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Parkinson's Disease Update
The Parkinson’s Disease Update is a half-day course designed to support primary care physicians, general neurologists, and advanced practitioners in the care of these patients. Our focus on Parkinson's Disease (PD) management will cover genetics in PD; standard and novel treatments of PD to include medical, surgical, and alternative medications; as well as the timing of referral to a movement disorder specialist or for surgical treatment. The course will conclude with talks on palliativ... |
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Diabetes Update 2024 - LIVE STREAMING
This highly rated Harvard Medical School CME course offers practical strategies to address the medical and systemic challenges to optimal care and updates that ensure you can deliver state-of-the-art care for your patients with diabetes.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
This program affords you the opportunity to learn from leaders in the field of diabetes who are distinguished for their outstanding teaching, knowledge, and innovations in clinical care.
Participants can rely on this program for compreh... |
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Lifestyle Medicine: Tools for Promoting Healthy Change - LIVE STREAMING
State-of-the-Art Approaches to Help Patients Initiate and Sustain Health-Promoting Behaviors
Lifestyle Medicine will be held online this year, using live streaming, electronic Q&A, and other remote learning technologies.
Overview
This immersive two-day course offers state-of-the-art strategies to guide patients to healthier lives. Education includes evidence-based strategies, tools and techniques to effect healthier changes in patients (and ourselves), including weight loss, exerci... |
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Secrets of Egypt & the Nile: Joint Medical/Dental Symposium Confronting Healthcare Needs
Uncover Egypt’s ancient secrets with PES for 11 nights on this bucket list adventure! Visit iconic landmarks, temples, and monuments and cruise the Nile in a manner once reserved for pharaohs aboard the luxurious, 72-guest AmaDahlia.
Joint Medical/Dental Symposium Confronting Healthcare Needs
CME/CE Lecture Seminars for Medical, Dental, Nursing, and Allied Healthcare Professionals
This Seminar is planned for 14 Continuing Education Credit Hours.
CME/CE Professional Seminar Fee:... |
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HANDS FREE MASSAGE online training course. Practice Thai Massage without stressing your hands. Preserve your career and your health with this unique course. 8 NCBTMB approved CE hours.
HANDS FREE MASSAGE is based on Thai Massage techniques and is presented on a floor mat. This course teaches how to effectively massage by using forearms, elbows, knees and feet. It is assumed that you are an experienced therapist already.
You will not learn a new modality with this training, but you will learn how to use your body much more effectively. This training can be a massage therapist's career saver, since it allows you to replace your hands as your primary working tool.
You w... |
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Tropical Charms of the Seychelles: Hot Topics in Medical, Dental & Public Health Issues
Discover paradise as you sail the Indian Ocean for 7 nights on a luxury Seychelles yacht cruise with PES! Nestled over 900 miles from mainland Africa in the topaz waters of the Indian Ocean, lies the blissful Seychelles Islands. Brimming with incredible landscapes, rare wildlife, and a vibrant atmosphere, a Seychelles cruise will introduce you to East Africa’s archipelago of utopia, all while enjoying the all-inclusive, 100-guest Emerald Azzurra.
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Italy & Dalmatian Coast Cruise - Exploring Medicine, Dentistry & the Mediterranean Healthcare Model
Join PES and sail the sparkling waters of the Adriatic & Mediterranean Seas for 8 nights. Explore the splendors of Croatia, Montenegro, Sicily and the Amalfi Coast aboard the 342-guest flagship yacht Wind Surf, the world’s largest sailing ship!
Exploring Medicine, Dentistry & the Mediterranean Healthcare Model
CME/CE Lecture Seminars for Medical, Dental, Nursing, and Allied Healthcare Professionals
This Seminar is planned for 12 Continuing Education Credit Hours.
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Long-Chain Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders: Advances in Nutritional Management
Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of Registered Dietitians.
Program Overview
Long-chain fatty acid oxidation disorders (LC-FAODs) are characterized by acute crises of energy production and chronic energy deficiency during times of physiologic stress and fasting. Clinical complications include recurrent episodes of rhabdomyolysis, weakness, hepatic dysfunction, severe hypoglycemia, hyperammonemia, and cardiomyopathy. Despite a traditional diet therapy,... |
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PEERx: Pharmacy Ethics Continuing Education Series
Ethics Module 1: Priority of Pharmacy Ethics in Healthcare
Ethics in pharmacy is priority for those that work in any area of pharmacy practice. Pharmacy personnel should have a basic understanding of the ethical principles that are recognized by pharmacy leadership. By engaging in conversations about ethics and being familiar with historical examples in pharmacy where ethics were breached, pharmacy personnel can work to prevent future ethical tragedies.
Ethics Module 2: Evolution of Health... |
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Therapy Tidbits – July/August 2016
Therapy Tidbits is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course comprised of select articles from the July/August 2016 issue of The National Psychologist, a private, independent bi-monthly newspaper intended to keep psychologists (and other mental health professionals) informed about practice issues. The articles included in this course are:
Mental Health Problems Abound in Flint Lead Crisis - discusses problems afflicting residents of Flint, MI in the city’s water contamination crisi... |
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Webinar - Pregabalin for Felines
Overview " Transportation anxiety is common in felines and can prevent owners from providing optimal care due to the stress and complications of simply getting to the veterinarian. Human pregabalin, alprazolam, and trazadone are some of the current options prescribed to pet owners to help, but pregabalin has been recently FDA-approved for this use in felines only to provide pet owners an easier time taking care of their loved one that has been studied and researched in felines specificall... |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that reviews the diagnosis, assessment and treatment strategies for OCD.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is characterized by intrusive, unwanted, and anxiety-provoking thoughts, images, impulses and rituals that are performed to alleviate the accompanying distress. Because OCD is a heterogeneous disorder with several subtypes, assessing, diagnosing, and treating it can be challenging. Further, th... |
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The Brain: Learning and Thriving - Dr. Linda Caviness
This session is designed to aid all educators (including SLPs, PTs, OTs, classroom teachers and more) in understanding what current brain research reveals regarding the learning process. It examines and compares current educational practice with neuroscience findings, and it promotes development of methodologies and curriculum that incorporates holistic principles for learning in all disciplines and situations. Specific issues addressed include: connectivity from physiological, anatomical and ... |
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Therapy Tidbits – January/February 2018
Therapy Tidbits – January/February 2018 is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course comprised of select articles from the January/February 2018 issue of The National Psychologist, a private, independent bi-monthly newspaper intended to keep psychologists (and other mental health professionals) informed about practice issues. The articles included in this course are:
Legalization for Medical Use Means Psychologists Should Study Marijuana - Discusses the variables involved... |
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Gender and Transgender Identity
Gender and Transgender Identity is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE) course that reviews issues in the formation of gender and transgender identity. After viewing oneself as a human being, the most important aspect of our self-concept is that we are a male person or a female person. That is the very essence of our humanness and the most basic sense of who we are. To experience a conflict between our physical body and our concept of maleness or femaleness is the most fundamental existen... |
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The Psychological Effects of Ostracism
The Psychological Effects of Ostracism is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that explores the effects of ostracism in both children and adults.
This course will explore the reasons why ostracism occurs – from feelings of moral superiority to differences in physical appearance, and even the idea that ostracism is necessary to insure social cooperation. We will then examine the ways in which ostracism leads to feelings of aggression, hostility, the tendency to endorse ext... |
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Executive Functioning: Teaching Children Organizational Skills
Executive Functioning: Teaching Children Organizational Skills is a 4-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that will enumerate and illustrate multiple strategies and tools for helping children overcome executive functioning deficits and improve their self-esteem and organizational abilities.
Executive functioning skills represent a key set of mental assets that help connect past experience with present action. They are fundamental to performing activities such as planning, orga... |
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COVID-19: Picking Up the Pieces
COVID-19: Picking Up the Pieces is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE) course that examines the effects of the pandemic and the challenges we face moving forward.
This course will discuss the many aspects of COVID-19 that have affected us all, physically, psychologically, and economically. It will begin with a discussion of what pandemics are, and what differentiates COVID-19 from previous pandemics. We will then turn our attention to the psychological effects of a pandemic – from a... |
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Animal Assisted Therapy
Animal Assisted Therapy is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE) course that provides information and techniques for working with animals to help clients meet their therapeutic goals.
In Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) the human-animal bond is utilized to reach individuals who are otherwise difficult to engage in therapy. AAT has been associated with improving outcomes in four areas: autism-spectrum symptoms, medical difficulties, behavioral challenges, and emotional well-being. At a fund... |
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Therapy Tidbits – Spring 2021
Therapy Tidbits – Spring 2021 is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course comprised of select articles from the Winter 2021 issue of The National Psychologist, a private, independent, quarterly newspaper intended to keep psychologists informed about practice issues. The articles included in this course are:
Congress Throws a Wrench in Medicare Telehealth Rules – Identifies Section 123 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act and explains the impact this bill will have on telehealt... |
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Overcoming Compassion Fatigue: Creative Self-Care Strategies
Overcoming Compassion Fatigue: Creative Self-Care Strategies is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE) course that examines how to identify and treat compassion fatigue.
Loss is a recurring theme in our lives, often disguised as change, rejection, or tragedy. A caregiver is often affected directly by loss when overly engaged and immersed in the consistent demands of tending to those in distress. Some of the losses might include sleep, free time, independence, and social connections. Thes... |
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Therapy Tidbits Fall 2020
Therapy Tidbits – Fall 2020 is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course comprised of select articles from the Winter 2020 issue of The National Psychologist, a private, independent, quarterly newspaper intended to keep psychologists informed about practice issues. The articles included in this course are:
Stress for Psychologists Piles up During Pandemic – Highlights the ways in which the pandemic has affected psychologists and stresses the importance of caring for oneself.
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Crisis Intervention in End-of-Life Care
Crisis Intervention in End-of-Life Care is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE) course that examines the dynamics of end-of-life care as they relate to the patient, family members, paid caregivers, and medical staff.
For families and patients at the end of life, crisis is often a constant companion. Every medical decision, communication issue, patient decline or dip, and family conflict or disagreement requires a thoughtful understanding of the patient’s wishes, family functioning, m... |
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Mindful Minutes: Cultivating Awareness in Children
Mindful Minutes: Cultivating Awareness in Children is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE) course that provides a deeper understanding of what mindfulness is and how it can help children to develop social and emotional regulation skills, manage stress, and skillfully approach the challenges they face in life.
We begin by exploring how the attention of today’s youth is susceptible to increased demands and overstimulation from screen related technology and the idea that children’s a... |
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Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE) course that distinguishes between the informal labeling of narcissistic behaviors & attitudes, and the applications of the DSM criteria for a formal clinical diagnosis of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD).
Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is a psychological disorder characterized by persistent patterns of grandiosity, fantasies of unlimited power or importance, and the psychic need... |
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Healing the Healer
Healing the Healer is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course that discusses what a wounded healer is, what causes it, and what differentiates caregiver wounds from other types of occupational related stress or burnout.
The goal of this course is to cultivate emotional well-being for anyone who has been on the front lines emotionally supporting others. We will examine the four pillars of well-being based on decades of research, and experiment with self-care/compassion strategies to... |
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