CME Webcast Provides Latest Update on Moderate and Deep Sedation

OSU Wexner Medical Center logo CME Webcast Provides Latest Update on Moderate and Deep Sedation. With the vast number of procedures performed each day, it is not always possible or necessary to have an anesthesiologist available to oversee sedation. Proceduralists can and do provide their own sedation while performing the procedure. On this webcast, we will review the very important topic of Moderate and Deep sedation. Here at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, a variety of specialists such as gastroenterologists, cardiologists, pulmonologists and more may view today’s program and complete the post-test to help obtain and maintain their hospital sedation privileges.

We’ve invited two guests on the program today. First, we have Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and director of Ambulatory Perioperative Services, Dr. Jarrett Heard. We also have Kristin Brower, Doctor of pharmacy and specialty practice pharmacist at Ohio State specializing in perioperative services where she works alongside both Anesthesiologists and Surgeons to care for patients.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:

  • Review indications for procedural sedation
  • Define procedural sedation, safety and billing
  • Learn about sedatives and reversal agents

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Types of Procedures
  • Sedation Risks
  • Analgesia
  • Combination of Pharmacotherapy
  • Routes of Administration
  • Rescue from deeper sedation

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Learn Latest About Oral Pathology for Physicians on Webcast

OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Learn Latest About Oral Pathology for Physicians on Webcast. In your medical training, you don’t always get much education on oral health and pathology, but disease of the mouth are extremely common. For example, worldwide, dental caries is the single most common chronic condition affecting 2.5 billion people. Nearly a billion people also have severe gum disease. And, many patients do not have a dental home meaning they often present to physicians for oral complaints. A 2003 study showed that in a 4 year period, there were nearly 3 million Emergency Department visits in the United States for dental complaints. There are of course many other conditions that can affect the mouth than dental caries or broken teeth.

For this webcast, we’ve invited two of Ohio State University’s Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology experts to discuss common Oral pathology. We’re pleased to introduce Associate Professor of Dentistry Dr Kristin McNamara and Professor of Dentistry, Dr John Kalmar.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:

  • Understand the clinical presentations of oral fungal infections.
  • Be able to distinguish the likely etiology of various forms of oral ulcers based upon history and clinical characteristics

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Training
  • Oral Pathologist Role
  • Underlying disease
  • Thrush and Breastfeeding
  • HPV and Head & Neck Cancers
  • Timing of Workup

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Learn the Latest About Common Spine Disorders on Webcast

OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Learn the Latest About Common Spine Disorders on Webcast. Today on MedNet21, we are going to show you just how far spine surgery has come. Joining our moderator in the studio is Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery and the residency program director in the Department of Neurosurgery, Dr. Andrew Grossbach.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:

  • Identify presenting symptoms common to lumbar stenosis
  • Identify presenting symptoms common to cervical stenosis

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Minimally invasive spine surgery techniques
  • Robotics and spine surgery
  • Artificial intelligence and pre-operative planning
  • Initial imaging of spine disorders
  • Surgical decision making in spinal and foraminal stenosis
  • Osteoporosis and spine surgery
  • Obesity and spine surgery
  • Activities and exercise in the post-op period
  • Initial assessment of the sports-related back injury

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Learn Latest About Prostate Cancer Screening on CME Webcast

OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Learn Latest About Prostate Cancer Screening on CME Webcast. Practicing here in the United States, 1 out of every 8 men will have prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is deadly too. It is the 2nd most common cause of cancer death in men after lung cancer. So, clinicians need to know when and how to screen for this very common form of cancer. To teach us about this important topic, We’ve invited one of Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital’s Urologic oncology experts. We’re pleased to introduce Assistant Professor of Urology Dr Shawn Dason.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:

  • Understand the rationale, benefits, and harms of prostate cancer screening.
  • Have an approach for prostate cancer screening in a primary care setting

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • False Positives
  • Sensitivity
  • Frequency of screening
  • Types of Screening
  • Prevention

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.
Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Learn About Latest COVID-19 Vaccine Updates

OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Learn About Latest COVID-19 Vaccine Updates on webcast. Our knowledge of COVID-19 continues to evolve, just as the virus continues to mutate. On April 19, 2023, the CDC and FDA changed their guidance on COVID-19 vaccines. To update us on the latest COVID-19 vaccine data and guidance, WE’ve invited two experts. Emily Vrontos is a Doctor of Pharmacy at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and serves as the Lead specialty practice pharmacist for the Department of Family and Community Medicine. We also have Dr Matthew Washam, an Assistant professor of Pediatrics at Ohio State who practices as a Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and is also the Chief of Epidemiology and Infection Prevention there.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

  • Review data supporting COVID-19 vaccination in children and adults
  • Provide an overview of the current CDC recommendations for COVID-19 vaccination in children and adults
  • Discuss frequently encountered questions surrounding COVID-19 vaccination in children and adults

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Recommendations
  • Future
  • Waning Immunity
  • Vaccine vs Natural Immunity
  • Efficacy
  • Side Effects

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.