management into clinical decision-making to improve patient outcome
6. Apply updates in interprofessional care strategies to support patients with complex CNS disorders across the care continuum
7. Describe emerging best practices in amputee care and prosthetic clinic management to optimize patient rehabilitation and quality of life.
8. Recognize unique considerations in diagnosing and managing stroke during pregnancy and postpartum implications

All educational materials provided during and after the course are for your personal use only and should not be reproduced or distributed in any manner.

 

ADA Statement:

ADA accommodations will be made in accordance with the law.  If you require ADA accommodations, please indicate what your needs are at the time of registration.  We cannot ensure the availability of appropriate accommodations without prior notification.

In support of improving patient care, Avera is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Continuing Education Credit Designation(s)

	IPCE (Team-based): This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 6.00 IPCE credit(s) for learning and change.
	Medicine CME: Avera designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program.  It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit
	Avera designates this activity for a maximum of 6.0 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
	As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Avera is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive for 6.0 continuing education credits.
	Avera designates this activity for 6.0 ACPE contact hour. Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  Credit will be uploaded to the NABP CPE Monitor within 30 days after the activity completion.  Per ACPE rules, Avera does not have access nor the ability to upload credits requested after the evaluation closes.  It is the responsibility of the pharmacist or pharmacy technician to provide the correct information (NABP ID and DOB (MMDD) to receive credit
	MN EMS: This education qualifies as Continuing Education, LCCR, or ICCR in the State of Minnesota. EMTs will receive 6.00 continuing education credit(s) for participating in this course.
	SD BMOE: This course SD26CE789 has been approved for 6.0 continuing education credits by the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic examiners (BMOE)

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Avera adheres to the Joint Accreditation’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

Individuals in a position to control the content of this CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Payment must be made via credit card.  Checks will not be accepted without prior authorization.  

If someone other than yourself is making payment,

• First register by clicking the  green EXHIBIT AT THIS EVENT below.

• Register and forward the confirmation email to the appropriate person.  Who ever will pay the fee can use the link in the confirmation email to pay by credit card.    

• Please note that the confirmation email is your invoice.

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