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Exploring Advances in the Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Alzheimer Disease
STATEMENT OF NEED
Alzheimer disease, the most common form of dementia among older adults, is a slowly progressive neurogenerative disease that affects approximately 6 million Americans aged 65 and older (Rajan et al, 2021). Symptoms of Alzheimer disease include memory loss, confusion, impulsive behavior, difficulty with language, mood and personality changes, hallucinations, and increased anxiety or aggression, with severe symptoms such as physical decline, difficulty swallowing, and inabil... |
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Improving Alzheimer’s Disease Management: Updates on Patient Diagnosis and Treatment
The face of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) diagnosis and management is rapidly changing. A growing understanding of AD pathophysiology has shaped research of targeted therapies and helped clinicians better understand the causes of the disease and the utility of biomarkers. Though cognitive testing is still a critical component of diagnosis, it no longer stands alone. Biomarkers are increasingly incorporated into practice to aid in diagnosis of MCI and AD and to ... |
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19th Annual Primary Care Spring Conference Session 1
Escape to the sun-drenched shores of Palm Coast, Florida, this spring for the 19th Annual Primary Care Spring Conference, hosted at the luxurious Hammock Beach Resort. Held in two sessions, this conference offers primary care clinicians a unique opportunity to enhance their medical knowledge while basking in the warm coastal ambiance. Discover cutting-edge clinical insights amidst the resort's stunning ocean views and indulge in world-class amenities, including a sprawling water park, cha... |
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19th Annual Primary Care Spring Conference Session 2
Escape to the sun-drenched shores of Palm Coast, Florida, this spring for the 19th Annual Primary Care Spring Conference, hosted at the luxurious Hammock Beach Resort. Held in two sessions, this conference offers primary care clinicians a unique opportunity to enhance their medical knowledge while basking in the warm coastal ambiance. Discover cutting-edge clinical insights amidst the resort's stunning ocean views and indulge in world-class amenities, including a sprawling water park, cha... |
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New Vistas in Prostate Cancer Imaging (Streaming Online & USB Drive)
As the need to identify and treat prostate cancer increases, imaging is a critical tool in its diagnosis, staging and surveillance. New Vistas in Prostate Cancer Imaging is designed to help radiologists, oncologists, radiation oncologists and urologists master this continually evolving technology. This activity analyzes the two most promising imaging modalities for prostate cancer: multiparametric MRI and PSMA PET/CT. Essential concepts and multiple cases in both modalities are reviewed throug... |
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Recurrent and Metastatic HNSCC: New Insights and Real-World Evidence for Improved Patient Outcomes
STATEMENT OF NEED
Head and neck cancers represent a heterogeneous group of tumors that originate in the lip/oral cavity, hypopharynx, oropharynx, nasopharynx, and larynx. An estimated 66,470 new cases are diagnosed in the United States annually, and 15,050 people die of the disease (Siegel et al, 2022). Approximately 90% of cases are classified as head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Treatment of HNSCC is complicated by numerous factors, including differing therapeutic strategies ... |
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Managing Patients With Neurotrophic Keratitis: Improve outcomes through recognition, applying updated staging, evidence-based treatment, and team-based follow-up
The treatment of patients with neurotrophic keratitis, a rare disease of the eye that can lead to blindness, has evolved beyond treating symptoms to treatment that targets the root cause of the disease " nerve damage. Thus, early diagnosis is critical. The interprofessional faculty share their real-world experience as they discuss the etiology, diagnosis, staging, and treatment of patients with neurotrophic keratitis. In addition to an overview of symptomatic care and emerging treatments,... |
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33rd Annual Primary Care Conference, Session 1
Emmerse yourself in the allure of Kiawah Island, South Carolina, while enhancing your medical expertise at the 33rd Annual Primary Care Conference, CEC's oldest and most popular CME conference. Attend one of two sessions: June 23 - 27 or June 30 - July 4 at the prestigious Kiawah Island Golf Resort. This event allows primary care clinicians to stay updated in rapidly changing therapeutic areas with time to explore Kiawah Island's pristine beaches and lush marshlands, where CEC has be... |
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Keeping Up with the Evolving Treatment Landscape for Advanced/Metastatic Gastric/GEJ Cancer: Modeling Center of Excellence Practices
Are you optimally treating your patients with gastric/gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancers per the latest evidence on selection of therapies? Despite recent advancements in diagnosis of gastric/GEJ cancer, most cases are detected at advanced stages, resulting in poor outcomes. But advances have identified biomarkers that can offer more precise diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for gastric/GEJ cancer patients. In addition to HER2 and PD-L1 status, microsatellite instability (MSI) status... |
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33rd Annual Primary Care Conference, Session 2
Elevate your medical practice at the 33rd Annual Primary Care Conference, CEC's longest-running and most popular CME event, hosted at the prestigious Kiawah Island Golf Resort. Held during two sessions from June 23 - 27 or June 30 - July 4, you have the flexibility to choose the dates that best fit your schedule.
Prepare for enlightening morning sessions led by expert faculty, covering a comprehensive array of topics tailored to the evolving needs of primary care clinicians. Dive into ... |
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Cleveland Clinic 27th Annual Diabetes Therapeutics, Technology and Surgery (Online Streaming On Demand)
For over a quarter century, Cleveland Clinic has been at the forefront of continuing education regarding the treatment and management of diabetes. Its world class faculty has designed the 27th Annual Diabetes Therapeutics, Technology and Surgery to provide up-to-date reviews of strategies and research relevant to this disease and its complications. The goal of this activity is to increase practitioners’ competence and clinical performance in the management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. A... |
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9th Annual Internal Medicine in Primary Care Conference
Prepare to embark on an extraordinary voyage of discovery and rejuvenation aboard the Celebrity Edge, where the 9th Annual Internal Medicine in Primary Care Conference awaits amidst the awe-inspiring landscapes of Alaska. From July 25 to August 1, 2025, immerse yourself in the natural splendor of the Inside Passage as you sail through pristine fjords, past towering glaciers, and alongside majestic wildlife. This unique cruise offers a perfect blend of educational enrichment and leisurely explo... |
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Management of Cancer Pain: Current Guidelines
STATEMENT OF NEED
Patients with cancer often suffer from a range of symptoms that negatively impact their quality of life. Among the most significant of these symptoms is pain, which can be caused by surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, diagnostic procedures, and/or supportive care measures. Between 20% and 50% of patients with cancer experience pain, including moderate-to-severe pain in approximately 80% of patients with advanced-stage cancer (NCI, 2023). Despite awareness a... |
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Early Reading Skills
Early Reading Skills is a 4-hour online continuing education (CE) course that discusses the latest research to help young children develop strong reading skills.
Children who have limited exposure to literacy in their early years, tend to be at a disadvantage when starting school. This gap widens as they fall further behind with each passing year. This may be because children who are poor readers have had less exposure to written text (and advanced vocabulary and grammar) which hindered the... |
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Teaching Children To Take Responsibility for Their Schoolwork - Adina Soclof, MS CCC-SLP
Modern children are under a tremendous amount of pressure to succeed at school. Children who are struggling academically are working at a great disadvantage. Clinicians need to learn new techniques that can help support, motivate and encourage these students without enabling them. Clinicians can learn to help children develop academic skills that are self-directed relieving the pressure. Clinicians can offer support and teach these techniques to parent, so that they to can help children develo... |
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Back to Basics: Typical Swallowing Physiology in Adults - Rik Lemoncello, PhD, CCC-SLP
This course will present current best information to help clinicians learn about typical aspects of oropharyngeal and esophageal swallowing in adults and older adults. This course is ideal for clinicians who need a refresher on typical adult swallowing, and is appropriate for SLP, OT, dietary, nursing, and other medical clinicians involved with interprofessional management of dysphagia. Information covered will include review of sensory and motor control of swallowing, timing and neurological ... |
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Evidence Based Cognitive Communication Treatment-Parkinsons Patients - Aimee Mooney, MS, CCC-SLP
Parkinsons Disease is a chronic and progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects 1.5 million people with an additional 60,000 new diagnoses made annually. Over 85 percent of the diagnoses are made in individuals over age 50. With the Baby Boomers increasing in age, Speech and Language Pathologists need to be ready to treat this population.
The presentation of the disease is individualized and multifaceted, including both motor and non motor symptoms. It is unpredictable and complex, ... |
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Maximizing Outcomes in Patients with Cognitive Impairments - Dr. Robert Winningham
Patients with cognitive impairment often have difficulty with functional activities as well as learning or relearning behaviors in the clinic. Many clients are functioning below their potential, because of fear or other psychological barriers. In addition, depressed, unmotivated, apathetic and/or anxious clients often do not benefit from treatment as much as others. As you know, these patients often pose difficult challenges for therapists. In this exciting and unique 2 day course, we will lea... |
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Navigating the Challenges of Stuttering Intervention - Dr. Jessica Fanning, CCC-SLP
Classic stuttering theories are reviewed in the context of how those concepts can be still be useful in experimenting with or describing stuttering to clients of all ages. Recent research in genetic, neurological, and motor bases of stuttering are discussed in order to provide clinicians with a solid foundation on which to evaluate research and select intervention approaches or programs. Methods for data collection and tracking are discussed so clinicians can maintain practice-based evidence w... |
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Robust School-wide Vocabulary Instruction: The Powerful Role of the SLP - Lorraine Maida, MS CCC-SLP
The achievement gap in reading and other academics, in most cases, is a vocabulary gap! Speech Pathologists have long been interested in adequate vocabulary skills for oral and written expression. How speech pathologists work collaboratively and individually to focus on vocabulary instruction for students at all levels of SLP services can be critical to how powerfully that gap can be narrowed or closed.
How the field of education views vocabulary skills and the corresponding instruct... |
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E-Therapy: Ethics & Best Practices
E-Therapy: Ethics & Best Practices is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE) course that examines the advantages, risks, technical issues, legalities, and ethics of providing therapy online.
E-therapy can be used to address age-old problems, such as how to reach out to those who might not otherwise avail themselves of psychotherapy services even though they are in acute need. At the same time, it is clear that many providers have embraced the new technologies without a firm grasp on the ... |
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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
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Crisis Intervention in End-of-Life Care
Crisis Intervention in End-of-Life Care is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE) course that examines the dynamics of end-of-life care as they relate to the patient, family members, paid caregivers, and medical staff.
For families and patients at the end of life, crisis is often a constant companion. Every medical decision, communication issue, patient decline or dip, and family conflict or disagreement requires a thoughtful understanding of the patient’s wishes, family functioning, m... |
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Improving Social Skills in Children & Adolescents
Improving Social Skills in Children & Adolescents is a 4-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that provides healthcare professionals with practical tools to guide children in gaining social competence.
Highlighting the benefits and advantages to having well-developed social skills and demonstrating the difficulties and challenges that arise from a lack of these crucial skills, this course will provide practical tools that teachers and therapists can employ to guide children to o... |
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