COURSE CREDITS & HOURS
14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™14 ACPE Credits
14.0 Contact Hours
4 Hours of Pharmacology for NPs
COURSE FEES
TARGET AUDIENCE
Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacists
PROGRAM PURPOSE
Family Medicine Lectures:
The purpose of this CME activity is to review and discuss common general medical conditions and to provide guidelines for their management and to provide updated guidelines for prevention of common primary care conditions. Topics have been chosen to benefit the family physician, general internist and Advance Practice Professionals in an ambulatory care setting.
ENT & Sleep Medicine Lectures:
The purpose of these lectures is to update the attendees knowledge of common ENT and sleep disorders seen in the primary care office. This will include updating clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of facial paralysis, facial pain and headache disorders and "sinus headaches" as well as a discussion of the head and neck manifestations of reflux disease and the diagnosis and treatment of various forms of rhinitis.
The sleep medicine lectures will update knowledge in the latest diagnostic and treatment options for obstructive sleep apnea including hypoglossal nerve stimulation.
We will discuss other sleep disorders such as narcolepsy, REM sleep behavioral disorder and nocturnal leg movement syndromes. The attendees will learn the basics of CPAP management for patients with OSA and provide a basis for incorporating CPAP care into the primary care office. It is the desired outcome that these lectures will result in improved diagnosis of head and neck and sleep disorders resulting in effective treatment and improved patient outcomes.
Topics:
The purpose of this CME activity is to review and discuss common general medical conditions and to provide guidelines for their management and to provide updated guidelines for prevention of common primary care conditions. Topics have been chosen to benefit the family physician, general internist and Advance Practice Professionals in an ambulatory care setting.
ENT & Sleep Medicine Lectures:
The purpose of these lectures is to update the attendees knowledge of common ENT and sleep disorders seen in the primary care office. This will include updating clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of facial paralysis, facial pain and headache disorders and "sinus headaches" as well as a discussion of the head and neck manifestations of reflux disease and the diagnosis and treatment of various forms of rhinitis.
The sleep medicine lectures will update knowledge in the latest diagnostic and treatment options for obstructive sleep apnea including hypoglossal nerve stimulation.
We will discuss other sleep disorders such as narcolepsy, REM sleep behavioral disorder and nocturnal leg movement syndromes. The attendees will learn the basics of CPAP management for patients with OSA and provide a basis for incorporating CPAP care into the primary care office. It is the desired outcome that these lectures will result in improved diagnosis of head and neck and sleep disorders resulting in effective treatment and improved patient outcomes.
Topics:
- Healthy Lifestyles and the Obesity Epidemic
- Discuss the epidemiology of obesity
- Discuss the role of lifestyle habits in prevention and management of obesity
- Screening for Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer
- Distinguish the difference between primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.
- Enumerate the recommended screening tests for breast, colon and lung cancer and their timing.
- Describe the recommended guidelines for blood pressure screening, cholesterol screening, and diabetes screening.
- Evidence-based Exercise and Diet options for Cardiovascular Prevention
- Describe the recommended levels of exercise for adults.
- Describe the most appropriate diet for patients with diabetes or hypertension.
- The Physiologic Basis of a Healthy Diet and Exercise - a primer
- Provide at least three physiologic effects of exercise on human cells
- Describe three physiologic mechanisms for the impact of fruits and vegetables on health
- Update on Pneumonia Management
- Describe the most common causes of community-acquired pneumonia.
- Identify the latest recommended initial empiric treatment of patients with community-acquired pneumonia with or without co-existing morbidities.
- Update on COPD Management
- Describe the classification of severity of COPD according to symptoms and spirometry values.
- Identify the recommended initial treatment of patients with COPD according to severity.
- Update on Asthma Management
- Describe the classification of asthma according to symptoms and spirometry values.
- Identify the recommended initial treatment of patients with asthma for each level of severity.
- Describe the important differences between treatment options for asthma and treatment for COPD.
- Facial Paralysis and Bell's Palsy
- Participants should be able to differentiate the potential causes of unilateral facial paralysis and know the AAO-HNS guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up.
- Head and Neck Manifestations of Reflux
- Participants will be able to list and associate symptoms that may be caused by reflux in patients that have no heartburn or GI symptoms.
- Rhinitis- Not just Allergy
- Participants should be able to recognize allergic from non-allergic rhinitis and improve patient care with the most appropriate treatment.
- Sinus Headaches and facial pain syndromes
- Participants should be able to differentiate facial pain arising from sinus disease from the many other causes of facial pain and headaches and elicit symptoms that suggests other etiologies for patient headaches.
- Sleep Apnea Update 2020
- Participants should be able to identify risk factors for OSA and co-morbidities. Treatment options and follow-up will be emphasized.
- Narcolepsy and other sleep disorders
- Participants should be able to diagnose other causes of daytime sleepiness and discuss diagnostic testing and treatment options.
- Incorporating CPAP care in the Primary Care Office
- Participants should be able to understand the basics of CPAP machines and differences between CPAP,BPAP, ASV and auto PAP machines.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
PLEASE NOTE: To attend the conference, participants must book their cruise through Continuing Education, Inc.. This ensures our company can provide full conference services and complimentary social amenities to all meeting participants and their guests. Note also, that participants' family and friends are welcome to book within our group to take advantage of our typically excellent cruise rates. Thank you for your cooperation.
BIAS FREE CME - No Commercial Support was provided for this CME activity.
