
COURSE CREDITS & HOURS
16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™16 ACPE Credits
16.0 Contact Hours
COURSE FEES
TARGET AUDIENCE
PROGRAM PURPOSE
- 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
The purpose of this CME activity is to review and discuss common general medical conditions and to provide guidelines for their management and prevention. Topics have been chosen to benefit the family physician, general internist and Advance Practice Professionals in an ambulatory care setting. - Urinalysis - A Window into the Body
- Describe methods of urine collection
- Interpret physical and dipstick examination of urine
- Identify microscopic elements in the urine sediment
- Solve clinical cases with abnormal urinalyses
- Understanding Diuretics
- Describe classification and mechanism of action of diuretics
- Discuss clinical uses and adverse effects
- Define diuretic adaptation and resistance
- Disorders of Sodium Balance
- Define osmolality and tonicity
- Describe approach to hyponatremia with case presentations
- Discuss steps and pitfalls in management of hyponatremia
- Poisonings in Nephrology
- Discuss different medications and poisonings seen in clinical practice
- Discuss the clinical presentation of these poisonings
- Describe the management of these poisonings
- Acute Kidney Injury
- Discuss the definition, epidemiology, course and burden of AKI
- Recognize common causes of AKI and identify risk factors
- Discuss the medical management of AKI in the hospitalized patient
- Illustrate with case presentation
- Chronic Kidney Disease: A Call to Action
- Facilitate timely testing and intervention in patients at risk for CKD
- Apply appropriate clinical measures to manage risk and increase patient safety in CKD
- Primary aldosteronism - Is it the Elephant in the room?
- Identify appropriate patients to screen for PA
- Outline testing for screening, confirmation and subtype identification of PA
- Discuss management strategies based on subtype
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