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Teaming Up to Treat Rett Syndrome: The Importance of Fostering a Multidisciplinary Approach to Patient Care
Target Audience
The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of neurologists, pediatric neurologists and specialty NP/PAs involved in the treatment of patients with Rett syndrome.
Program Overview
With newer therapies now available for the treatment of Rett syndrome, it is essential that the challenges of managing patients with rare diseases, such as Rett syndrome in resource-poor areas or “care deserts” be addressed.
Join a neurologist and a gastroenterologist from ... |
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Psoriasis With Scalp Involvement in a Patient With Skin of Color
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to address the educational needs of dermatologists, dermatology nurse practitioners, and PAs. It may also be of benefit to primary care clinicians, rheumatologists, and other healthcare practitioners who are interested in the treatment of psoriasis.
Program Overview
This case will discuss the treatment of psoriasis in patients with skin of color, highlighting the challenges of treating scalp psoriasis. The faculty will review the mechanism o... |
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Comprehensive Management of Von Hippel-Lindau Disease: Genetic and Oncological Perspectives
STATEMENT OF NEED
Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) is an autosomal dominant disease in which germline pathogenic variants in the VHL gene predispose individuals to specific types of benign tumors, malignant tumors, and cysts in multiple organs, including clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC), renal cysts, central nervous system hemangioblastomas, retinal hemangioblastomas, pancreatic tumors and cysts, endolymphatic sac tumors, and cystadenomas of the epididymis and broad ligament (NIH, 2024). ... |
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Thyroid Eye Disease Mastery: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment
Thyroid eye disease (TED) is a multifactorial autoimmune disease with widely varied signs and symptoms. It is believed to result from the stimulation of several receptors located in the orbital fibroblasts and is usually associated with hyperthyroidism. However, 5% of patients with TED have hypothyroidism, and 5% have no sign of thyroid disease; thus, it is frequently misdiagnosed. Misdiagnosis can place patients at risk for disfigurement and permanent vision loss, because treatment is most ef... |
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Pediatric RSV Prophylaxis: An Evolving Landscape for Prevention " A Wheel of Knowledge Challenge!
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia in children younger than 1 year of age in the United States. Although certain infants and young children are at higher risk for severe illness due to premature birth or comorbid conditions, the majority of pediatric RSV hospitalizations occur in healthy infants. Emerging passive immunization options, which include nirsevimab and a maternal RSV vaccine, provide important new tools that offer RSV protection... |
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Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease: Implications for Early Detection and Treatment
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an irreversible, age-related neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a gradual decline in understanding, memory, and ability to perform activities of daily living. With the recent approval of novel AD treatments and the evolving therapeutic landscape, it is imperative for clinicians to stay informed on the current issues surrounding AD. This CE program "Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease: Implications for Early Detection and Treatment" aims t... |
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Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease: Implications for Early Detection and Treatment
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an irreversible, age-related neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a gradual decline in understanding, memory, and ability to perform activities of daily living. With the recent approval of novel AD treatments and the evolving therapeutic landscape, it is imperative for clinicians to stay informed on the current issues surrounding AD. This CE program "Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease: Implications for Early Detection and Treatment" aims t... |
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Psoriasis Prime Time: TYK Inhibition in Hard-to-Treat Psoriasis
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to address the educational needs of dermatologists, dermatology nurse practitioners, and PAs. It may also be of benefit to primary care clinicians, rheumatologists, and other healthcare practitioners who are interested in the treatment of psoriasis.
Program Overview
In this edition of Psoriasis Prime Time, the faculty reviews the use of allosteric tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitors in the treatment of hard-to-treat psoriasis, including the ... |
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Occurrence and Disease Course of RSV Illness in Adults
Target Audience
This educational activity is intended for US-based healthcare professionals who care for older adults, including pulmonologists, geriatricians, and additional primary care providers (family physicians, internists, physician associates, nurse practitioners and other nursing professionals, and pharmacists).
Program Overview
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a highly contagious seasonal lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) characterized by cough, runny nose, sneezing, ... |
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Can You Diagnose this Patient with Edema, Pain, Abdominal Swelling, and/or Fatigue?
When your patient presents with symptoms such as edema, fatigue, and abdominal pain, what might you first suspect and can you reach the right diagnosis? Put your diagnostic skills to the test! In just 15 minutes, navigate through real-world cases and upon completion, hear faculty insights on the implications of your decisions along with rationales for appropriate next steps to aid in making a final diagnosis, as well as evidence-based treatment strategies. Apply the latest scientific evidence ... |
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Addressing Underutilization of Cardioprotective GLP-1 RAs for T2D in Specialty Practice.
The complexity of patients with T2D combined with the overwhelming amount of outcomes data complicates the treatment decision matrix exponentially and clinical inertia persists. This self-paced, interactive education includes a learning assessment followed by customizable content repository designed to sharpen your ability to individualize therapeutic targets and glucose-lowering regimens based on multiple factors, including the presence of comorbidities, such as obesity or cardiovascular risk... |
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How the Patient Experience Should Inform Treatment Selection: Reframing Expectations in EoE for HCPs and Patients
Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) has been steadily increasing in prevalence and incidence over the past three decades. Today, EoE has evolved from a rare case-reportable condition to a disease that is commonly encountered in the clinic and endoscopy suite and is a major cause of upper gastrointestinal morbidity and increasing healthcare costs.
Delays in diagnosis persist and management of the disease can be complex. While significant advances in the treatment of EoE have been made, studies s... |
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Artificial Intelligence in Radiology (Streaming Online & USB Drive)
Artificial Intelligence in Radiology will provide imagers of all experience levels with the introductory information and foundational skills necessary to thrive in a future impacted by AI integrated healthcare. Developed in collaboration with Artificial Intelligence Medical Education (AiME), this activity is designed to demonstrate AI’s radiology applications, its potential to enhance clinical practice and its limitations. As such, this practical and clinically relevant overview will detail... |
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Optimizing Early Nutrition for Long-Term Benefits
Sharon Donovan, PhD, RD, and Michael Georgieff, MD, review what is currently known about the influence of nutrition during the first 1,000 days of growth and development. Human milk"the model for optimal nutrition"is discussed, including its nutritive and nonnutritive components, how it functions as a dynamic biological system, and the latest breastfeeding guidelines. The implications of suboptimal early nutrition are addressed, along with the role of pediatric clinicians in providin... |
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DETECT" Advances in the Delayed-Onset of Type 1 Diabetes: Strategies to Improve Awareness and Care for the Practicing Clinician
Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of Pediatric Endocrinologists, Adult Endocrinologists, Pediatricians, Primary Care Providers (PCPs), and Endocrine Nurses.
Program Overview
This educational program focuses on the early screening, detection, and advances in the treatment of early-stage type 1 diabetes (T1D). Through this enduring Grand Rounds session, clinicians will be able to review the importance and benefits of early screening, how to screen &... |
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A Primer on IgE-Mediated Food Allergies, With Drs. Kelly Cleary and Barbara Yawn
In this CE podcast, developed in collaboration with Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE), experts review the pathophysiological underpinnings of IgE-mediated food allergies and discuss the importance of shared decision-making and interdisciplinary approaches to optimize patient care. |
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Advances in the Management of IgE-Mediated Food Allergies, With Drs. Kelly Cleary and Robert Wood
In this podcast, expert clinicians will discuss the efficacy and safety of traditional and emerging treatments as well as evidence-based guidance for managing patients with immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated food allergies. |
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Beyond Avoidance: IgE-Mediated Food Allergies " Therapeutic Innovations to the Rescue
In the United States, food-induced allergic reactions are the leading cause of anaphylaxis in hospital emergency departments. Among these, immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated food allergies are the most common, and they pose significant risks, including cardiac arrest and respiratory failure. Traditionally, treatment options for IgE-mediated food allergies have been primarily limited to food avoidance and anaphylaxis prevention. However, recent years have brought the FDA approval of the first oral... |
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Establishing Frameworks for Precision Medicine in NTRK Fusion-Positive Advanced Solid Tumors
Despite significant advancements over the past decade, significant unmet needs persist for patients with NTRK-positive locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors. In addition, there is ongoing debate about the importance of testing for genomic alterations in rare cancers, or those that rarely occur in common cancers. However, evolving molecular testing procedures and emerging therapeutic options targeting NTRK fusions offer new pathways for the detection and treatment of these cancers. To he... |
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Are You Up to Speed? Test Your Knowledge on Pneumococcal Vaccination in Adults
Despite widespread availability of pneumococcal vaccines designed to reduce the risks for infection and invasive pneumococcal disease, coverage remains suboptimal among older adults and those with underlying medical conditions and risk factors. The development of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines offers new opportunities for improved protection against pneumococcal disease, but are you current with the latest evidence and guideline recommendations? If you're a puzzle enthusiast, dive into t... |
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Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: Introduction - Live Course
The Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: Introduction Live Training Course provides participants a comprehensive introduction to musculoskeletal ultrasound. This course is taught by leading musculoskeletal ultrasound experts and incorporates comprehensive lectures with live scanning demonstrations on upper and lower extremity applications for diagnostic and ultrasound guided injection/aspiration techniques. Extensive hands-on scanning sessions feature a 3:1 participant to faculty ratio with live standa... |
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Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: Introduction with Interventional Cadaver Lab - Live Course
The Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: Introduction with Interventional Cadaver Lab Training Course provides participants a comprehensive introduction to musculoskeletal ultrasound. This course is taught by leading musculoskeletal ultrasound experts and incorporates comprehensive lectures covering anatomy, pathology, and ultrasound-guided injection/aspiration techniques. Live scanning demonstrations are included for each upper and lower extremity joint.
Extensive hands-on scanning sessions feature... |
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Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Update
The Mid East Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging’s historic 50th Annual Conference presents nuclear medicine’s latest trends, advances and procedures. Adapted for the enduring material audience, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Update features a dozen faculty members presenting this specialty’s impact on imaging, cardiology, neurology, endocrinology, oncology, rheumatology, pediatrics and much more. Practice enhancements and professional development w... |
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Management of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Stacey Cohen, MD, explores the significance of molecular profiling and tumor markers in personalizing immunotherapy for metastatic colorectal cancer. She also delves into the evolving landscape of targeted therapies, discussing the nuances and considerations of different options to optimize patient outcomes. |
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Optimizing Cancer Screening With MCED Technologies: From Science to Practical Application - Module 1
STATEMENT OF NEED
Approximately 2 million new cancer cases are expected in the United States in 2024, with an anticipated 611,720 deaths (ACS, 2024). Screening is associated with earlier stage at diagnosis and improved outcomes (Kim et al, 2011; Plumb et al, 2016). However, cancers that are not routinely screened for account for 78% of all cancer deaths in the United States, and even among cancers that do have standard tests, factors such as low awareness, lack of available facilities, and in... |
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Optimizing Cancer Screening With MCED Technologies: From Science to Practical Application - Module 2
STATEMENT OF NEED
Approximately 2 million new cancer cases are expected in the United States in 2024, with an anticipated 611,720 deaths (ACS, 2024). Screening is associated with earlier stage at diagnosis and improved outcomes (Kim et al, 2011; Plumb et al, 2016). Multicancer early detection (MCED) is an emerging form of blood-based testing that utilizes cancer biomarkers in the blood to screen for multiple cancers simultaneously (ACS, 2024). Currently, numerous clinical trials are investiga... |
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Optimizing Cancer Screening With MCED Technologies: From Science to Practical Application - Module 3
STATEMENT OF NEED
Approximately 2 million new cancer cases are expected in the United States in 2024, with an anticipated 611,720 deaths (ACS, 2024). Screening is associated with earlier stage at diagnosis and improved outcomes (Kim et al, 2011; Plumb et al, 2016). However, cancers that are not routinely screened for account for 78% of all cancer deaths in the United States (ACS, 2024; Pinsky & Berg, 2012; USPSTF, 2024). Multicancer early detection (MCED) is a novel form of blood-based ca... |
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Podcast - Optimizing Cancer Screening With MCED Technologies: From Science to Practical Application - Module 1
STATEMENT OF NEED
Approximately 2 million new cancer cases are expected in the United States in 2024, with an anticipated 611,720 deaths (ACS, 2024). Screening is associated with earlier stage at diagnosis and improved outcomes (Kim et al, 2011; Plumb et al, 2016). However, cancers that are not routinely screened for account for 78% of all cancer deaths in the United States, and even among cancers that do have standard tests, factors such as low awareness, lack of available facilities, and in... |
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Podcast - Optimizing Cancer Screening With MCED Technologies: From Science to Practical Application - Module 2
STATEMENT OF NEED
Approximately 2 million new cancer cases are expected in the United States in 2024, with an anticipated 611,720 deaths (ACS, 2024). Screening is associated with earlier stage at diagnosis and improved outcomes (Kim et al, 2011; Plumb et al, 2016). However, cancers that are not routinely screened for account for 78% of all cancer deaths in the United States, and even among cancers that do have standard tests, factors such as low awareness, lack of available facilities, and in... |
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Podcast - Optimizing Cancer Screening With MCED Technologies: From Science to Practical Application - Module 3
STATEMENT OF NEED
Approximately 2 million new cancer cases are expected in the United States in 2024, with an anticipated 611,720 deaths (ACS, 2024). Screening is associated with earlier stage at diagnosis and improved outcomes (Kim et al, 2011; Plumb et al, 2016). However, cancers that are not routinely screened for account for 78% of all cancer deaths in the United States, and even among cancers that do have standard tests, factors such as low awareness, lack of available facilities, and in... |
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Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: Advanced Interventions & Regenerative Medicine - Live Course
The Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: Advanced Interventions & Regenerative Medicine Training Course is taught by leading experts in the field of MSK ultrasound. This course takes your musculoskeletal ultrasound skills to the next level with a focus on advanced diagnostic and interventional skills including spine, peripheral nerve, tendinopathy and ultrasound-guided tenotomy. Regenerative medicine applications including prolotherapy, platelet-rich plasma (PRP), bone-marrow aspirate concentrate (... |
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Advances In the Delayed-Onset of Type 1 Diabetes: Strategies to Improve Awareness and Care for the Practicing Clinician - Part 3
Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of Pediatric and Adult Endocrinologists, Pediatricians, Primary Care Providers, and Endocrine Nurses.
Program Overview
During this program, experts will present overviews of the importance of early screening and staging for type 1 diabetes (T1D), strategies and practical pearls for screening and follow-up, how to intervene early with disease-modifying therapies to delay progression to clinical T1D, as well as ongoing ... |
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Recognizing and Confirming Potential ATTR in Your Patients
Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, allied health practitioners, and students interested in complex cardiovascular and thoracic conditions and those who care for patients with ATTR.
Program Overview
This activity will cover early diagnosis and intervention for transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR), which is critical, yet does not occur, typically as a consequence of the rarity and heterogeneity of the disease and limited awareness on the part ... |
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Navigating the Evolving Standards of Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Treatment: Exploring the Evidence on New Combination Strategies
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
The goal of treatment for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM) patients is achieving the deepest possible remission, which typically involves aiming for minimal residual disease negativity. Frontline therapy for NDMM is evolving to include novel induction regimens with anti-CD38 antibodies, which have been shown to yield improved depth of response after induction. These new frontline treatments vary in induction regimen composition and use of transplant, consolidation,... |
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Improving the Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Progressive Fibrosis (PPF): A Focus on Systemic Sclerosis Interstitial Lung Disease (SSc-ILD) and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of rheumatologists, pulmonologists, and advanced practice providers.
Program Overview
This activity features an interactive case-based format where you can review questions to determine best practices in diagnosing and managing PPF, SSc-ILD, and IPF. This session offers real-life examples to help differentiate diseases within the Pulmonary Progressive Fibrosis (PPF) group, such as Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) a... |
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Clinical Competence in Cardiac CT Compendium
Supplemented with all new presentation content and worth up to 60.5 AMA PRA Category I Credits™, the Clinical Competence in Cardiac CT Compendium will help meet credentialing and/or maintenance requirements for Cardiac CT. Each case features a simulated workstation, with hundreds of datasets of fully navigable imagines, supplement diagnostic materials and detailed description of findings by expert faculty. The cases present a wide variety of cardiovascular pathology, including the assessme... |
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Bunion-Like Toes and Tumor Like Swellings " Recognize FOP and Improve Patient Outcomes in the Era of Disease Specific Therapy
Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of healthcare providers in pediatrics, primary care, oncology, surgery, radiology, acute care, emergency medicine, rheumatology, and infectious disease.
Program Overview
Bunion-like toes present at birth and tumor-like swellings in a young child are diagnostic signs of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive (FOP), a disease with recent advances made in therapy. Upon completion of the course, learners should be able to ... |
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Podcast: Multidisciplinary Task Force and Position Statement: Mitigating Disease Burden and Health Care Disparities in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma
STATEMENT OF NEED
With the complex and rapidly evolving treatment landscape of multiple myeloma, it is vital that clinicians not only understand factors for informing selection of current and emerging combination and sequential therapeutic strategies, but also employ interdisciplinary strategies for reducing disparities in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma care. The development of novel therapeutic options has significantly improved treatment outcomes for patients with relapsed/refractor... |
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Defining the therapeutic algorithm in patients with HR positive breast cancer - United States
Target Audience
The initiative will target oncology clinicians in the US, Germany, Spain, Italy, and France, and specifically those actively involved in the treatment of breast cancer
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
Assess the efficacy of new target therapy options in the management of patients with HR + early and metastatic BC with and implications for team-based and shared decision-making globall
Apply the most recent evid... |
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Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADC) - United States
Target Audience
The initiative will target oncology clinicians in the US, Germany, Spain, Italy, and France, and specifically those actively involved in the treatment of breast cancer.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
Assess the efficacy of new target therapy options in the management of patients with HR + early and metastatic BC with and implications for team-based and shared decision-making globall
Apply the most recent evi... |
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Bridging the Health Gaps in Hereditary Angioedema: Demystifying Disparities, Enhancing Quality of Life, and Implementing Effective Prophylactic Solutions
Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare, life-threatening disorder characterized by recurrent, unpredictable episodes of bradykinin-induced swelling. In this presentation, Dr. Marc Reidl, Clinical Director of the US Hereditary Angioedema Association (HAEA) Angioedema Center, reviews multiple underrecognized factors that contribute to health disparities among patients with HAE, including delays in diagnosis and multifaceted differences among racial and ethnic groups, socioeconomic status levels, ... |
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Ace the Case: A 15-Year-Old Girl With a Remote History of Rash While Taking Amoxicillin
This educational activity will utilize a case study to discuss a 15-year-old girl with a remote history of a rash while taking amoxicillin. |
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Ace the Case: A 77-Year-Old Man With Chronic Heartburn and Persistent Abdominal Pain
This educational activity will utilize a case study to discuss a 77-year-old man who presents with a history of chronic heartburn and 3 months of persistent abdominal pain. |
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Ace the Case: A 38-Year-Old Man With Resistant Hypertension
This educational activity will utilize a case study to discuss a 38-year-old man with resistant hypertension. |
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Ace the Case: A 47-Year-Old Woman With Lethargy, Confusion, and Muscle Weakness
This educational activity will utilize a case study to discuss a 47-year-old woman with lethargy, confusion, and muscle weakness. |
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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Unmasking Disparities and Forging a Path to Equitable Care
This comprehensive continuing education (CE) monograph delves into the complexities of HCM, an autosomal dominant genetic disorder marked by increased left ventricular hypertrophy. This condition can lead to significant health complications, such as heart failure, arrhythmias, stroke, and sudden cardiac death. Despite the impact of HCM on patient health and well-being, a gap persists in the understanding of the racial/ethnic and gender-based disparities among healthcare professionals. This gap... |
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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Unmasking Disparities and Forging a Path to Equitable Care
This comprehensive continuing education (CE) monograph delves into the complexities of HCM, an autosomal dominant genetic disorder marked by increased left ventricular hypertrophy. This condition can lead to significant health complications, such as heart failure, arrhythmias, stroke, and sudden cardiac death. Despite the impact of HCM on patient health and well-being, a gap persists in the understanding of the racial/ethnic and gender-based disparities among healthcare professionals. This gap... |
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Best of ACTHIV®: HIV 101 " Pathogenesis
Description:
Selected by attendees and the program planning committee as one of the best sessions of the ACTHIV® 2023 conference for the frontline HIV care team, this activity will describe HIV infection and viral dynamics, define how viral dynamics impact management of antiretroviral therapy, and describe current progress in area of HIV cure/remission
Learning Objectives
After participating in the activity, learners should be better able to:
Describe HIV infection and viral d... |
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Best of ACTHIV® 2024: HIV the Basics"Primary Care in HIV
Selected by attendees and the program planning committee as one of the best sessions of the ACTHIV® 2024 conference for the frontline HIV care team, this activity will focus on best practices for a new patient intake for someone diagnosed with HIV, including asking relevant medical, social and historical information, and ensuring appropriate lab tests, diagnostic imaging and vaccinations based on the history taken.
Learning Objectives
Complete a new patient intake for someone diagno... |
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Best of ACTHIV® 2024: Beyond Viral Suppression: How Addressing Mental Health Directly Reduces Morbidity and Mortality in People with HIV
Description
Selected by attendees and the program planning committee as one of the best sessions of the ACTHIV® 2024 conference for the frontline HIV care team, this activity will focus on identifying causes of death that are direct outcomes of poor mental health among PWH, and provide guidance for the care team to better enable them to address mental health problems as a component of all HIV-related prevention, care and treatment approaches.
Learning Objectives
Identify three ca... |
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