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Looking Ahead: Integrating Emerging Therapies and Tools in Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD), a heterogeneous, neurodegenerative condition with an insidious onset and slow progression, is the leading cause of disability and morbidity as well as the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States. Diagnosing AD is often complicated due to its varied clinical symptomatology and unknown etiology, and currently only symptomatic therapies are available.
Recent clinical trials investigating disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) that could slow or reverse the progr... |
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Lifestyle Medicine: Tools for Promoting Healthy Change - LIVE STREAMING
State-of-the-Art Approaches to Help Patients Initiate and Sustain Health-Promoting Behaviors
Lifestyle Medicine will be held online this year, using live streaming, electronic Q&A, and other remote learning technologies.
Overview
This immersive two-day course offers state-of-the-art strategies to guide patients to healthier lives. Education includes evidence-based strategies, tools and techniques to effect healthier changes in patients (and ourselves), including nutrition, exercise, slee... |
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16-Night New Zealand CME AWAY® Cruise
Auckland, New Zealand • Bay Of Islands, New Zealand • Kingston, Norfolk Island, New Zealand • New Plymouth, New Zealand • Milford Sound, New Zealand • Dunedin, New Zealand • Akaroa, New Zealand • Wellington, New Zealand • Nelson, New Zealand • Picton, New Zealand • Napier, New Zealand • Tauranga, New Zealand |
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7-Night Jamaica CME AWAY® Resort - Pearls for Managing Different Kinds of Arthritis, Sleep Disorders & Communicating with Patients
The all-new Sandals South Coast is the perfect combination of European civility in anall-beachfront resort. From all-new Over-the-Water Bungalows, an overwater bar, and a romantic Over-the-Water Chapel, Sandals South Coast brings guests closer than ever to the water. Set on a 2-mile stretch of Jamaica's south coast's most pristine white-sand beach and nestled within a 500-acre nature preserve, this spectacular seaside oasis features three distinctive European Villages. Relax by one of three po... |
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Therapy Tidbits Winter 2021
Therapy Tidbits –Winter 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:
*Pandemic Spurs Interest in Walk-and-Talk Therapy – Introduces the idea of ‘Walk and Talk’ therapy sessions, highlighting the pros and cons of such sessions.
*Cybersecuri... |
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Preventing Medical Errors in Behavioral Health
Preventing Medical Errors in Behavioral Health is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE) course that examines the ways in which clients can be harmed in mental health practice, and the many strategies for anticipating and avoiding such undesirable outcomes.
This course is intended to increase clinicians’ awareness of the many types of errors that can occur within mental health practice, how such errors damage clients, and numerous ways they can be prevented. Its emphasis is on areas wi... |
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NEW - Yachting the Seychelles Islands: Hot Topics in Medical, Dental & Public Health Issues
Yachting the Seychelles Islands
Hot Topics in Medical, Dental & Public Health Issues
Roundtrip Mahé on Crystal Esprit
March 19 – 26, 2023
Join PES and sail for 7 nights through the topaz waters of the Indian Ocean to the tropical paradise of the Seychelles, where idyllic beaches, lush emerald mountains, and UNESCO-protected wildlife reserves await.
Hot Topics in Medical, Dental & Public Health Issues
CME/CE Lecture Seminars for Medical, Dental, Nursing and Allied Healthcare Profes... |
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NEW - Yachting the Seychelles Islands: Hot Topics in Medical, Dental & Public Health Issues
Yachting the Seychelles Islands
Hot Topics in Medical, Dental & Public Health Issues
Roundtrip Mahé on Crystal Esprit
February 13 – 20, 2022
Join PES and sail for 7 nights through the topaz waters of the Indian Ocean to the tropical paradise of the Seychelles, where idyllic beaches, lush emerald mountains, and UNESCO-protected wildlife reserves await.
CME/CE Lecture Seminars for Medical, Dental, Nursing and Allied Healthcare Professionals
This Seminar is planned for 12 Continuing Ed... |
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Mindfulness: The Healing Power of Compassionate Presence
Mindfulness: The Healing Power of Compassionate Presence is a 6-hour online continuing education (CE) course that will give you the mindfulness skills necessary to work directly, effectively, and courageously with your own and your clients' struggles.
Compassion towards others starts with compassion towards self. Practicing mindfulness cultivates our ability to pay intentional attention to our experience from moment to moment. Mindfulness teaches us to become patiently and spaciously aware ... |
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Principles of Medical Education: Maximizing Your Teaching Skills - LIVE STREAMING
The Techniques and Strategies that Significantly Improve Student Engagement and Teaching and Mentoring Effectiveness
Principles of Medical Education: Maximizing Your Teaching Skills will be held online this year, using live streaming, electronic Q&A, and other remote learning technologies.
OVERVIEW
Incorporating best practices, newer principles of adult learning, and widely available technologies into your teaching can significantly improve your ability to engage and inspire students, ... |
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4-Night Wickaninnish Inn CME AWAY® Resort - Low Back and Neck Pain, NSAIDS, Opioid Guidelines, Diabetes, Atrial Fibrillation & Insomnia
Immersive and captivating, the Wickaninnish Inn celebrates its rich heritage through attentive hospitality and the spirit of adventure. Perched between the ancient rainforest and the sea, our location offers unparalleled access to the true nature of Vancouver Island’s west coast. Alongside the lively wonderscape outside, our offerings are presented with genuine care and consideration, giving you the time to share special moments and create timeless memories. The Inn’s two neighbouring bui... |
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Morocco & Canary Islands: Medical & Dental Symposium at Sea
Medical & Dental Symposium at Sea
CME/CE Lecture Seminars for Medical, Dental, Nursing and Allied Healthcare Professionals
This Seminar is planned for 14 Continuing Education Credit Hours
CME/CE Professional Seminar Fee: $695
Seminar Attendance Fee: $450
CME/CE credits, Certificates of Completion and possible tax deductible guidelines will be provided for registered Professional Seminar attendees Certificates of Attendance will be provided for ALL registered seminar participants
Semi... |
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Therapy Tidbits Fall 2020
Therapy Tidbits – Fall 2020 is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course comprised of select articles from the Winter 2020 issue of The National Psychologist, a private, independent, quarterly newspaper intended to keep psychologists informed about practice issues. The articles included in this course are:
Stress for Psychologists Piles up During Pandemic – Highlights the ways in which the pandemic has affected psychologists and stresses the importance of caring for oneself.
Sex... |
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5-Night Banff CME AWAY® Resort
Moose Hotel & Suites
The design of The Moose is “mountain elegance”, with warm, rich, natural materials. Located a 1 minute walk from the heart of downtown Banff, the Moose Hotel & Suites features 174 air conditioned guests rooms, with a combination of One and Two Bedroom Suites and hotel rooms. Amenities include the Meadow Spa & Pools with 10 treatment rooms and private outdoor hot pool, a bright indoor swimming pool and exercise room on the 3rd floor, and 2 spectacular rooftop hot pools... |
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Gaslighting
Gaslighting is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course that describes a very widespread phenomenon involving an abnormal pattern of behavior, known colloquially as “gaslighting.”
Gaslighting has been insufficiently studied and is rarely mentioned in classrooms, abnormal psychology textbooks, or medical literature, Yet, individuals in intimate relationships, in the workplace, in social media, in politics, and even in governments have displayed the behaviors of gaslighting. Our ... |
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Updates on the Management of Insomnia: Expert Guidance Through the Latest Clinical Trials on Dual Orexin Receptor Antagonists
This video is a replay of a plenary session from the 12th Annual Chair Summit Master Class for Neuroscience Professional Development held in Las Vegas, NV from February 27 - 29, 2020.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this CE activity, participants should be able to:
Query your patients about insomnia to facilitate diagnosis and treatment to reduce the personal, clinical, and societal burden it imposes.
Examine the role of orexin in sleep/wake regulation to facilitate treatment selecti... |
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Narcolepsy with Cataplexy
Diagnosing and managing pediatric narcolepsy with cataplexy poses a significant challenge to clinicians. In younger children, EDS may be vague and present as behavioral problems or concentration difficulties, and its treatment is considered to be similar to that of adults. Yet, the same challenges in diagnosing and treating narcolepsy in adults seem to be exacerbated in children.
Validated tools such as EDS-CHAD can improve the detection of EDS in pediatric narcolepsy, and it is imperative ... |
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I Shouldn't Be This Sleepy: A Look into EDS
Patients with narcolepsy can have a wide range of medical comorbidities, which contribute to the burden of disease as well as under diagnosis. Additionally, excessive sleepiness may persist despite patients using their CPAP for ≥ 6 hours per night. Early detection of and treatment initiation for EDS is imperative; therefore, clinicians should query their patients abut sleep, identify EDS with an evidence-based tool such as a Sleep Inventory, Polysomnography (PSG), or Mean Sleep Latency Test ... |
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Laying to Rest Challenges in Managing Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea or Narcolepsy- An Augmented Reality Experience
Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is a common symptom of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and narcolepsy. EDS is often associated with traffic accidents and occupational incidents, cognitive impairments, and increased risk of medical and psychiatric comorbidities, resulting in poorer quality of life (QoL) and increased mortality. Yet, the burden of EDS is often underestimated and devising effective strategies for management poses a significant challenge.
Advances in sleep medicine have offere... |
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Spasticity: Diagnosis and Management with Focus on Botulinum Toxin
This video is a replay of a plenary session from the 12th Annual Chair Summit Master Class for Neuroscience Professional Development held in Las Vegas, NV from February 27 - 29, 2020.
At the end of this CE activity, participants should be able to:
-Recognize the varied presentations of spasticity.
-Develop individualized treatment strategies based on shared goals and available treatment options. |
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Translating Evidence to Practice: Approaches for Individualism and Patient-Centered MS Care
This video is a replay of a plenary session from the 12th Annual Chair Summit Master Class for Neuroscience Professional Development held in Las Vegas, NV from February 27 - 29, 2020.
At the end of this CE activity, participants should be able to:
-Evaluate the latest clinical data on the safety and efficacy of current and emerging therapies for MS and develop a patient centered care plan. |
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Applied Behavior Analysis for Autism
Applied Behavior Analysis for Autism is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE) course that provides evidence-based behavioral interventions for the minimally verbal child with autism.
The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) currently seems to be holding steady at one in 54 children (CDC, 2016). The communication challenges of these children are widely known and require specialized early interventions to overcome them.
This course presents evidence-based strategies that can en... |
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Building Resilience in Children
Building Resilience in Children is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE) course that offers a wide variety of resilience interventions that can be used in therapy, school, and home settings.
Health professionals are treating an increasing number of children who have difficulty coping with 21st century everyday life. Issues that are hard to deal with include excessive pressure to succeed in school, bullying, divorce, or even abuse at home.
This course provides a working definition of ... |
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Bipolar Disorder Across the Life Cycle
Bipolar Disorder Across the Life Cycle is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE) course that provides clinicians with practical guidance in understanding and treating Bipolar disorder (BD).
Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness that has seven different diagnostic types. It is a major affective disorder marked by severe mood swings (manic or major depressive episodes) and a tendency to remission and recurrence. It causes episodic pathological mood alterations resulting in extreme s... |
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Anxiety in Children
Anxiety in Children is a 4-hour online continuing education (CE) course that focuses on behavioral interventions for children with anxiety disorders.
According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, it is estimated that 40 million Americans suffer from anxiety disorders. Anxiety disorders affect one in eight children but is often not diagnosed. Untreated anxiety can lead to substance abuse, difficulties in school, and depression. Professionals who work with children, includin... |
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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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Executive Functioning: Teaching Children Organizational Skills
Executive Functioning: Teaching Children Organizational Skills is a 4-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that will enumerate and illustrate multiple strategies and tools for helping children overcome executive functioning deficits and improve their self-esteem and organizational abilities.
Executive functioning skills represent a key set of mental assets that help connect past experience with present action. They are fundamental to performing activities such as planning, orga... |
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8-Night Rome & Amalfi Coast CME AWAY® Land Tour
Rome, Italy ● Montecassino, Italy ● Amalfi Coast, Italy ● Minori, Italy ● Sorrento, Italy ● Pompeii, Italy |
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7-Night Punta Cana CME AWAY® Resort
Grand Palladium Punta Cana & TRS Turquesa, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic |
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Challenging Cases in the Management of Bipolar Depression: What Would You Do?
Bipolar depression affects a wide range of patient populations who can sometimes present unique clinical challenges. Bipolar depression occurs across the spectrum of age from young to old, in those with mixed features, and in patients with comorbidities. Given the heterogeneity of bipolar depression presentations, there is no universal approach to its management, and clinicians face numerous challenges when delivering care to patients with unique needs. Clinicians need to be aware of how age a... |
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Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence-Based Screening & Assessment
Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence-Based Screening and Assessment is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE) course that summarizes proven approaches to screening, assessing and diagnosing ASD in children and young adults.
Epidemiological studies indicate a progressively rising prevalence trend in the number of individuals identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) over the past decade. Yet, compared with general population estimates, children, and youth with mild to moderate symptoms... |
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Danube River Cruise on Crystal: Exploring Medicine, Dentistry & the European Healthcare Model
Danube River Cruise on Crystal
Exploring Medicine, Dentistry &
the European Healthcare Model
Budapest to Vilshofen on Crystal Ravel
September 19 – 26, 2021
Join PES for 7 nights & discover the heart of Old-World Europe, exploring timeless imperial cities and the plentiful UNESCO World Heritage Sites along the regal & romantic Danube River aboard the luxurious, 106-guest all-inclusive, all-suite, butler-serviced Crystal Ravel.
River Cruise Itinerary Highlights:
Overnight in Budapes... |
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10-Night Canadian Maritimes Coastal Wonders CME AWAY® Land Tour - ACLS, Office Emergencies, Sleep Disorders, Travel Medicine, COVID-19 & Celiac Disease
Halifax, Nova Scotia | Peggy’s Cove | Mahone Bay | Lunenburg | Cape Breton Island | Baddeck | Cabot Trail | Prince Edward Island | Saint John, New Brunswick |
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Therapy Tidbits Summer 2020
Therapy Tidbits – Summer 2020 is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course comprised of select articles from the Spring 2020 issue of The National Psychologist, a private, independent, quarterly newspaper intended to keep psychologists informed about practice issues. The articles included in this course are:
Psychologists Pivot to Teletherapy as Pandemic Takes Hold - Practitioners share their positive experiences of moving to tele-therapy and discuss the obstacles that must be over... |
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6-Night Canadian Rockies & Glacier National Park CME AWAY® Land Tour
Calgary, Alberta | Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta | Glacier National Park, Montana | Banff, Alberta | Icefields Parkway, Alberta | Lake Louise, Alberta |
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14-Night Black Sea CME AWAY® Cruise - Palliative Care for the Generalist & Updates on Surgery for the Family Physician
Piraeus (Athens), Greece ● Mykonos, Greece ● Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey ● Bosporus Strait (Cruising) ● Burgas, Bulgaria ● Varna, Bulgaria ● Constanta (Bucharest), Romania ● Odessa, Ukraine ● Istanbul, Turkey ● Canakkale (Kepez), Turkey |
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COVID-19: Picking Up the Pieces
COVID-19: Picking Up the Pieces is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE) course that examines the effects of the pandemic and the challenges we face moving forward.
This course will discuss the many aspects of COVID-19 that have affected us all, physically, psychologically, and economically. It will begin with a discussion of what pandemics are, and what differentiates COVID-19 from previous pandemics. We will then turn our attention to the psychological effects of a pandemic – from a... |
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West Coast Culinary Themed Cruise: Medical/Dental Health and Well–Being Updates
West Coast Culinary Themed Cruise
Medical/Dental Health and Well–Being Updates
San Diego to Vancouver on Windstar Star Breeze
May 10 – 20, 2022
Join PES for a 10-night Western United States & Canada culinary themed cruise, to explore bountiful farmer’s markets, famed culinary cities, scenic vineyards, and rugged coastlines—while sailing aboard the newly renovated, 312-guest all-suite yacht Windstar Star Breeze!
Medical/Dental Health and Well–Being Updates
CME/CE Lecture Sem... |
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5-Night Mont Tremblant CME AWAY Resort - ACLS, Office Emergencies, Sleep Disorders, Travel Medicine, COVID-19 & Celiac Disease
Mont-Tremblant Ski Resort, Quebec, Canada - March Break! |
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7-Night St. Lucia CME AWAY Resort - Updates in Psychiatry & Dermatology
Sandals Grande St. Lucian, Pigeon Island Gros Islet, St. Lucia |
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SPLENDORS OF EGYPT & THE NILE ON UNIWORLD: Sleep Medicine, Dentistry & Effective Planning for Healthy Aging
4-Nights Cairo & 7-Night Nile River Cruise
Uncover Egypt’s ancient secrets with PES on this bucket list adventure! Visit iconic landmarks, temples, and monuments and cruise the Nile in a manner once reserved for pharaohs on the brand new S.S. Sphinx.
Cruise & Tour Itinerary Highlights:
• Gaze upon the mighty ancient Pyramids and the mysterious Sphinx
• Wander amongst the towering ruins of the Temple of Karnak, the world’s largest ancient religious complex, and the Temple of Lux... |
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11-Night Cook Islands & Society Islands CME AWAY Cruise - Family Medicine & Dermatology
Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands ● Huahine, Society Islands ● Aitutaki, Cook Islands ● Rarotonga, Cook Islands ● Bora Bora, Society Islands ● Taha'a, Society Islands ● Moorea, Society Islands |
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7-Night Alaska Dawes Glacier CME AWAY™ Cruise - From COPD to Migraines to Arthritis and More! An Interactive CME Program North of 60
Seattle, Washington ● Ketchikan, Alaska ● Endicott Arm ● Juneau, Alaska ● Skagway, Alaska ● Victoria, British Columbia |
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11-Night Spain, Portugal & Canary Islands CME AWAY™ Cruise
Southampton, England • Porto (Leixoes), Portugal • Lanzarote, Canary Islands • Tenerife, Canary Islands • Gran Canaria, Canary Islands • Lisbon, Portugal • Vigo, Spain |
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10-Night Venice, Turkey & Greek Islands CME AWAY™ Cruise
Venice, Italy ● Katakolon, Greece ● Santorini, Greece ● Ephesus (Kusadasi), Turkey ● Mykonos, Greece ● Athens (Piraeus), Greece ● Chania (Souda), Crete, Greece ● Zakynthos, Greece |
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Clinical Supervision for Mental Health Professionals
Clinical Supervision for Mental Health Professionals is a 4-hour online continuing education (CE) course that will present research on the best practices in supervision of mental health professionals such as psychotherapists, marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, and social workers.
As we discuss the various aspects of supervision, we will consider evidence-based research and guidelines as recommended by the American Psychological Association (APA), The Association of Ma... |
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Therapy Tidbits – Spring 2020
Therapy Tidbits – Spring 2020 is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course comprised of select articles from the Spring 2020 issue of The National Psychologist, a private, independent, quarterly newspaper intended to keep psychologists informed about practice issues. The articles included in this course are:
Psychologists Adjust to World with Coronavirus – Discusses the reasons why offering telemental health services will be beneficial for psychologists and their patients
July... |
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Psychological Effects of Shame
Psychological Effects of Shame is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE) course that explores the emotion of shame and how it affects individuals.
This course will teach therapists how to identify shame and the ways in which people try to avoid, ignore, and hide from it. Various topics will be discussed, including shaming about weight, parenting, incarceration, alcoholism, and shopping. Compensatory behaviors resulting from being shamed will also be identified.
This will lead to an ex... |
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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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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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