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Opioid Overdose Risk and Prevention
This is a 5 minute online activity included in the READINESS Opioid Learning Center "library".
This activity provides important information on opioid overdose – risks involved, prevention strategies & tips, and more to help you better understand how to combat opioid overdose and be better prepared in the event of an opioid overdose.
READINESS develops and hosts custom opioid eLearning centers for health systems, pharmacies, and organizations to support opioid stewardship and education ... |
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How to Use Narcan (naloxone) Nasal Spray
This is a 5 minute online activity included in the READINESS Opioid Learning Center "library".
This activity provides important information on Narcan (naloxone) nasal spray – how to administer the medication, proper technique, and more to help you better understand how to use Narcan (naloxone) nasal spray.
READINESS develops and hosts custom opioid eLearning centers for health systems, pharmacies, and organizations to support opioid stewardship and education initiatives. Offer your com... |
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Support Your Community with an Opioid eLearning Center Hosted by READINESS
READINESS develops and hosts custom opioid eLearning centers for health systems, pharmacies, and organizations to support opioid stewardship and education initiatives. Offer your community an intuitive and accessible eLearning center to support opioid education and awareness.
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Food Allergy: From Primary Prevention to Treatment and Intervention Online
This online offering includes 19 videos of lectures and panel discussions on the diagnosis and management, specific syndromes, treatment, and research and prevention of food allergy. The videos were recorded at a live course that took place at a live AAAAI course held in early September, 2019.
The intent of the videos is to allow learners to increase their knowledge related to the diagnosis and management of food allergic patients. It highlights the latest evidence related to food allergie... |
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7-Night Grenada Resort CME - Travel Medicine, Medical Cannabis for Pain Management, Concierge Medicine, Atrial Fibrillation, Osteoporosis, Dyslipidemia
Pink Gin Beach, St George's, Grenada |
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14-Night Scandinavia & St. Petersburg CME AWAY™ Cruise - Palliative Care for Generalists & Updates on Infectious Diseases
Southampton, England ● Copenhagen, Denmark ● Stockholm, Sweden ● Helsinki, Finland ● St. Petersburg, Russia ● Berlin (Warnemunde), Germany ● Aarhus, Denmark |
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10-Night Italy, Croatia & Montenegro CME AWAY™ Cruise - Gout, RA, Fibromyalgia, Lupus, Raynauds, Cannabinoids, Opioid Use Disorder & Other Addictions
Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy ● Corfu, Greece ● Split, Croatia ● Trieste, Italy ● Koper, Slovenia ● Dubrovnik, Croatia ● Kotor, Montenegro ● Naples, Italy |
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14-Night Ireland & Iceland CME AWAY™ Cruise
Southampton, England ● St. Peter Port, Channel Island ● Cork (Cobh), Ireland ● Waterford (Dumore East), Ireland ● Dublin, Ireland ● Glasgow (Greenock), Scotland ● Akureyri, Iceland ● Reykjavik, Iceland ● Belfast, Northern Ireland |
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Needs Across the Patient Continuum: The Intersection of Energy and Protein
Symposium highlights held in conjunction with the ASPEN 2020 Nutrition Science and Practice Conference.
The nutritional needs of critically ill patients during hospitalization and after discharge are complex, and the importance of assessing energy expenditure and tailoring nutritional therapies to the individual is increasingly apparent. Although a great deal of study is still needed, accumulating data on the provision of energy and protein continue to inform clinical practice. This activit... |
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10-Night Peru CME AWAY™ Land Tour - Mood Disorders, ADD, COPD, Hypertension, VTE, Lyme Disease & High Altitude Illness
Lima, Peru ● Cusco, Peru ● Aguas Calientes, Peru ● Puno, Peru |
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9-Night Kenya CME AWAY™ Land Tour - Cardiology, Diabetes, Mental Health, Obesity & Breast Cancer
Nairobi • Maasai Mara • Bogani Cottages & Tented Camp |
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9-Night Kenya CME AWAY™ Land Tour - Neurology and Orthopedics: Brain vs Brawn
Nairobi • Maasai Mara • Bogani Cottages & Tented Camp |
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11-Night Splendors of Egypt & the Nile CME AWAY™ - Thyroid Disorders, Diabetes, Dermatitis, Psoriasis and Pearls of Hair & Nail Disorders
Cairo • Luxor • Dendera • Kom • Ombo • Aswan • Edfu • Esna |
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12-Night India’s Golden Triangle & The Sacred Ganges CME AWAY™ River Cruise
New Delhi • Agra • Jaipur • Kolkata • Kalna • Matiari • Murshidabad • Baranagar • Mayapur • Chandannagar • Kolkata |
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13-Night Cook Islands, Society Islands, Tonga & Fiji CME AWAY™ Cruise - Updates in Endocrinology & Respirology
Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands ● Moorea, Society Islands ● Taha'a, Society Islands ● Bora Bora, Society Islands ● Aitutaki, Cook Islands ● Vava’u, Tonga ● Savusavu, Vanua Levu, Fiji ● Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji ● Bequa Island, Fiji ● Lautoka, Viti Levu, Fiji |
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14-Night Chile, Argentina & Uruguay CME AWAY™ Cruise - Emergency Medicine & Pediatrics Update
Buenos Aires, Argentina • Montevideo, Uruguay • Punta Del Este, Uruguay • Puerto Madryn, Argentina • Cape Horn, Chile • Ushuaia, Argentina • Punta Arenas, Chile • Puerto Montt, Chile • San Antonio, Chile |
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12-Night Timeless Wonders of Vietnam, Cambodia & the Mekong CME AWAY™ Cruise - Cardiology, Respirology & Sleep Medicine
Ho Chi Minh City • My Tho • Tien Loi • Vinh Long • Sa Dec • Gieng Island • Hong Ngu • Phnom Penh • Angkor Ban • Wat Hanchey • Kampong Cham • Siem Reap |
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14-Night South Africa CME AWAY™ Cruise - Medical Emergencies, Dental Disease & Its Relationship To Systemic Medical Conditions
Cape Town, South Africa • Walvis Bay, Namibia • Port Elizabeth, South Africa • Durban, South Africa • Maputo, Mozambique • Richards Bay, South Africa • Mossel Bay, South Africa |
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7-Night Costa Mujeres CME AWAY Resort - Comprehensive Overview of Obesity Pathophysiology, Co-Morbidities, Non-Pharmacological & Pharmacological Treatment Options
Grand Palladium Costa Mujeres & TRS Coral, Costa Mujeres, Mexico |
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7-Night Costa Mujeres CME AWAY Resort - Physician Empowerment: Physician Wellness, Resilience, & Practice Management
Grand Palladium Costa Mujeres & TRS Coral, Costa Mujeres, Mexico |
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8-Night Panama CME AWAY Land Tour - Joint Disease and Replacement, MSK Injections, Rehabilitation, Dementia & Geriatrics
Panama City • Anton Valley • Chitre • Playa Bonita |
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7-Night St. Lucia CME AWAY Resort - Dermatology & Aesthetic Medicine: Recent Advancements & Exciting Developments
Sandals Grande St. Lucian, Pigeon Island Gros Islet, St. Lucia |
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7-Night Iceland CME Land Tour - Pain Management Across the Continuum: From Prevention to Palliation: Movement, Motivation, Mindfulness, Medication
Reykjavík, Iceland • Vik, Iceland |
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8-Night Ireland CME Land Tour - Addictions, Fibromyalgia, Medical Cannabis & Sleep and Mood Disorders
Dublin, Ireland • Castlemartyr, Ireland • Killarney, Ireland • Dromoland Castle, Ireland • Shannon, Ireland |
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6-Night Newfoundland CME Land Tour - Optimizing Functional Outcomes & Reducing Disability: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Chronic Pain
St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada |
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7-Night Tuscany CME AWAY™ Land Tour - Integrative Pain Management, Diabetes, Atrial Fibrillation & Hypertension
Tuscany, Italy |
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Dr. Sarah Danial & Dr. Nasim Huq
Fort Lauderdale, Florida • San Juan, Puerto Rico • Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas • Basseterre, St. Kitt’s & Nevis |
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15-Night South & Central America Via the Panama Canal CME AWAY™ Cruise - State of the Art Management of Pain, Wellness & Practical Mindfulness
Lima (Callao), Peru • Salaverry, Peru Manta, Ecuador • Fuerte Amador (Panama City), Panama • Panama Canal Transit • Puerto Limón, Costa • Roatan Island, Honduras • Santo Tomas, Guatemala • Belize City, Belize • Cozumel Quintana Roo, Mexico • Fort Lauderdale (Florida), USA |
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14-Night Vietnam & Thailand CME AWAY™ Cruise - Updates in Cardiology & Rheumatic Diseases
Hong Kong, China ● Hanoi (Ha Long Bay), Vietnam ● Hue/Danang (Chan May), Vietnam ● Ho Chi Minh (phu My), Vietnam ● Bangkok, Thailand ● Singapore |
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Lifestyle Medicine in Day-to-Day Practice: Skills Development Programs for Guiding Patients to Healthier Lives
This Harvard Medical School CME program offers a series of targeted lifestyle medicine educational and skills development programs. What makes this education unique is its focus on the “how-to” elements of lifestyle medicine -- how to expand your current approaches to treatment and prevention with pragmatic, effective, evidence-based lifestyle medicine interventions.
This year, we offer the following educational and skills development programs. You can attend the one(s) that align with... |
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Nurturing the Child with Special Needs
Nurturing the Child with Special Needs is a 4-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that provides strategies for healthcare professionals and parents to support children with special needs to manage behavior, sensory issues, and language challenges.
All children need to feel a sense of belonging and significant in ways that elicit positive responses from those around them. Sometimes, a child with special needs can alienate others when attempting to have their unique requirements ... |
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Lifestyle Medicine: Tools for Promoting Healthy Change
State-of-the-Art Approaches to Help Patients Initiate and Sustain Health-Promoting Behaviors
This immersive, two-day Harvard Medical School CME 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 nutrition, exercise, sleep, weight loss, and stress management. This course also provides updates on payment structures that reward clinici... |
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The Evolving Role of Nutrition Therapy in the Hospitalized Patient: Focus on Lipids and Protein
Despite recognition of underfeeding in hospital settings and its consequences, a substantial number of hospitalized patients can be characterized as malnourished. In this roundtable discussion, Canadian and US-based faculty discuss diagnostic criteria for malnutrition, available and emerging lipid emulsion products and their influence on inflammation and ensuring adequate protein delivery for optimal nutrition support.
This activity is intended for physicians, pharmacists, nurses and dieti... |
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Treating Obesity 2020: The Blackburn Course in Obesity Medicine
Education to Optimize Your Care of Adult, Adolescent, and Pediatric Patients with Obesity
This highly rated Harvard Medical School CME course, which has sold out the last 6 years, delivers practical strategies to optimize the management of obesity and its many complications, and provides the most up-to-date approaches to obesity prevention and treatment.
Highlights of the 2020 program include:
• Comprehensive evaluation of the patient with obesity
• Medical management of the patient wi... |
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Diabetes Update 2020
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.
• Expert guidance to design comprehensive treatme... |
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Clinical Case Challenges: Strategies to Optimize Primary Immunodeficiency Management
Primary care providers, internists, and other general practitioners may be the first to see a patient with PI and require a level of awareness. Yet, a survey issued by the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology and the Immune Deficiency Foundation found that only 4% of primary care practitioners were aware that guidelines existed for the diagnosis and management of primary immunodeficiency. Because symptoms can overlap with many other conditions and/or diseases, it is also important... |
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Human Trafficking: Identification and Intervention
Human Trafficking: Identification and Intervention is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that details the many facets of human trafficking as well as how to identify and provide intervention to victims/survivors.
Human trafficking, commonly discussed under the two broad categories of sexual trafficking and labor trafficking, is a pervasive public health issue, both globally and in the United States. This course will examine the various forms of human trafficking, including... |
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Weight Management and Diabetes
Intended Audience
Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Dietitians, Registered Nurses.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:
Identify the concerns with standard diabetes care and weight gain
Initializing therapy for the newly diagnosed diabetic
Management of insulin requiring diabetes to minimize weight gain |
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Why Weight? Medical, Endoscopic, Surgical Approaches to Weight: A Continuum of Care
Intended Audience
Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Dietitians, Registered Nurses.
Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:
Safety of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
Efficacy of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
Indications of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery |
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Practical Medication Management for Obesity Treatment
Intended Audience
Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Dietitians, Registered Nurses.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:
Learn to identify medications that are iatrogenic for weight gain and select better alternatives
Review all currently available FDA-approved anti-obesity medications
Develop an algorithm to compare treatment options through the use of patient case discussions |
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Obesity and Cancer
Intended Audience
Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Dietitians, Registered Nurses.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:
To review the evidence linking lifestyle factors to cancer outcomes
To review the randomized trials of lifestyle change in cancer survivors and discuss on-going work in this area
To discuss the American Society of Clinical Oncology Obesity Initiative and other efforts to help cancer survivors adopt health... |
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Low Carbohydrate Dieting for the Obese
Intended Audience
Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Dietitians, Registered Nurses.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:
Define dietary parameters for low carbohydrate diets
Review differences between nutritional ketosis and ketoacidosis
Identify the major nutritional concerns for adults utilizing ketogenic diet therapies
Outline monitoring procedures for patients utilizing very low carbohydrate diets |
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GLP-1 and the CNS Regulation of Appetite
Intended Audience
Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Dietitians, Registered Nurses.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:
Review peripheral biological mechanisms through which GLP-1 and GLP-1 analogs reduce food intake
Identify brain regions through which GLP-1 and GLP-1 analogs act to reduce food intake
Understand the role of nausea in the food intake reductions with GLP-1 analog treatment |
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Treatment of Obesity: Using a Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD)
Intended Audience
Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Dietitians, Registered Nurses.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:
Overview of obesity treatment
List the benefits of a VLCD
List the potential side effects of a VLCD |
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Keeping the Passion Alive After Weight Loss
Intended Audience
Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Dietitians, Registered Nurses.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:
Evaluate recent medical management for obesity and patient centered treatment strategies
Create patient centric interventions and overcome potential barriers to appropriate patient care |
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Reversing Diabetes
Intended Audience
Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Dietitians, Registered Nurses.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:
Review the studies preventing type 2 diabetes in people with prediabetes.
Discuss the guidelines for treatment vs prevention in people with prediabetes
Explore the rationale for treating people with prediabetes to prevent diabetes-related complications. |
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Motivational Interviewing: The Basics
Intended Audience
Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Dietitians, Registered Nurses.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:
Explain what is motivational interviewing.
Identify the two goals of motivational interviewing
Understand the spirit, basic principles and process of motivational interviewing. |
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High-Intensity Interval Training: Exercise Considerations for Obesity
Intended Audience
Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Dietitians, Registered Nurses.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:
Determine efficacy of HIIT
Discuss health and safety precautions of HIIT
Assess viability and adherence to HIIT as a training modality
Discover and apply criteria for prescribing HIIT |
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The Dual Diagnosis of Eating Disorder and Diabetes Mellitus
Intended Audience
Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Dietitians, Registered Nurses.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:
Recognize type 1 diabetes as a risk factor for the development of an eating disorder
Better understand the diagnosis and clinical care of this patient population
Apply management steps in working with this patient population |
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Consumers Going Mobile and Digital for Health
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:
Discuss how consumers are looking for convenient, digital, self-care, DIY healthcare
Summarize the new healthcare, everywhere landscape
Discuss the the Amazon Prime-ing of the health consumer
Review the implications for obesity ecosystem stakeholders |
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