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Mild Cognitive Impairment
Provided by: University of California, Davis, Health System
Speaker: Dan Mungas, PhD
Forms
CME Credit Application and Disclosure
Accreditation
The UC Davis Health System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. This CME activity was planned in accordance with the ACCME essentials for enduring materia... |
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Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia in Adults and New Treatment Options
Provided by: The Collaborative Education Institute
1. Define primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP).
2. Discuss the treatment of primary ITP in adults.
3. Explain the role of eltrombopag and romiplostim in treating adults
with primary ITP.
4. Review specific warnings and precautions for eltrombopag and romiplostim... |
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Childhood Hearing: A Sound Foundation in the Medical Home
Provided by: American Academy of Pediatrics
Participants will:
* Understand the role of the medical home in screening, follow-up, management, referral, and family support of children with hearing loss, and will become aware of resources available.
* Learn about the rates of hearing loss and understand the importance of early recognition and the ongoing screening/surveillance proc... |
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Use of the AB5000TM Ventricular Assist Device in Cardiogenic Shock After Acute Myocardial Infarction
Provided by: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
After reading this article, the learner should be able to:
* recall the 30-day mortality for patients undergoing VAD support for cardiogenic shock after acute myocardial infarction
* understand the frequency of hemodynamic recovery and VAD weaning after support for cardiogenic shock after acute myocardial infarction
* remember the int... |
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EQIPP: Give Your Immunization Rates A Shot in the Arm
Provided by: American Academy of Pediatrics
Increasing immunization rates for any practice can be challenging. This EQIPP course is designed to identify immunization rates in your practice, barriers to immunization delivery systems and techniques to overcome those barriers through the use of clear aims that reflect expert principles and proven quality improvement methods and tools.
Thi... |
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Level 100 Tools
Provided by: Institute for Healthcare Improvement
This practical course will teach you how to create and use three essential tools for improvement: PDSA (Plan-Do-Study-Act) templates, measurement planning forms, and run charts. Working through step-by-step tutorials that put you right in the middle of health care scenarios, you’ll learn how to plan a series of tests, collect data, graph your res... |
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Actionable Insights to the Evolving Management of MS: Important Considerations in Improving Outcomes
Provided by: ASiM
The introduction of treatments designed to change the natural disease course of multiple sclerosis (MS) has focused attention on the economic burden of this disease. Economic evaluations, which analyze the burden of MS on society and the cost effectiveness of new therapies, stress that the economic burden of a disease should be seen in a global per... |
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Penn Radiology's Breast MRI & Advanced Mammographic Techniques (DVD-ROM)
Provided by: Meetings By Mail®
An expert faculty reviews the latest in Breast Imaging!
20.5 AMA PRA Category I Creditsâ„¢, including an 11.25 hours in Breast MR, 6.5 hours in FFDM and 3.5 hours in Breast Ultrasound.
Fulfills the MQSA Requirements for CME for Physicians and Technologists!... |
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Childhood Obesity
Provided by: Vindico Medical Education
Childhood obesity is a concern of national importance. Physicians need to know the best ways to address weight management with children and their families. Discussing healthy eating habits and promoting activity in young people are just some ways to make lifestyle changes in patients who have normal body mass indices. In those patients who are obes... |
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Contemporary Patterns of Management of Tetralogy of Fallot: Data From The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database
Provided by: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Learning Objectives
After reading this article, the learner should be able to:
* learn the present day strategies for repair of tetralogy of Fallot as determined by this database review
* recognize that this study was devised to determine if the newer applications of pulmonary valve preservation operations were used nationwide
* lear... |
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Dental Considerations for Geriatric Patients
Provided by: NetCE
The general population of the United States of America is aging, and aging effects changes in the oral mucosa, supporting alveolar bone, and the teeth. This course will discuss the oral manifestations of the aging process and their relationship these have on oral and systemic health. Detail will also be provided in the relationship between the oral... |
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Core Modules for New Preceptors
Provided by: The Collaborative Education Institute
Activity Description:
This knowledge-based activity contains four (4) modules at approximately 30 minutes each in
length. The activities are designed to equip preceptors with the background information they
need to be successful clinical instructors for pharmacy students... |
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Iowa Pharmacy Law and Information Manual Update
September 2009
Provided by: The Collaborative Education Institute
Learning Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this activity, pharmacists should be able to:
1. Identify changes made to the Iowa Pharmacy Law and Information Manual since April 2009
2. Determine if your pharmacy practice needs to make changes to be in compliance with the
law and/or rule changes
3. Implement changes in the Iowa pharmacy la... |
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Endocrinology: Pubertal Variation
Provided by: American Academy of Pediatrics
Puberty is characterized by an increase in growth rate and the appearance of secondary sexual characteristics. The evaluation and Tanner staging of pubertal changes is an important component of the pediatric well child examination. This course is designed to help you differentiate between normal, physiologic deviations from normal and pathological ... |
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Pain Management -Acute
Provided by: CMElectures
Leslie Zun, MD, is professor of emergency medicine at Finch University/The Chicago Medical School, and chair of emergency medicine at Chicago's Mount Sinai Hospital. Here, he discusses acute pain management in the ER, where, he contends, there is inadequate dosing and underuse of pain medications. He explains several organizational guidelines such ... |
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Health Care Reform: Legal Impact on the Drug & Pharmacy Disciplines
Provided by: Power-Pak C.E.®
This course will provide the pharmacist the tools to implement the new policies in procedures of health care reform into his/her practice setting. The course demonstrates the positive and negative impact reform will have on the pharmaceutical industry. There is emphasis on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the changes that will tak... |
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The Diversity of Nutritional Status in Cancer: New Insights
Provided by: The Society for Translational Oncology
1. Explain how malnutrition (deficit or excess) is used as a decisive factor in treatment of cancer patients.
2. Describe the interactions and influences of overweight/obesity on tumor metabolism and of individualized tumor metabolism on tumor burden and undernutrition.
3. Use the association of sarcopenic obesity to predict and manage p... |
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New Enzyme Formulations for Managing Pancreatic Insufficiency in Cystic Fibrosis
Provided by: Prime
Approximately 90% of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) are affected by exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI), a condition that interferes with normal digestive and absorptive processes. If it is inadequately treated, EPI results in malnutrition, poor growth, and compromised immune and pulmonary function. The condition was historically treated wi... |
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Shoulder MRI
Provided by: PROSCAN Imaging Education Foundation
A "Must Have" resource for any radiologist! The MRI Interactive Teaching Files were prepared by some of the most experienced and trusted MRI readers in the U.S., and provide 10-20 CMEs per title, for a total of 196 CMEs for the entire set. Containing 928 MR cases, the 12 title set offers a user-friendly interface with intuitive navigation. Each t... |
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Recognition and Treatment of Leg Pain in Athletes
Provided by: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
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After completing this CME module, participants will be able to
1. Discuss the musculature and vasculature of the lower leg as it relates to the differential diagnosis and treatment of chronic leg pain in athletes.
2. Recognize and explain the role of abnormal foot and leg biomechanics in the etiology of ch... |
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Stroke: Managing Patient Recovery
Provided by: Wild Iris Medical Education
The purpose of this course is to present the primary elements of post-hospital care recovering stroke patients.
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
* List the primary-care goals for a recovering stroke patient
* Describe the basic features of medical rehabilitation programs for stroke patients
* Summarize the lifestyle change... |
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The Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management of Acute Migraine
Provided by: Primary Issues
Learning Objectives:
After participating in this educational activity, participants should be able to
1. Educate patients, using a Collaborative Care Model, to make appropriate therapeutic decisions that improve clinical outcomes
2. Identify key issues that impact accurate diagnosis of migraine
3. Recognize signs and symptoms of migraine ... |
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Smoking and Secondhand Smoke
Provided by: NetCE
This course provides comprehensive clinical education on tobacco smoke in primary care and public health. It addresses core competencies as well as knowledge, assessment, and treatment-based competencies of healthcare providers. It covers the history of tobacco, epidemiology of tobacco use, tobacco smoke metabolism, dependence, treatment and relaps... |
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PET/CT Protocols: Beyond One Size Fits All
Provided by: SNM Advancing Molecular Imaging and Therapy
PET/CT Protocols: Beyond One Size Fits All... |
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Focus On: The ED Management of Pediatric Apparent Life-Threatening Events
Provided by: American College of Emergency Physicians
After reading this article, the physician should be able to:
* Have a safe, measured, and consistent approach to the child with suspected apparent life threatening events (ALTE).
* Decide which investigations should be considered for patients presenting with ALTE.
* Identify as early as possible during an emergency department visit... |
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Genetics: Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Provided by: Harvard Medical School
Acknowledgement: This course is supported by educational grants from Celera and the Applera Charitable Foundation.
Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) is defined by the presence of either DCM or unexplained death (before the age of 30) in two or more closely related family members. The estimate of familial prevalence is influenced by the popul... |
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Interactive Teaching File
Provided by: PROSCAN Imaging Education Foundation
Participants who complete this activity should become more adept at recognizing the intricate relationships of normal anatomy; expand the breadth and scope of their knowledge base and enhance their diagnostic skills, speed and acumen; and acquire expertise in MRI interpretation through case reading, resulting in practice improvement and better pati... |
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Nosocomial Pneumonia
Provided by: The Ohio State University Medical Center
Description
According to the National Institutes of Health, hospital-acquired pneumonia tends to be more serious, because a patient's defense mechanisms against infection are often impaired during a hospital stay. In addition, the types of germs present in a hospital are often more dangerous than those encountered in the community.
Objectives
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Radiation Detectors (CA Scope: NI)
Provided by: SNM Advancing Molecular Imaging and Therapy
Radiation Detectors (CA Scope: NI)... |
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MRI of Hip and Thigh Pathology
Provided by: PROSCAN Imaging Education Foundation
The ProScan Imaging Education Foundation's all-new Professional MRI Series provides a comprehensive educational program that encompasses a broad survey of up-to-date radiological knowledge in the neurological and musculoskeletal realms. Lectures address in-depth discussions of neuroradiology of the brain, spine, head and neck, and pediatric imaging... |
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Virtual Exhibits / Booths
