COURSE CREDITS & HOURS
16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™16 ACPE Credits
16.0 Contact Hours
16 (part II) MOC points in medical knowledge in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program
2 Hours of Pharmacology for Nurse Practitioners
COURSE FEES
TARGET AUDIENCE
PROGRAM PURPOSE
- Preventive Medicine From A to Z
- Discuss state-of-the-art cardiovascular and global preventative medicine principles
- Reaching Blood Pressure Goals--A Focus on Isolated Systolic and Resistant Hypertension
- Differentiate methods to diagnose resistant hypertension and achieve treatment goals
- The Impact of Recent Clinical Trials on Preventative Cardiology in the Office-Let's Make the Cardiologist as Lonely as the Maytag Repairman
- Appropriately apply primary and secondary cardiovascular prevention goals
- Travel Medicine-Staying Well Away From Home
- Analyze a patient's requirements for prevention and treatment of travel-related health problems
- The Bipolar Blues, Balls of Fire, and Bad Temperament - How to Bag the Diagnosis and Benefit the Patient
- Feel more confident in differentiating between unipolar and bipolar mood disorders
- The Utility of Heart Scans for Detecting Subclinical CHD and the Primary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease
- Utilize coronary artery calcium scores to design appropriate primary CHD prevention strategies
- Defeating Dementia - What Can WE Do?
- Explain diagnostic, treatment, and prevention strategies for Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia
- Carotid and Abdominal Ultrasounds for Detecting Subclinical Carotid Artery Disease and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms-Does it Make a Difference
- Utilize the clinical values of detecting and treating subclinical carotid artery disease and aortic vascular disease
- General Travel Medicine Advice: Staying Healthy on Land and Sea.
- Review general recommendations for Travelers health
- Learn how to access the CDC site for up to date recommendations for vaccines
- Review common travel related illnesses
- Nutrition- What’s New? What’s Best? What Works?
- Review basic nutrition principles.
- Compare traditional and popular diets
- Recognize the impact of nutrition on health and medical problems
- Update in Type 2 Diabetes
- Review most recent American Diabetes Association guidelines
- Compare medication options for treating diabetes
- Discuss lifestyle modifications for Diabetes control
- Migraine Headaches-Women Are Different
- List International Headache Societys classification of headaches
- Determine appropriate lifestyle and medication treatment for migraine headaches with emphasis in the care in women
- Cardiovascular Disease in Women-Whats Different?
- Recognize the scope and impact of cardiovascular disease in women
- Analyze and understand differences in diagnosis, testing and treatment
- Leadership in Medicine-Are we prepared? How are we prepared? Tips for Success.
- Recognize the lack of leadership preparation in medical training
- Review how leadership skills develop in medicine
- Determine strategies and tips to develop leadership potential
- The Difficult Patient Encounter: Successful Navigation
- Discuss common situations that create difficult encounters
- Demonstrate strategies and ability to prevent, avoid and navigate difficult encounters
- Leading and Connecting Team Members to Joy, Appreciation and Gratitude
- Recognize leadership skills to allow team members to communicate with excellence
- Establish a plan to create appreciation and gratitude in your workplace
- Help your team members to experience joy in their work and life