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Ethics and Opioid Conference 2019
This activity will address the ethical use of opioids and treatment of patients. |
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Ethics and Opioid Conference 2018
This activity will address the ethical use of opioids and treatment of patients. |
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Conference on Universal Health Care
The past decade has seen an incredible tumult in our nation's approach to health care policy, with the adoption of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) followed by a series of challenges for it and to it. How did we come to the health care system that we have now and where does it succeed and fail? What does the near future have in store for the ACA and for health care policy overall? Would we be better off with a dramatic move to a single-payer option or with a more incremental approach to reform? W... |
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Poise: The Psychology of Posture
Poise: The Psychology of Posture is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that explores how body language can be used to better understand our clients and improve their lives.
It is said that non-verbal communication represents two-thirds of all communication. Whether it be through gestures, posture, facial expressions, personal space or eye contact, how we position and move our bodies sends a message to those we are speaking to. Our poise is often a very telling look into ho... |
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Suturing
Practice various suturing techniques using pigskin, including simple and straight lacerations, deep-layer closure, skin closures, and tying knots using hand and instrument ties. This course is geared toward beginners and those wishing to refresh their suturing skills.
Contact Hours: 5
Visit our website to learn more: http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/schools/son/ce.html
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Update in Respiratory Nursing
Join the Update in Nursing I course for this half-day review of respiratory nursing. Class covers the core competencies in Respiratory.
Visit our website to learn more:
http://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/cson/academics/continuing-education/all-course-listings.html |
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Update in Neurology
Join the Update in Nursing I course for this half-day review of Neurology. Class covers the core competencies in Neurology.
Visit our site for more information:
http://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/cson/academics/continuing-education/all-course-listings.html |
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Update in Cardiac Nursing
Join the Update in Nursing I course for this one-day cardiac nursing content review. Class covers the core competencies in cardiac nursing.
http://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/cson/academics/continuing-education/all-course-listings.html |
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Update in Antibiotics
Join the Update in Nursing I course for this half-day antibiotics content review. Class covers core competencies in antimicrobial therapy.
http://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/cson/academics/continuing-education/all-course-listings.html |
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Transitioning into a Career in Clinical Research
This course deals with the challenges related to managing change associated with career transition. Understand the clinical research field as well as your career strengths, career interests and values. In addition, focus on your uniqueness and its value to yourself and the market place.
Identify transferable skills and accomplishments that can be used in clinical research. Learn from clinical research experts how to market yourself and how to enter the clinical research arena. Pre/co-requis... |
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Suturing
Practice various suturing techniques using pigskin, including simple and straight lacerations, deep-layer closure, skin closures, and tying knots using hand and instrument ties. This course is geared toward beginners and those wishing to refresh their suturing skills.
Contact Hours: 5
Visit our website to learn more: http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/schools/son/ce.html |
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Gender and Transgender Identity
Gender and Transgender Identity is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE) course that reviews issues in the formation of gender and transgender identity. After viewing oneself as a human being, the most important aspect of our self-concept is that we are a male person or a female person. That is the very essence of our humanness and the most basic sense of who we are. To experience a conflict between our physical body and our concept of maleness or femaleness is the most fundamental existen... |
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Therapy Tidbits – September/October 2018
Therapy Tidbits – September/October 2018 is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course comprised of select articles from the September/October 2018 issue of The National Psychologist, a private, independent bi-monthly newspaper intended to keep psychologists (and other mental health professionals) informed about practice issues. The articles included in this course are:
Preexisting Conditions Dominate Health Care Discussions - A look at short term limited duration insurance plans (S... |
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Treating Tardive Dyskinesia: Clinical Challenges and Patient Perspectives
This Clinical Commentary consists of an HD video roundtable discussion with two leading expert psychiatrists in the field, who participate in a panel discussion of tardive dyskinesia (TD) as a widespread and undertreated condition in psychiatric populations, as well as the importance of evidence-based differential diagnostics, newly approved therapeutics for treatment of the condition, and strategies for both personalized and improved patient care. This activity additionally includes an interv... |
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Fit to Perform: Recognizing Impairment in the Workplace
TARGET AUDIENCE
This course is designed to provide continuing education for Florida Nurses and Nurse Practitioners. It fulfills the continuing education requirement for those licensed in the state of Florida.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
It is an employer responsibility to address any behaviors or situations that compromise workplace safety. The immediate manager or supervisor is generally assigned this responsibility. The manager or supervisor must consider job duties and job expectations and then... |
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Principles of Medical Education: Maximizing Your Teaching Skills
THE TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES THAT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND TEACHING AND MENTORING EFFECTIVENESS
This special program, ranked among Harvard Medical School’s highest-rated CME courses, is a uniquely comprehensive exploration of best practices for teaching medicine at the bedside, in ambulatory settings, and in the classroom.
PLEASE NOTE: This course has sold out the past two years. Early registration is strongly recommended.
The 2019 curriculum helps medical educato... |
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Writing, Publishing, and Social Media for Healthcare Professionals
A special program for healthcare professionals who want to advance their communication skills or get published
This unique 3-day course, among the highest-rated Harvard Medical School CME courses, empowers physicians, psychologists, and other healthcare professionals to expand their visibility and influence in healthcare through traditional and new media. As an attendee, you will learn how to make the most of print, live, and online communication channels, and sharpen your ability to market y... |
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Drugs and Genes: Pharmacogenomics for the Modern Health Care Team
Pharmacogenomics (PGx), the study of how one’s genes may affect an individual’s response to medication, has reached the translational stage for various specialties in medicine. This course provides an introduction to the basic science of pharmacogenomics and practical application to implement pharmacogenomics in a clinical setting. Mayo Clinic staff and guest speakers with experience leading the implementation of pharmacogenomics will provide instruction, experience, and practical guidance... |
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The Suicide Survivor
The Suicide Survivor is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE) course that provides an understanding and means for helping the people who have lost loved ones to suicide.
One of the most difficult and complex emotional adjustments many individuals will ever face is the challenging and often lengthy process of dealing with the suicide of a family member or other loved one. These people are called suicide survivors; the family members and close friends who have experienced the death of a f... |
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Autism, ADHD and Developmental Disabilities through the Lifespan - Biological and Environmental Perspectives Croatia, Italy & Spain Cruise
Topics:
• Introduction to Developmental Disabilities
• Prematurity and its Consequences
• Cerebral Palsy
• Children’s Environmental Health
• Environmental Health Disparities
• Environmental Influences on Fetal Growth and Development
•Medical Care for Children and Adults with Developmental Disabilities
•Autism in Children and Adolescents
•Autism in Adulthood
•ADHD in Children and Adolescents
• ADHD in Adulthood
•Anxiety Disorders in Children
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Sensitive Topics in Women's Health: Sexuality, Menopause, and Mental Health Eastern Caribbean Cruise
1.Depression Across the Female Reproductive Cycle 1: Focus on PMDD, PME and Menopause ◦Identify the hormonal effect on depression in the non pregnant female
2.Depression Across the Female Reproductive Cycle 2: Focus on Perinatal Depression ◦Recognize unique features to consider in the diagnosis and treatment of perinatal depression .
3.Beyond Postpartum Depression: Diagnosis and Treatment of Perinatal Anxiety Disorders ◦Define various mood and anxiety disorders that can present in ... |
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Pain Management, Headache, Palliative Care, and Mental Health Spain, Italy & Monaco Cruise |
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Practical Neurology Alaska Cruise Co-Provided with School of Medicine, SUNY at Stony Brook
Purpose:
This course will provide a working knowledge of the most common neurological problems and reinforce principles of clinical diagnosis while reviewing the symptoms and signs of most major neurological diseases. The seminar will also present clear, practical guidelines for managing these common problems including how to integrate laboratory tests and imaging techniques into the patient's evaluation. Finally, the current treatment for these disorders will be developed in sufficient de... |
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Topics in Emergency Medicine, Physician Wellness, and Burnout Alaska Cruise |
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Women's Health, Domestic Violence, and Sexual Assault & Legal and Ethical Aspects of End-of-Life Care Greece & Croatia Cruise
1.End of Life Care and Refusal of Treatment ◦ Discuss ethically and legal appropriate end-of-life treatment choices with patients.
◦ Explain the lines the line draws between appropriate and inappropriate end-of-life treatment choices for patients.
2.Dying and the Patient With Decisionmaking Capacity ◦Differentiate between instructional and proxy advance directives.
◦ Explain the difference between advance directives and physicians orders regarding end-of-life treatment options.
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Alzheimer’s Disease: A Practical Guide
Alzheimer’s Disease: A Practical Guide is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that offers healthcare professionals a basic foundation in Alzheimer's disease prevention, diagnosis, and risk management.
This course will present practical information to aid healthcare professionals as they interact with clients who are diagnosed with any of the many types of dementia. We will review what is normal in the aging process, and what is not; diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's dis... |
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Therapy Tidbits – July/August 2018
Therapy Tidbits – July/August 2018 is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course comprised of select articles from the July/August 2018 issue of The National Psychologist, a private, independent bi-monthly newspaper intended to keep mental health professionals informed about practice issues. The articles included in this course are:
Hacking Creates Market for Cyber Insurance - Discusses the need for cyber insurance and provides examples of the types of coverage currently available ... |
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PsychFile
PsychFile is and extensive review of peer-reviewed psychiatric literature. This up-to-date and clinically relevant monthly publication is online, mobile, and Bluetooth friendly.
30 Abstracted articles per month from the leading peer reviewed Psychiatric Journals
A 12 month subscription
Online and mobile friendly
$500 per subscription
Affordable and subscription based
36 CE/CME credits per subscription
Meets the ABPN MOC requirements
Accreditation
PsychFile® is published monthly... |
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HIV/AIDS: Therapy & Adherence
HIV/AIDS: Therapy & Adherence is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that treatment and adherence issues in populations at high risk for HIV infection.
People who live with HIV can live almost normal lifespans and have little risk of transmitting the disease if they use antiretroviral therapy appropriately under medical care. However, only 55% of HIV-infected people follow their antiretroviral regimen well enough to achieve viral suppression. This course will discuss adhere... |
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Psychological Effects of Media Exposure
Psychological Effects of Media Exposure is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that explores the psychological effects that media exposure has on both the witnesses and victims of traumatic events.
This course will explore why we are so drawn to traumatic events and how media portrayals of these events influence our thoughts, conclusions, and assumptions about them. It will then discuss how the intersection of trauma and media has evolved to provide a place for celebrity-li... |
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Personality and Temperament: Connecting with Young Clients
Personality and Temperament: Connecting with Young Clients is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that demonstrates how differences in personality and temperament impact how children behave and how adults communicate and connect with them.
Understanding differences in temperament and personality among adults and children will ultimately assist us in developing better relationships with our clients and enhancing therapy interventions, plans, and goals. Within the context of ... |
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11-18 HIV/AIDS: Adherence Issues
HIV/AIDS: Adherence Issues is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that discusses adherence issues in populations at high risk for HIV infection.
HIV and AIDS are medical terms that are linked together due to the progressive nature of HIV, with the end result of untreated (or undertreated) HIV becoming AIDS. The virus affects people of all ages, from children born to mothers with HIV, to adolescents, to adults, and elders. People who live with HIV can live almost normal life... |
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Executive Functioning in Adults
Executive Functioning in Adults is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that provides strategies to help adults overcome executive functioning deficits.
As human beings, we have a built-in capacity to accomplish goals and meet challenges through the use of high-level cognitive functions called “executive functioning” skills. These are the skills that help us to decide which activities and tasks we will pay attention to and which ones we will choose to ignore or postpone.... |
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Grief: The Reaction to Loss
Grief: The Reaction to Loss is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that teaches healthcare professionals how to recognize and respond to grief.
Grief is the reaction to loss. People grieve for the loss of someone they love, but they also grieve for the loss of independence, usefulness, cognitive functioning, and physical abilities. Grief is also a lifelong process: a journey rather than a disease that is cured. It changes over time to deal with different kinds of losses. It... |
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Career Advancement and Leadership Skills for Women in Healthcare
Strategies and Skills Development for Career Advancement and Leadership
This Harvard Medical School professional development program, which has sold out for the past 2 years, delivers evidence-based strategies, skills development and education that help women at various stages of their healthcare careers step into and succeed in leadership positions. Among HMS’s highest-rated CME courses, it also helps women—and men—effectively cultivate female managerial talent in healthcare settings b... |
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Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents: Diagnostic Strategies and New Evidence
One of the most challenging areas of psychiatry is the diagnosis and management of children and adolescents with bipolar spectrum disorders. In particular, treatment of the depressive phase of the bipolar spectrum disorders in children and adolescents remains a largely unmet need. Up to 2 million children in the United States have bipolar disorder. It is now recognized that about half of adult patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder had their first episode as children or adolescents. Differe... |
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Therapy Tidbits - May/June 2018
Therapy Tidbits - May/June 2018 is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course comprised of select articles from the May/June 2018 issue of The National Psychologist, a private, independent bi-monthly newspaper intended to keep mental health professionals informed about practice issues. The articles included in this course are:
New Prepayment Audits Strike Fear in Medicare Providers - Describes the difficulties practitioners are facing with when audited and explains the new m... |
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The Herbert Benson, MD Course in Mind Body Medicine
COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FOR AN INTEGRATED MODEL OF CARE
Mind body approaches such as meditation, yoga, tai chi, cognitive skills, lifestyle interventions and positive psychology now boast an impressive evidence base to support their ability to improve—and in some cases, prevent—stress-related illnesses, ranging from asthma to hypertension, functional bowel diseases and pain syndromes.
Whether you are a physician, nurse, psychologist, social worker or therapist, mi... |
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Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Illness
Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Illness is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that explores the stigmas around mental illness and provides effective strategies to overcome them.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) defines mental illness stigma as “a range of negative attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors about mental and substance use disorders.” Mental health and substance use disorders are prevalent and among the most highly stigmatized... |
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Medical Ethics and Legal Medicine Southern Caribbean Cruise
1.ETHICS & BIOETHICS 1 Hour
◦Bioethics, Professionalism, and Communication
◦Fetal Interests, Abortion and Stem Cell Research
2.REGULATION OF MEDICAL PRACTICE - Overview of Federal and State Laws 1 Hour
◦Licensing, Credentialing, Privileging and Impairment Issues
◦HIPAA, EMTALA, and Other Federal Mandates
◦Affordable Care Act and Accountable Care Organizations
◦Fraud and Abuse and Criminal Negligence
3.ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS (EHR) versus ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS (E... |
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Topics in Pediatric/Adult Urology and Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics Eastern Caribbean Cruise
◦ADHD Update: Identification and Diagnosis ◦ Use behavioral screening tools to identify children with behavior and emotional problems
◦ Apply evidence-based strategies to diagnose children with ADHD
◦ADHD Update: Treatment ◦Demonstrate increased comfort prescribing medication for children with ADHD
◦ Describe evidence-based behavioral strategies for children with ADHD
◦Evidence Based Positive Parenting: Part 1 ◦ Apply evidence-based positive parenting strategies as a pa... |
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Medical Ethics and Legal Medicine Western Caribbean Cruise
1.ETHICS & BIOETHICS 1 Hour
◦Bioethics, Professionalism, and Communication
◦Fetal Interests, Abortion and Stem Cell Research
2.REGULATION OF MEDICAL PRACTICE - Overview of Federal and State Laws 1 Hour
◦Licensing, Credentialing, Privileging and Impairment Issues
◦HIPAA, EMTALA, and Other Federal Mandates
◦Affordable Care Act and Accountable Care Organizations
◦Fraud and Abuse and Criminal Negligence
3.ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS (EHR) versus ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS (EMR) ... |
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Topics in Family Medicine, Palliative Care and Pain Management Blue Danube River Cruise |
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Medical Ethics and Legal Medicine Alaskan Cruise July 2019
◦ETHICS & BIOETHICS 1 Hour
◦Bioethics, Professionalism, and Communication
◦Fetal Interests, Abortion and Stem Cell Research
◦REGULATION OF MEDICAL PRACTICE - Overview of Federal and State Laws 1 Hour
◦Licensing, Credentialing, Privileging and Impairment Issues
◦HIPAA, EMTALA, and Other Federal Mandates
◦Affordable Care Act and Accountable Care Organizations
◦Fraud and Abuse and Criminal Negligence
◦ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS (EHR) versus ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS (EM... |
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The Thrill is Gone: Beating Depression, Anxiety and Narcotics Addiction: 2019 Update Eastern Caribbean Cruise
1.Physicians in primary care need up-to date, standardized and precise measuring tools for identifying SUD and their readiness for treatment ◦Assess levels of substance use in primary care
2.In the last 20 years physicians seek better strategies of managing Dual diagnosis (patients with mental health issues and SUD's) ◦How to manage Dual Diagnosis.
3.Patient readiness for SUD treatment (or change) is often difficult to assess but is a very important variable in a successful outcome ... |
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Selected Topics in ENT, Sleep Medicine and the Medical Management of Pain Western Caribbean Cruise
1.Levorphanol, tapentadol ◦Participants will be able to differentiate the actions and pharmacokinetics of tapentadol and tramadol, levorphanol and methadone
2.Nalbuphine ◦Participants will be able to employ nalbuphine in clinical situations for which it has an advantage
3.Visceral pain ◦Participants will be able to recite the neuroanatomical differences between somatic and visceral pain and the difference in pain characteristics
4.Neuropathy ◦Participants will be able to recit... |
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Essential Topics in Neurology: A Comprehensive Review and 2019 Update Paris, Normandy and River Seine Cruise
1.The Neurological Exam
2. When to Worry About a Headache
3. Peripheral Neuropathy
4.Treatment of Neuropathic Pain
5.Somatic Symptoms and Conversion Disorder
6. Back and Lower Limb Pain
7. Differential Diagnosis of Spells
8. Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
9. Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury
10. Acute Management of Stroke
11. Autonomic Disorders
12. Neurologic Infections Including Zika Virus
13. Disorders of Muscle
14.Movement Disorders
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2019 Update in Family Medicine and Primary Care Psychology Panama Canal Cruise
1.Cardiovascular Disease in Women - Diabetes ◦To discuss some of the clinical presentation of cardiovascular disease in women compared to men.
◦To describe the American Diabetic Association (ADA) diagnostic and treatment guidelines for Type 2 diabetes
2.Cardiovascular Disease in Women - Hypertension ◦To describe the Joint National Committee on Hypertension 8 guidelines for blood pressure.
◦To discuss the SPRINT Trial results and their impact on the JNC 8 guidelines
3.Cardiovasc... |
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Topics in Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics and Child/Adolescent Pharmacology Western Caribbean Cruise
◦Everything you wanted to ask a developmental pediatrician, almost ◦Upon completion of this session participants should be able to summarize the basic distinctions between developmental pediatricians, psychologists and child psychiatrists.
◦Autism: A Case Based Presentation (Early Identification) ◦Upon completion of this session participants should be able to describe the basic characteristics in young children on the autistic spectrum.
◦ADHD: Treatment Protocol for Primary Car... |
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Sensitive Topics in Women's Health: Sexuality, Menopause and Mental Health Western Caribbean Cruise
1.Depression Across the Female Reproductive Cycle 1: Focus on PMDD, PME and Menopause ◦Identify the hormonal effect on depression in the non pregnant female
2.Depression Across the Female Reproductive Cycle 2: Focus on Perinatal Depression ◦Recognize unique features to consider in the diagnosis and treatment of perinatal depression .
3.Beyond Postpartum Depression: Diagnosis and Treatment of Perinatal Anxiety Disorders ◦Define various mood and anxiety disorders that can present in ... |
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