CME Webcasts

Online Webcast Teaches on Advance Care Planning

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Online Webcast Teaches on Advance Care Planning. To guide us through Advance Care Planning and how we can incorporate it into our own practices is one of Ohio State University’s distinguished palliative care experts. Dr Kavitha Norton is a Professor of Palliative Medicine and is the Director of Communication Education and Training for the Division of Palliative Medicine at Ohio State.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Distinguish Advance Directives (products) form Advance Care Planning (process)
  • Practical Tips to make ACP and AD productive outcomes.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Who should plan?
  • Strategy of Discussions
  • Advance Directives

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.

Motivational Interviewing for Patients with Substance Use Disorder

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Motivational Interviewing for Patients with Substance Use Disorder is what will  be discussed on this webcast.  When it comes to actually counseling patients with substance use disorders, most of us lack the skills needed to help our patients. So, we turn things over to counselors who are trained in addiction treatment. But counseling is kind of like a black box to physicians. Our patients go in with addictions and come out with resiliency and improved life skills but we don’t really know what happens during the actual counseling. Today on OSU MedNet21, we’re going to pull back the curtain on addiction counseling to show you what actually happens during counseling and to help you develop communication skills that you can use in your own practices to help your patients make the changes that they seek in their lives. We’ve invited two of the Ohio State University’s experts in motivational interviewing. Dr. Michael Vilensky is a psychologist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry specializing in addiction treatment. And Dr. Trent Hall is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and specializes in addiction psychiatry.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • To understand the underlying principles and spirit of Motivational Interviewing
  • To apply core interviewing skills, including reflections, open-ended questions, summaries, and affirmations

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • The role of motivational interviewing in addiction treatment
  • The multidisciplinary approach to addiction treatment

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 Clinical Approaches to Cannabis Use

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Learn About Clinical Approaches to Cannabis Use on webcast.  As of this recording in October 2024, Cannabis is legal for medical use in 38 states, 4 US territories and the District of Columbia and it’s legal for recreational use in 24 states, 3 territories and DC. For the upcoming 2024 election cycle, cannabis is on the ballot for 4 additional states. And earlier this year, the Drug Enforcement Administration proposed moving cannabis from its current Schedule I drug classification to a Schedule III classification. The hearing for that move is scheduled for the end of 2024.

With cannabis becoming more and more accessible, cannabis use is becoming more and more commonplace. As physicians, it has become vital to know how to assess a patient’s cannabis use and treat patients with risky or unhealthy cannabis use. For this topic, We’ve invited one of Ohio State University’s Behavioral Health experts. I am pleased to introduce Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Dr. David Weiss. David is a psychologist who the relationship between studies stress and immune response.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Increase ability to distinguish between disordered cannabis use, hazardous use, and medical use.
  • Improve skills to increase patient engagement in cannabis cessation or reduction treatment.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Cannabis Terminology
  • Medical Use
  • THC vs CBD
  • Screening

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.

Get Update on Concussions on CME Webcast

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Get Update on Concussions on CME Webcast. For today’s program, we will be learning about Concussions from two of Ohio State University’s Sports Medicine experts. First, we’d like to introduce Dr. Michael Tiso who is an internist who went on to complete a sports medicine fellowship. In addition to his sports medicine practice at OSU, he also serves as a team physician for Denison University and the US Ski and Snowboard team. In addition to seeing concussion patients, he also does concussion and traumatic brain injury research. Second, we have Dr. Andrew Sas. He is a Neurologist and also a clinician scientist. His research focuses on traumatic neuronal injury and recovery. He is also fellowship trained in sports neurology and traumatic brain injury.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Understand the signs and symptoms of concussion
  • Understand initial treatment of concussion 

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Eventual Recovery
  • Risk Factors
  • Return to Work

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.

Expert Teaches on Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention

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Expert Teaches on Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention.  Until a few years ago, the only way to prevent sexually transmitted infections was through abstinence or condoms. But now, not only do we have Pre-exposure prophylaxis for prevention of HIV/AIDS but just this past summer, the CDC issued clinical guidance for using Doxycycline for Post-exposure prophylaxis for bacterial sexually transmitted infections.

Just in time too, because in the past few years, the rates of syphilis in the United States has been steadily increasing. Unlike in the 15th century, Syphilis is treatable now and very rarely fatal but it can go undetected and be transmitted vertically from mother to child. Sadly, rates of congenital syphilis has tripled in recent years.

To share how we can effectively prevent sexually transmitted infections using the modern tools in our toolbelt, We’ve invited one of Ohio State University’s experts. Dr. Francisco Magana is fellowship trained in Infectious Diseases and practices both Infectious Diseases and Primary care with particular interest in health equity for LGBTQ+ and LatinX communities.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Become comfortable talking about sexually transmitted infections
  • Become familiar with sexually transmitted bacterial infection prevention medication via medications

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Doxycycline
  • Pre- vs Post- exposure
  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • DoxyPEP + PrEP

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.