
COURSE CREDITS & HOURS
14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™14 ACPE Credits
14.0 Contact Hours
COURSE FEES
TARGET AUDIENCE
PROGRAM PURPOSE
- Blue baby Diagnosis and management
- Exclude common and generally benign causes of cyanosis in the newborn
- Consider and confidently diagnose cyanotic heart disease allowing for timely intervention and better outcomes
- The Vomiting Baby
- Discuss the common and uncommon causes of vomiting in the young baby thereby allowing for recognition of those more serious cases warranting admission, and/or medical or surgical intervention
- The Crying Infant Infant Distress syndrome
- Highlight the not uncommon causes that may be simply dealt with
- Describe the complexity of the problem and its management especially if simple interventions have been carried out but with little improvement.
- Communicating with your Patients A Paediatric Perspective
- Reflect on their own practice with the aim of achieving a therapeutic interview as described by Winnicott
- Feeding Problems in the Toddler
- Understand the psychodynamics behind their statement as well as determining the contribution of the main players- mother, father, siblings, grandparents, is essential to bring about resolution
- Paediatric Cardiology: Part 1. Acquired Heart Disease including issues related to COVID-19
- Develop an overall understanding of paediatric cardiology Recognise gaps in their knowledge and be more confident in making appropriate referrals
- Paediatric Cardiology: Part 2. Congenital Heart Disease
- Develop an overall understanding of paediatric cardiology Recognise gaps in their knowledge and be more confident in making appropriate referrals
- Recognising the Very Sick Child
- Recognise the very sick child and to institute appropriate and immediate treatment to ensure the best outcome
- Update in C. difficile Colitis
- Articulate the growing epidemiological concern of C. difficile colitis
- Identify and treat mild, moderate and severe cases of C. difficile colitis
- Describe novel treatments in the treatment of recurrent C. difficile colitis
- Update in the Assessment and Treatment of COPD Exacerbations
- Articulate the growing epidemiological concern of COPD
- Classify patients with COPD using the 2023 GOLD (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease) guidelines
- Describe treatments in the management of acute COPD exacerbation
- Update in the Management of Heart Failure Exacerbations
- Explain the impact of heart failure in the US
- Explain the evidence informing the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure
- Hospitalists and the Opioid Epidemic
- State key statistics regarding the opioid epidemic in the US
- Articulate the drivers that contributed to the opioid epidemic
- Describe 7 key steps for safe prescribing practices
- Update in the Identification and Treatment of Sepsis
- Explain the impact of sepsis in the US
- Articulate the main recommendations of the 2021 Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines
- How Hospitalists Drive Value in Patient Care
- Define value in healthcare
- Articulate the urgency to bend the cost curve
- Explain several evidence-based practical solutions to improve value in practice today
- How Hospitalists Drive Quality in Patient Care
- Articulate the patient and institutional impact on an early discharge initiative
- Strategize how to formulate quality improvement projects that impact patient care
- Recognize challenges to an early discharge initiative and other QI projects and develop adaptive strategies
- Update in the Management of Acute Liver Failure
- Explain the impact of acute liver failure in the US
- Apply the latest guidelines from the AASLD position paper on acute liver failure
- Describe when to refer patients for transplantation