Why get your CMEs at the "Snowbird" Conference?
I've been with the Utah PA & NP conference for twelve years. I get to read through all the comments, suggestions, speaker requests, "things we can improve", and such. The feedback has overwhelmingly been positive.
One of the things we ask conference participants for are "Suggested topics". We meet as a planning committee a month after the conference to review the feedback and start putting the conference schedule together for the upcoming year and we just plug in the suggested topics then we go about recruiting speakers for those topics.
Real Feedback from 2025
These comments are not manufactured, not produced by a bot or A.I... I'm the one who creates the online feedback form and extract and organize the data afterwards, and here it is, real, raw, and useful for us to make improvements from year to year.
From the "Comments" section
I have appreciated the great knowledge and organization of all of the presenters.
Thank you!
Overall, I enjoyed the conference.
Always fun and always beautiful at snowbird.
Thanks.
Excellent food this year. Great conference. Great presenters !!!
I thoroughly enjoyed this conference. I have been an NP for nearly 18 years and this is my first time attending. I will most certainly attend again in the future.
This was a great conference. I learned so much and there were multiple things that I am going to incorporate in my clinic/practice.
Like the new zoom format and the option for virtual attendance.
Always a great conference!
Thank you!
This was a wonderful conference. I really enjoyed it.
I loved the topics this year. Thank you to all who make it possible.
Always well done organized and the best program
Thanks for all your hard work to arrange great speakers, and make everything go so smoothly. Great conference!
I attended virtually, and I think it went pretty smoothly this year. The format made it easy since I didn't have to worry about muting or my camera.
Thanks for providing a great local conference for us
The meals were a great relief to me since it is quite pricey to eat at the resort. All the speakers were wonderful and the timing was well thought out and planned especially around check out time.
As always, very well done!
Chris Nelson may need feedback to help him understand that many older NPs have already had the lecture on therapeutic communication. Disaster training is very important, but this presentation left no real plan in mind, many vague references and unfinished thoughts and sentences. Dr. Joyce was clearly good at his assessment and treatment of orthopedic shoulder problems. However, the practitioner in the office, maybe even in the ED, does not need thirty maneuvers to test the shoulder. A vital 4 or 5 would probably do.
From the "Suggested improvements" section
It was great
Registration at the conference, I recommend to be more visible in the hallway rather than inside a room.
With the types of classes offered and the number of vendors at the conference, I think it could be a one day event and the classes could be taught simultaneously so people could choose which classes would be the most beneficial for them to attend.
The vendors were great, but there was only 1/2 day worth of vendors for a 3-day event. By the 3rd vendor break, you had seen all the vendors, but if people had to squeeze them in between classes in one day, it would be perfect.
Have the NP/PA conference registration upfront and not in the room. This makes it easier to find it.
Flow. Registration should be closer to where the meeting happens.
More networking
Have attendees hold their questions till the end, so the presenter can get through their lectures/presentations.
This was my first time attending this conference. I have no suggestions for improvement. I found it to be very well rounded and organized.
The only suggestion is not so much food on the first day. The food was great but there was so much that day. The salad on day 1 with the big breakfast and the bigger lunch with the smaller breakfast would have been perfect.
I appreciate the online option!
I encourage you to put the registration booth for the conference out in the foyer rather than in the room. This is more visible.
I attended virtually this year. No suggestions at this time.
Any way chance to either cut back on food with product lectures OR have container and a fridge we can take extra 😃
I attended virtually, I wish I could have seen the speaker for at least a minute or two at the beginning of their lecture. I liked how well I could see the slides however.
I really hated to see the whole bin of breakfast tofu wasted. Will Snowbird not allow a substitution for something the group would actually eat?
I want to thank the planning committee for all their efforts. This is one of my favorite conferences.
I love this conference. The location is always good. Food is always good. Sometimes the day is long. But that is to be expected.
None.
None at this time
One breakfast would be good
For out of state in-person participants a brief description of the lodging options, map and discussion of the altitude might be helpful.
Great job
Not such a long break on the last day. I'd rather continue through and allow collaboration at the end for those that want
Overall, I felt that this went very well.
I have no recommendations for improvement at this time.
None at this time
none
From the "Suggested Topics" section
More emphasis on pharmacology.
Gabriel Maciel
Adult diabetes T2, heart failure, less ortho. Less behavioral health si/ domestic violence, more depression tx bipolar mood d/o etc
Functional medicine for the APP
Rheumatic/autoimmune Diseases - When to screen. When to refer. Considerations in primary care with these patients.
Great conference. Thank you
Patients want more natural approaches. Would love to hear from someone with knowledge on supplements and functional medicine. How to combine approaches.
Hormone replacement therapy options in different forms - compounded amounts/ratios, etc.
More pharmacology
Renal disease and failure
Dementia and alzheimer's update
Honestly the updated understanding of human biochemistry lectures really help my clinical decision-making. I’m very glad I can get content like this that helps me with assessment and treatment decisions I make based on updated true science.
I would love to have a talk about the eye. Going over painful-eye and red-eye and all the differential and treatment and when to send to the ER. Specifically periorbital and orbital cellulitis.
I would also like a comprehensive look at cough, like asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia, and what may cause cough with up to date treatments.
I would like more on women's health. Perimenopause, menopause and how to treat or where to send. Also with more women's health with treatments of dysmenorrhea, heavy bleeding, PCOS, GU dysfunctions, bacterial vaginosis, PID.
Info on up to date things involving dental and what we can do in primary/uc and oral lesions of the mouth.
I really loved the speakers that talked about STI's and women's health. Loved Dr Kaiser and Dr. Jiricko. I would love a lecture on HA and concussion treatment.
I don't have any suggestions at this time.
tibia injury by Dr. Lucas Marchand
I know this seems mundane, but my elderly veteran population has a high incidence of cerumen impaction and subsequent complications of self care remedies. I would actually love an ENT perspective on ear care, and prevention of what seems to be an inflammatory related condition leading to worsened hearing loss and falls. I see it over and over and feel my toolbox is empty except for debrox and sending for ear irrigation.
Treating the patient with treatment-resistant depression and anxiety in family practice (when we can't get them into psychiatry due to long waits). What to do when you have tried and failed multiple medications? What anxiety/depression meds are safe to add together, which ones are not? Adding on mood stabilizers to help with severe anxiety? I feel Paula Gibbs MD would be a great speaker for this.
Treating perimenopause and menopause symptoms. Some providers are for bio-identical hormones, many, including at the U of U are against them. How can we help this patient population best?
Geriatric care, safely managing multiple comorbidities, chronic UTI's, Dizziness, and Fatigue etc....
Medications that may be safer to use in this population, resources as many are on a fixed income and often options are limited.
Or even treating severe Depression/anxiety in this population and how it differs from how we treat our younger populations.
What medications are best, what to avoid?
Up-to-date guidelines with antibiotic stewardship. The new recommendations for which antibiotics we use and the duration of antibiotic recommendations have been changing.
Subclinical hypothyroidism, to treat or not to treat. I often see patients coming from weight loss clinics who are put on naturthroid and other thyroid meds who do not have hypothyroidism, but are given this to help lose weight and fight fatigue. Is this even safe? What labs should we be really checking? Does reverse T3 play any role in determining treatment?
Dr. Lucas Marchand tibia injuries
POTS, ADHD, hormonal replacement therapy post-menopausal/men's health and testosterone use.