COURSE CREDITS & HOURS
21 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™21 ACPE Credits
21.0 Contact Hours
21 (part II) MOC points in medical knowledge in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program
21 CE Credits for Psychologists
21 ASWB ACE Credits
2 Hours of Pharmacology for Nurse Practitioners
COURSE FEES
TARGET AUDIENCE
PROGRAM PURPOSE
The following lectures are designed to be clinically relevant and practical for persons practicing medicine in a variety of medical settings. The desired outcome is the immediate improvement of patient care and medical team coordination/integration.
- 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
- 10 Reasons Doctors Get Sued
- Discuss what events can lead to a lawsuit
- Sherlock Holmes Methods to Prevent Malpractice Lawsuits
- Utilize proactive strategies to prevent lawsuits
- Your Chart Notes are the LIFEBOAT for your Workers Comp and MVA Injured Patients
- Develop a robust plan to for documentation in medical records
- Death With Dignity Ethical Options in America and Ethical Management Options for the
Terminally Ill
- Discuss legal issues in end-of-life care
- Develop a plan to communicate with patients, families and caregivers in end-of-life planning
- How To Increase Your Practice Efficiency By Proper Coding
- Implement efficient processes and build systems to tackle inboxes and paperwork
- Develop a framework for identifying and evaluating bottlenecks in your workflows
- Medical Fraud/ HIPAA Updates
- Discuss updates to HIPAA and medical fraud statutes and policies
- How to Be An Excellent Expert Witness for Your Patients
- Develop skills to serve as an expert witness
- The Devil's Lettuce: Advising Parents on Marijuana Effects on Adolescents
- Provide an update on medical use, routes of administration, synthetic marijuana and other novel products, the effect of cannabis on the developing brain, other health and social consequences of use, and issues related to marijuana