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Fabry Disease Research Highlights
This 30-minute CME-accredited program highlights the latest clinical research about Fabry disease, a rare X-linked lysosomal disorder that results in the cellular buildup of globotriaosylceramide. Characteristic features of Fabry disease include acroparesthesias, angiokeratomas, hypohidrosis, corneal opacity, gastrointestinal problems, tinnitus, and hearing loss. Fabry disease also involves potentially life-threatening complications such as progressive kidney damage, heart attack, and stroke.
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Building and Maintaining a Multidisciplinary Team for Lysosomal Disorders
This CME/CE activity with Drs. Ozlem Goker-Aplan and Walla Al-Hertani describes the importance of a multidisciplinary team approach to managing lysosomal diseases, as well as some of the challenges involved in creating and maintaining that team.
At the end of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Describe the need for a team approach to care
- Describe best practices to build a multidisciplinary team for a new patient
- Describe best practices to maintain a multidisciplinary... |
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Managing Cardiomyopathies in Lysosomal Disorders
This CME/CE activity describes the pathophysiologies and management options for lysosomal disease patients with cardiomyopathies.
At the end of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Describe the role of the cardiologist in the team approach to care
- Describe best practices to monitor cardiac symptoms in lysosomal disorders
- Describe best practices to treat cardiac symptoms in lysosomal disorders |
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Assessing, Monitoring, and Managing Respiratory Involvement in Lysosomal Disorders
Ozlem Gore-Alpan, MD of LDRTC and John Bach, MD, Professor of Neurology at Rutgers School of Medicine discuss best practices to manage respiratory complications in persons with lysosomal disorders.
At the end of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Describe the most common LSDs that have pulmonary complications.
- Describe best practices to manage pulmonary symptoms in Pompe disease.
- Describe best practices to manage pulmonary symptoms in MPSs.
- Describe best practices to... |
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Tracking and Treating Uveitic Macular Edema: A Difficult Dilemma
Uveitic macular edema (UME) has a wide variety of causes. If not appropriately treated, it eventually causes damage to the photoreceptors in the macula, resulting in vision-threatening complications like macular ischemia or macular hole formation. Corticosteroids are the first-line treatment for uveitic inflammation and UME. However, they are not generally considered to be appropriate for long-term treatment due to adverse effects, including increased intraocular pressure and cataract in local... |
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Tracking and Treating Uveitic Macular Edema: A Difficult Dilemma
Uveitic macular edema (UME) has a wide variety of causes. If not appropriately treated, it eventually causes damage to the photoreceptors in the macula, resulting in vision-threatening complications like macular ischemia or macular hole formation. Corticosteroids are the first-line treatment for uveitic inflammation and UME. However, they are not generally considered to be appropriate for long-term treatment due to adverse effects, including increased intraocular pressure and cataract in local... |
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Skin Cancer Education for Primary Care
This comprehensive course on skin cancer will help you improve your ability to diagnose and manage skin lesions, the most common of all cancers.
Outcome Objectives:
As a result of completing this activity, the participant will be better able to:
- Understand the biology of ultraviolet radiation and methods to protect the skin.
- Demonstrate increased proficiency in the management of potentially malignant skin lesions.
- Make early diagnoses of skin cancers, particularly melanoma.... |
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Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 2024 - 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:
• Sepsis
• ARDS
• Sarcoidosis
• IPF
• Bronchiectasis
• Cystic fibrosis
• Lung nodules
• Lung cancer
• GERD
• Pleural disease
• Pneumonia
• Tuberculosis
• Thromboembolism
• Chronic cou... |
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Anesthesiology Update 2024 - LIVE STREAMING or IN PERSON
The Comprehensive 2024 Anesthesiology Update
Cardiac, Regional, Office-Based, Thoracic, Obstetric, Neuro, and Pediatric
Anesthesiology Update will be held on May 6-10, 2024. 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 CME program provides a special and timely opportunity for anesthesiolo... |
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The HIV Journey Staying the Course Through Critical Junctions in Care
HIV is a life-long condition that is becoming increasingly complex. Clinicians must be prepared to face myriad situations over a patient’s lifespan, relating both to their HIV and to either other comorbidities or issues such as stigma or social determinants of health. In this interactive activity, you will follow a patient diagnosed as an adolescent through his lifespan with HIV to make decisions about common challenges. Dr. Onyema Ogbuagu will review rapid ART, educating adolescents, addres... |
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Parenteral Nutrition Solutions: Developing a Playbook for the Multidisciplinary Team
In these symposium highlights, a multidisciplinary panel of experts discuss a range of topics, including the role of indirect calorimetry, protein requirements, intravenous lipid emulsions, and the nutrition support team. Also highlighted are a real-world patient case and the questions and answers/panel discussion. An accompanying infographic on the importance of the nutrition support team and how to organize one can be downloaded and shared with your team. |
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Optimizing Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care - LIVE STREAMING
In this special program, faculty from Harvard Medical School, the Brigham Transition Care Team, and the Boston Children’s Hospital BRIDGES Adult Transition Program provide strategies, best practices, and guidance to:
• Identify adult care providers and successfully transfer patients with rare or complex health care needs
• Assess and improve the efficacy of your current transition processes
• Tailor transition strategies to patient age, disease type, and physical/ intellectual capab... |
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NeuroRehabilitation 2024 - 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, brain t... |
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In Case You Missed: Utilizing the Muscarinic System to Optimize Treatment Options for Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is an incurable, neuropsychiatric disease characterized by difficulties thinking and communicating clearly as well as psychosis (ie, “positive” symptoms); difficulty functioning socially (ie, “negative” symptoms); and cognitive impairment. As many as 34% of patients with schizophrenia have treatment-resistant schizophrenia, defined as continuing symptoms despite at least 2 trials of appropriate antipsychotic treatment, and most people do not recover from it. Patients with... |
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The Pharmacist’s Role in Managing Patients with Worsening Heart Failure
Pharmacists play a vital role in the management of patients with heart failure (HF). Navigate through this interactive self-directed, pharmacist-targeted activity designed to optimize your decision-making to apply the most recent clinical trial data and guidance seen in real-world HF practice, particularly in patients with worsening HF and after recent HF hospitalization. Expert perspectives and insights cover guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) implementation and additional adjustment t... |
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Call to Action for Health Equity: Racial Disparities in the Care of Patients with Cardiometabolic Disease
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for adults in the US. However, patients from minority populations with cardiovascular disease have disproportionately poor health outcomes and are particularly vulnerable to health disparities. Racial inequities in health also result in higher risk-burden in minority groups for metabolic syndromes such as Type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes, which increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Health disparities in cardiometabolic care predominantly... |
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Rheumatology 101 for the Primary Care Clinician
The Pacific Northwest is experiencing a critical shortage of rheumatologists. Despite efforts from multiple organizations, including the American College of Rheumatology, The Arthritis Foundation, The University of Washington, and Virginia Mason Medical Center, Washington State continues to rank near the bottom for access issues. In a May 2022 interview, Washington Rheumatology Alliance (WRA) President Jeff Peterson, MD noted with concern that rural patients are particularly underserved, with ... |
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The Importance of Early Recognition of Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff Disease
Faculty experts Jeanine Jarnes, PharmD, and Chester Whitley, MD, PhD, delve into the rare and difficult to diagnose GM2-gangliosidoses Tays-Sachs and Sandhoff diseases. Following a discussion of the etiology and pathophysiology of these diseases, the faculty use real-life cases to illustrate the various phenotypes of these conditions, as well as key presenting signs and symptoms. Diagnostic approaches are discussed, alongside current standards of care, including supportive and palliative treat... |
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Assessment of Asthma Control
Although asthma treatments are widely available, between one-third and one-half of patients continue to have symptoms that regularly interfere with everyday life. These asthma-related symptoms and exacerbations result in almost 2 million emergency department visits each year, which often lead to inpatient hospital stays. Thus, there is a clear need for ongoing education about asthma management, particularly when there are significant changes in treatment recommendations or therapeutic options.... |
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Case Studies in Hereditary Angioedema: Moving Beyond Crisis to Long-Term Prevention
Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is an autosomal dominant condition that causes recurring, unpredictable, and potentially fatal attacks resulting in a profound disease burden and diminished health-related quality of life (QoL). Recent advances have led to new therapies for HAE, including long-acting prophylactic therapies that have improved efficacy, tolerability, and convenience, compared to earlier treatments. Many health care providers are unaware of HAE and its diagnosis, particularly the diffe... |
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Top 10 COVID-19 Special Population Queries
Even though the COVID-19 pandemic is slowly becoming endemic, there are still certain populations at higher risk of progressing to severe COVID-19 should they become infected with SARS-CoV-2. These include immunocompromised groups, older patients, patients with HIV, disabilities, challenges in social determinants of health, and racial or ethnic minorities. There are treatment considerations for many of these populations, including drug-drug interactions. In this self-directed activity, Drs. Gl... |
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Multidisciplinary Strategies to Prevent Hospitalization in Patients with Worsening Heart Failure
Despite guideline-directed medical therapy, many patients with heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction continue to experience worsening HF and hospitalizations. As such, it is incumbent upon clinicians to improve familiarity and competence with available therapies and clinical trial data that may guide patient selection to individualize and optimize therapy for patients with HF. In this interactive infographic, clinicians can access real-world strategies and expert insights to improv... |
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Rescue Therapies for Asthma
Although asthma treatments are widely available, between one-third and one-half of patients continue to have symptoms that regularly interfere with everyday life. These asthma-related symptoms and exacerbations result in almost 2 million emergency department visits each year, which often lead to inpatient hospital stays. Thus, there is a clear need for ongoing education about asthma management, particularly when there are significant changes in treatment recommendations or therapeutic options.... |
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Fetal and Women's Imaging 2023- Advanced OB-GYN Ultrasound
World Class CME is again proud to host the annual Fetal and Women's Imaging conference in Seattle, Washington. We welcome everyone to The Marriott Seattle Waterfront for yet another excellent three day course in 2024.
“Welcome to Seattle and Fetal & Women’s Imaging: Advanced OB-GYN Ultrasound 2024. This year’s comprehensive program is designed with something for both novice and advanced learners. Our extensive gynecology program will update you with the latest guid... |
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Crucial Conversations in Pharmacy Practice: Improving Patient Outcomes in Shingles Management
Shingles management"or more specifically, the prevention of shingles (caused by varicella zoster virus; VZV)"is crucial to help preserve quality of life, particularly for older adults. Updated immunization recommendations for recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) now include updated guidance for adults with compromised immune systems in addition to older adults. Pharmacists play a key role in the interprofessional team with appropriate identification, recommendation, and administration ... |
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Contemporary Issues in the Management of Patients With Primary Biliary Cholangitis: An Interprofessional Approach
An interprofessional faculty of gastroenterology clinicians discuss real-world issues in managing patients with primary biliary cholangitis. Two mini-lectures serve as the foundation for understanding the diagnostic evaluation and risk factors of primary biliary cholangitis. Three cases foster a robust discussion, among the 5 faculty, of clinical decision-making around the roles, benefits, and limitations of approved and investigational pharmacologic treatment options. The program format foste... |
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Cleveland Clinic 21st Intensive Review of Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic’s acclaimed faculty shares its unparalleled expertise with its 21st Intensive Review of Cardiology. This Board and re-certification resource serves as a forum to critically review current thinking and management of all major cardiovascular disciplines. Focus is placed on the delivery of contemporary medicine, including complex patient management and decision-making for practicing cardiologists. Worth up to 15.75 AMA PRA Category I Credits™, this enduring material is also... |
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Irregular Care: Racial Inequities in the Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders
Structural racism and classism leads to many of the social determinants of health (SDoH) that cause disparities in cardiovascular (CVD) care, such as unequal preventative care, heart arrythmia treatment, and research inclusion. Interpersonal racism, including unconscious bias, worsens disproportionate CVD care, and is also a stand-alone factor for this health inequity. Underrepresented minority (URM) patients – particularly Black/African American individuals – are less likely to receive, b... |
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Cleveland Clinic Interprofessional Approach to Liver Disease (Online Streaming & USB Formats)
The management of critically ill patients with liver disease requires the expertise of a variety of healthcare providers from multiple disciplines. Cleveland Clinic addresses their multifaceted educational needs with the Interprofessional Approach to Liver Disease. Physicians, nurses and physician assistants will benefit from the latest strategies and evidence based management guidance from an expert faculty. Worth 14 AMA PRA Category I Credits™, with ANCC and AAPA accreditation provided a... |
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Monitor Patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Catch Transthyretin Cardiomyopathy Early in the Course
Target Audience
Healthcare providers in internal medicine, family medicine, surgery, cardiology, neurology, and healthcare professionals caring for patients with carpal tunnel syndrome and/or heart failure.
Program Overview
ATTR is a type of amyloidosis that affects the heart as well as other tissues such as the synovium of carpal tunnel. Bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome proceeds the symptoms of ATTR cardiomyopathy by a number of years. Topics on when to refer patients with carpal tunnel ... |
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Delivering Culturally Competent Care: Managing Type 2 Diabetes in Diverse Populations
This course presents practical advice for working cross-culturally. It allows participants to practice and improve their communication skills while managing typical clinical problems encountered in persons with type 2 diabetes.
Outcome Objectives:
As a result of completing this activity, the participant will be better able to:
- Recognize the differences between the terms "race," "ethnicity," and "culture."
- Employ the Ask, Share, Compare, Negotiate Model with patients in the office... |
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Update in Clinical Cardiology - LIVE STREAMING or IN PERSON
The Comprehensive Clinical Cardiology Update
Evaluation • Treatment • Patient Care • Procedures • Challenging Cases
Update in Clinical Cardiology will be held on October 16 " 18, 2024. You have the option to attend either online as the course is live streamed or in person in Boston, MA.
OVERVIEW
This course provides comprehensive updates for state-of-the-art care and guidance to incorporate them into daily practice to optimize patient outcomes.
Coverage includes:
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Case Studies in HIV Resistance Testing and Treatment " Experienced Patients
Educational Need:
Through a series of patient cases, participants will explore the complexities of managing HIV infection in patients who have been treated with multiple different HIV regimens. Participants will engage in real-life case studies that will provide valuable insight into the intricacies of HIV treatment and resistance testing. Our faculty educators will discuss commonly encountered challenges faced by the care team and their treatment-experienced patients with HIV and offer real... |
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Neurological Emergencies - LIVE STREAMING
Evaluation. Detection. Diagnosis. Management.
In Emergency, Outpatient, and Inpatient Settings
Neurological Emergencies will be held online this year, using live streaming, electronic Q&A, and other remote learning technologies.
OVERVIEW
This special program provides new strategies, updates, best practices, and practical tips for:
• The WORKUP of common neurological complaints and high-risk conditions
• RAPID DETECTION of a neurological emergency and EARLY ACTIONS to opt... |
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Cleveland Clinic Intensive Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Online Streaming & USB Formats)
Cleveland Clinic’s Intensive Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology provides a fast-paced, high-yield, intensive analysis of gastrointestinal conditions commonly seen in practice, as well as rare but “classic” clinical vignettes that are tested during board type exams. Current guidelines and recent advances in all aspects of gastroenterology and hepatology will be discussed. This intensive review will benefit all practitioners intending to pass the Boards, as well as those looking t... |
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Current and Emerging Therapies for Follicular Lymphoma: Solving Practice Challenges in Community-Based Interprofessional Care Teams
An indolent subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, follicular lymphoma is characterized by eventual relapse of disease and the need for multiple lines of therapy, adding to the significant disease burden experienced by patients. Novel targeted agents in the relapsed/refractory setting have afforded new treatment options, but important clinical challenges exist, including optimal treatment sequencing, therapy evaluation and patient selection, transitions of care requirements, as well as toxicity mana... |
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Updates on Pain Review: Conversations with the Experts - Neuromodulation
Learning Objectives:
Describe techniques of performing spinal cord stimulation trial and implantation procedures.
Describe indications, contraindications, and mechanism of actional of spinal cord stimulation.
When preparing to take the pain board examination, both for initial certification and for recertification, there is a dearth of comprehensive educational programming. The Updates on Pain Review: Conversations with the Experts curriculum has been designed to provide the latest adj... |
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Updates on Pain Review: Conversations with the Experts - Introduction to Regenerative Medicine, Osteoarthritis & Cartilage Health Regenerative Medical Therapies
Learning Objectives:
Describe the role of subchondral bone marrow in cartilage health.
Describe the catabolic role of local anesthetics.
Explain the role of chondrocytes in cartilage health.
Describe the catabolic role of corticosteroids.
Describe the role of regenerative medicine for orthopedic conditions.
When preparing to take the pain board examination, both for initial certification and for recertification, there is a dearth of comprehensive educational programming. The Updates ... |
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Updates on Pain Review: Conversations with the Experts - "Psychogenic" Pain
Learning Objectives:
Define DSM IV/V diagnoses.
Discuss recording the impact of various factors of pain perception.
Describe psychogenic pain.
When preparing to take the pain board examination, both for initial certification and for recertification, there is a dearth of comprehensive educational programming. The Updates on Pain Review: Conversations with the Experts curriculum has been designed to provide the latest adjustments to pain management practices and improve the practitioner... |
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Updates on Pain Review: Conversations with the Experts - Psychological Assessment of Pain
Learning Objectives:
List the most common assessment tools and procedures.
Define the relationship pain mechanism and assessment of pain.
Define and highlight concerns with treating different patient populations.
When preparing to take the pain board examination, both for initial certification and for recertification, there is a dearth of comprehensive educational programming. The Updates on Pain Review: Conversations with the Experts curriculum has been designed to provide the latest ... |
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Updates on Pain Review: Conversations with the Experts - Function, Impairment, Disability, & Handicap
Learning Objectives:
Define impairment according to varied sources and discuss related measurement scales.
Define function and functionality and discuss related measurement scales.
Define disability (activity limitation) according to varied sources and discuss related measurement scales.
Briefly discuss physical medicine treatment options related to activity limitations and participation restrictions.
Define handicap (participation restriction) according to varied sources.
When prepa... |
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Updates on Pain Review: Conversations with the Experts - Trigger Points & Peripheral Joint Injections
Learning Objectives:
Define the terms tender point and trigger point and identify the treatment solutions for both.
Describe the indications for, contraindications of, and appropriate exercise regimens for peripheral injections in the vicinity of the shoulder, elbow, wrist/hand, hip, knee, ankle/foot.
When preparing to take the pain board examination, both for initial certification and for recertification, there is a dearth of comprehensive educational programming. The Updates on Pain R... |
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Updates on Pain Review: Conversations with the Experts - Rehabilitation Medicine Approach to Chronic Pain Management
Learning Objectives:
Describe the role of the following modalities in the treatment of chronic pain: heat, cold, electricity, manual (osteopathic) manipulation and mobilization, massage, traction, splinting/orthotic devices, and exercise.
When preparing to take the pain board examination, both for initial certification and for recertification, there is a dearth of comprehensive educational programming. The Updates on Pain Review: Conversations with the Experts curriculum has been designe... |
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Updates on Pain Review: Conversations with the Experts - Opioids, REMS, Prescription Writing
Learning Objectives:
Appreciate how the basis of the REMS program has changed with the changing opioid epidemic.
Present a framework for best practices regarding opioid management in pain patients and introduce basic science and clinical research in opioid therapy.
Review the history of the REMS program.
Consider the scope of the opioid epidemic past and present.
When preparing to take the pain board examination, both for initial certification and for recertification, there is a deart... |
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Updates on Pain Review: Conversations with the Experts - Steroids, Anti-Depressants, and Anti-Convulsants
Learning Objectives:
Review contraindications to therapy.
Present a framework for best choices based on goals and patient physiology.
Review the pharmacology and physiology of antidepressants.
Review the pharmacology and physiology of steroid medication.
Review the pharmacology and physiology of anticonvulsants.
When preparing to take the pain board examination, both for initial certification and for recertification, there is a dearth of comprehensive educational programming. The Upd... |
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Updates on Pain Review: Conversations with the Experts - Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Learning Objectives:
Review and present a construct for nutraceutical medications.
Provide a framework for further exploration for the consultant pain provider for CAM.
Discuss and review different platforms of CAM.
When preparing to take the pain board examination, both for initial certification and for recertification, there is a dearth of comprehensive educational programming. The Updates on Pain Review: Conversations with the Experts curriculum has been designed to provide the late... |
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Updates on Pain Review: Conversations with the Experts - Hospice and Pain Management in War and Underserved Areas
Learning Objectives:
To review pain management in the palliative care population.
To review effective pain strategies in underserved areas including areas of conflict.
When preparing to take the pain board examination, both for initial certification and for recertification, there is a dearth of comprehensive educational programming. The Updates on Pain Review: Conversations with the Experts curriculum has been designed to provide the latest adjustments to pain management practices and i... |
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Updates on Pain Review: Conversations with the Experts - Pediatric Pain Management
Learning Objectives:
To review the diagnosis of painful conditions and pediatric patients.
Review and present a paradigm for interventional procedures in pediatric patients.
To form a basis for rationale pharmacologic approaches in pediatric patients.
When preparing to take the pain board examination, both for initial certification and for recertification, there is a dearth of comprehensive educational programming. The Updates on Pain Review: Conversations with the Experts curriculum h... |
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Updates on Pain Review: Conversations with the Experts - Geriatric Pain Management
Learning Objectives:
Review disease processes and interventions of geriatric pain patients.
Review the assessment of geriatric pain patients.
Review the physiological changes in geriatric patients.
When preparing to take the pain board examination, both for initial certification and for recertification, there is a dearth of comprehensive educational programming. The Updates on Pain Review: Conversations with the Experts curriculum has been designed to provide the latest adjustments to ... |
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Helping Your Young Client Persevere in the Face of Learning Differences
Clinicians and teachers working with students struggling at grade level are committed to raising their students’ achievement potential by creating opportunities to learn. In order to accomplish this, they need to learn new techniques that can help encourage discouraged students – particularly those who have different ways of learning – by supporting and motivating them without enabling self-defeating habits. This course will provide new strategies and techniques for helping students mini... |
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