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Exploring Novel Treatments for Rett Syndrome
STATEMENT OF NEED
Rett syndrome is a rare, debilitating neurodevelopmental disorder almost always associated with a spontaneous mutation in the methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (MECP2) gene on the X-chromosome. Affected individuals experience loss of purposeful hand skills, abnormalities in gait, loss of spoken language, and stereotypic hand movements, with more severe manifestations including seizures, autistic features, autonomic nervous system dysfunction, breathing abnormalities, sleep dist... |
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EGPA Expert Exchange " A Podcast Series on Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), formerly called Churg-Strauss syndrome, is a rare form of vasculitis that primarily affects the small blood vessels. Individuals diagnosed with EGPA commonly have a history of asthma and/or allergies. Eosinophilic inflammation associated with EGPA can lead to injury in multiple organ systems, including the sinuses, lungs, gastrointestinal system, heart, nervous system, and kidneys. Accurate diagnosis and treatment are critical to minimize g... |
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Innovations and New Practices in Internal Medicine 2024 -LIVE STREAMING
The State of the Art in Internal Medicine
This program, which is among the highest-rated Harvard Medical School CME courses, provides a comprehensive update of the most important changes now impacting Internal Medicine and guidance on how to incorporate these changes into your clinical practice to improve patient outcomes..
Practical, Fast-Paced, Online Education
This live streaming educational experience is fast paced, relevant to the current healthcare environment, and draws upon real... |
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Gastroenterology 2024 - LIVE STREAMING
The Comprehensive 2024 Gastroenterology Update
This highly rated Harvard Medical School CME program ensures participants are current with state-of-the-art GI strategies and clinical practices. It covers recent advances and their impact on clinical approaches and on patient outcomes. Updates, best practices, and new guidelines are presented by nationally recognized GI experts and master clinicians.
Practical, Results-Driven Education
Highlights of the 2024 program include:
• Updated... |
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Internal Medicine Comprehensive Review and Update 2024 - LIVE STREAMING
Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Updates for Internal Medicine and Its Subspecialties
This program, the 64th annual Internal Medicine Update from the leading clinical faculty of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, provides comprehensive, high-yield instruction to ensure clinicians are current with the latest evidence and best practices to optimize patient care.
This program covers the breadth of Internal Medicine subspecialties, including:
• Cardiovascular Medicine
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Call to Action for Health Equity: Racial Disparities in the Care of Patients with Cardiometabolic Disease
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for adults in the US. However, patients from minority populations with cardiovascular disease have disproportionately poor health outcomes and are particularly vulnerable to health disparities. Racial inequities in health also result in higher risk-burden in minority groups for metabolic syndromes such as Type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes, which increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Health disparities in cardiometabolic care predominantly... |
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Diabetes Mellitus: Management of Diabetes
This Management of Diabetes online nursing course focuses on controlling diabetes through nutrition, exercise, medication, and monitorning blood glucose. After completing this course, healthcare professionals will be able to identify the guidelines for nutritional management, list the benefits and risks of exercise, and identify the various types of insulin. |
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Diabetes Mellitus Fundamentals: A Review and Current Update
The Diabetes Mellitus Fundamentals online course is a review of the basic information on the physiology and signs and symptoms of diabetes. It also contains updated resources and research on new findings related to DMT1 and DMT2. Participants will be able to indentify diabetes risk factors and discuss insulin and other methods of controlling diabetes. |
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Nursing Management of Tumor Lysis Syndrome
STATEMENT OF NEED
Tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) is an oncological emergency that occurs when massive tumor lysis causes the rapid release of intracellular components into the bloodstream. Electrolyte imbalances characterized by hyperuricemia, hyperkalemia, hyperphosphatemia, and hypocalcemia may be severe enough to cause acute renal failure, cardiac arrhythmias, seizures, and even death. Current advances in cancer therapies can increase the incidence of TLS; therefore, identification of patien... |
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Monitor Patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Catch Transthyretin Cardiomyopathy Early in the Course
Target Audience
Healthcare providers in internal medicine, family medicine, surgery, cardiology, neurology, and healthcare professionals caring for patients with carpal tunnel syndrome and/or heart failure.
Program Overview
ATTR is a type of amyloidosis that affects the heart as well as other tissues such as the synovium of carpal tunnel. Bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome proceeds the symptoms of ATTR cardiomyopathy by a number of years. Topics on when to refer patients with carpal tunnel ... |
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Treating Hepatitis C in Patients with HIV Disease
This course addresses the complexities of HIV disease in the era of improved survival: management of HIV co-infection.
Outcome Objectives:
As a result of completing this activity, the participant will be better able to:
- Diagnose the clinical syndrome of porphyria cutanea tarda.
- Diagnose hepatitis C.
- Adjust the treatment of hepatitis C based on viral genotype and liver pathology. |
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The Immune Reconstitution Syndrome in AIDS
This course addresses the complexities of HIV disease in the era of improved survival: recognition and management of the immune reconstitution syndrome.
Outcome Objectives:
As a result of completing this activity, the participant will be better able to:
- Recognize that restoration of immunologic function in persons with HIV disease may lead to a worsening clinical picture, the immune reconstitution syndrome.
- Diagnose and manage occult opportunistic infections in persons with newly... |
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Therapeutic Advancements for the Treatment of High-Risk MDS: Future Opportunities to Improve Patient Survival and Quality of Life
Stay up to date on the evolving risk classification for myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and current treatment guidelines for patients with high-risk disease in this self-directed education with leading oncology experts. Expert commentary from Courtney DiNardo, MD from MD Anderson Cancer Center and Dr. Dan Pollyea from the University of Colorado School of Medicine provides insights on emerging therapies that could soon improve management of high-risk MDS. Be ready to incorporate these emerging ... |
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Neurological Emergencies - LIVE STREAMING
Evaluation. Detection. Diagnosis. Management.
In Emergency, Outpatient, and Inpatient Settings
Neurological Emergencies will be held online this year, using live streaming, electronic Q&A, and other remote learning technologies.
OVERVIEW
This special program provides new strategies, updates, best practices, and practical tips for:
• The WORKUP of common neurological complaints and high-risk conditions
• RAPID DETECTION of a neurological emergency and EARLY ACTIONS to opt... |
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Unusual Psychosexual Syndromes, Part 1: Koro, Autoerotic Asphyxia, and Necrophilia
This course presents three of the most unusual human sexual behavior disorders. Each syndrome is a relatively rare, yet extraordinarily intriguing pattern of behavior. These men and women have fashioned highly unorthodox means of gratifying their basic needs for love and attention. These syndromes are typically ignored or receive only mere mentions in most abnormal psychology textbooks. Yet, these individuals could very well appear in mental health professionals’ practices as inpatients or o... |
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Conquering Lab Interpretation (eLearning)
No matter what your area of expertise, no field in medicine spends enough time training you for lab interpretation. Join us as we conquer the interpretation of lab findings to help you gain the clues you need to provide better care to your patients. What we understand, we can then use to set up the plan of the day, to progress the patient towards good outcomes and to predict the next step in the treatment goal. Data collection and understanding are important steps in the development of critica... |
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Conquering Lab Interpretation (DVD-ROM)
No matter what your area of expertise, no field in medicine spends enough time training you for lab interpretation. Join us as we conquer the interpretation of lab findings to help you gain the clues you need to provide better care to your patients. What we understand, we can then use to set up the plan of the day, to progress the patient towards good outcomes and to predict the next step in the treatment goal. Data collection and understanding are important steps in the development of critica... |
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Everything Cardiac (DVD-ROM)
This program provides a clinically applicable review of cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology, cardiac assessment, cardiovascular pharmacology and interventions based on current guidelines for the most common cardiac disorders seen in clinical practice. Content includes a review of cardiac physiology that can be applied in daily practice, the physiological basis for cardiovascular drug therapy and the pathophysiology, diagnosis and guideline-based treatment strategies for heart failure... |
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Responding to Golden Hour Emergencies: An Interactive, Case Scenario Approach (DVD-ROM)
This course is designed for healthcare professionals who are caring for adult hospitalized patients with a time-sensitive emergency. Through the use of case scenarios, the focus is on the rapid assessment, triage and treatment of the three most time sensitive emergencies in hospitalized adults: acute coronary syndrome, stroke and sepsis. The program will address the process of moving the patient quickly through assessment, diagnosis and evidence-based treatment protocols, along with discussion... |
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Responding to Golden Hour Emergencies: An Interactive, Case Scenario Approach (eLearning)
This course is designed for healthcare professionals who are caring for adult hospitalized patients with a time-sensitive emergency. Through the use of case scenarios, the focus is on the rapid assessment, triage and treatment of the three most time sensitive emergencies in hospitalized adults: acute coronary syndrome, stroke and sepsis. The program will address the process of moving the patient quickly through assessment, diagnosis and evidence-based treatment protocols, along with discussion... |
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The latest insights into rare blood disorders: Diagnosis and treatment strategies
Because immune-mediated rare blood disorders are uncommon, healthcare providers often lack the knowledge and experience necessary to identify, diagnose, and treat them in accordance with best practices. As a result, there are significant gaps in care, including delays in diagnosis and suboptimal treatment. To ensure that more patients with these rare disorders are offered quality, evidence-based care, it is essential that healthcare providers possess up-to-date information about best practices... |
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Addressing Key Questions About BCMA-Targeted Therapy for Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
Though treatment advances have improved outcomes for most patients, MM remains an incurable disease characterized by continuous relapse. However, the treatment landscape for relapsed/refractory MM (RRMM) has expanded in recent years, and patients who relapse and/or become refractory to initial therapies are benefiting from the increasing availability of a diverse range of novel agents, including B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)"targeted immunotherapies. These agents ... |
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“THEY TOO SHALL PASS: A JOURNEY THROUGH CARING FOR ADULT TRANSGENDER PATIENTS”
CLASS OVERVIEW
This CE will allow providers to gain a solid foundation regarding transgender healthcare and the skills necessary to provide healthcare for transgender patients in a safe, supportive and welcoming environment
EDUCATIONAL/LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1. Recognize and apply gender confirming and gender-nonconforming terminology to current practice
2. Review epidemiology of the LGBTQIA+ population
3. Design a welcoming, safe, and supportive environment for patients within the LGBTQI... |
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FOCUS: Functional pain and Opiods " Clinically Useful Strategies
Target Audience
The target audience includes family medicine physicians, emergency physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and other healthcare providers involved in the management of patients experiencing functional pain
Program Overview
Learn how to assess and treat functional pain syndromes caused by nociplastic pain. This course is based on the FDA’s Opioid Analgesic REMS Education Blueprint.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, parti... |
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qFriday: Clinical Question Annual Subscription
WHAT IS IT?
qFriday is a 15 minute CPE course sent directly to your email inbox every Friday. Cases are about current clinical topics that have immediate application to your practice.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
1. Check your email every Friday
2. Complete the 15 minute course
3. Get your CPE
WHY qFRIDAY?
The goal is to be continually learning, striving to stay at the top of our game. qFriday makes learning a habit while giving you 13 hours of Drug Therapy CPE for the year. Use it to stay sh... |
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Caffeine and Health
Caffeine is a rapidly absorbed organic compound that acts as a stimulant in the human body. The average amount of caffeine consumed in the US is approximately 300 mg per person per day - the equivalent to between two and four cups of coffee - with coffee accounting for about three-fourths of the caffeine that is consumed in the American diet. This is considered to be a moderate caffeine intake, which, according to many studies, can promote a variety of health benefits.
But some studies clai... |
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Cleveland Clinic Survey of Current Issues in Surgical Anesthesia (online streaming & flash drive formats)
Cleveland Clinic Survey of Current Issues in Surgical Anesthesia details the many recent advancements and established best practices in this critical area of medicine. An expert faculty provides an update on non-operating room anesthesia, pre-operative assessment, ambulatory anesthesia, anesthesia for orthopedic and obstetric procedures, as well as perioperative care of surgical patients. Anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists and anesthesia assistants will benefit from a diverse agenda of top... |
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Penn Radiology Neuro and Chest Imaging Update (Streaming Online & USB Flash Drive)
Penn Radiology’s widely acclaimed faculty provides critical pearls, pitfalls and protocols in the areas of neuroradiology, cardiothoracic and breast imaging. Neuro and Chest Imaging Update focuses on practical imaging issues to improve interpretation across a wide range of common and uncommon clinical scenarios. Multi-modality, cutting edge practices will be discussed, highlighting potential misinterpretations and strategies for optimal patient care. Radiologists in clinical practice and i... |
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A Closer Look at Down Syndrome and Dysphagia - Michelle Dawson, MS CCC-SLP
When addressing feeding and swallowing concerns with an infant, toddler, or young child who has Down Syndrome, professionals and caregivers should be aware of some common anatomical considerations that can impede their little one’s progress towards being a successful eater and drinker. This 60 min course will explain signs and symptoms of common anatomical concerns that negatively impact this unique populations ability for PO, some of the more frequently occurring disorders/diagnoses, and w... |
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Evidence Based Cognitive Communication Treatment-Parkinsons Patients - Aimee Mooney, MS, CCC-SLP
Parkinsons Disease is a chronic and progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects 1.5 million people with an additional 60,000 new diagnoses made annually. Over 85 percent of the diagnoses are made in individuals over age 50. With the Baby Boomers increasing in age, Speech and Language Pathologists need to be ready to treat this population.
The presentation of the disease is individualized and multifaceted, including both motor and non motor symptoms. It is unpredictable and complex, ... |
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Increasing Capabilities in Adults with Attention, Auditory Processing and Aspergers Syndrome/Autism - Judith Belk, PhD, CCC-SLP, CCC-A
Adults diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome/Autism Spectrum Disorder, once they begin on a path to explore how to operate more successfully in this quite noisy, socially competitive world, may be advised to consult clinicians about overly sensitive hearing, difficulty regulating attention, and numerous co-morbid issues, including anxiety, depression, limited goal-setting skills and poor ability to understand social cues. This course will examine a variety of approaches to reducing specific challe... |
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Pediatric Focus: Approaches to Increasing Capabilities of Individuals with Attention, Auditory Processing and Aspergers Syndrome/Autism Spectrum - Judith Belk, PhD, CCC-SLP, CCC-A
This course will examine the role of some successful approaches to engage and support individuals who struggle to tune in to and process essential auditory and/or visual information and at the same time also tune out background or non-essential details. We will highlight means available to professionals to work with clients who have difficulty in self-regulating attention. There is some new thinking by people with Autism Spectrum Disorder/Aspergers Syndrome issues that helps them understand an... |
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Treatments for Feeding, Speech & Mouth Functions in Pediatrics - Diane Bahr, MS CCC-SLP CIMI
Early intervention and pediatric treatment are changing. There are not enough resources to serve the numerous children with feeding, speech/communication, and mouth function problems (e.g., those with prematurity, autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, other congenital disorders, etc.). Occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, early intervention specialists, dieticians, pediatricians, nurses, and others need detailed information to make appropriate referrals, choose appropriate t... |
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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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Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia: A Practical Guide
Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia: A Practical Guide is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE) course that offers healthcare professionals a basic foundation in Alzheimer's disease prevention, diagnosis, and risk management through a literature review of evidence-based information and best practices.
Practical information to aid healthcare professionals as they interact with clients who are diagnosed with any of the many types of dementia is presented. For the purposes of this cour... |
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