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MPS II Research Highlights From the WORLDSymposium (Mucopolysaccharidosis type II; MPS II; Hunter syndrome)
This accredited CME activity, led by Barbara Burton, MD, Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, highlights the latest research about Mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II; Hunter syndrome) presented at WORLDSymposium 2022 and provides expert analysis of its clinical relevance for busy members of the care team to help them care for patients they may encounter with this rare condition. MPS II, also known as Hunter syndrome, is a rare, progressive lysosoma... |
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Gaucher Disease Research Highlights From the WORLDSymposium
This accredited CME activity, led by Gregory Grabowski, MD, Professor Emeritus at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, highlights the latest research about Gaucher disease presented at WORLDSymposium 2022 along with expert analysis of its clinical relevance for busy members of the care team to help them care for patients they may encounter with this rare condition.
Gaucher disease is a genetic lysosomal storage disorder in which glucocerebroside accumulates in cells and certain org... |
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Video Viewpoint Strategy Session: New Insights Into Preventing and Managing Chemotherapy-Induced Neutropenia
Discover recent developments in the prevention, treatment, and management of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia, including a comprehensive understanding of the risk factors and current clinical practice guidelines. This activity is presented by Gary H. Lyman, MD, MPH, FASCO, FACP, FRCP, Professor, University of Washington, and Maura Abbott, PhD, AOCNP®, CPNP, Columbia University School of Nursing. Start the activity now.
STATEMENT OF NEED
Chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (CIN) is a potent... |
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Podcast: New Insights Into Preventing and Managing Chemotherapy-Induced Neutropenia
Discover recent developments in the prevention, treatment, and management of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia, including a comprehensive understanding of the risk factors and current clinical practice guidelines. This activity is presented by Gary H. Lyman, MD, MPH, FASCO, FACP, FRCP, Professor, University of Washington, and Maura Abbott, PhD, AOCNP®, CPNP, Columbia University School of Nursing. Start the activity now.
STATEMENT OF NEED
Chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (CIN) is a potent... |
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Growth Hormone Deficiency Research Highlights
This 15-minute CME program highlights the latest clinical research about Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD).
GHD is a rare endocrine disorder characterized by insufficient levels of growth hormone being secreted from the anterior pituitary gland. A hallmark of prolonged GHD is growth retardation or deceleration, as well as short stature. Additionally, growth hormone deficiency is associated with metabolic abnormalities, impaired cardiovascular function, fatigue, delayed or incomplete puberty, ... |
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SAGES 2023 Conference and Exhibits
The SAGES Annual Meeting has elements that have been specifically designed to meet the needs of the practicing surgeons, surgeons-in-training, GI assistants, nurses and other allied health professionals who are interested in minimally invasive surgery and gastrointestinal endoscopy. Thorough coverage of traditional topics and presentations of "cutting edge" material can be found in this program. The SAGES Program Committee recommends that participants design their own attendance sc... |
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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
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, residents, fellows, and colleagues. This special program, ranked among Harvard Medical School’s highest-rated CME courses, is a uniquely comprehensive exploration of best pract... |
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A NEW DAWN IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE MANAGEMENT? Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment
Program Overview
With the number of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) specialists limited in many parts of the country, many primary care physicians (PCPs) must provide care, often beyond their level of training or expertise, for patients with AD or early signs of AD. Too often early signs and symptoms of AD are missed or not given appropriate priority, and thus specialty referrals occur later in the course of disease. Furthermore, the difficulty in diagnosing AD and the lack of any disease modify... |
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Medical Crossfire®: The Role of Inflammation in the Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema – Expert Insights and Case Considerations
Target Audience
This online educational activity is directed toward ophthalmologists and retinal specialists. Optometrists and other health care professionals involved in the treatment of patients with DME are also invited to participate.
Program Overview
Diabetes mellitus (DM) currently affects 34 million people in the United States. Diabetic retinopathy is the most common ocular complication of DM and is the leading cause of blindness among working-age adults. The primary cause of visua... |
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MPS II Research Highlights: WORLDSymposium 2022
TARGET AUDIENCE:
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians specializing in neurology, pulmonology, cardiology, orthopedics, and ophthalmology. Other members of the care team may also participate.
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PROGRAM OVERVIEW:
At WORLDSymposium 2022, new information and data were presented on MPS II—a rare lysosomal storage disease that results in a plethora of systemic problems—to help physicians learn more about the natural history of the disease and new treatm... |
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ASE 2023 Annual Meeting
To provide a forum for individuals involved in surgical education to seek new approaches and creative solutions to problems and issues in medical education. To enhance understanding of changes and problems facing surgical residency programs in training surgical residents and medical students, and to improve management skills in this environment. |
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Ensuring Optimal Management of Antibiotic-Resistant Hospital- and Ventilator-Acquired Pneumonia
Target Audience
Infectious disease physicians, infectious disease pharmacists, critical care specialists, pharmacy/formulary directors, and other providers who treat and/or monitor patients with hospital- or ventilator-acquired pneumonias (eg, clinical pharmacists, clinical microbiologists, hospitalists)
Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, participants should be better able to:
Review the diagnostic approach and pathophysiology of hospital- and ventilator-acquired bacte... |
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Neurotrophic Keratitis: New Approaches to Manage Disease and Improve Patient Satisfaction
CONTENT SOURCE
This continuing medical education (CME)/continuing education (CE) activity captures content from two webcasts.
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
Neurotrophic keratitis is a degenerative corneal disease characterized by decreased or absent corneal sensation, which can lead to epithelial breakdown, impairment of healing, and ultimately to the development of corneal ulceration, melting and perforation. Treating neurotrophic keratitis should be prompt and based on the stage and severity of ... |
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Nutrition and Addiction: Advanced Clinical Concepts
Nutrition and Addiction: Advanced Clinical Concepts is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE) course that examines addiction from a nutritional perspective. Drug addiction is an alarming problem in America, and one that is not receiving the treatment it needs. Compounding the problem is that addiction often leads to nutritional deficiencies, which predisposes the addict to a host of related health complications. Treatment recovery programs that also offer nutritional education have been fou... |
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Cold Agglutinin Disease (CAD): Impact of a Rare Anemia and the Promise of New Therapies
Target Audience
The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of community-based and academic/specialist hematologists, medical oncologists, hematologic oncologists, pathologists, radiologic oncologists, surgical oncologists, primary care providers, internists, oncology nurses, nurse navigators, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and pharmacists.
Statement of Need/Program Overview
Diagnosis of cold agglutinin disease (CAD) is usually slow, with misdiagnosed sympt... |
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Expert Illustrations & Commentaries™: Finding the Best Path Forward in PAH Management – A Focus on NO-cGMP Signaling
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward an audience of pulmonologists, cardiologists, primary care physicians, and other health care providers who treat patients with PAH.
Program Overview
This Expert Illustrations and Commentaries™ is a video-based program in which 2 experts discuss the etiology and management of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). In this activity, the faculty focus on the pathophysiology of PAH and current and emerging therapeutic strategi... |
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Is It Systemic Mastocytosis? Best Practices for Diagnosis and Management
This Interactive Exchange™ educational program focuses on the identification and management of patients with nonadvanced systemic mastocytosis (SM). The program will open with a brief video segment featuring a 3D animation detailing the pathophysiological drivers of SM and their implications for the development of targeted therapies. Dynamic discussions among a multidisciplinary panel of experts will address challenges in the diagnosis and classification of nonadvanced SM, highlight recent c... |
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Choosing Your Path in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Module 1 - Evaluating the Patient With SLE
Target Audience
The design of this program addresses the needs of rheumatology clinicians and other specialists involved in the care of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
Program Description
Despite the plethora of investigational agents to treat SLE that have been studied extensively in clinical trials over the last several decades, very few therapies have ever become available to treat this complex, heterogeneous disease. However, 2021 ushered in US Food and Drug Administ... |
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Targeting Clear Horizons: Finding the Path in Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps
Target Audience
The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of ear, nose, and throat (ENT), allergy/clinical immunology, and pulmonology clinicians involved in the treatment of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP).
Statement of Need/Program Overview
The availability of effective, targeted therapies for CRSwNP is expanding and best practices for their use as well as placement within treatment algorithms is constantly evolving. This CME Circuit Tra... |
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Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine 2023 - LIVE STREAMING
The Comprehensive 2023 Update on Office-Based Primary Care Medicine
OVERVIEW
Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine, among the highest-rated Harvard Medical School CME courses, provides comprehensive reviews of the most important recent advances impacting primary care medicine and guidance to assimilate these changes into practice for state-of-the-art care. Education is practical and results-focused, structured to help you optimize your approach to the wide array of conditions seen in pr... |
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The American Conference for the Treatment of HIV™ (ACTHIV™)
The American Conference for the Treatment of HIV™ (ACTHIV™) is the premier conference in the US dedicated exclusively to the frontline care team and its members who are caring for persons living with or at risk of acquiring HIV. The conference delivers information on new developments and research findings that can be rapidly translated and directly applied to the clinical setting. |
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Choosing Your Path in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Module 2 - Real-World Strategies for Managing Moderate-to-Severe SLE
Target Audience
The design of this program addresses the needs of rheumatology clinicians and other specialists involved in the care of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
Program Description
Despite the plethora of investigational agents to treat SLE that have been studied extensively in clinical trials over the last several decades, very few therapies have ever become available to treat this complex, heterogeneous disease. However, 2021 ushered in US Food and Drug Administ... |
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Advances in™ Sjögren Syndrome-Related Dry Eye Disease: A Focus on Pathophysiology and Clinical Trials
Target Audience
This online educational activity is directed toward ophthalmologists and other health care professionals involved in the treatment of patients with Sjögren syndrome-related dry eye disease.
Program Overview
This online educational activity is designed to provide expert interpretation of new and emerging data on the treatment of dry eye disease related to Sjögren’s syndrome, with a forward-looking perspective on how new and novel agents might impact clinical practice. T... |
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Anesthesiology Update 2023 - LIVE STREAMING or IN PERSON
The Comprehensive 2023 Anesthesiology Update
Cardiac, Regional, Office-Based, Thoracic, Obstetric, Neuro, and Pediatric
Anesthesiology Update will be held on May 8"12, 2023. You have the option to attend either online as the course is live streamed or in person in Boston, MA.
In the past year, there have been a number of very significant clinical changes that affect the practice of anesthesiology. This comprehensive Harvard Medical School CME program provides a special and timely oppo... |
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Community Practice Connections™: Anemia of Chronic Kidney Disease – Understanding the Disease to Improve Patient Outcomes
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward internists and other internal medicine specialists. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, and other health care professionals involved in CKD anemia management will be invited to participate as well.
Activity Overview
Anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) can result in reduced quality of life, increased risk of cardiovascular problems, and even death. Optimal care for these patients includes suppo... |
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PosterPerspectives: Research Developments in Psoriasis
Target Audience
This activity was developed for dermatologists, dermatology advanced practice providers, and other clinicians who manage patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.
Program Overview
Plaque psoriasis is responsible for a substantial burden on patients, their families, and the healthcare system. To address this burden, important treatment advances continue to be made, including a better understanding of the long-term safety and efficacy of approved medications, as... |
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New Possibilities for Maintenance Therapy in AML
TARGET AUDIENCE:
This activity is intended for hematologists/oncologists and hematology nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other members of the multidisciplinary care team who treat patients with AML.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW:
The role of maintenance treatment in AML care has significantly transformed in recent times; as a result, patients now have more options and less relapse should occur. However, due to the volume and complexity of information that has recently emerged, clinicians ... |
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New Possibilities for Maintenance Therapy in AML
A new maintenance option is available for AML, but are you proficient in identifying eligible patients? Dr. DiNardo and Dr. Roboz present 3 cases with particular attention to and discussion of risks of relapse in AML, the role of maintenance therapy, and shared decision-making to engage patients in discussions surrounding maintenance therapy.
The role of maintenance treatment in AML care has significantly transformed in recent times; as a result, patients now have more options and less rela... |
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Answering the Call: Interdisciplinary Management of Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Hereditary Angioedema
Target Audience
The design of this program addresses the needs of allergists/clinical immunologists, gastroenterologists, and other clinicians involved in the identification and management of patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) or hereditary angioedema (HAE).
Program Description
This enduring Call-a-Colleague™ activity will guide participants on the identification and management of patients with EoE or HAE. Expert faculty will discuss the pathogenesis, differential diagnosis, a... |
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Diabetes Update 2023 - LIVE STREAMING
This highly rated Harvard Medical School CME course offers practical strategies to address the medical and systemic challenges to optimal care and updates that ensure you can deliver state-of-the-art care for your patients with diabetes.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
This program affords you the opportunity to learn from leaders in the field of diabetes who are distinguished for their outstanding teaching, knowledge, and innovations in clinical care.
• Expert guidance to design comprehensive treat... |
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Choosing Your Path in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Module 3 - Targeted Treatment Options for SLE
Target Audience
The design of this program addresses the needs of rheumatology clinicians and other specialists involved in the care of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
Program Description
Despite the plethora of investigational agents to treat SLE that have been studied extensively in clinical trials over the last several decades, very few therapies have ever become available to treat this complex, heterogeneous disease. However, 2021 ushered in US Food and Drug Administ... |
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Diabetic Eye Care Prime Time™: Meeting the Guidelines Around Screening and Treatment
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to address the educational needs of primary care providers (PCPs) (ie, internists, family practitioners, nurse practitioners, and PAs), endocrinologists, optometrists, ophthalmologists, and residents.
Program Overview
Diabetic retinopathy (DR)/diabetic macular edema (DME) continues to affect greater numbers of patients with diabetes. Join our multidisciplinary panel for an engaging discussion regarding DR/DME and the importance and urgency o... |
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Innovations and New Practices in Internal Medicine 2023 -LIVE STREAMING
The State of the Art in Internal Medicine
This highly rated Harvard Medical School CME program provides a comprehensive update of the most important changes impacting Internal Medicine and guidance to incorporate these advances into everyday clinical practice to improve patient outcomes.
Practical, Fast-Paced, Online Education
This live streaming educational experience is fast paced, relevant to the current healthcare environment, and draws upon real-life cases. The course is designed a... |
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Stage IV Melanoma: Strategies to Support Shared Decision Making
Target Audience
This activity is intended for oncology care providers (including physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, and other HCPs) who care for patients with melanoma.
Program Overview
The explosion of therapeutic options for Stage IV disease has heralded improved outcomes for patients with Stage IV melanoma. However, this expanded array of available options brings increased complexity for decision making. This activity, Stage IV Melanoma: Strategies to Support Shared D... |
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Dermatology Masters: The Complexities of Alopecia Areata
Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of dermatologists. This education may also be of interest to pediatric dermatologists, dermatology advanced practice providers (NPs and PAs), and dermatology nurses as clinicians who are responsible for the primary diagnosis and treatment of patients with AA.
Program Overview
This activity tests players’ knowledge of current guidelines and best practices for managing alopecia areata, using multimedia prompts and... |
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Monoclonal Antibodies For COVID-19: An Update on Best Practices
Target Audience
The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of infectious disease clinicians, internal medicine clinicians, and primary care providers, including physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, involved in the care of patients with mild or moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who are at risk for clinical progression (eg, older patients, immunocompromised patients, patients with certain comorbidities).
Statement of Need/Program Overview
As... |
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2nd Edition of International Conference and Expo on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
Magnus Group solicits your gracious presence at its “2nd Edition of International Conference and Expo on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology (TOXICOLOGY 2023)” to be organized during June 12-13, 2023 in Rome, Italy.
The two-day global summit will revolve around the theme “Tracing Toxicology Advancements for Better Life” which will strive to find new ways to improve toxicology and pharmacology research and development through information dissemination.
The global summit provides a uni... |
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Penn Radiology Advanced Breast Imaging and Interventions (Streaming Online and DVD-ROM)
Experts from Penn Radiology and other revered institutions supply the latest information with Advanced Breast Imaging and Interventions. Fundamentals, techniques and advancements will be reviewed for all aspects of breast imaging. Controversies will be addressed and the latest technology will be examined for implementation into conventional protocols. With topics spread across mammography, breast MR, ultrasound and tomosynthesis, completion of this activity will allow well rounded breast im... |
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Virologic Failure in HIV: An Updated Clinician’s Guide to Assessment and Management
Target Audience
The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of infectious disease and HIV-specialist physicians and other clinicians involved in the care of patients with HIV infection.
Statement of Need/Program Overview
Though the prevalence of virologic failure (VF) in patients with HIV has decreased as newer antiretroviral (ART) regimens with higher genetic barriers to resistance and reduced toxicity have been approved, VF can still occur. VF may be due to patient, vi... |
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Nurse Executive Exam Review (Basic & Advanced) - Mesa, AZ
The nurse executive-advanced and nurse executive board certification examinations are competency-based assessments to validate knowledge related to the art and science of nursing leadership. Nurse executives taking this course will learn about operational structures and processes that support nursing excellence, exemplary professional practice, transformational leadership, knowledge management and the development of new knowledge and innovations. This course will not only prepare the nurse exe... |
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Managing Overweight and Obese Patients
Obesity is a serious health problem and a common diagnosis in the United States, affecting over 40% of adults and 20% of adolescents (12-19 years). Obesity-related conditions include heart disease, type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis, hypertension, certain types of cancer, and dyslipidemia, among others. Patients with obesity have annual medical costs that are $1,429 greater than those of people with a non-obese body mass index (BMI).
As we learn more about obesity, there is an increasing inter... |
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Optimizing Care in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): The Role of Emerging Therapies in Improving Patient Outcomes
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward gastroenterologists, primary care clinicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other health care professionals involved in the treatment of patients with IBD.
Activity Overview
Although biologic agents helped usher in a new treatment paradigm for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), appreciable rates of primary non-response, loss of response, and adverse reactions still require additional treatments. Clinical rese... |
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WEBINAR: Veterinary Pharmacy Virtual Conference 2020 - On Demand
Earn up to 6.5 hours of continuing education focused on community veterinary pharmacy when you purchase the 2020 Veterinary Pharmacy Virtual Conference Bundle, originally presented June 26-27, 2020.
The ACVP Veterinary Pharmacy Virtual Conference is the only national conference designed exclusively for community veterinary pharmacies. Ideal for both new and established veterinary pharmacy practices, this conference is designed for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians and presents the lates... |
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Medical Crossfire: Optimizing Outcomes for Patients with Stroke: Secondary Prevention and Risk Reduction
Activity Overview
Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States and the second leading cause of death worldwide. Ischemic stroke, which is caused by obstruction in a blood vessel supplying blood to the brain, is the most common type of stroke, accounting for 87% of strokes globally. Most patients who experience an ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) should be managed with risk-reduction strategies. Such strategies, known as secondary prevention, include lifest... |
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Treating Explosive Kids
This is a test only course (book not included). The book (or e-book) can be purchased from Amazon.
This CE test is based on the book "Treating Explosive Kids: The Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach” (2006, 246 pages). This book provides a detailed framework for effective, individualized intervention with highly oppositional children and their families. Many vivid examples and Q&A sections show how to identify the specific cognitive factors that contribute to explosive and noncompliant... |
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The Psychology of Immigration in the New Century
This a test only course based on Crossroads: The Psychology of Immigration in the New Century (click link to download free public-access document) published by the American Psychological Association in 2012 (124 pages). Psychologists and other psychotherapists are, and increasingly will be, serving immigrant adults and their children in a variety of settings, including schools, community centers, clinics, and hospitals, and thus should be aware of this complex demographic transformation and co... |
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Community Practice Connections™: Expert Illustrations and Commentaries: Nephrology Nurse Perspectives in Anemia in CKD
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward nephrology nurses. Primary care physicians and nephrologists who treat anemia in CKD will also be invited to participate in the online enduring activity.
Program Overview
For patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), anemia is associated with major complications, including impaired cognition, sleep disturbance, increased cardiac risk, lower quality of life, and increased medical expenses. Conventional treatment of anemia in th... |
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Apixaban Steps Up to the Plate: The Use of Apixaban for Treatment of Venous Thromboemboli in Patients with Cancer
The incidence of venous thromboemboli (VTE) development in patients with cancer has been reported as much as four to seven-fold higher than that for non-cancer patients. Anticoagulation management remains challenging for these patients, due to the higher risk of recurrent VTE (despite anticoagulant therapy) and bleeding complications, compared to patients without cancer. This application-based continuing pharmacy education activity will provide a 'journal club format' discussion for pharmacist... |
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Over-Impacted, Under-Represented: Addressing Health Disparities in Multiple Sclerosis
Target Audience
The target audience for this initiative includes MS specialists, general neurologists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other healthcare professionals involved in the diagnosis and long-term management of patients with MS.
Program Overview
The prevalence of MS in racial and ethnic minority groups appears to be growing and its prognosis among these groups is often worse. With its historical management strategies formulated almost exclusively around patients of... |
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Hormone Sensitive Prostate Cancer " Therapeutic Approaches
TARGET AUDIENCE:
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of urologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists and other health care professionals responsible for treatment decisions for patients with prostate cancer. Health-care professionals may be unfamiliar with the concept of patient-centered care models that provide optimal outcomes for patients with prostate cancer.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW:
Module 1 covers a review of current recommendations based on NCCN guidelines for ... |
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