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Growth Hormone Deficiency Research Highlights
This 15-minute CME program highlights the latest clinical research about Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD).
GHD is a rare endocrine disorder characterized by insufficient levels of growth hormone being secreted from the anterior pituitary gland. A hallmark of prolonged GHD is growth retardation or deceleration, as well as short stature. Additionally, growth hormone deficiency is associated with metabolic abnormalities, impaired cardiovascular function, fatigue, delayed or incomplete puberty, ... |
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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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Clinical Challenges and Evolving Strategies the Management of Alopecia Areata
Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of dermatologists. This education may also be of interest to pediatric dermatologists, dermatology advanced practice providers (NPs and PAs), and dermatology nurses as clinicians who are responsible for the primary diagnosis and treatment of patients with AA.
Program Overview
Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that targets the hair follicles, typically causing hair loss on the scalp but also on other areas such ... |
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Beyond ACEis and ARBs: The Promise of SGLT2 Inhibition to Reduce Risk of ESRD and Dialysis in Numerous Patient Populations
Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of dermatologists. This education may also be of interest to pediatric dermatologists, dermatology advanced practice providers (NPs and PAs), and dermatology nurses as clinicians who are responsible for the primary diagnosis and treatment of patients with AA.
Program Overview
Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that targets the hair follicles, typically causing hair loss on the scalp but also on other areas such ... |
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Improving Outcomes for Adolescent/Young Adult and Adult Patients with ALL: Evaluating the Impact of Immunotherapy
Target Audience
The activity is intended primarily for hematology/oncology and medical oncology physicians and advanced practitioners caring for adult and AYA patients. Pediatric hematology/oncology and oncology clinicians who care for AYA patients may also find this material useful.
Program Overview
On-demand Oncology Expert Exchange: Clinical Case Challenge activity (Virtual Video Roundtable with Clinical Cases) with compelling reinforcing features. This initiative aims to close knowled... |
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2022 Pivotal Points in Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis: What You Probably Missed But Shouldn’t Have
Target Audience
This educational activity has been designed to meet the needs of pediatric dermatologists, dermatologists, pediatricians, family practice physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other clinicians who manage pediatric patients with atopic dermatitis.
Program Overview
2022 has been a banner year for patients with pediatric atopic dermatitis (AD) as well as for their parents, families, and healthcare providers. The biologic dupilumab was approved for moderat... |
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Better Education on Glomerular Disease: Improving Diagnosis and Treatment of C3 Glomerulopathy
Target Audience
Nephrologists, nephrology physician associates / physician assistants and nurse practitioners, primary care physicians, pediatricians, surgeons who specialize in organ transplants, and other healthcare professionals who may be involved in diagnosis and treatment of patients with C3 glomerulopathy.
Program Overview
Nephrology specialists Carla Nester, MD, and Andrew Bomback, MD, delve into the rare and difficult-to-diagnose disease state of C3 glomerulopathy, a membranoprol... |
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Patient, Provider, and Caregiver Connection™: Challenges in Diagnosis and Management for Patients with ADHD During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward psychologists, pediatricians, primary care clinicians, NPs, PAs, and other healthcare professionals involved in the management of patients with ADHD.
Activity Overview
This video-based program is designed for health care professionals to explore the diagnosis and treatment of patients with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) through a unique perspective, putting the patient voice front and center. A patient will lend... |
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Better Education on Glomerular Disease: Improving Diagnosis and Treatment of C3 Glomerulopathy
Nephrology specialists Carla Nester, MD, and Andrew Bomback, MD, delve into the rare and difficult-to-diagnose disease state of C3 glomerulopathy, a membranoproliferative form of glomerulonephritis. Recent guideline updates and recommended clinical management strategies for the treatment of glomerular disease are reviewed. In addition, the specific pathophysiology, clinical features and diagnosis of C3 glomerulopathy are discussed, as well as the global patient burden of disease and concomitan... |
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Refining Management of Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma: What’s on the Horizon for Pediatric Management and AYA Survivorship
Target Audience
The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of community-based and academic/specialist hematologists, hematologic oncologists, medical oncologists, hematopathologists, primary care providers, family practitioner internists, hematology/oncology nurses and nurse navigators, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and pharmacists.
Program Overview
New treatments are poised to expand the armamentarium for pediatric classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL). Given the... |
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Expert Illustrations & Commentaries™: Emerging Strategies for the Treatment of Chronic Active Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Renal Transplant Recipients
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward transplant physicians, transplant surgeons, and nephrologists. Other clinicians who manage renal transplant patients are invited to participate.
Activity Overview
This Expert Illustrations and Commentaries™ is a video-based program in which 2 experts discuss the etiology and management of antibody-mediated renal transplant rejection. In this activity the faculty focus on the pathophysiology, current and emerging therapeutic st... |
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Ensuring Gender-Affirming Health Care for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth
Transgender youth see higher rates of suicide, poorer health outcomes, and an overall lack of access to quality care. In this expert interview, join pediatrician and child psychiatrist, Jason Rafferty, MD, MPH, EdM, from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, on a path to ensuring equitable and comprehensive healthcare for transgender and gender diverse youth. Ensure your transgender and gender diverse youth patients are receiving the care they deserve. |
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Addressing Healthcare Inequities: Tailoring Management Plans to Address Healthcare Disparities in Cystic Fibrosis
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward cystic fibrosis specialists specialists, pulmonologists, pediatricians, gastroenterologists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, and other clinicians who provide care for patients with CF.
Program Overview
Addressing Healthcare Inequities is a video-based program in which 3 experts discuss health disparities that negatively impact patients with CF. Access to care, insurance costs, and unintended bias are just some... |
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Transfusion-Related Iron Overload"Evidence-Based Approaches to Improve Chelation Outcomes
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward hematologists. Pediatricians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other clinicians involved in the management of patients with iron overload are also invited to attend.
Program Overview
Patients who require ongoing red blood cell transfusions, such as individuals with transfusion-dependent thalassemia or sickle cell disease, may develop iron overload. Severe or long-term iron overload can result in a higher ri... |
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Sickle Cell Disease: Improving the Quality and Continuum of Acute and Ambulatory Patient Care
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward hematologists, cardiologists, pulmonologists, neurologists, primary care physicians, and advanced clinical practitioners who work with sickle cell disease (SCD) patients.
Activity Overview
In this video-based activity, a panel of 4 distinguished experts in managing SCD review clinical guidelines, interpret clinical latest data regarding current and emerging therapeutic strategies, and engage in lively discussion about best pract... |
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Gene Therapy for Hemophilia: What Does the Future Hold?
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward hematologist/oncologists, pediatricians, emergency medicine clinicians, geneticists, genetic counselors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, registered nurses, and other health care professionals involved in the management of hemophilia.
Program Overview
Despite recent improvements in options for its treatment, hemophilia continues to have a significant negative impact on patients’ functionality and health-related quali... |
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PER Postgame™: The Latest from Louisville 2022 " Utilizing Recent Data to Improve Care for Patients with Peanut Allergy
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward allergists/immunologists, internists, pediatricians, NPs, PAs, and RNs. Other healthcare professionals involved in the management of patients with food allergy are invited to participate as well.
Activity Overview
Children with peanut allergies and their families often experience a profoundly reduced health-related quality of life. Data show that food allergy affects 4% to 7% of primary school children. A national allergy databa... |
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Patient and Provider Connection™: Aligning Evidence-Based Management Strategies with Quality-of-Life Considerations to Optimize Care in Patients with HAE
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward allergists, clinical immunologists, pediatricians, and primary care physicians.
Activity Overview
This video-based program is designed for health care professionals to explore the diagnosis and treatment of hereditary angioedema (HAE) through a unique perspective, putting the patient voice front and center. A patient will lend their expertise to this program by sharing their journey living with HAE. This online activity focuses ... |
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Nursing Management of Cancer Treatment-Induced Cardiotoxicity
Studies have shown that certain cancer therapies adversely affect the heart and lead to various types of injuries, which often result in death. This activity reviews recent advances in the management of cancer teatment-induced cardiotoxicity.
STATEMENT OF NEED
Several studies reveal that certain cancer therapies adversely affect the heart and lead to various types of injuries, which often result in death. Adverse cardiac effects may occur immediately after cessation of therapy or, in som... |
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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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SRU 30th Annual Meeting (Streaming Online & DVD-ROM)
For three decades, the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU) have promoted the science, practice and teaching of sonography for optimal care. Delivered in the face of a pandemic, the SRU 30th Annual Meeting features the latest ultrasound applications, techniques and guidance. Fifty five world renowned experts cover all major areas of sonography, including newest advances, imaging protocols and professional development. As such, the SRU 30th Annual Meeting is an essential resource for ... |
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Challenging Invasive Fungal Infections: Current and Emerging Pharmacologic Strategies
Target Audience
Primary audience: This activity is directed to infectious disease physicians, critical care physicians, hospitalists, surgeons, pathologists/clinical microbiologists, hematologists/oncologists, pharmacists, pediatric infectious disease specialists, transplant specialists, and other healthcare providers responsible for the management of invasive fungal infections.
Secondary audience: Primary care providers, GI, dermatology, and rheumatology specialists who work in the endemi... |
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Optimizing Management of Pediatric Peanut Allergy Patients
The prevalence of peanut allergy in children continues to increase, significantly disrupting the lives of the millions of affected individuals as well as their families. The substantial burden and associated poor quality of life for children with peanut allergy stems from potential environmental dangers and the fear of anaphylaxis. Updated guidelines provide guidance on the early introduction of peanut-containing foods to infants for the prevention of peanut allergy. However, although preventi... |
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The InFLUence of Vaccine Technology on Pediatric Influenza Outcomes
Influenza causes a range of illnesses in children, from uncomplicated, self-limited illness to severe disease and death. The high infection rate of influenza in children leads to the spread of the virus in the community. If an outbreak of influenza coincides with that of COVID-19, the impact on the pediatric population will be even more severe. Among children 6 months and older who died from influenza between 2010 and 2016, only 22% were fully vaccinated against influenza. Although COVID mitig... |
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Community Practice Connections™: Transforming How We Treat Sickle Cell Disease: Holistic Approaches to Addressing Clinical Challenges Across the Patient’s Lifespan
Target Audience
This activity is directed toward hematologists, pediatricians, emergency medicine clinicians, pain management specialists, specialty NPs, PAs, RNs, and other HCPs involved in the management of patients with SCD.
Program Overview
Significant progress has been made in the management of sickle cell disease (SCD) in recent years, leading to increased life expectancy for patients. The number of available medications continues to grow; further, novel agents and gene therapies on... |
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Pediatric Influenza: Managing the Comeback Kid
Influenza places a substantial burden on the health of people in the United States each year, with varying impacts. In healthy children, influenza typically is self-limited and uncomplicated, but it can lead to severe morbidity and mortality in those at increased risk for severe or complicated illness. Data show that early antiviral treatment can reduce the duration of illness as well as the risk for complications. Studies have also demonstrated the efficacy of antiviral therapy for post-expos... |
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Identifying Patients at High Risk of COVID-19 Complications: Considerations for Community Care to Reduce Morbidity, Mortality, and Hospitalization Risk
Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of primary care physicians, internists, pharmacists, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure optimal patient outcomes in outpatient management of COVID-19 infection and potential complications of disease in at-risk populations.
Program Overview
This program uses a game-based approach to explore the current understanding of COVID risk assessment, diag... |
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Community Practice Connections™: Exploring the Potential Role for Gene Therapy in Hemophilia B
Target Audience
This activity is directed toward hematologists and hematologist-oncologists. Pediatricians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other clinicians involved in the management of patients with hemophilia B are invited to participate.
Activity Overview
In hemophilia B, an absence of clotting factor IX leads to a failure to facilitate and stabilize the primary platelet and fibrin plug that initially forms a clot. As a result, patients experience prolonged blee... |
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Pediatric Immunizations: Immunization Schedule and Recommendations
The online Pediatric Immunizations course covers routine immunizations and the recommended immunization schedule from the Centers for Disease Control. Guidelines for administering vaccines and possible reactions and contraindications will also be discussed. Upon completion of the is course, participants will be awarded 2.27 ANCC contact hours. |
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WEBINAR: Long Walk Out of the Woods: A Physician's Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope, and Recovery
Share my story of addiction recovery to normalize seeking help while working in the medical profession. To distinguish mental health and addiction. Discuss the barriers and obstacles in the way. How can we all advocate for change?
This session was initially presented at the 2022 ACA | ACVP | PPHI Annual Conference & Expo held on February 23-26, 2022. |
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WEBINAR BUNDLE: ACA New Member Bundle
The ACA New Member Bundle is accredited for 3.0 contact hours (0.3 CEUs) of continuing education credit for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. Shortly after joining ACA, new members should receive a “Welcome Email” with a code to receive the ACA New Member Bundle at no cost*. Current members and non-members can purchase the bundle by clicking below.
Webinar 1: Opportunities in Wellness: Integrating Advanced Point of Sale Functional Testing in Community Pharmacy - Hillary Howell,... |
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A Deeper Dive into the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergies
Food allergies are serious and potentially lifelong disorders that require most patients to adhere to strict elimination diets, which can lead to nutritional, psychosocial, and financial burdens for patients and families. In this modular continuing education series, Dr. Sandra Hong and Dr. Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn review clinical considerations across the spectrum of food allergy, providing a comprehensive overview for clinicians who encounter patients with food allergies. Concepts covered will incl... |
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Advances in™ Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: Investigating the Impact of Emerging Agents
Activity Overview
This online educational activity is designed to provide expert interpretation of new and emerging data on the treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), with a forward-looking perspective on how new and novel agents might impact clinical practice. The essentials of disease classification and clinical trial data, current and emerging treatment strategies, and management of CAH from infancy to adulthood will be presented in a multimedia format, including a series of vi... |
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Starting Now: Conversations About Seizures and Rescue Therapies
Every person living with epilepsy should have a seizure action plan. Every person with epilepsy should also know about seizure rescue therapies. Improving care for people with epilepsy starts with a conversation about seizure action plans and rescue therapies.
In this activity, celebrity advocate Jack Coleman (“Dynasty”, “Heroes”, “The Office”) introduces adults with epilepsy and care partners who talk about the impact of seizure action plans and rescue therapies. Epilepsy nurse... |
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FAQs in Peanut Allergy: Exploring Unanswered Questions Following Allergy Meeting Updates
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward allergist/immunologists, internists, pediatricians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and registered nurses. Other health care professionals involved in the management of patients with food allergy will be invited to participate as well.
Activity Overview
The PER FAQ™ is an innovative video-based activity that features a clinical expert answering questions submitted by learners who participated in a related PER Postga... |
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Targeting Pharmacotherapy to Effectively Manage Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Two leading specialists in eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) explore the increasing disease burden of this underrecognized cause of esophageal dysfunction that affects all age groups worldwide. A type-2 inflammatory condition, EoE is frequently characterized by allergic comorbidity but can also be misdiagnosed as the more common condition of gastroesophageal reflux disease. New and emerging treatments promise to improve outcomes for people with EoE. Drs. Mirna Chehade and Ikuo Hirano share best p... |
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 2024 - LIVE STREAMING or IN PERSON IN BOSTON, MA
Obstetrics, Infertility, Difficult Deliveries, Adolescent Gynecology, Urogynecology, MIGS, Menopause Management, Reproductive Endocrinology, Gynecologic Oncology in General Practice, and Management of High-Risk Patients
The 60th Annual Update: Obstetrics and Gynecology 2024 will be held March 8 " 13, 2024. You can attend online as the course is live streamed, or in person in Boston, MA. All sessions will be recorded and made available to all participants to view online, at your conveni... |
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Can Gene Therapy Transform the Lives of Patients with GSD1a?
TARGET AUDIENCE
The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of geneticists, hepatologists, endocrinologists, internal medicine physicians, pediatricians, primary care physicians, NPs/PAs, nurses, and other HCPs involved in the care of patients living with GSD1a.
STATEMENT OF NEED/PROGRAM OVERVIEW
For the rare genetic metabolic disorder, glycogen storage disease type 1a (GSD1a), liver transplantation is the only potential cure. Patients endure enormous physical and psycho... |
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Current Management of Domestic Violence - Responding to IPV
This course helps you screen for, respond to, document, and manage your patients who are suffering from abusive relationships. Includes up to 17 patient cases in 5 different specialties.
Outcome Objectives:
As a result of completing this activity, the participant will be better able to:
- Screen patients for intimate partner violence (IPV) and appropriately respond to disclosures of abuse.
- Recognize patterns of abuse and properly document IPV.
- Assess the safety of IPV victims.
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Gene Therapy for Hemophilia B"The Next Step Forward in Disease Management
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward hematologists and hematologist-oncologists. Pediatricians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other clinicians involved in the management of patients with hemophilia B are invited to attend.
Activity Overview
Gene therapy for hemophilia B has the potential to reduce the treatment burden for patients and their care partners by eliminating the need for regular prophylaxis through long-term expression of endogen... |
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Pediatric Immunizations Should Not Be a Sticking Point
The goal of this CE presentation is to educate licensed pharmacists on pediatric immunization schedules, proper administration, and provide resources/tools to overcome pediatric vaccine hesitancy. By the end of this program, pharmacists will successfully have completed two hours of immunization-related CE in accordance with U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) requirements. This program is a recorded webinar originally presented in March 2021. |
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Recognizing Its Earliest Signs in Infancy and Care Transition into Adulthood
Target Audience
The intended audience for this activity are neurologists, neuromuscular specialists, pediatric neurologists, genetic counselors, and pediatricians.
Program Overview
Join a panel of expert clinicians to identify the subtle and very early signs of DMD that may be detected before functional symptoms are noticed and that can help earlier diagnoses and appropriate interventions. Panelists will review the importance of matching mutations to therapeutic decisions, discuss emergin... |
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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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Is It Safe? Safety Surveillance through the Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry
Is It Safe? Safety Surveillance through the Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry
Release Date: June 2, 2023
Expiration Date: June 2, 2024
Estimated Time to Complete: 1.25 hour
VIEW ACTIVITY
Clinical Gap and Educational Need
Antiretroviral therapy should be initiated for all persons with HIV who are pregnant regardless of CD4 count according to current guidelines. There is often minimal data available to make recommendations, however, for use in pregnancy. One key consideration is... |
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From Evidence to Empowerment: Supporting Bottle-Feeding Parents with Emerging Science
Most infants will receive a bottle at some point in their first year, whether breastmilk or formula. However, some experts have concerns about the impact of bottle feeding and how it differs from breastfeeding. Some research suggests that bottle feeding may increase the risk of overfeeding and rapid weight gain. Current research explores how new bottle-feeding techniques may help avoid these potential risks.
Join Dr. Alison Ventura, pediatric nutrition researcher, and Jadah Parks Chatterje... |
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Applying Guidelines and Latest Evidence to the Management of Moderate‐to‐Severe Asthma in Children and Adults
Target Audience
The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of pulmonologists, allergists/immunologists, NPs and PAs, and other clinicians involved in the management of patients with moderate‐to‐severe asthma.
Program Overview
Patients with asthma and underlying comorbidities require personalized treatment to achieve asthma control. Children with asthma have an especially high burden of symptoms, and are at risk of impaired lung development if asthma control cannot be ... |
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FOP: Enhancing Diagnosis and Management to Improve Patients’ Quality of Life
Target Audience
The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of the primary audience of orthopedists, bone specialists, rheumatologists, pediatric rheumatologists, and genetic counselors, and the secondary audience of PCPs, pediatricians, dermatologists, endocrinologists, occupational therapists, oncologists, general practice NPs and PAs, and specialist NPs and PAs.
Program Overview
Because fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, or FOP, is exceedingly rare, even specialists... |
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Dialogues about FOP: What Patients Wish More Doctors Knew to Enhance Early Recognition and Management
Target Audience
The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of the primary audience of PCPs, pediatricians, dermatologists, endocrinologists, occupational therapists, oncologists, general practice NPs and PAs, specialist NPs and PAs, and the secondary audience of orthopedists, bone specialists, rheumatologists, pediatric rheumatologists, genetic counselors, and dentists.
Statement of Need/Program Overview
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) causes abnormal bone for... |
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Top 3 Differentials in Radiology
Program Description:
This program is intended for practicing radiologists and radiology trainees as a comprehensive and practical case-based radiology review. All subspecialties and imaging modalities will be covered with lectures divided into the following sections: neuroimaging, musculoskeletal imaging, gastrointestinal imaging, genitourinary imaging, ultrasound imaging, cardiothoracic imaging, pediatric imaging, breast imaging, vascular & interventional radiology, and nuclear medicine. Lec... |
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Clinical Competence in Breast Imaging, Interventions and Management
Clinical Competence in Breast Imaging, Interventions and Management provides a complete tutorial in all modalities, diagnostic strategies and interventional considerations encountered in the modern breast imaging practice. Its fifty cases allow the participant to explore a wide range of benign and malignant disease, with special focus placed on the variety of presentations and patterns of enhancement observed on mammogram, ultrasound, MRI and tomosynthesis. This activity also expounds on the... |
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