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Join the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians for the 2025 TSPP Spring Committee Meetings and CME Program, taking place April 4–6, 2025 at The Westin at The Domain (11410 Century Oaks Terrace, Austin, TX 78758). Earn 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ while connecting with colleagues, learning from experts, and enjoying all that Austin has to offer.
Register today!.
MEETING LOCATION: We’re returning to the Westin at The Domain Austin, situated in one of Austin’s most dynamic neighborhoods. Enjoy the hotel’s onsite restaurant (Urban), 24-hour Fitness Studio, and outdoor pool. The surrounding Domain area boasts upscale shopping, diverse dining, and exciting nightlife options such as iPic Theaters, Topgolf, and Punch Bowl Social.
MEETING HIGHLIGHTS:
SATURDAY – EXHIBITS
Exhibits will be open throughout the day Saturday to provide you with information designed to enhance your practice and improve the optimal delivery of medical care to your patients.
Know someone interested in Sponsoring?
View our Sponsor/Exhibitor Prospectus here.
HOTEL RESERVATIONS:
TSPP has negotiated a discounted group rate at $239+ per night for conference attendees and sponsors, available until March 13th. Click here to reserve your discounted room.
Booking a room within the TSPP room block is an important way to support TSPP and helps to keep the overall meeting registration fee and costs as low as possible. Please help us help you by booking your room at the hotel hosting the meeting and within the TSPP room block.
SATURDAY – POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Medical Students, Residents and Fellows in Training who are members of APA/TSPP, AACAP/TSCAP, or TAP will be displaying posters presentations on Saturday, April 5th throughout the day and during refreshment breaks. Please take time to visit with them and learn about their research.
SATURDAY – DINNER RECEPTION
Unwind alongside colleagues and friends at the conclusion of Saturday’s committee meetings and CME program at a dinner reception from 7:15-9:00pm.
Friday, April 4
4:00 pm – 8:30 pm Registration
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Texas Academy of Psychiatry Board of Trustees Meeting
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm TSCAP Executive Committee
5:00 pm– 6:00 pm Chapter Leadership Forum Meeting
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Federation Delegate Assembly Meeting
7:45 pm – 8:30 pm Sponsored Presentation by Teva Medical
7:45 pm – 9:30 pm Resident Fellow Mixer
Saturday, April 5
7:00 am – 7:00 pm Registration
7:00 am – 8:15 am Foundation Board of Directors Breakfast Meeting
7:00 am – 8:00 am Exhibit Hall & Poster Presentation Set Up
7:30 am – 9:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am – 7:00 pm Exhibits & Posters
8:30 am – 10:00 am COUNCIL ON LEADERSHIP MEETINGS
• Ethics Committee
• Distinguished Fellowship Committee
• Finance Committee
• Professional Practice Management Committee
• CME Committee
• Resident-Fellow Training Section
10:00 am – 10:20 am Refreshment Break with Exhibitors and Poster Session
10:20 am – 11:50 am COUNCILS ON SERVICE & EDUCATION MEETINGS
• Academic Psychiatry Committee
• Children & Adolescents Committee
• Forensic Psychiatry Committee
• Public Mental Health Services Committee
11:50 am – 12:10 pm Refreshment Break and Door Prize Drawings with Exhibitors and Poster Session
12:10 pm – 1:10 pm Lunch Program (and Government Affairs Council on Advocacy Meeting)
1:10 pm – 7:10 pm SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM: “Discovering Connections: Hidden Complexity in Psychiatry”
3:20 pm – 3:40 pm Refreshment Break and Door Prize Drawings with Exhibitors and Poster Session
7:15 pm – 9:00 pm Dinner Reception
Sunday, April 6
8:30 am – 11:30 am Registration
9:00 am – 11:00 am Executive Council Meeting and Complimentary Continental Breakfast for Meeting Registrants
Meeting schedule subject to change.
April 4-6, 2025
5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM
with 2 of the Hours designated for Medical Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Saturday April 5, 2025
| 1:10 pm – 1:20 pm | Opening Remarks |
| 1:20 pm – 3:20 pm | Ethics: Bridging Gaps Between the Texas Physician Health Program and the Texas Medical Board: Independence, Collaboration, and Stigma-Free Referrals Emily Doyle, MD & Amy Swanholm, JD, MSEL |
| Objectives: The learning objectives for this activity has been designed to address clinician competence. Upon conclusion of the activity participants should be able to: – Be fully knowledgeable of how referrals are made to TX PHP. – Remove barriers to referral of physicians to TX PHP. – Encourage referrals to TX PHP, when appropriate, and remove stigma of association of TX PHP with TMB. – Understand the ways in which TX PHP and TMB work together for the benefit of the health professional and for the Texas public, and how they work independently. |
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| 3:20 pm – 3:40 pm | Refreshment Break with Door Prize Drawings with Exhibitors |
| 3:40 pm – 4:40 pm | Measurement-Based Care – Jennifer Minnix, PhD |
| Objectives: The learning objectives for this activity has been designed to address clinician competence. Upon conclusion of the activity participants should be able to: – Understand the Principles of Measurement-Based Care (MBC). – Identify key measurement tools and scales used to measure treatment outcomes in psychiatry. – Implement MBC in clinical practice to enhance patient outcomes. – Interpret and utilize data from measurement tools to inform treatment plans and adjustments. – Evaluate the impact of MBC on patient outcomes. |
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| 4:40 pm – 4:50 pm | Refreshment Break |
| 4:50 pm – 5:50 pm | Bipolar Disorder in Older Adults: Assessment and Management – Erica Garcia-Pittman, MD, DFAPA, DFAAGP |
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Objectives: The learning objectives for this activity has been designed to address clinician competence. Upon conclusion of the activity participants should be able to: |
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| 5:50 pm – 6:00 pm | Break, Poster Session Concludes |
| 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm | Forensic Pearls for Non-Forensic Psychiatrists – Maureen Burrows, MD, MPH |
| Objectives: The learning objectives for this activity has been designed to address clinician competence. Upon conclusion of the activity participants should be able to: – Understand the basics of Forensic Psychiatry, and the scope of Forensic Psychiatry relevant to general psychiatric practice. – Recognize common legal issues in psychiatry and identify frequent legal challenges that non-forensic psychiatrists may encounter in their practice. – Understand guidelines for assessing risk and managing patients with potential forensic issues, including violence risk assessment and management. – Navigate ethical dilemmas that arise in forensic contexts and offer strategies for resolving these issues while maintaining professional integrity. – Collaborate with legal professionals and learn how to prepare for court appearances and provide expert testimony. |
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| 7:00 pm – 7:10 pm | Closing Remarks |
CME PROGRAM GOAL / TARGET AUDIENCE This live activity has been designed in a format consisting of case study presentations, lectures and direct discussion to provide its primary target audience of Psychiatrists, as well as other specialties of medicine, with the most up-to-date, evidence-based data that can be translated into clinical practice. Information and data will address new developments in treatments and new directions in research to address the professional practice gaps of the learners and advance the physicians’ competence and effective use of targeted skills so that they may develop strategies to apply the knowledge, skills and judgement of the information presented in the educational activity into their practice. The learning objectives for this activity have been designed to address clinician competence.
NEEDS ASSESSMENT TSPP has incorporated into this CME activity the relevant educational needs concerning competence that underlie the professional practice gaps of our participants.
ACCREDITATION STATEMENT The Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians is accredited by the Texas Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
CREDIT STATEMENT The Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians designates this Live Activity for a maximum of five (5) AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.
ETHICS DESIGNATION STATEMENT The presentation entitled “Bridging Gaps Between TX PHP and TMB: Independence, Collaboration, and Stigma-Free Referrals” has been designated by the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians for two (2) hours of education in medical ethics and/or professional responsibility.
FACULTY AND PLANNERS DISCLOSURE POLICY The Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians will disclose to participants the existence of any relevant financial relationships between faculty members, TSPP staff and members, who planned, authored, contributed to, and/or reviewed the content of this activity, and any commercial interest discussed in this educational activity. Disclosure will occur through written communication in the syllabus/handout material.
CANCELLATION POLICY: In the event of cancellation, a full refund will be made if written notice is received in the TSPP office by March 15, 2024, less a 25% processing charge. NO REFUNDS will be given after March 15, 2024.