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Surveying the Landscape of Antiplatelet Therapy: Optimizing Outcomes in Atherothrombotic Disease
Provided by: Voxmedia International
Limitations of clopidogrel therapy for acute coronary syndromes (ACS) have led to the conduct and completion of clinical outcome trials investigating different approaches to reduce ischemic risk. These different approaches include alternative dosing strategies with clopidogrel, as well as more potent oral antiplatelet agents. Clinical trials of the... |
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Hepatitis C : A Silent Epidemic
Provided by: Biologix Solutions, LLC
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
Describe the basic facts about Hepatitis C.
Describe how Hepatitis C is spread.
Identify the causes of Hepatitis C.
Identify common symptoms associated with Hepatitis C.
Describe the treatments used for with patients infected with Hepatitis C.
Describe the health risk associated with Hepati... |
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Pharmacy Law
Provided by: Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin
Goal: To help pharmacy technicians understand and identify the major legal rules and regulations dealing with the practice of pharmacy.... |
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Evidence Based Treatment of Heart Failure, Anticoagulation, and Pain Management
Provided by: University Learning Systems
Session 1 – Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - An Evidence-Based Heart Failure Review
Session 2 – Thursday, August 9, 2012 - A Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Review of Anticoagulation
Session 3 – Friday, August 10, 2012 - A Comprehensive, Evidenced-Based Review of Treating Pain and Suffering
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The Impact of New-Onset Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation on Mortality After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Provided by: American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Learning Objectives
After reading this article, the learner should be able to:
* understand the impact of new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation on early, late, and overall mortality after CABG surgery
* differentiate independent predictors of early, late, and overall mortality after CABG surgery
* appreciate the impact of posto... |
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Winning the Battle, Losing the War: The Noncurative "Curative" Resection for Stage I Adenocarcinoma of the Lung
Provided by: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Learning Objectives
After reading this article, the learner should be able to:
* identify risk of recurrent cancer after resection of stage I NSCLC
* specify likely sites of recurrence after resection of stage I NSCLC
* list risk factors for cancer recurrence after resection of stage I NSCLC
* describe survival after recurrence o... |
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Reducing the Risk of SIDS in Child Care
Provided by: American Academy of Pediatrics
Features/Benefits:
By the end of this session, you should be able to:
* Define SIDS.
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Identify behaviors that increase the risk of SIDS.
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Discuss common myths about SIDS.
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Be familiar with resources to help you reduce the risk of SIDS for the infants in your care.
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Emergency Medicine 2005 Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment (LLSA) Review
Provided by: Harvard Medical School
This course is based on the 20 articles of the American Board of Emergency Medicine 2005 Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment (LLSA) program. This course is taken almost entirely on-line.
Each of the 20 ABEM LLSA articles has been summarized by a Harvard Emergency Medicine faculty member with expertise in that area. These summaries stress ... |
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Optimizing Care for Patients with IBD: Highlights from the "Advances in IBD" Conference Webcast Series - Current Controversies in IBD Treatment
Provided by: Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America
The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) is pleased to present online archives of the three-part webcast series entitled Optimizing Care for Patients with IBD: Highlights from the "Advances in IBD" Conference. These accredited webinars feature highlights from the most widely attended presentations from our 2010 Advances in IBD Crohn’s... |
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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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Pressure Ulcers and Skin Care
Provided by: NetCE
A complete skin assessment and accurate documentation of the assessment findings are critical elements of the nurse's role in patient care. Nursing staff must be able to perform a thorough head-to-toe skin assessment and accurately document their findings. In order to do this, nurses should have a working knowledge of the general characteristics of... |
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Top 10 Family Practice/Internal Medicine Coding Errors to Avoid for 2010
Provided by: American Association of Professional Coders
Top 10 Family Practice/Internal Medicine Coding Errors to Avoid for 2010... |
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Emission Tomography and Image Reconstruction (CA Scope: I)
Provided by: SNM Advancing Molecular Imaging and Therapy
Emission Tomography and Image Reconstruction (CA Scope: I) ... |
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Molecular Imaging: Infection/Inflammation
Provided by: SNM Advancing Molecular Imaging and Therapy
Molecular Imaging: Infection/Inflammation... |
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Echocardiographic Identification of Iatrogenic Injury of the Circumflex Artery During Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair
Provided by: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
After reading this article, the learner should be able to:
* review the prevalence of circumflex coronary artery injury during mitral valve repair/replacement procedures
* understand the role of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in identifying the rare complication of circumflex coronary injury related to repair of the mitral ... |
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Foodborne Illness
Provided by: NetCE
Foodborne illnesses are associated with significant morbidity and mortality and high financial costs. Each year, approximately 76 million cases of foodborne illness occur in the United States, resulting in more than 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths annually [1]. The estimated economic burden is $6 billion each year through healthcare costs... |
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HIPAA Security Basics for the Pharmacy Workforce
Provided by: Pharmacy Foundation of California
This course reviews administrative, physical, and technical safeguards mandated by the HIPAA Security requirements; describes required policies and procedures; and introduces the basic concepts of information security.... |
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Age and Axillary Lymph Node Ration in Post-Menopausal Women with T1-T2 Node Positive Breast Cancer
Provided by: The Society for Translational Oncology
1. Identify changes in medical/surgical practice that can affect the prognostic performance of established prognostic factors such as lymph node involvement in breast cancer.
2. Explain how the lymph node ratio can help to adjust against practice related changes.
3. Use the lymph node ratio as a measure of tumor burden in order to weigh ... |
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Putting It All Together: How Quality Improvement Works in Real Health Care Settings
Provided by: Institute for Healthcare Improvement
The first three IHI Open School quality improvement courses introduced you to the fundamentals of improving health care. In this course, you’re going to see how people in real health care settings actually use these methodologies to improve care. You’ll start by learning the four phases of an improvement project's "life cycle": innovation, pilo... |
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Infection Control for Minnesota Dental Professionals - Meets MBD's Requirement of Core Subject
Provided by: Biologix Solutions, LLC
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to learn:
Describe the impact of healthcare-associated infections in the dental setting.
Explain the responsibility of dental healthcare professionals to adhere to scientifically accepted principles and practices of infection control.
Define the concept of the chain of infection and present strate... |
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The ASCCP Guidelines for Managing ASC, ASC-H and LSIL
Provided by: American Society for Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology
The management of women with the Pap interpretation of atypical squamous cells, or ASC, was historically fraught with experts' disagreement on best management options until the 2001 ASCCP Consensus Conference and the National Cancer Institute's emerging data from the ASCUS/LSIL Triage Study (ALTS) converged to provide evidence based guidelines for ... |
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VISICU Critical Care Review -January 2010
Provided by: American Board of Quality Assurance And Utilization Review Physicians
Course Description & Objectives
* Describe the approach used for a cost-minimization analysis
* List the median cost savings associated with dexmedetomidine
* Describe the primary factors associated with the cost savings
* Compare benzodiazepine usage with propofol
* Assess current usage of dexmedetomidine
* Dete... |
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Diabetic Retinopathy
Provided by: CMElectures
Alexander Brucker, MD, is professor of ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania, and chief, Retina-Vitreous Services at Philadelphia's Scheie Eye Institute. George L. Mayo, MD, is a clinical instructor at the Scheie Eye Institute and a fellow in vitreoretinal surgery at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Here, they define dia... |
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Magnificent Seven -Part I Stress Injuries and Variations
Provided by: PROSCAN Imaging Education Foundation
The Master's Series features Dr. Stephen J. Pomeranz's most advanced lectures on diagnostic imaging to date. These intense and detailed presentations will focus on the topics of orthopaedic, neurologic, and body imaging. Each title in the series will examine subjects such as subtle interpretative techniques, anatomic detail, mastery of key technica... |
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Pain Management in Long-Term Care: Practical Considerations and New Directions
Provided by: American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
Upon completion of this knowledge-based activity, the participant should be able to:
1. Summarize practical strategies for recognizing and assessing pain in the long-term care population,particularly for cognitively impaired residents.
2. Evaluate the efficacy and safety of pharmacological pain management treatments to minimize adverse events... |
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Understanding Micrometastatic Disease and Anoikis Resistance in Ewing Family Tumors (EFT) and Osteosarcoma
Provided by: The Society for Translational Oncology
1. Explain the importance of resistance to anoikis in the development of metastases.
2. Describe the mechanisms of anoikis resistance in EFTs and osteosarcoma and their potential use in development of new therapies. ... |
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Coronary Heart Disease: Clinical Challenges
Provided by: Vindico Medical Education
Patients with metabolic syndrome pose a clinical challenge because of the need to manage multiple comorbidities simultaneously to reduce their risk of cardiovascular events. Review a thought-provoking case with a leading clinician to understand the thought process being treatment decisions in this patient population. ... |
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OB/Gyn Emergencies
Provided by: CMElectures
Rebecca Pifer, MD, is a board-certified emergency physician at Masonic Medical Center in Chicago. Here, she discusses pediatric gynecologic emergencies, the most common of which is vaginitis, several types of pelvic pain in ob-gyn emergencies and the physical changes associated with obstetric emergencies including first-second-and third trimester e... |
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2010 Thrice the Liability: What Every Nurse Should Know About Ohio Civil, Administrative, and Criminal Law & Liability
Provided by: CEU4U
**After completion of this course the participant should be able to:**
* Identify the three different types of legal liability for practicing nurses
* Differentiate between the Ohio Board of Nursing and the Ohio Nurses Association
* Define Nursing negligence
* List four actions that may constitute nursing negligence
* Distinguish between Ohio ... |
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Clinical Utility of Non-HDL-Cholesterol in the Management of Dyslipidemia
Provided by: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Self-Assessment Program (JHU-SAPâ„¢) is a clinical problem-solving, evidence-based continuing education program of active engagement. It is designed to objectively assess and strengthen your knowledge of non-HDL-cholesterol and provide you with a better understanding of its use in managing patients wi... |
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Virtual Exhibits / Booths
