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Cleveland Clinic 25th Valve Disease, Structural Interventions & Diastology Summit (Online & USB Flash Drive)
Cleveland Clinic celebrates its silver anniversary with the 25th Valve Disease, Structural Interventions and Diastology Summit. This activity provides a comprehensive educational experience for all who diagnose and treat valve disease. A renowned faculty focuses on the mitral, aortic and tricuspid valves, with newest techniques and strategies for imaging and intervention. Worth up to 15 AMA PRA Category I Credits™, this enduring material meets Echo Lab CME requirements. Additionally, phys... |
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Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine 2025 - LIVE STREAMING
The Comprehensive 2025 Update on Office-Based Primary Care Medicine
Taught Live Online by Harvard Medical School's Leading Clinical Faculty
Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine will be held online this year, using live streaming, electronic Q&A, and other remote learning technologies.
OVERVIEW
Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine provides comprehensive reviews of the most important recent advances impacting primary care medicine and guidance to incorporate these chan... |
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Clinical Endocrinology 2025 - LIVE STREAMING
Clinical Strategies and Comprehensive Updates for State-of-the-Art Endocrine Care
Clinical Endocrinology 2025, a live streaming CME program, has been optimized for remote learning. All sessions and workshops will be live streamed and include online, live chat, where participants can pose their specific questions to faculty. All sessions and workshops will be recorded and made available to participants for online viewing, at their convenience, via a course archive. As a participant, you will... |
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10th Annual Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolic Disease Conference
Presented by Continuing Education Company for over 30 years, our Primary Care CME Conference Series is designed to update primary care clinicians in rapidly changing therapeutic areas. This year, CEC is pleased to host the 10th Annual Diabetes, Obesity, & Metabolic Disease Conference to be held in San Diego, California at the Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter on April 25-27, 2025.
Program Objectives
As a result of this conference, participants will be able to:
Diagnose and identify ... |
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First Steps Toward Early Diagnosis of MCI or AD
Early diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is critical, as many patients with MCI due to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) will eventually progress to dementia due to AD. It is imperative that diagnosis begins with patient and caregiver interviews when memory or cognitive function changes are noticed, and progress to cognitive testing and blood work to rule out other causes. Drs Charles Vega and Sharon Cohen discuss optimal clinic protocols for initial MCI or AD diagnosis. |
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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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Italy & Dalmatian Coast Cruise - Exploring Medicine, Dentistry & the Mediterranean Healthcare Model
Join PES and sail the sparkling waters of the Adriatic & Mediterranean Seas for 8 nights. Explore the splendors of Croatia, Montenegro, Sicily and the Amalfi Coast aboard the 342-guest flagship yacht Wind Surf, the world’s largest sailing ship!
Exploring Medicine, Dentistry & the Mediterranean Healthcare Model
CME/CE Lecture Seminars for Medical, Dental, Nursing, and Allied Healthcare Professionals
This Seminar is planned for 12 Continuing Education Credit Hours.
CME/CE Pro... |
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3rd International Conference on Heart and Cardiovascular Diseases
Following the successful completion of our first two series of Heart conferences in Dubai and Bangkok, we are excited to announce the 3rd International Conference on Heart and Cardiovascular Diseases. This prestigious event will take place on May 05-06, 2025, in the dynamic city of Dubai, UAE.
Our theme for this year, "Novel Progression Towards the Heart and Cardiovascular Diseases," emphasizes the latest advancements and innovations in the field of cardiology. This conference will ... |
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Updates on the Evolving Role of Multidisciplinary Care Teams for the Management of Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Target Audience
These educational activities are designed for neurologists, pediatric neurologists, global pharmacists, specialty nurses, genetic counselors, medical geneticists, and other physicians involved in multidisciplinary care teams for DMD management.
Program Overview
This enduring activity focuses on improving the care of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) with regard to effective diagnosis, referral, and treatment. Additionally, the faculty will aim to present stan... |
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Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 2025 - LIVE STREAMING
Comprehensive Updates for State-of-the-Art Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Treatment
This comprehensive live streaming online course, which is among the highest-rated Harvard Medical School CME courses, provides education and updates to optimize your care of patients with:
• IPF
• ARDS
• Sarcoidosis
• Lung transplantation
• Bronchiectasis
• Cystic fibrosis
• Lung nodules
• Lung cancer
• Sepsis
• Pleural disease
• Pneumonia
• Tuberculosis
• Thromboembolism
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Infectious Diseases in Adults 2025 - LIVE STREAMING
State-of-the-art approaches to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases
This comprehensive Harvard Medical School CME program"one of the highest-rated HMS CME courses"ensures attendees are current with state-of-the-art approaches to prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases. Updates, best practices and new guidelines are presented by nationally recognized ID experts and master clinicians. Education is practical and results driven:
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Exploring New Treatment Advances for Acid Sphingomyelinase Deficiency in Adults
STATEMENT OF NEED
Acid sphingomyelinase deficiency (ASMD) is a rare, hereditary lysosomal storage disease with multisystemic manifestations, including splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, interstitial lung disease, dyslipidemia, bone marrow and lymph node involvement, and sometimes neurological and peripheral nerve involvement. While the most severe form of ASMD, infantile neurovisceral ASMD, results in death in early childhood, chronic forms of ASMD have more prolonged survival but are associated w... |
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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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Exploring Novel Treatments for Rett Syndrome
STATEMENT OF NEED
Rett syndrome is a rare, debilitating neurodevelopmental disorder almost always associated with a spontaneous mutation in the methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (MECP2) gene on the X-chromosome. Affected individuals experience loss of purposeful hand skills, abnormalities in gait, loss of spoken language, and stereotypic hand movements, with more severe manifestations including seizures, autistic features, autonomic nervous system dysfunction, breathing abnormalities, sleep dist... |
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CRRN Exam Review - Valencia
This two-day seminar is for nurses providing care to rehabilitation patients. It is designed to enhance the skills of rehabilitation nurses working in a variety of inpatient or outpatient settings. Rehabilitation nursing standards of care and practice will be reviewed. Participants will gain additional skills to manage the complex needs of rehabilitation patients as well as work more effectively in the interdisciplinary team.
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
This program prepares the learner to:... |
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Innovations and New Practices in Internal Medicine 2025 -LIVE STREAMING
The State of the Art in Internal Medicine
This program, which is among the highest-rated Harvard Medical School CME courses, provides a comprehensive update of the most important changes now impacting Internal Medicine and guidance on how to incorporate these changes into your 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... |
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Elevating Patient Care: Early Detection and Evidence-based Pharmacotherapy for Postpartum Depression in Primary Care
Postpartum depression, or depression in women within 12 months of giving birth, is common. It affects one-quarter of these women, which is why current recommendations are to begin screening for depression during pregnancy. Left un- and under-treated, the mother, newborn, and family are at risk for relationship problems, psychiatric illness, and other consequences. In this 1-hour, case-based activity, developed by family medicine and mental health clinicians, team-based screening recommendation... |
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Improving the Management of Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Emerging Evidence and Treatment Strategies
Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of health care professionals involved in the management of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), including neurologists and other neuromuscular specialists, with a portion targeting pediatricians.
Program Overview
Expand your knowledge of DMD by exploring real patient case reviews! Gain a deeper understanding of dystrophin’s role in disease progression, explore the latest clinical trial results across tre... |
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Diabetes Update 2025 - 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.
Participants can rely on this program for compreh... |
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NeuroRehabilitation 2025 - LIVE STREAMING
Comprehensive Neurorehabilitation Update
Cutting-edge strategies, updates, and best practices for state-of-the-art rehabilitation
In this course, which is among the highest-rated Harvard Medical School CME courses, many of the country’s most experienced and committed neurorehabilitation experts will present cutting-edge clinical interventions, the latest findings, practical education, and hands-on methods to further your expertise in guiding your patients with stroke, SCI, TBI, and fun... |
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Veterinary Compounding Essentials
June 6th -7th, 2025
VETERINARY COMPOUNDING ESSENTIALS is a 15-hour accredited course (1.5 CEUs) designed for pharmacists, technicians, and marketers. This practice-based program covers essential techniques for growing a veterinary compounding practice, including calculations, safety practices, hands-on compounding, and marketing.
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
*Understand animal diseases relevant to medication compliance.
*Identify flavoring options f... |
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Highlights from PAS: Rare Disorders - Don't Miss a Treatable Disease
Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of neonatologists, pediatricians, geneticists, family practice, registered nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, genetic counselors, and other HCPs who wish to improve their knowledge and competence in identifying and managing patients with treatable rare disorders through NBS as well as other measures.
Program Overview
This activity will feature clinical cases where newborn screening (NBS) identified a t... |
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An Expert Panel on Severe Asthma: From the Epithelium to Better Patient Outcomes
Severe asthma has been clearly tied to significant medical, psychological, social, and economic risks and burdens for affected patients and their families. Despite the clear need for comprehensive and intensive management, substantial gaps in patient care persist. This live Expert Roundtable"with 3 internationally recognized asthma experts who have extensive experience in clinical research, patient care, and clinician education"will cover key clinical issues involving the use of biol... |
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Build Your Own Case Study | Redefining MASLD/MASH Care: Personalized Strategies for Assessment, Diagnosis and Management
Health Care Providers (HCPs) in the endocrinology specialty setting are challenged to be knowledgeable of the pathophysiology of MASLD (metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease) and MASH (metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis) and its associated risk factors, as well as feel confident around how and when to order noninvasive diagnostic tests to prevent the emergence of more severe complications and stay on top of current guidelines and emerging treatment options.
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Tackling Chronic Inflammatory Airway Diseases A Unified Picture of Disease Processes and Targeted Management
Chronic inflammatory diseases of the upper and lower airways, including allergic rhinitis, CRSwNP, and asthma, have been tied to significant risks and burdens for affected patients. Although biologic therapies that target overactive cytokine signaling are available, newer therapies are emerging, with targets upstream in the pathogenic cascade to improve efficacy across both T2-high and T2-low profiles. Join us for this engaging Expert Roundtable™ activity to hear multidisciplinary insights r... |
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Common Nonspecific Symptoms at Presentation: Can You Diagnose This Patient?
When your patient presents with nonspecific symptoms such as shortness of breath, fatigue, and dizziness, could it be an indication of a more serious disease? Put your skills to the test! In just 15 minutes, navigate through real-world cases to see if you can correctly diagnose each patient. Diagnostic conclusions are revealed after reviewing all cases. Hear faculty insights on the implications of learner decisions along with rationales for appropriate next steps to aid in making a final diagn... |
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Enhancing Patient Care for CAR T-Cell Therapy in NHL: Comprehensive Solutions for Your Community
In this Build Your Own Case Study | Enhancing Patient Care for CAR T-Cell Therapy in NHL: Comprehensive Solutions for Your Community, learn from expert faculty about the most recent clinical updates and emerging real-world efficacy and safety data of CAR T-cell therapies in NHL. Build Your Own Case Study will guide participants through an interactive learning progression, as they go through two patient scenarios and make selections at critical decision points. Participants will be provided wit... |
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Psoriasis Prime Time: The Role of TYK Inhibition in Psoriasis
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to address the educational needs of dermatologists, dermatology nurse practitioners, and PAs. It may also be of benefit to primary care clinicians, rheumatologists, and other healthcare practitioners who are interested in the treatment of psoriasis.
Program Overview
In this edition of Psoriasis Prime Time, the faculty reviews the unique mechanism of action for allosteric tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitors compared with Janus kinase inhibito... |
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Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Targeting Key Clinical Issues for Oncology Nurses
The landscape of AML treatment is evolving, and newer targeted agents may improve outcomes for selected subgroups of patients. Activity goal considerations for the nurse/NP when participating in this activity:
Treatment decision making with incorporation of cytogenetic and molecular testing
Considerations in the care of a patient receiving therapy for AML related to nursing care and side effect management
Psychosocial considerations and resources for a patient with AML
Oncology nurses an... |
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Distinguishing and Managing Early-Stage Alzheimer’s Disease (AD): Leveraging Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Prompt Identification and Optimal Patient Management
Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of healthcare providers involved in the diagnosis and continued care of patients with Alzheimer’s disease, including neurologists, geriatricians, psychiatrists, primary care physicians, nurses, and other multidisciplinary team members.
Program Overview
This educational activity is designed to provide clinicians who manage patients with Alzheimer’s disease with current information on diagnosis and management, inclu... |
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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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Myasthenia Gravis Research Highlights: AAN 2024
This accredited CME program highlights the latest clinical research about myasthenia gravis, a rare, autoimmune disease that targets the neuromuscular junction.
Treatment of myasthenia gravis is highly individualized and depends greatly on the myasthenia gravis subtype of each patient as well as each patient’s comorbidities. There are currently five drugs approved by the FDA, eculizumab, efgartigimod, ravulizumab, rozanolixizumab, and zilucoplan. Clinical trial data on these therapies, as... |
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Myasthenia Gravis Research Highlights: AAN 2024
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians specializing in neurology, ophthalmology and family practice. Other members of the care team may also participate.
Program Overview
This accredited CME program highlights the latest clinical research about myasthenia gravis, a rare, autoimmune disease that targets the neuromuscular junction.
Treatment of myasthenia gravis is highly individualized and depends greatly on the myasthenia gravis subt... |
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Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease " Understanding the Disease and Improving Treatment Adherence and Outcome
Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of nephrologists, primary care providers, and providers who care for patients with kidney disease.
Program Overview
In the real-world setting, treatment adherence in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) can be a challenge. This CME program will discuss the diagnosis and management of ADPKD as well as strategies on improving treatment adherence. Patients’ perspectives on how to deal with... |
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Internal Medicine Comprehensive Review and Update 2025 - LIVE STREAMING
Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Updates for Internal Medicine and Its Subspecialties
This program, the 65th annual Internal Medicine Update from the leading clinical faculty of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, provides comprehensive, high-yield instruction to ensure clinicians are current with the latest evidence and best practices to optimize patient care.
This program covers the breadth of Internal Medicine subspecialties, including:
• Cardiovascular Medicine... |
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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 weight loss, exerci... |
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Gastroenterology 2025 - LIVE STREAMING
The Comprehensive 2025 Gastroenterology Update
This highly rated Harvard Medical School CME program ensures participants are current with state-of-the-art GI strategies and clinical practices. It covers recent advances and their impact on clinical approaches and on patient outcomes. Updates, best practices, and new guidelines are presented by nationally recognized GI experts and master clinicians.
Practical, Results-Driven Education
Highlights of the 2025 program include:
• The new... |
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Multiple Myeloma Care: Translating Evolving Practices to Oncology Nurses in Community Settings
The expansion of treatment options and strategies across the disease continuum is good news for patients who previously had few options; however, it can be a challenge for clinicians to stay up"to date in this very dynamic setting. |
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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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Multidisciplinary Team Essentials on CMV Prevention, Surveillance, and Treatment Optimization in the Transplant Setting
The role of the multidisciplinary transplant team has expanded considerably over the past decade to keep pace with advances in the field and to address long-term care of transplant recipients. Despite these advances, breakthrough cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections and development of refractory and resistant CMV infections cause significant complications post-transplant. To lessen patient burden and improve survival outcomes, optimal introduction of anti-CMV drugs, both prophylactically and thera... |
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Refining Management of CMV After Transplant: Exploiting Recent Advances to Alleviate Patient Burden: A Care Team Forum®
Target Audience
Transplant, infectious disease, internal medicine, nephrologists, primary care, pharmacy clinicians, advanced practice providers, and surgeons managing patients with CMV
Program Overview
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is one of the most common infectious complications in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. During this activity, the faculty will discuss best practices for prevention and treatment of CMV post-transplant and provide clinical pearls for managing difficult-to-tr... |
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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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Recognizing the Profound Impact on Quality of Life: Emerging Therapy Options for Patients with Myelofibrosis
In this on-demand activity, Recognizing the Profound Impact on Quality of Life: Emerging Therapy Options for Patients with Myelofibrosis, learn from expert faculty, Jeanne Palmer, MD and Jennifer Andres, APRN, FNP, MSN as they discuss Profound Impact on Quality of Life: Emerging Therapy Options for Patients with Myelofibrosis, to effectively identify how JAK inhibitors and emerging treatments for myelofibrosis (MF) can optimize clinical outcomes and patient quality of life (QOL).
Gain expe... |
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Identifying Needs and Opportunities to Improve Clinical Outcomes in the Identification, Characterization, and Management of Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer
Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of oncologists, obstetrician/gynecologists, gastroenterologists, and primary care physicians to ensure confidence in the diagnosis, characterization, and management of low-grade serous ovarian cancer, including through enrollment in ongoing clinical trials.
Program Overview
This enduring educational activity will provide insight into evidence-based approaches for clinical and pathological assessment of patients with d... |
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Diagnosis and Evidence-based Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations
Target Audience
The primary target audience for this activity are Pulmonology clinicians (MDs/DOs/NPs/PAs) based in the U.S.
Program Overview
Many patients do not receive appropriate and timely treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) because of underdiagnoses, diagnostic delays, or misdiagnoses as other respiratory conditions such as asthma. An expert panel of pulmonologists will identify and address important gaps in the differential diagnosis and management of COPD. O... |
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Lp(a) and LDL-C Management: Exploring Divergent Perspectives
Target Audience
The intended audience for this activity is cardiologists, endocrinologists, internists, pharmacists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals involved in the management of patients with hyperlipidemia and other cardiovascular risk factors.
Program Overview
Lp(a) and LDL-C Management: Exploring Divergent Perspectives is a continuing education (CE) initiative aimed at broadening healthcare professionals' understanding of the complex nature of hyperlipidemia management... |
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Teaming Up to Treat Rett Syndrome: The Importance of Fostering a Multidisciplinary Approach to Patient Care
Target Audience
The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of neurologists, pediatric neurologists and specialty NP/PAs involved in the treatment of patients with Rett syndrome.
Program Overview
With newer therapies now available for the treatment of Rett syndrome, it is essential that the challenges of managing patients with rare diseases, such as Rett syndrome in resource-poor areas or “care deserts” be addressed.
Join a neurologist and a gastroenterologist from ... |
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Psoriasis With Scalp Involvement in a Patient With Skin of Color
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to address the educational needs of dermatologists, dermatology nurse practitioners, and PAs. It may also be of benefit to primary care clinicians, rheumatologists, and other healthcare practitioners who are interested in the treatment of psoriasis.
Program Overview
This case will discuss the treatment of psoriasis in patients with skin of color, highlighting the challenges of treating scalp psoriasis. The faculty will review the mechanism o... |
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Comprehensive Management of Von Hippel-Lindau Disease: Genetic and Oncological Perspectives
STATEMENT OF NEED
Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) is an autosomal dominant disease in which germline pathogenic variants in the VHL gene predispose individuals to specific types of benign tumors, malignant tumors, and cysts in multiple organs, including clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC), renal cysts, central nervous system hemangioblastomas, retinal hemangioblastomas, pancreatic tumors and cysts, endolymphatic sac tumors, and cystadenomas of the epididymis and broad ligament (NIH, 2024). ... |
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Thyroid Eye Disease Mastery: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment
Thyroid eye disease (TED) is a multifactorial autoimmune disease with widely varied signs and symptoms. It is believed to result from the stimulation of several receptors located in the orbital fibroblasts and is usually associated with hyperthyroidism. However, 5% of patients with TED have hypothyroidism, and 5% have no sign of thyroid disease; thus, it is frequently misdiagnosed. Misdiagnosis can place patients at risk for disfigurement and permanent vision loss, because treatment is most ef... |