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Physicians Learn About Approach to Chronic Diarrhea

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Physicians Learn About Approach to Chronic Diarrhea. This webcast will discuss Approach to Chronic Diarrhea. This presentation will provide a structured approach to evaluating chronic diarrhea, emphasizing the importance of a thorough history to help identify and differentiate between potential causes. Learners will review key elements of the diagnostic workup that can help rule out organic disease in over 95% of patients. The session will also cover common treatment options tailored to functional diarrhea.

Loose or watery stool lasting more than 4 weeks affects up to 5% of the adult population. That means 1 out of 20 patients could be struggling with Chronic diarrhea. And even if it’s not life threatening, chronic diarrhea can disrupt the lives of patients causing them to miss work, withdraw from social events, and decrease their quality of life. We know that the causes are diverse ranging from functional conditions to cancer. So how should we approach a patient reporting chronic diarrhea? To help guide us through this question, we’ve invited one of Ohio State University’s Gastroenterology experts. We’re pleased to introduce Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology Dr Jennifer Behzadi.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Identify key elements of the clinic history and workup that help classify and identify the causes of chronic diarrhea.
  •  Recognize appropriate medication options and when to consider initiating specific therapies based on suspected etiology.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Threshold for Workup
  • Colonoscopy
  • Supplements
  • Antibiotics

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 Pulmonary Function Testing and Office Based Spirometry on Webcast

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Learn About Pulmonary Function Testing and Office Based Spirometry on Webcast. This webcast will discuss Pulmonary Function Testing & Office Based Spirometry. In the first half of the program, learners will gain an understanding of the key updates in the 2022 ATS/ERS pulmonary function test (PFT) guidelines. We will discuss how these revisions differ from the 2005 standards in areas such as test interpretation, reference values, and diagnostic criteria. In the second half viewers should expect to learn key updates in PFT interpretation, including the impact of the new reference standards and revised criteria for classifying severity of impairments and bronchodilator responsiveness. Learners will also appreciate common physiologic impairments on PFTs and develop an approach to interpreting PFTs.

Pulmonary Function Testing can be a useful way to detect and monitor disease. So on this program, we have invited two Ohio State University’s Pulmonary experts to teach us how to interpret PFTs and recent updates to PFT interpretation including the 2022 American Thoracic Society & European Respiratory Society joint guidelines. First, we’d like to welcome Dr Matthew Huang, who is an Assistant Professor of Pulmonary & Critical Care medicine who specializes in treating Asthma and COPD.  Second, we have Dr Gennie Wang joining us. She is the Medical Director of the Pulmonary Function Testing Lab at Ohio State and a clinician-scientist studying Women’s lung health disparities.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • To understand common physiologic impairments on PFTs.
  • To develop an approach to interpreting PFTs.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Indications
  • Spirometry vs PFTs
  • 2022 Updates
  • Accurate PFTs

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 Refractory Depression on Webcast

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Learn About Refractory Depression on Webcast. Learners will be given the definition of refractory depression and learn how to identify refractory depression in their patient population. Next the presentation will go through algorithm of depression treatment followed by explanation of interventional depression treatment options as well as second line medications that can be used.

To discuss refractory depression, we’ve invited one of Ohio State University’s Psychiatry experts. We’re pleased to introduce Dr Evita Singh, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health. Evita is trained in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and is also an interventional psychiatrist.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Discuss benefits and risks of medication treatment options for refractory depression
  • Introduce interventional options for refractory depression

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Interventional Psychiatry
  • SSRI Black Box Warning
  • Measuring Improvement
  • Titration and Follow-up
  • Lithium
  • Interventional Therapies

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

Call our MedNet21 Webcast Producer 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 Skin Cancer on CME Webcast

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OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Learn Lastest About Skin Cancer on CME Webcast. Doctor Mohs’ technique has spread to being used in a variety of body sites and cases. And what was once an informal training of the surgical technique from Dr Mohs’ Chemosurgery Clinic itself, is now taught broadly with exposure to Mohs surgery in every Dermatology residency.

This CME webcast is on Skin Cancer, and we’re delighted to bring on the program one of Ohio State University & James Cancer Hospital’s Dermatology and Mohs Surgery experts to share what is Mohs micrographic surgery and how it is used to treat skin cancer. We are pleased to introduce Associate Professor of Dermatology Dr Llana Pootrakul.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

Review the primary goal and key features of Mohs Micrographic Surgery, and which cutaneous tumors are appropriate.
Discuss comprehensive histologic margin evaluation of melanoma in situ.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Mohs Training
  • Pathology
  • Setting
  • Anesthesia
  • Timing

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 Teaches About Managing Complications of Chemotherapy

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OSU Wexner Medical Center logo CME Webcast Teaches About Managing Complications of Chemotherapy. With more and more patients being exposed to cancer treatments, it is important for us to be familiar with the side effects and toxicities of modern chemotherapy agents. May is National Cancer Research Month. For today’s topic, We’ve invited one of Ohio State University James cancer hospitals Oncology experts. On this webcast, we get to welcome Associate Professor of Oncology Dr Edmund Folefac, who specializes in treating genitourinary cancers. In addition he is widely published cancer researcher.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

  • As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:
  • Become familiar with common adverse reactions of newer chemotherapy agents including tyrosine kinase inhibitors, immunotherapy, and antibody drug conjugates.

Understand the basic principles of treating mild, moderate and severe toxicities to chemotherapy.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Evolution of Cancer Therapies
  • Red Flags
  • General Wellness
  • Long Term Therapy

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.