
COURSE CREDITS & HOURS
16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™16 ACPE Credits
16 (part II) MOC points in medical knowledge in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program
16.0 Contact Hours
COURSE FEES
$995 for Physicians, Attorneys, Psychologists, Pharmacists, & DentistsTARGET AUDIENCE
PROGRAM PURPOSE
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Modern treatment for Atrial Bibrillation, when to treat rate , when to consider conversion
- The role of Ablation
- Congestive Heart Failure-modern day treatment including role of device therapy
- Learn the difference between Diastolic and Systolic Congestive Heart Failure
- When to consider implantation of a cardiomems device
- Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) + Pulmonary Embolism (PE) modern drug treatment
- When to consider catheter directed lgsvi for DVT or PE
- Review strategies to treatPE
- Abdominal Aneurysms and EVAR
- Learn minimally invasive techniques to treat AA in office
- Learn how to screen for AA
- Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Identify PAD risk factors
- Learn interventional techniques to treat the disorder
- Pre-uperative testing
- Which patients need pre-operative testing
- How to lower risk for events
- Varicose Veins
- Treat minimally invasive techniques including laser, phlebotomy to treat varicose veins
- Acute Coronary Syndromes
- Learn difference between unstable angina, MI and NSTEMI
- When to send someone for intervention
- COPD
- Discuss the key aspects of the epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of COPD
- Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
- Review the prevalence of this deficiency
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- Review epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment options and health consequences of untreated condition
- Cough
- Discuss definition of chronic cough
- Review common causes and treatment approach
- Pleural Effusions
- Review the initial workup, laboratory evaluation and special situations.
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Discuss the typical symptoms, exam findings of patients with the condition.
- Review treatment options
- Parasomnias
- Define parasomnia
- Describe several common parasomnias and review treatment options
- Alveolar hypoventilation and central sleep apnea
- Review epidemiology of alveolar hypoventilation
- Discuss treatment approach to central apnea
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Conference Sessions generally take place on days at sea (as itinerary allows), giving you plenty of time to enjoy your meals, evenings and ports of call with your companion, family and friends.