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  • Friday, April 10, 2026
  • 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM CST
    The Q Workshop
  • Saturday, April 11, 2026
  • 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM CST
    The Q Workshop
  • 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Ultrasound at the Bedside: A Hands-On Workshop for Urgent Care
  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Amplify Your Online Presence: A Hands-On Social Media Workshop for Healthcare Professionals
  • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST
    Registration
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST
    Come As You Are Reception
  • Sunday, April 12, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM CST
    Registration
  • 7:15 AM - 8:00 AM CST
    Continental Breakfast
  • 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM CST
    Amplify, Not Automate: A 7-Layer AI Playbook for Waits, Burnout, and Margin
  • 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM CST
    Building the Future of Urgent Care Clinicians: Fellowship Certification and New Graduate APC Training
  • 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM CST
    Check Your Blind Spot: Commonly Missed Pediatric Fractures
  • 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM CST
    General Radiology - Part 1
  • 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM CST
    STI Evaluation and Test Interpretation - Part 1
  • 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM CST
    Coding Showdown: Clinician Judgment vs. ChatGPT
  • 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM CST
    General Radiology - Part 2
  • 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM CST
    Inclusive Pediatric Care: Practical Strategies for Atypical Patients
  • 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM CST
    STI Evaluation and Test Interpretation - Part 2
  • 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM CST
    The Modern Urgent Care Operating System: 5 Core Components
  • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Coffee Break
  • 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM CST
    Accreditation
  • 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM CST
    Pediatric Rashes: Beyond Hydrocortisone and Derm Referral
  • 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM CST
    Urgent Care Skills Lab: Hands‑On Procedures That Matter
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CST
    CUCM Luncheon
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM CST
    Beyond Dismissal: Recognizing and Preventing Perceived Medical Gaslighting in Urgent Care
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM CST
    Culture-Oriented Leadership: The Pathway to Improving Your KPIs
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM CST
    Hacking the Patient Experience: The Psychology Behind 5-Star Reviews
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM CST
    Urgent Care 2030: The Road Ahead for Leaders Who Want to Thrive
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM CST
    Urgent Care Cafe
  • 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CST
    AI and Diagnostic Reasoning: Avoiding Digital Dementia
  • 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CST
    Beyond “Blood and Urine”: Next-Gen Pediatric Fever Algorithm
  • 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CST
    Low Back Pain: The Evidence is NOT What You Think
  • 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CST
    Radical Empathy: Shining Bright in the Places That Harden Most
  • 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM CST
    Beverage Break
  • 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CST
    Bread-and-Butter Urgent Care: Diagnoses You See Every Day
  • 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CST
    Overcoming Challenges of Molecular POC Testing in Non-Acute Care Settings
  • 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CST
    Read Films Like a Radiologist: Pediatric CXR and AXR Interpretation
  • 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CST
    Retention Starts with Culture: How to Build Loyal, Engaged Urgent Care Teams
  • 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM CST
    Is it COPD, Asthma, or Both?
  • 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM CST
    Patient Satisfaction Starts with Staff Preparation: No One is Exempt
  • 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM CST
    Tech Wrecks: Lessons from Tech Gone Sideways
  • 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM CST
    Urgent Care Skills Lab: Hands‑On Procedures That Matter
  • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST
    Solutions.Expo Opening Reception
  • Monday, April 13, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM CST
    Registration
  • 7:15 AM - 8:00 AM CST
    Continental Breakfast
  • 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM CST
    Amplify Awareness: Recognizing the Comeback of Eradicated Diseases
  • 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM CST
    The 5 Magic Moments to Amplify Urgent Care Growth in 2026
  • 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM CST
    Urgent Care Cafe
  • 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM CST
    Solutions Insight Expo
  • 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM CST
    Beyond the Degree: Reforming Nurse Practitioner Education and Onboarding
  • 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM CST
    From Front Desk to Discharge: SOPs That Protect Patients, Providers, and Performance
  • 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM CST
    Integrating Behavioral Health in Urgent Care with MHT's SmarTest AI
  • 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM CST
    It is CLIA-Waived So Nothing Can Go Wrong…Right?
  • 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM CST
    Meet Your Poster Presenters
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Coffee Break
  • 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM CST
    Difficult Conversations: Who Has Them?
  • 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM CST
    Faster, Smarter, Simpler: Molecular Diagnostics in Urgent Care
  • 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM CST
    Rapid Antigen Testing: Catalyst for Decision Making, Efficiency, and Trust
  • 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM CST
    Urgent Care Skills Lab: Hands‑On Procedures That Matter
  • 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM CST
    You’re Doing It Wrong: Debunking Myths in Pediatric Urgent Care Medicine
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    CALUCA Members Meeting
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    NERUCA Members Meeting
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    SERUCA Members Meeting
  • 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM CST
    Luncheon: Different States, Same Struggles—Policy Threads That Tie Us Together: Advocacy Panel
  • 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM CST
    Defensive Charting Part 2: Making Your Notes Bullet Proof
  • 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM CST
    Dose Decisions: Antibiotic Choice, Dose, and Duration in 2026
  • 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM CST
    The Inside Track: Urgent Care’s Path Through Washington
  • 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM CST
    Urgent Care Skills Lab: Hands‑On Procedures That Matter
  • 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    A Biopsy of Urgent Care Quality: Insights from 3,000 Chart Reviews
  • 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    Leveraging Business Intelligence to Bridge the Gap
  • 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    Marketing That Builds Measurable Demand
  • 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    From First Day to Lasting Impression: Recruit, Retain, Succeed
  • 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    New Urgent Care Operator: The Sophomore Slump
  • 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    Parotitis Made Simple: Swollen Cheeks, Sharp Thinking
  • 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    The Audit Advantage: Building Quality with Confidence
  • 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    Top 10 Articles That Will Change Your Pediatric Urgent Care Practice in 2026
  • 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    UC Cafe Presents: Inside the Movement – A Networking Hour with UCA Advocates
  • 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    Urgent Care Cafe
  • 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM CST
    Speakeasy Soiree
  • Tuesday, April 14, 2026
  • 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM CST
    Registration
  • 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM CST
    Urgent Care Cafe
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Continental Breakfast
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
    Solutions Insight Expo
  • 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM CST
    Leveling the Playing Field: Standardizing Sports Physicals Across Express Cares
  • 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM CST
    Occupational Medicine
  • 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM CST
    The Pickleball Boom: Is Your Urgent Care Ready for the Injuries?
  • 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    All About Limited X-ray Operators
  • 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Cardiac Arrest in Urgent Care: Readiness That Saves
  • 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Managing Change in Motion: Building and Scaling a New Urgent Care
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST
    Luncheon
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM CST
    Amplify Your Leverage: Using Data to Reshape Payer Contracts and Market Entry
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM CST
    Pulmonary Pearls and Pitfalls in Urgent Care
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM CST
    Respiratory Testing, Amplified: Unlocking the Full Potential of Urgent Care’s Most Valuable Service Line
  • 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CST
    Buprenorphine in Urgent Care: Confident, Compassionate Care
  • 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CST
    Partnering with Health Systems Without Losing Independence
  • 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CST
    Seeing the Whole Picture: How RCM Surveillance Revealed $2M in Process and Payer Opportunities
  • 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CST
    The X-ray is Negative, Now What? Pediatric Soft Tissue Injury Review
  • 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CST
    Allergy and Anaphylaxis: Follow the Evidence
  • 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CST
    STI Point-of-Care Testing: Innovation, Efficiency, and ROI
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM CST
    UCA Members Meeting