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Bunion-Like Toes and Tumor Like Swellings " Recognize FOP and Improve Patient Outcomes in the Era of Disease Specific Therapy
Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of healthcare providers in pediatrics, primary care, oncology, surgery, radiology, acute care, emergency medicine, rheumatology, and infectious disease.
Program Overview
Bunion-like toes present at birth and tumor-like swellings in a young child are diagnostic signs of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive (FOP), a disease with recent advances made in therapy. Upon completion of the course, learners should be able to ... |
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Prevention of Medical Errors in Nursing Practice
STATEMENT OF NEED
Medical errors are among the most common health-threatening mistakes that affect patient care, accounting for as many as 250,000 deaths per year in the United States (Makary & Daniel, 2016). Medical errors are considered a global problem; they affect as many as 20% of patients in primary and outpatient care and complicate a patient’s primary condition for which they needed medical attention (WHO, 2019). These errors can lead to adverse outcomes, such as increased mor... |
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Pathways to Precision: Integrating Genetic Counseling and Testing Into Cancer Care
STATEMENT OF NEED
Precision medicine is a cutting-edge approach that incorporates an individual’s genomic, environmental, and lifestyle information to deliver personalized healthcare. Genetic testing and counseling are crucial components of precision medicine, enabling clinicians to deliver the right care to the right patient at the right time (Turbitt et al, 2023). However, genetic testing often remains an untapped resource for patients who may benefit from genetic risk assessment and ca... |
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