Online Continuing Education Courses
Diabetic Nephropathy: An Update
Credits: 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (Enduring)
Diabetic kidney disease is one of the most frequent comorbidities of diabetes and is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease. This educational activity will discuss which outcomes measures best defines optimal care for these patients and will speak to the expectations that the referring physician should have in regards to patient care.
Available as: SCORM
Details: Diabetic Nephropahy: An Update
Update on New Weight Loss Medications
Credits: 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (Enduring)
This enduring activity will review the newest information on new weight loss medications and inform the physician of how to make the appropriate choice for the individual patient.
Available as: SCORM
Details: Update on New Weight Loss Medications
Respecting the Emerging Complexity of T2DM at Last: The Urgency for Combination Therapy
Credits: 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (Enduring)
An endocrinologist discusses the complexity and heterogeneity of diabetes and provides practical guidance on improving diabetes care through highlighting the need for individualized treatment regimens.
Available as: SCORM
Details: The Urgency for Combination Therapy
Diagnostic Error: Human Expertise and Cognitive Biases
Credits: 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (Enduring)
This ethics presentation evaluated the two systems of thought used by physicians and other health care professionals to make patient care decisions, analyzed the decision making processes used in logical thought and cognitive biases, and appraised the use of diagnostic and therapeutic judgements used to reduce error and improve patient outcomes.
Available as: SCORM
Details: Diagnostic Error
The Modern Management of Diabetes and Pregnancy
Credits: 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (Enduring)
This course will help the clinician to correctly diagnosis and classify the type of diabetes in pregnant women, recognize the maternal problems involved with both gestational diabetes and pre-existing diabetes, and calibrate the treatment for the best outcomes possible for the mother and infant.
Available as: SCORM
Details: The Modern Management of Diabetes and Pregnancy
Practical Tips for the Care of Chronic Wounds in Diabetic Patients
Credits: 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (Enduring)
A family practice physician and certified wound care specialist speak on practical tips to help care, treat, and resolve chronic wounds in diabetic patients.
Available as: SCORM
Details: Care of Chronic Wounds in Diabetic Patients
The Mediterranean Diet and Culinary Medicine
Credits: 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (Enduring)
Chef Leah Sarris, RD, LDN, discusses the benefits of the Mediterranean diet for those patients with diet-related illness, and reviews methods that the health care provider can use to communicate these benefits to their patients.
Available as: SCORM
Details: The Mediterranean Diet and Culinary Medicine
HIV Care in the 21st Century: Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment
Credits: 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (Enduring)
An infectious diseases physician discusses two HIV cases, one patient from the United States and one from the Dominican Republic, and the importance of early diagnosis using the new laboratory diagnosis algorithm. The presenter stresses the importance of HIV care continuum, particularly in the Hispanic and underserved populations, and discuss the two recently approved antiretroviral treatment options.
Available as: SCORM
Details: HIV Care in the 21st Century
The Mimics of Infectious Diseases
Credits: 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (Enduring)
An infectious diseases physician discusses the many non infectious inflammations that may mimic an infectious disease, how to access the difference, and diagnosis correctly.
Available as: SCORM
Details: The Mimics of Infectious Diseases