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Online Webcast Teaches Learners About Lifestyle Medicine

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Online Webcast Teaches Learners About Lifestyle Medicine. There is now a growing body of evidence that things like physical activity and nutrition can help a great variety of conditions such as hypothyroidism, cancer related fatigue, memory deficits, and mental health. So today, we’ve invited a special guest. Dr Kara Wada is a board certified Internist and Pediatrician at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center who specializes in Allergy and Immunology and is also board certified in a newer discipline, Lifestyle Medicine. On this webcast, Kara will take us through the tenets of lifestyle medicine, why lifestyle medicine matters, and key habits that can improve health.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Understand the continued evolution of humans and diseases
  • Outline and discuss the 6 Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Lifestyle Medicine Training & Practice
  • Conditions
  • Evidence Based Medicine
  • Long COVID

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.

Help Patients Prepare for Travel by Watching Travel Medicine Webcast

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Help Patients Prepare for Travel by Watching Travel Medicine Webcast. To discuss Travel Medicine and how best to address your patients health while traveling, We’ve invited two of Ohio State University’s experts. We’re pleased to introduce Associate Professor of Family Medicine Dr. Allison Macerollo who practices primary care and is a leader in medical education. And we also have Dr. Sharon Clark who is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine who practices both adult and pediatric hospital medicine. She has a special interest in global health and founded and directs the Global Health Interest Group at OSU Wexner Medical Center.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Identify the benefits and risks of travel abroad
  • Be able to provide travel advice to a wide range of travelers
  • Recognize that a returning traveler has additional risks than a person from the community.
  • Evaluate a returning traveler who is ill with an appropriate differential diagnosis and initial workup.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • International vs Domestic Travel
  • Travel Restrictions
  • Travel & Chronic Disease
  • Travel Vaccines
  • Emerging Infections

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.

CME Webcast Discusses Women in Medicine

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 CME Webcast Discusses Women in Medicine. Now over a third of practicing physicians in the United states are women. Just a few years ago in 2019, women surpassed men in US medical school enrollment for the very first time. In the latest 2021-2022 application cycle, 55% of applicants to US medical schools and 55.5% of matriculants were women. Today, we’ve invited two of Ohio State University’s Women in Medicine & Science leaders. Dr Arwa Shana’ah is an Associate Professor of Pathology at the Wexner Medical Center and serves as a subcommittee co-chair for Women in Medicine and Science group. We also have here Dr Maya Iyer who is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at OSU and Nationwide Children’s Hospital and serves as associate director of Women in Medicine and Science.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Realize the presence and persistence of equity gap in pay, rank and research between men and women in medicine
  • Understand some of the factors contributing to the equity gap and the challenges women in medicine face including during the COVID19 pandemic
  • Describe four strategies to improve pay equity.
  • Discuss four tactics to improve equity in the promotion and tenure process.
  • Understand the importance of sponsorship for career development.
  • List three strategies to retain women in medicine.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Gender Disparities
  • Sponsorship
  • Gender Bias
  • “Motherhood” Penalty
  • Women of Color

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 Racism and Racial Bias in Medicine on CME Webcast

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Learn About Racism and Racial Bias in Medicine on CME Webcast. Most humans hold implicit biases. And that doesn’t necessarily mean that we are evil. But it does mean that as healthcare providers, awareness of our own implicit biases are a necessary first step in eliminating bias in order to ensure that we treat our patients equally and that we treat ourselves equally. Last year, at the American College of Chest Physicians annual meeting, the keynote speaker for the conference was an interventional cardiologist who gave a fantastic and very moving presentation on implicit bias and discrimination in health care. And so, we’ve asked him to speak with us today on MedNet. Let me welcome Professor of Internal Medicine and the Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs at the Ohio State University, Dr. Quinn Capers.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to: LIST 2 examples of how
racism or racial bias can impact patient care; and LIST 2 strategies to reduce racism or racial bias in medicine.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Racial bias in American medicine
  • Eliminating racism and racial bias in healthcare

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 Palliative Medicine and COVID-19 on Webcast

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Learn About Palliative Medicine and COVID-19 on Webcast. On this CME webcast, we’re going to be discussing how to care for patients with advanced lung disease at the end of life. And we’re going to be focusing on how these same palliative care principles can be applied to patients with COVID-19. Joining our moderator on the webcast from the Ohio State University Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, is Clinical Instructor in Internal Medicine Dr. Jennica Johns.

View a video introduction of this webcast

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to: DESCRIBE advanced care planning for patients with advanced lung disease as well as others in the setting of COVID-19; and IDENTIFY basic tools for symptomatic treatment of patients with advanced lung disease.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Advanced care planning for patients with COVID-19
  • Palliation of dyspnea in COVID-19
  • Managing opioid 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.