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Addressing the Burden of Psoriatic Arthritis: Moving Beyond the Joint
Philip J. Mease, MD, and Alexis R. Ogdie-Beatty, MD, review the pathogenesis and a wide spectrum of clinical features, manifestations, and comorbidities of psoriatic arthritis; talk about classification criteria for PsA and different patient-reported and provider-assessed outcome measures; and discuss treatment recommendations and strategies, as well as various types of current and emerging therapies. Finally, they highlight some of the key issues and challenges of the management of PsA throug... |
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Shifting Focus: Individualizing Preventive Therapy for Hereditary Angioedema
William Lumry, MD, FACAAI, discusses the genetic component of HAE and differences among the types of HAE. This activity also includes several eye-opening video clips from patients with HAE who describe how it affects their daily lives.
Content Areas:
• Burden of disease
• Clinical presentation, features
• Causes and types
• Diagnosis and screening
• Approaches to treatment
• Preventive treatment
• Comprehensive treatment
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Optimizing Personalized Care Plans for Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
STATEMENT OF NEED
An estimated 228,150 new cases of lung cancer are reported in the United States annually, and 142,670 people die of the disease. The major subtypes are non-small cell (84%) and small cell (13%). Most patients with lung cancer are diagnosed at a locally advanced or metastatic stage, making systemic therapy the cornerstone of management. Although 70% of patients receiving first-line classical doublet chemotherapy demonstrate clinical benefit, most develop progressive disea... |
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PILOTforPulmonary 2019: Data, Insights & Practice
This education provides the opportunity to learn the latest in the management of patients with IPF/ILD. Summaries or abstracts from recent pulmonary meetings will be presented followed by video discussions by expert faculty regarding the implications on the management of patients with IPF/ILD. Skills can then be applied in an interactive case where the learner is challenged to make decisions for the patient. |
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New Thinking, New Strategies in Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma
STATEMENT OF NEED
Bladder cancer is the sixth most common malignancy among adults in the United States. Approximately 80,470 new cases are diagnosed annually and 17,670 people die of the disease. More than 90% of patients with bladder cancer have the urothelial carcinoma subtype, which has a high rate of recurrence whether it is low or high grade. Approximately half of all bladder cancers are diagnosed in situ, for which the 5-year relative survival rate is 95%. For tumors diagnosed as a lo... |
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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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Managing Individuals With Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis (EGPA)
The goal of this educational initiative is to improve the knowledge and ability of clinicians who may encounter individuals with EGPA to recognize, manage, and treat patients with EGPA.
Unfortunately, many clinicians may encounter individuals who are living with undiagnosed Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA). Although these patients could gain benefit from treatment, damage has often already occurred by the time a diagnosis is made and patients have unnecessarily suffered ... |
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Rare Disease Clinical Trials
When caring for an individual with a rare disease who has exhausted standard treatments or for whom there are no treatments available, exploration of clinical trials, and possibly expanded access programs, may be warranted. However, many care team members and their patients may not know where to begin with these options. In addition, a number of barriers to participation may exist for both the patient and the care team. Clinicians caring for people with rare diseases, therefore, would benefit ... |
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TTR Amyloidosis
By learning more about the pathophysiology of rare diseases like TTR Amyloidosis, members of the care team who may encounter these patients on their diagnostic journeys can have a profound impact on their ultimate outcomes. |
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2019 Practice Management Workshop Online
Select recordings from the AAAAI 2019 Practice Management Workshop, an event that focuses exclusively on the business side of medicine -- billing, coding, insurance contracting, regulatory issues, and more.
Designed for allergist/immunologists--at any stage of their career--and their practice staff, these recordings highlight the many aspects of managing an allergy/immunology practice in the 21st Century.
The recordings are downloadable and can be saved to your preferred device (desktop... |
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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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Optimizing the Clinical Outcomes of Patients With Immune Thrombocytopenia
STATEMENT OF NEED
Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a heterogeneous disorder with variable clinical features that range from asymptomatic thrombocytopenia to bothersome bruising to life-threatening intracranial hemorrhage. The lack of specific diagnostic criteria remains an important unmet need. Bleeding events are the most common clinical manifestation of ITP but are unpredictable with current laboratory testing. Many patients do not exhibit significant bleeding even in the setting of sever... |
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New Clinical Perspectives in the Management of Myelofibrosis
STATEMENT OF NEED
Myelofibrosis is a rare type of myeloproliferative neoplasm—a heterogenous group of hematopoietic disorders—that affects approximately 13,000 individuals in the United States. As symptoms do not typically manifest in early stages, patients with myelofibrosis often present with advanced disease. The presence of comorbidities precludes most from allogeneic stem cell transplant, the only potentially curative treatment option available. Due to the dearth of effective treat... |
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New Thinking, New Strategies in the Treatment of Advanced NSCLC Without Driver Mutations
STATEMENT OF NEED
Of the estimated 228,150 patients diagnosed with lung cancer in the United States each year, 84% have non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Most patients with NSCLC present with advanced disease, which is highly resistant to chemotherapy. The 5-year survival rates remain dismal (18%). Recently, the use of tumor histology in determining optimal treatment strategies and relevant molecular biomarkers to further refine selection of novel therapies has improved outcomes for some ... |
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Conversations from the World of Allergy: Podcast Episodes for Credit
This podcast features interviews on a wide variety of allergy/immunology topics. It is our hope that the conversations provide evidence-based information that is useful to clinicians, researchers and patients, alike.
Some episodes are available for CME credit. All podcast episodes are available at https://www.aaaai.org/professional-education-and-training/podcasts |
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Personalized Medicine for Improving Asthma Care: An Animated Video Series
In this series of fast-paced animated videos, Dr. Tara Carr discusses the treatment of severe asthma, including how to choose targeted therapy based on patient endotypes and phenotypes. |
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Current Standards and Best Practices in the Management of Tumor Lysis Syndrome
STATEMENT OF NEED
Tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) is a rare, potentially life-threatening oncologic emergency typically associated with chemotherapy-induced tumor cell death in which potassium, phosphate, and nucleic acids are released into the bloodstream. This release of intracellular materials results in severe metabolic abnormalities such as hyperuricemia and hyperphosphatemia, which may cause acute renal injury, and hypokalemia and hypocalcemia, which may cause seizures, neuromuscular sympt... |
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Current Challenges and New Opportunities in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant
STATEMENT OF NEED
Hematopoietic stem cell transplant is a potentially curative therapy for patients with hematologic malignancies. There are 2 primary types of HSCT: autologous, where the cells are taken from the patient, and allogeneic, where the cells come from a matched sibling donor or an unrelated donor. Advances in HSCT include the introduction of reduced-intensity conditioning regimens that allow transplant in older patients and alternative graft sources that afford a donor for nearl... |
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Medical Spanish For the Healthcare Professional
Overview / Abstract:
The Spanish speaking population has grown tremendously over the past few decades and healthcare providers in many areas of the country are challenged to communicate with this expanding patient population.The goal of this conference is to teach basic, intermediate and advanced Medical Spanish language skills in the classroom and to implement the usage of these skills with native Spanish speakers in an immersion setting. At the conclusion of this conference, participants s... |
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What if President Calvin Coolidge Was Your Asthma Patient?
Explain how phenotypes and endotypes can help guide a precision medicine approach to severe asthma
Summarize mechanisms of action and key efficacy and safety data pertaining to biologics used in severe asthma
Apply information on phenotypes and endotypes and biologics to precision therapy, as part of a personalized treatment selection process |
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Virtual Patient: Asthma in the Older Adult
This patient simulation requires an evaluation and creation of a treatment plan for an older adult (>65 years old) with asthma. The case involves identification of differences and similarities between asthma and COPD in older adults and consideration of medications and co-morbid conditions that may complicate the management of asthma in this population. A summary of the literature supporting best practices in asthma care in the older adult will be provided. |
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Virtual Patient: Rhinitis in the Older Adult
This patient simulation involves the clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, and clinical management of an older adult (>65 years old) with rhinitis. The course will review the unique features and potential challenges in diagnosis and treatment of rhinitis in this age group and the identification of medications that affect rhinitis in this population. A mentor will provide feedback throughout the simulation. |
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Improving Treatment Outcomes of Patients With Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
STATEMENT OF NEED
Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (WM) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder characterized by lymphoplasmacytic bone marrow infiltration and the presence of serum monoclonal IgM. With an estimated 1,500 new cases reported in the United States annually, the malignancy accounts for 2% of non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Unfortunately, WM is considered incurable with available therapies. Patients with low- and intermediate-risk disease have 5-year survival rates of 87% and 68%, respective... |
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Challenges of Diagnosing and Caring for an Individual with Gaucher Disease
Although making a proper diagnosis can sometimes be a challenge even for common illnesses, in cases of patients who present with a rare disease such as Gaucher disease, properly diagnosing the disorder is especially challenging. Gaucher disease specialists often come across individuals who have lived with symptomatic Gaucher disease for years—into middle age or beyond—at which point treatment is much less effective. Although these individuals can gain some benefit from treatment, irreversi... |
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Spanish for Pharmacists
A comprehensive course for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to learn basic Spanish language skills to improve their patient counseling and communication skills in a pharmacy. Spanish for Pharmacists provides education on pharmacy "one-liners", tips to communicate with Spanish speaking patients, alphabet, punctuation, general vocabulary, numbers, colors, and more! |
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Cardinal Health: The Innovative Delivery Solutions Group | An Overview
This 15-minute (non-accredited / free) activity provides an overview of the various products, services, and career opportunities available with Cardinal Health Innovative Delivery Solutions. The cactivity contains information on pharmacy management, remote order entry, and telepharmacy. As well as insights right from the Talent Acquisition Manager at Cardinal Health IDS. |
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340B Drug Pricing Discount Program | An Overview
This 7-minute (non-accredited) activity provides an overview of the 340B Drug Pricing Discount Program. It is a ten minute, need-to-know overview of this topic for pharmacy students, tech students, and professionals to gain a working knowledge of 340B - who developed the program, which health systems qualify for the program, and how it impacts patients. |
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The Pharmacy Experience | A Comprehensive Overview of the Pharmacy Market
A ten-hour, 68 module course (non-accredited) serving as an introduction to the pharmacy market and perfect for pharmacy students, pharmacy tech students, professionals new to the pharmacy market, and practitioners. The Pharmacy Experience course explores critical need-to-know subjects, practice settings, roles in a pharmacy, services, and pharmacy technology. |
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Virtual Patient: Adult Male with Reaction to Flying Hymenoptera Sting
This patient simulation involves an adult male who had a severe reaction to a flying hymenoptera sting. Based on the clinical history and test results, the learner will choose the best way to treat the patient with immunotherapy. The learner will answer specific questions that explain the immunotherapy treatment, including risks, intervals, duration, and possibility of relapse to the patient. The learner will receive feedback for each decision that is made, and numerous references that discuss... |
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2018 Virtual Joint Congress
The 2018 Virtual Joint Congress (Virtual Annual Meeting) provides you the opportunity to expand your knowledge and clinical skills, and maintain your certification – on your time, at your convenience. Please note the recordings are not live at the Joint Congress.
The Virtual Joint Congress includes recordings of over 75 sessions from the live 2018 Virtual Joint Congress, including:
•Presentation slides along with video and audio for the Plenary and Keynote sessions
•Presentation sl... |
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Relieving the Treatment Burden: Insights Into the Future of Anti-angiogenic Therapies for Neovascular AMD
Target Audience
This activity is intended for retina specialists and comprehensive ophthalmologists who treat diseases of the retina.
Program Overview
This symposium recording will review current challenges associated with frequent anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy, including the impact on patients, caregivers, and treating physicians. The impact of undertreatment on visual acuity will be discussed. Finally, new anti-VEGF and other anti-angiogenic compounds that a... |
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Influenza — Frontline Management and Prevention
Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of family practice physicians, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants involved in the diagnosis and management of patients with influenza.
Program Overview
Seasonal influenza has a significant socioeconomic impact, with several patient populations at high risk of complications. This podcast will provide the latest updates in the prevention and management of influenza and insights in... |
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COVID-19 in Pediatric Patients
Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of pediatric, pulmonary, allergy and immunology, critical care, emergency medicine physicians, registered nurses and other healthcare providers involved in the diagnosis and management of patients with COVID-19.
Program Overview
This activity will cover the current literature and data on COVID-19 in pediatric patients.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able t... |
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How Social Determinants Impact Disparities in Diabetes Care: New Paradigms and Patient Perspectives
In this interactive infographic format, Monica Peek, MD, MPH, MSc, uses her clinical and community experience to provide perspectives on disparities in diabetes care. Using videos, audio, and animated content, this highly visual, self-directed platform creates a practical framework to translate awareness of patient, clinician, and macro-level contributors to disparities into clinical care. Strategies are discussed on how to implement change at an individual and practice level. The activity add... |
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Atopic Dermatitis: Comorbidities and Treatment Safety Outcomes
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of allergists, dermatologists, pediatric dermatologists (MD/DOs), and nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (PAs) who manage patients with atopic dermatitis.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
Develop strategies for the co-management of atopic dermatitis (AD) and its associated comorbid conditions
Identify and manage side effects associated wit... |
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Adult Atopic Dermatitis Patients: Pathways to Improving Outcomes
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of allergists, dermatologists, pediatric dermatologists (MD/DOs), and nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (PAs) who manage patients with AD.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
Develop strategies for the co-management of atopic dermatitis (AD) and its associated comorbid conditions
Identify and manage side effects associated with current AD tr... |
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What the Future Holds for NASH: An Augmented Reality Look into Disease Stating and Targeted Therapies
Statement of Need
Given the rising prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and the societal and economic burden of its aggressive subtype, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), it is important that hepatologists and gastroenterologists are equipped with the latest tools to diagnose NASH. While there are currently no approved therapies for the treatment of NASH, several targeted therapies are being investigated in clinical trials, with high probability of being approved in the ... |
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The Evolving and Future Role of Plasma-Derived Therapies
Target Audience
This accredited activity is designed to address the educational needs of specialists who care for patients with hemophilia A.
Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
Summarize best practices in controversial aspects of hemophilia A care
Identify the current, evolving, and future roles for plasma-derived FVIII
Apply strategies to prevent and eradicate inhibitors in patients receiving FVIII |
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The Current Role of Plasma-Derived Therapies for Hemophilia A
Target Audience
This accredited activity is designed to address the educational needs of specialists who care for patients with hemophilia A.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
Summarize best practices in controversial aspects of hemophilia A care
Identify the current, evolving, and future roles for plasma-derived FVIII |
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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™ - 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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Infections in the Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Setting: Improving Outcomes Through Interdisciplinary Care
Target Audience
This activity is directed to infectious disease physicians, critical care physicians, hospitalists, surgeons, pathologists, hematologists/oncologists, pharmacists, and other healthcare providers responsible for the prevention and management of infections in the HCT setting.
Program Overview
Infections with bacterial, viral, and fungal pathogens remain significant drivers of mortality in HCT. Given the impact of profound immunosuppression on the risk for infection, infe... |
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