
21 ACPE Credits
21.0 Contact Hours
Course Fees:
$1095 for Physicians, Attorneys, Psychologists, Pharmacists, & Dentists$850 for Physician Assistants
$850 for Nurse Practitioners
$695 for Nurses, Students & Others
BIAS FREE CME - No Commercial Support was provided for this CME activity.
Target Audience
Program Purpose
- Travel Medicine: Staying Healthy on Land and on Sea
- Define recommendations for travel abroad.
- Describe CDC's recommendations for travelers.
- Demonstrate ability to use travel medicine resources such as the CDC site .
- Manage common illnesses associated with travel (Malaria, Motion sickness, viral illnesses).
- Update in Type 2 Diabetets
- Identify and utilize the current American Diabetes Association Guidelines for the management of Type 2 Diabetes.
- Describe parameters to treat patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
- Review pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic management of Type 2 Diabetes.
- Cardiovascular Disease in Women
- Recognize the differences in presentation and diagnosis of cardiovascular disease in men and women.
- Identify differences in treatment including medication, procedures and rehabilitation.
- Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma
- Review the definitions and demographics of allergic rhinitis and asthma.
- Assess risk factors and triggers for these conditions..
- Describe and manage pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic management of allergic rhinitis and asthma.
- Migraine Headaches: Diagnosis, Management and Coping
- Define common presentations and types of migraine headaches.
- Assess risk factors and triggers for migraines
- Describe and manage pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments for migraine headaches
- So Many Diets-What's Best? What Works? What's New?
- Describe basic nutrition requirements
- Describe and discuss benefits and risks of popular diets
- Demonstrate knowledge of the connections between different nutritional benefits and risks and health concerns
- Difficult Communication in Palliative Care: Breaking Sad News and Bad News
- Recognize and demonstrate the difficult communication skills that are necessary to deliver sad news and bad news in a careful, compassionate manner.
- Manage common personal emotional reactions to interacting and communicating with patients and family members at end of life.
- Demonstrate and practice new skills to facilitate these communications.
- Patient Experience: What do patients desire most in their physician?
- Determine the knowledge of one's own role and those of other professions to appropriately assess and address the health care needs of patients and to promote and advance the health of populations.
- Recognize qualities patients desire most in their physicians and healthcare providers
- Determine the association between patient experience and excellent communication with safety and outcomes.
- Apply basic communication skills to improve patient experience.