
COURSE CREDITS & HOURS
14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™14 ACPE Credits
14.0 Contact Hours
COURSE FEES
TARGET AUDIENCE
PROGRAM PURPOSE
- Neurology: Headache Treatment
- Identify common types of headaches and their distinguishing features.
- Describe evidence-based treatment options for different headache disorders.
- Recognize when to refer patients with headaches for specialist evaluation.
- Endocrinology: Thyroid
- Explain the pathophysiology of common thyroid disorders.
- Discuss diagnostic approaches for hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism.
- Outline current treatment guidelines for thyroid dysfunction.
- Neurology: Cognitive Impairment
- Differentiate between reversible and irreversible causes of cognitive impairment.
- Describe screening tools used for early detection of cognitive decline.
- Summarize current management strategies for cognitive disorders.
- Endocrinology: Diabetes Updates
- Review recent advancements in diabetes management and treatment options.
- Explain the role of continuous glucose monitoring and new pharmacological therapies.
- Discuss strategies for personalized diabetes care and risk reduction.
- Cardiovascular: Risk Management
- Identify key risk factors for cardiovascular disease and their impact.
- Explain preventive strategies, including lifestyle and pharmacologic interventions.
- Review recent guidelines for cardiovascular risk assessment and management.
- Adult Immunization & Primary Screening
- List recommended vaccines for adults based on age and risk factors.
- Explain the importance of early screening for common chronic diseases.
- Describe strategies to improve vaccination and screening adherence in adults.
- Internal Medicine - Top Articles
- Summarize key findings from recent influential articles in internal medicine.
- Discuss how recent research impacts clinical decision-making.
- Apply evidence-based insights to improve patient care.
- Health Promotion: Encouraging a Healthy Body, Mind, and Spirit
- Assess the patient's current state of physical, psychological, and spiritual health.
- Treatment of Migraine, Tension-Type, and Cluster Headaches
- Effectively treat patients with migraine headache using non-pharmacologic means, abortive medications, and preventive medications.
- Consider that tension-type and cluster headaches are discrete sub- types of headache, each of which requires a specific diagnostic approach
- Diagnosing and Managing Depression: Overcoming the Blues
- Sustain initial treatment for depression for six months after remission of symptoms to lower risk of relapse
- Recognize that depression is a common, but often misdiagnosed illness, which can be treated effectively by primary care physicians using medical therapy, psychotherapy, and adjunctive treatment
- Utilize the following adjunctive treatments where appropriate:
- Patient education (bibliotherapy)
- Diet (limit sugar, simple CHOs, caffeine)
- Exercise (150 min/week)
- Behavioral activation (pleasant activities)
- Light (10,000 lux for 30 min daily)
- Support (iatrotherapy)
- Spirituality
- Get Me Out of Here!: Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia in Primary Care
- Elicit and assess symptoms of panic disorder and agoraphobia
- Apply appropriate lifestyle modification and stress management skills, including muscle relaxation, breathing control, thought-stopping, and cognitive restructuring
- Somatoform Disorders: Illness as a Way of Life
- Recognize the key symptoms, signs, and clinical presentation of somatizing patients.
- Communication: Becoming a Healer
- Consider the clinician's role from the personal and psychosocial aspects of care their clinicians
- The Faith Factor: Practicing Spiritually- Sensitive Care
- Elicit a spiritual history in an ethically-appropriate manner. Spiritually-sensitive care enhances the clinician-patient relationship and may positively influence health care outcomes.