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Asthma Community Pharmacy Series
Asthma is a prevalent health condition with significant public health, quality of life, and economic consequences. With increasing numbers of respiratory delivery devices being used to deliver medication to the lung, pharmacists need to keep current on asthma devices. Pharmacists can help improve patient outcomes by identifying at-risk patients and intervening briefly to ensure proper inhalation technique.
This series demonstrates evidence-based interventions that are sensitive to the const... |
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Latest Development and Expert Outlook of Management of Psoriatic Arthritis
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic, inflammatory, musculoskeletal, disabling disease,
commonly associated with skin psoriasis, and estimated to affect up to 42% of the
approximately 7.5 million people in the United States with psoriasis. There remains an
ongoing challenge among clinicians to diagnose and treat patients, as well as to stay abreast
of optimal treatment strategies. In this educational program, the latest biologic treatment
recommendations are reviewed, as well as clinica... |
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Treatment Strategies in Chronic Leukemias and Introduction to CAR-T Therapy
Chronic lymphocytic (CLL) and chronic myelogenous (CML) leukemia are commonly diagnosed and treated by community oncologists. Whereas, in the past, these hematologic malignancies were considered incurable, new therapies have challenged that notion.
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) annihilated the concept of CML as a poorly controlled disease, and most patients are now expected to live a normal life, with good quality of life. New testing procedures have suggested that some patients may be â... |
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9th Annual UCLA Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Course and Hands-On Workshop
The UCLA Department of Radiological Sciences, in collaboration with lead physicians from the departments of rheumatology, orthopaedics and sports medicine, is proud to offer a comprehensive interdisciplinary musculoskeletal (MSK) ultrasound hands-on learning experience. The MSK Ultrasound Course and Hands-On Workshop will review pertinent aspects of upper and lower extremity ultrasound critical for clinical application. This weekend course will include, in addition to basic MSK ultrasound of j... |
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Integrating Immunotherapy for NSCLC
The emergence of checkpoint inhibitors (CTLA4, PD1, PD-L1) has reawakened an interest in immunotherapy to treat various malignancies. New agents have rapidly been approved for use in melanoma, bladder cancer, renal cell, lung cancer, and other malignancies. These agents have a unique toxicity profile requiring careful clinical assessment, rapid intervention, and aggressive management of side effects.
This activity will provide a general overview of immunotherapy in cancer treatment, with a ... |
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20th Annual AAOS/AOSSM/AANA Sports Medicine Course
Keeping Patients Active Through Biologics, Rehabilitation and Contemporary Surgical Techniques!
Ensure your sports medicine treatment decisions and rehabilitation solutions are current in this rapidly evolving field. Join us for a highly interactive experience featuring small faculty-led case-based groups, participant-expert panel discussions, and open dialogue with faculty on decision-making and treatment strategies.
With an emphasis on injury-specific treatment and rehabilitation guide... |
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7th Annual Essentials in Primary Care Winter Conference
Continuing Education Company has been organizing its' Primary Care Conference Series for the past 25 years. The 7th Annual Essentials in Primary Care CME Conference is designed to update primary care clinicians in rapidly changing therapeutic areas. The emphasis is on practical and useful information for clinical practice. Join us this February when we hold the 7th Annual Essentials in Primary Care Winter CME Conference in Naples, a charming resort city in southwest Florida.
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Updates in General Internal Medicine for Specialists 2019
Advances, Updates, Guidelines, and Best Practices in General Internal Medicine—Expressly for Specialists
In this special program, Harvard Medical School's leading clinical faculty, representing more than 30 fields of medicine, share updates and provide recommendations to ensure you are current with the recent advances in general internal medicine that impact the specialists—especially with clinical practice in relevant disciplines outside of your field of expertise.
Whether you are a psy... |
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Primary Care: Top Topics in Geriatrics
NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION
Following this course, the participant should be able
to identify the etiologies, epidemiologies and
presenting clinical manifestations of the disorders
described; implement a differential diagnosis and
laboratory assessment plans; outline the therapeutic
intervention, possible complications and preventive
measures. This activity is expected to result in
improved competence in making appropriate
diagnosis and providing effective treatment and
referral or follow-... |
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Improving Health Outcomes in Chronic Disease
Conference Overview:
Comprehensive healthcare interventions increasingly show positive reductions in chronic disease. Patients live healthier lives by keeping cholesterol, blood pressure, and glucose at moderate levels, engaging in daily physical activity, eating a well-balanced diet, maintaining a healthy weight, and avoiding tobacco products.
Optimal management of patients with chronic diseases and unhealthy lifestyle behaviors requires strategies that support better patient self-managemen... |
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Domestic Violence Update
Target Audience: This activity is designed for professionals at all levels and settings in the healthcare industry.
Activity Description
Domestic or family violence affects everyone, regardless of gender, race, education, profession, or socioeconomic status. Both abusers and victims come from diverse backgrounds. Health care professionals who focus on a single individual are missing the dysfunctional dynamics that sustain all abusive relationships. In the context of domestic violence, prof... |
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Domestic Violence Update
This course defines domestic violence as family violence, and further differentiates the categories of intimate partner violence, child abuse and neglect, and elder & dependent adult abuse, mistreatment and neglect. The dynamics of domestic violence are presented using Pence and Paymer’s power and control wheel as a guiding explanatory model.1 Common forms of domestic violence are described and categorized and their effects within the family are reviewed. The core content within this course ... |
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Infectious Diseases 2019 Update Australia and New Zealand Cruise
1.Update Adult Vaccines â—¦List vaccine preventable infections and their burden
â—¦ List appropriate vaccines for adults; List strategies to increase uptake of adult vaccines
2.Antimicrobial Stewardship â—¦List the benefits of stewardship
â—¦ List interventions to improve antibiotic use
3.Update Respiratory Infections (RTIs) â—¦List common pathogens of RTIs
â—¦ List appropriate diagnosis and treatment of RTIs
4.Update UTIs â—¦Describe the difference of asymptomatic bacteriuria from... |
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Penn Radiology Oncologic Imaging: Optimizing Patient Care (Streaming Online & DVD-ROM)
Penn Radiology joins forces with its experts in Nuclear Medicine, Gastroenterology, Pulmonology, Radiation and Interventional Oncology to present this comprehensive review of Oncologic Imaging. Best practices and clinical correlates will be discussed, with two detailed sessions dedicated to CT screening for lung cancer. Credits for this program can be applied toward your Self Assessment CME Requirements for ABR Maintenance of Certification.
Topics: CT Screening for Lung Cancer, State of th... |
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7th Annual Primary Care Winter Conference
Presented by Continuing Education Company for the past 25 years, our Primary Care Conference CME Series is designed to update primary care clinicians in rapidly changing therapeutic areas. The emphasis is on practical and useful information for clinical practice. This year, the 7th Annual Primary Care Winter CME Conference is being held in Maui, Hawaii at the Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa, a AAA four diamond oceanfront resort situated along a spectacular stretch of the famed Ka'anapali Beach and ... |
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Introduction to Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Upon completion of this activity the learner should be able to:
Increase the participant's knowledge to better perform and/or interpret MSK ultrasound examinations.
List the indications, benefits, and limitations of MSK ultrasound for sports medicine injuries, physical medicine & rehabilitation, and rheumatology applications.
Demonstrate proper transducer manipulation and system optimization to produce diagnostic images.
Demonstrate scanning protocols for performing shoulder, elbow, wris... |
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Introduction to Musculoskeletal Ultrasound with Optional Interventional Cadaver Lab
Upon completion of this activity the learner should be able to:
Increase the participant's knowledge to better perform and/or interpret MSK ultrasound examinations.
List the indications, benefits, and limitations of MSK ultrasound for sports medicine injuries, physical medicine & rehabilitation, and rheumatology applications.
Demonstrate proper transducer manipulation and system optimization to produce diagnostic images.
Demonstrate scanning protocols for performing shoulder, elbow, wris... |
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Advanced/Interventional MSK Ultrasound with Regenerative Medicine Track
Upon completion of this activity the learner should be able to:
Increase the participant's knowledge to better perform and/or interpret MSK ultrasound exams.
Interpret complex musculoskeletal ultrasound images and list treatment options and patient management strategies.
Outline the biology and evidence for use of various regenerative substances.
State when, why, and how to integrate regenerative medicine as a practical treatment option.
Prepare regenerative substances for performing ul... |
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Advanced and Interventional Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Upon completion of this activity the learner should be able to:
Increase the participant's knowledge to better perform and / or interpret MSK ultrasound exams.
Outline the biology and evidence for use of various regenerative substances.
State when, why, and how to integrate regenerative medicine as a practical treatment option.
Interpret complex musculoskeletal ultrasound images and list treatment options and patient management strategies.
List protocols for ultrasound evaluation and tr... |
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Interventional Pulmonology in Cancer Patients
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American Society of Spine Radiology (ASSR) 2019 Annual Symposium
The ASSR 2019 Annual Symposium, #ASSR19, will provide a forum for presentation and discussion of new and important developments in spine radiology and spine interventions. Topically organized focus sessions will concentrate on various aspects of diagnostic and interventional spine techniques. Nationally and internationally recognized experts will share their experiences through didactic lectures, discussions and case-based reviews. |
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Topics in Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics and Child/Adolescent Pharmacology Western Caribbean Cruise
â—¦Everything you wanted to ask a developmental pediatrician, almost â—¦Upon completion of this session participants should be able to summarize the basic distinctions between developmental pediatricians, psychologists and child psychiatrists.
â—¦Autism: A Case Based Presentation (Early Identification) â—¦Upon completion of this session participants should be able to describe the basic characteristics in young children on the autistic spectrum.
â—¦ADHD: Treatment Protocol for Primary Car... |
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Critical Care Concepts: Beyond the Basics - San Diego
Although there are many programs available for those working in critical care, there is a need for those that are considered the "experts" to be challenged and further build their critical thinking skills. With the constant changes in evidence-based practice that drives what and why we do what we do, for many of us the only way to stay on top of the changes is through interaction in seminar format. Come learn, grow, and be challenged as we move beyond the basics with the sickest of our patient... |
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The Houston Aortic Symposium: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Diseases, the Twelfth in the Series
This two-and-a-half day live symposium will be the twelfth in an annual series and will be designed to present and discuss the diagnosis and treatment paradigms for aortic diseases, including medical, endovascular, surgical, and hybrid options. The scientific program will be formulated by consulting the current literature and national data, in conjunction with the expertise of the Program Directors and esteemed faculty, and incorporating information gathered from online needs assessment survey... |
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Best of Lipid Forum 2017 — Beyond Statin Therapy: Getting the Low Down on LDL Management
Nearly one-third of adults in the United States have an elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), which is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and stroke. Frontline intervention for these patients is diet and exercise, as well as statin therapy. Although this approach is beneficial to many patients, nearly 30% of patients fail to meet their treatment goals on statin therapy and many cannot tolerate intensification of therapy with higher dosing. For these patients and for... |
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Major Neurocognitive Disorder: The Beginning and the End. Making the Diagnosis and Addressing Distressing Behavior
At the end of this CE activity, participants should be able to:
- Review the importance of early detection and intervention in AD
- Integrate emerging tools and biomarker assessments into the diagnosis and treatment of AD
- Evaluate emerging data on the efficacy and safety of agents for AD, including agents in development for treating cognitive and behavioral complications associated with AD |
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UCSF Women's OB/GYN Imaging
Topics covered by UCSF Women's OB/GYN Imaging include: Fertility and Fallopian Tube Interventions, Pelvic Congestion Syndrome, Imaging of the Pregnant Patient, Invasive Placenta, Infertility, Acute Pelvic Pain, Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, Obstetric Ultrasound, Endovaginal Ultrasound  and many others.
• UCSF Women's OB/GYN Imaging focuses on conditions and complications relative to female anatomy and pathology in both the gynecologic and reproductive systems.
• The program reviews use of... |
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Breast Imaging 2019
This course blends the newest innovations in breast imaging with time-honored traditional breast imaging modalities and procedures. Special attention will be given to Tomosynthesis and Breast MR, as well as Whole Breast Ultrasound. The contentious issues of Breast Density Legislation and Screening Guidelines will also be addressed.
An interactive screening workshop in which the participants can evaluate 25 digital screening cases WITH TOMOSYNTHESIS at the workstation will be available in th... |
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Critical Care Concepts: Beyond the Basics - Anaheim
Although there are many programs available for those working in critical care, there is a need for those who are considered the “experts” to be challenged and further build their critical-thinking skills. With the constant changes in evidence-based practice driving what and why we do what we do, for many of us the only way to stay on top of the changes is through interaction in seminar format. Come learn, grow and be challenged as we move beyond the basics with the sickest of our patients.... |
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Inpatient Obstetric Nursing Exam Review - Scottsdale
This course will assist nurses in reviewing the basic knowledge of biological, physiological, psychological and socio-cultural factors that influence the pregnant family, developing fetus and newborn. We will identify alterations in the status of the mother and the fetus and/or potential problems that could occur during the woman’s childbearing experience. We will evaluate interventions and plan of care for the complicated perinatal patient using the latest standards of care and current evid... |
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Abdominal Ultrasound Registry Review
Abdominal Ultrasound Registry Review Course provides a comprehensive review with topics based on ARDMS exam content outlines for successfully completing the abdominal certification exam. To guarantee the highest industry exam success rate this course is taught by leading abdominal ultrasound experts in the abdominal ultrasound profession and is specifically designed for physicians, sonographers and other medical professionals who need abdominal ultrasound registry preparation. This course enta... |
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Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine 2019
The Comprehensive 2019 Update on Office-Based Primary Care Medicine
Taught by Harvard Medical School's Leading Clinical Faculty
Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine 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, designed to help you optimize your approach to the wide array of conditions seen in primary care pra... |
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Intensive Update in Pain Management: Cleveland Clinic Specialty Review
Topics covered by Intensive Update in Pain Management include: Spinal Cord Stimulation, Anatomic Imaging for Pain Evaluation, Cannabinoids for Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia, Peripheral Nerve Stimulation, Opioid Epidemic, Lumbar Spinal Fusion, Exercise, Sodium Nitrite for Peripheral Neuropathy, 5HT Agonist for Neuropathic Pain and many more.
Upon completion of Intensive Update in Pain Management, you will be able to:
Define the role of DRG stimulation within the spectrum of neuromodulation thera... |
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Hot Topics in Dyslipidemia: From the 2018 American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions
This CME-accredited CME Snapshot™ seven-part series is intended for interventional cardiologists, other cardiologists, lipidologists, endocrinologists, and other diabetologist physicians involved in the ongoing management of patients with persistent hypercholesterolemia. During these activities, expert faculty will participate in a series of interactive discussions on the latest evidence and their clinical experience managing patients with persistently elevated low-density lipoprotein choles... |
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Ultrasound Guided Vascular Access
Ultrasound Guided Vascular Access Training Course provides participants a strong foundation to perform central and peripheral line techniques and approach in an emergency setting. These courses are taught by leading emergency medicine ultrasound experts that specialize in ultrasound guidance that incorporates comprehensive lectures and interactive case presentations featuring a 3:1 faculty to participant hands-on scan ratio with both live models (anatomy) and inanimate phantoms (interventional... |
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GRAND JAPAN CRUISE - Medical/Dental Advances in Japan
Medical/Dental Advances in Japan
CME/CE Lecture Seminars for Medical, Dental, Nursing and Allied Healthcare Professionals
This Seminar is planned for 14 Continuing Education Credit Hours.
Planned In Country Healthcare Topics Include:
- Healthcare System Overview
- Treatment and Prevention Strategies for Common Chronic Illnesses
- Dental Healthcare Updates: Delivery & Treatment
- Top Medical/Disease Issues: Challenges & Conquests
- Updates in Travel Medicine & Medicine at Sea
- Pre... |
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Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia
Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia Training Course is designed for medical professionals seeking to integrate ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia techniques for surgery, pain management, or procedural applications such as fracture reduction into their clinical practice. These courses are taught by leading anesthesiologists and emergency medicine ultrasound experts that incorporates comprehensive lectures and interactive case presentations that features a 3:1 faculty to participant hands-o... |
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Merging Mind & Muscle: Radiology at its Best
This course has been developed to reignite the passions of neuroradiology and musculoskeletal diagnostic and interventional radiologists, and to stir the fire within general radiologists striving to expand their neuro and MSK skills. The symposium brings together nationally and internationally renowned speakers who are experts in the fields of neuroradiology, musculoskeletal radiology, and interventional pain medicine. The course will revalidate some established concepts and imaging parameters... |
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Emergency Medicine: Common Pediatric and Adult Challenges in the Emergency Department
NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION
Following this course, the participant should be able to recognize the epidemiology, demographics and common clinical presentations for the diseases and disorders discussed; construct an appropriate history, physical exam and laboratory evaluation to develop cost-effective and accurate diagnosis; manage as well as employ appropriate follow-up and/or specialty referral for the diseases and disorders presented. This activity is expected to result in improved competence in... |
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4th Annual Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolic Disease Conference
Presented by Continuing Education Company for the past 25 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 4th Annual Diabetes, Obesity, & Metabolic Disease Conference to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel on April 12-14, 2019.
Cardiometabolic disorders are a cluster of health conditions associated with cardiovascular disease and type 2 dia... |
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Duke Radiology's Cardiothoracic Imaging Plus (Online & DVD-ROM)
Duke Radiology’s expert faculty assembles to present the hottest topics in imaging, with comprehensive focus on cardiothoracic disease and diagnosis. Over eight hours in this enduring material are devoted to the latest advances in cardiovascular and chest radiology, with a special feature on lung CT screening. Additional topics include the newest developments in pediatric, neuro and musculoskeletal imaging, with multiple modalities discussed.
Topics include: Lung cancer screening, pulmona... |
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CCRN/PCCN Exam Review - North Kansas City
This three-day course is designed to provide critical care and progressive care nurses a review of AACN’s core curriculum. The course combines central knowledge-based lectures so that nurses working in the PCU and ICU arena will have a review of AACN’s Certification Blueprint. The first day will provide the critical care provider with an essential review of nursing care and interventions designed for the ICU setting. The second day of this lecture series will combine both the critical care... |
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Selected Topics in Neurology: 2019 Update Western Caribbean Cruise
1.Pain â—¦Developing a plan to address PAIN: addressing headache, facial pain, chronic pain with a focus on non-opiate interventions
â—¦Medications used in the management of pain
â—¦General overview - Safety, Black Box Warnings, and Risks (i.e., cardiovascular risks with NSAIDS, when daily aspirin is appropriate for primary prevention, and reducing unnecessary use)
â—¦ Opiates and FDA prescribing alerts with benzodiazepines.
2.Movement Disorders â—¦Movement disorders: diagnosing and man... |
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Everything Cardiac - Sacramento
This program provides a clinically applicable review of cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology, cardiac assessment, cardiovascular pharmacology and interventions based on current guidelines for the most common cardiac disorders seen in clinical practice. Content includes a review of cardiac physiology that can be applied in daily practice, the physiological basis for cardiovascular drug therapy and the pathophysiology, diagnosis and guideline-based treatment strategies for heart failure... |
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The Thrill is Gone: Beating Depression, Anxiety and Narcotics Addiction: 2019 Update Eastern Caribbean Cruise
1.Physicians in primary care need up-to date, standardized and precise measuring tools for identifying SUD and their readiness for treatment â—¦Assess levels of substance use in primary care
2.In the last 20 years physicians seek better strategies of managing Dual diagnosis (patients with mental health issues and SUD's) â—¦How to manage Dual Diagnosis.
3.Patient readiness for SUD treatment (or change) is often difficult to assess but is a very important variable in a successful outcome â... |
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Critical Care Concepts: Beyond the Basics - Asheville
Although there are many programs available for those working in critical care, there is a need for those that are considered the "experts" to be challenged and further build their critical thinking skills. With the constant changes in evidence-based practice that drives what and why we do what we do, for many of us the only way to stay on top of the changes is through interaction in seminar format. Come learn, grow, and be challenged as we move beyond the basics with the sickest of our patient... |
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A Step Towards Informed Decision Making on Contraception: Resources for Physicians
This initiative is targeted towards healthcare providers in India and will be comprised of two clinician focused activities which consist of video-based faculty panel modules and a text based discussion guide. For this initiative, ACHL is partnering with IJCP Group, a leading healthcare communications company in India, as well as the Federation of Obstetrics & Gynecological Societies of India (FOGSI), and the India Medical Association on the development of these educational materials.
The g... |
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A Step Towards Informed Decision Making on Contraception: Resources for Patients
This initiative has been developed for patients in India and consists of 3 video blogs (Vlogs) and a patient discussion guide, to help patients learn more about contraception options and encourage then have informed discussions with their health care providers.
Listen to other patients’ points of view as they provide unique perspectives on making their contraceptive choices. In addition to these helpful videos, there is a companion patient discussion guide designed to help patients and th... |
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Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents: Diagnostic Strategies and New Evidence
One of the most challenging areas of psychiatry is the diagnosis and management of children and adolescents with bipolar spectrum disorders. In particular, treatment of the depressive phase of the bipolar spectrum disorders in children and adolescents remains a largely unmet need. Up to 2 million children in the United States have bipolar disorder. It is now recognized that about half of adult patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder had their first episode as children or adolescents. Differe... |
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CCRN Exam Review (Adult) - Los Angeles
This two-day course provides the critical care nurse with a review of AACN’s core curriculum. The agenda combines central knowledge-based lectures for nurses working in the ICU with an essential review of nursing care and interventions according to the AACN exam blueprint for the critical care provider. This review is not an introduction to the environment of the ICU, but a comprehensive update for the professional already in practice at the bedside and preparing for the certification examin... |
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